Gatsby -- Vocab Chapters 5 and 6

Rout

an overwhelming defeat

Suppress

to do away with or halt

Innumerable

countless

Ecstatic

rapturous or overly excited

Reproach

to find fault with or blame

Serf

a slave bound to land

Obstinate

Inflexible or stubborn

Exult

To be highly elated or jubilant

Hulking

heavy and clumsy

Nebulous

Hazy or distant

Laudable

Commendable or praiseworthy

Insidious

Intended to trick or entrap

Repose

calm; peace

Debauch

an uninhibited spree or party

Antecedent

preceding circumstance, event, object

Ingratiate

To establish in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort

Perturb

To annoy or unsettle

Dilatory

tending to delay or procrastinate; slow

Desolate

Barren or deprived of inhabitants

Elusive

Hard to express or define; cleverly evasive