Vocab for The Great Gatsby

Chapter 1 (Pages 1-21)

(adj) Privy

aware of or informed about something, esp smt not generally known

(v) Feign

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

(adj) Restless

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

(adj) Colossal

enormous; astonishingly large

(adj) Fractious

full of anger & hard to control

(v) Intimate

to hint at or suggest something; to communicate indirectly

(v) Buoy

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

(v) Extemporize

to improvise verbally; to speak without having planned one’s remarks

(adj) Devoid

empty of something; lacking or void of something

(adj) Sedative

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

(v) Corroborate

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