LANG GATSBY VOCAB

Abortive

adj: failed, unsuccessful

Riotous

adj: disorderly, rowdy, uncontrollable

Supercilious

Adj; arrogant, condescending, superior, proud.

Fractiousness

Noun: disorderliness,

Divan

Sofa bed, Day bed

Imperceptibly

Progressively, gradually, little by little

Wan

Adjective: pale, jaundiced, colorless

Extemporizing

Verb: improvising

Bann

Verb: to prohibit or forbid

Peremptory

Adjective: abrupt, bossy, arrogant

intimation

Noun: announcement, reporting, notice

Contiguous

Adjective: adjacent, neighboring

Sumptuous

Adjective: luxurious, magnificent, lavish

Jovial

Adjective: cheerful, friendly, good-humored

Rakish

Adjective: having a dashing, carefree or stylish appearance.

Languid

Adjective: Sickly or relaxed

Harlequin

Noun: colorful

Gaudy

Adjective: loud, tacky

Permeate

Verb: penetrate

Innendo

Noun: hint, suggestion,

Prodigality

Noun: wasteful, think wasteful spending (Myrtle Wilson)

Credulity

Noun: gullibility

Spectroscopic

Noun: using the spectrometer, wavelengths of rays of a spectrum

impetuous

Noun: energy, force, momentum

vacuous

Adjective: blank, emotionless, expressionless

rivulets

Noun: creek, stream, canal

vinous

Adjective: alcohol, hard, brewed

jaunty

Adjective: Cheerful, happy

convival

Adjective: lively, sociable, friendly.

malevolence

Noun: the state or condition of having an evil or harmful intent.

tumuluous

Adjective: violent, turbulent

caterwauling

Adjective : bitter, severe, harsh

chasm

Noun: cleavage, gap abyss

lurched

Verb: move toward with jerk

punctilous

Adjective: careful, attention to detail

somnambulatory

Noun: sleepwalking

juxtaposition

Noun: the act of placing two or more things side by side to compare or contrast them.

denizen

Noun: resident of a particular place.

demoniac

Adjective: characteristic of demons or evil spirits; extremely wicked or morally corrupt.

exultation

Noun: a feeling of great happiness or triumphant joy, often in response to a success or achievement.

nebulous

Adjective: confused, obscure

laudable

Adjecrive: creditable, praiseworthy

meretricious

Adjective: gaudy, flashy

contemptuous

Adjective: condescending, scornful, disrespectful

ineffable

Adjective: heavenly, ethereal (think gatsby’s version of daisy)

reveries

Noun: daydreams or fanciful thoughts; a state of being lost in one's thoughts.

oblivious

Adjective: unaware or unmindful of one's surroundings or circumstances.

turgid

Adjective: swollen or distended

reposing

Adjective: asleep, dormant

antecedents

Noun: predecessor(s) in family, ancestor

florid

Adjective: very elaborate

genial

Adjective: extremely nice and happy

menagerie

Adjective: aquarium, collection, zoo

dilatory

Adjective: procrastinating

caravansary

Noun: hostel

inviolate

Adjective: pure, clean

precipitately

Adverb: suddenly and unexpectedly

rancor

Noun: bitterness, hatred

portentous

Adjective: exciting, foreboding

magnanimous

Adjective: giving and kind (gatsby with his parties)

expostulation

Noun: the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.

truculent

Adjective: abusive, aggressively. Hateful

garrulous

Adjective: talkative

grotesque

Adjective: ugly, misshapen

corrugated

Adjective: crumpled, ridged

adventitious

Adjective: external

pasquinade

Noun: satire, irony, mockery

surmise

Noun: guess, conclusion

orgastic

Adjective: exciting, euphoric, vulgar