The Great Gatsby Vocabulary

A list of vocabulary terms from 'The Great Gatsby' along with their definitions for study and review.

Feign

to pretend

Supercilious

arrogant

Intimation

indication, suggestion

Levity

humor

Fractiousness

quarrelsomeness

Infinitesimal

minute

Extemporize

to improvise

Peremptory

imperious

Contiguous

adjacent

Cower

to cringe in fear

Anemic

feeble

Interpose

to intervene

Languid

weak

Strident

harsh

Deft

skillful

Hauteur

arrogance

Sumptuous

splendid

Innuendo

suggestive remark

Impetuous

impulsive

Vacuous

mindless

Corpulent

fat

Prodigality

wastefulness

Staid

sedate

Florid

ruddy

Convivial

jovial

Subterfuge

deceit

Punctilious

meticulous

Succulent

tasty

Denizen

inhabitant

Façade

surface

Distraught

deeply upset

Vestige

trace, remnant

Nebulous

vague

Laudable

praiseworthy

Notoriety

infamy

Insidious

stealthy and harmful

Meretricious

flashy and cheap

Turgid

bombastic, pompous

Ineffable

inexpressible

Debauchee

degenerate

Harrowing

distressing

Contemptuous

scornful

Inviolate

untouchable

Vicarious

experienced through another

Redolent

evocative

Unscrupulous

unprincipled

Garrulous

loquacious

Fortuitous

fortunate

Superfluous

redundant

Provincial

unsophisticated

Aesthetic

relating to beauty

Transitory

passing

Commensurate

proportional