The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1 and 2 Vocabulary English 11

feign

make believe or pretend

fractious

Full of anger and hard to control

intimate (verb)

to hint or suggest without stating directly

supercilious

Patronizingly haughty; exhibiting an attitude of arrogant superiority

contiguous

Next to something in geographical space; adjacent.

countenance

The face as an expression of mood, emotion, or character

strident

making a harsh sound; having an irritating quality

privy (adj.)

Aware of or informed about, esp. something not generally known

restless

Possessed by a feeling of nervous agitation or dissatisfaction; unable to relax

colossal

Enormous; astonishingly large

buoy (v.)

To keep afloat; to support or uplift; to raise the spirits of.

extemporize

To improvise verbally; to speak without having planned one's remarks.

devoid

Empty of something; lacking something; completely without something

sedative (adj.)

Tending to calm or soothe; tending to reduce a person's nervous excitement

corroborate

To support with evidence; to help prove something by offering evidence

saunter

To walk about in an idle or leisurely manner; to stroll

vicinity

The area around or near a particular place

indeterminate

Not able to be determined or stated in a precise way; vague

discreetly

Unobtrusively; done without drawing undue attention to oneself

shiftlessness

Laziness or passivity; an unwillingness to work; a lack of ambition or drive

incredulously

Done in a manner that conveys a reluctance to believe; skeptically

repel

To drive away, repulse; to cause aversion or disgust

console (v.)

To give comfort to someone, esp. after that person has suffered a disappointment.