The Great Gatsby: Ch. 3 Part 2 and Ch. 4 Vocab

elude (v)

• to avoid adroitly (evade)

• To escape the perception, understanding, or grasp of

• Defy

dissension (n)

• disagreement esp. partisan and contentious quarreling

conscientious (adj)

• meticulous, careful

• Governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience (scrupulous)

poignant (adj)

• painfully affecting the feelings (piercing), deeply affecting (touching), or designed to make an impression (cutting)

• Pleasurably stimulating or being to the point (apt)

• Pungently pervasive

Subterfuge (n)

• deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade

• A deceptive device or stratagem

punctilious (adj)

• marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions

elicit (v)

• to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)

• To draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential)

somber (adj)

• so shaded as to be dark and gloomy

• Of a serious mean (grave), of a dismal or depressing character (melancholy), or conveying gloomy suggestions or ideas

• Of a dull or heavy cast or shade (dark colored)

modish (adj)

• fashionable, stylish

Somnambulatory (adj)

• to walk when asleep

unfathomable (adj)

• not capable of being fathomed (immeasurable)

• Impossible to comprehend