The Moderns #2: The Great Gatsby (3/20-3/24)

supercilious

(adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

fractiousness

(n) unruly, easily angered, peevishness

querulous

(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful

florid

(adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

misconstrue

(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of

complacency

(n.) self-satisfied ignorance of danger or consequence

extemporize

(v.) to improvise

peremptory

(adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute

apathetic

(adj.) lacking concern, emotion

languid

(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish