Vocabularly for Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby (Ch. 1-2)

privy

aware of or informted about, of something not generally known

feign

to pretend to be something; to act or give a false impression of being some way

restless

Possessed by a feelinbg of nervous agitation or dissastification; unable to relax

colossal

enormous; astonishingly large; Attack on titan

fractious

full of anger and hard to control

intimate

to communicate indirectly; to hint at or suggest something

buoy

a floatie; to support or uplift; raise the spirit of

extemproize

to improve verbally'; speak w/o having planned it

devoid

empty of something; lacking; voided

sedative

tending to calm or soothe; tending to reduce a person’s nervous excitment

corroborate

to support with evidence; help prove something via evidence

saunter

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

supercilious

patronizingly haughty; exhibiting an attitude of arrogant superiroity

contiguous

next to something in geographical space; adjacent

vicinity

the area around or near a particular place

indeterminate

not able to be determine or stated in a precise way; vague

countenance

the face as an expression of mood, emotion, or character; a facial expression that offers approval or moral support

discreetly

unobtrusively; done w/o drawing undue attention to oneself

shiftlessness

laziness or passivity; an unwillingness to work; lack of ambition

strident

unpleasanlty loud or harsh

incredulously

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

repel

to drive away, repulse

console

to give comofrt to someone, esp. after that person had suffered a disappointment