gatsby vocab list 1

fractiousness

irritability

languid

drooping; without energy, sluggish

convival

fond of partying; festive

jauntiness

carefree attitude

elicited

evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one’s own actions or questions

vestige

a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

ineffable

inexpressible, indescribable

debauchee

a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

dilatory

tending to delay or procrastinate

garrulous

excessively talkative

din

a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise

wistfully

longingly; in a wishful manner

corpulent

excessively fat

menagerie

place where animals are kept and trained; collection of wild animals

portentous

foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-conciously weighty, pompous

reverential

showing respect

insolence

rude and disrespectful behavior

interminable

endless

eddies

a current moving in the opposite direction of the main current

crescendo

steadily increasing in volume or force

deftly

quickly and skillfully

florid

highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy

poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret; sharp or pungent in taste or smell

desolate

lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren

wan

sickly pale

prodigiality

excessive or extravagant spending