Vocabulary for Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Chapter 4-6

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resourcefulness

the ability to cope with a difficult situation; find solutions to difficult problems

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punctilious

very careful about behaving properly or doncuting oneself in accordance with social conventions

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disconcerting

causing a person to lose their composure or equanamity, upsettings or troubling

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threadbare

worn out by overuse

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breeding

good manners that result from training in the kinds of behavior from wealthy people

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denizen

someone who fequents a particular palce; a regular

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strained

done with effort, not friendly nor relaxed

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engrossed

completelty attentive to someone or something, immersed into ti

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dispense

to give out, distrubute

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disembodied

detached from the body

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defunct

No longer functional

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distraught

profoundly upset or dissapointed

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serf

a laborer who lives and works on a land of a wealthy person

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peasantry

class of farmer who own and work on a small parcel of land, low social status

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radiate

send something out, emit something

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vestige

a visible indication of something that has been present earlier

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confound

to be very confusing

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exultation

a feeling of great happiness and excitement

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swathe

to wrap or cover something

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corrugated

having a wavy surface

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vitality

quality of being lively, energetic

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transpire

to take place; to occur

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laudable

worthy of praise

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meretricious

attractive in a cheap or false way

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ineffable

unspeakable, cant be expressed in words

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reverie

a day dream, lost in thought

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turgid

swollen w/ liquid or gas

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ingratiate

to gain favor from someone through deliverate effort

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genially

done in a friendl cheerful pleasant manner

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unprecedented

no precedent; being the first of its kind

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menagerie

a collection of wild animals kept on exhibitiopn

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perishable

lacking immortality, liable to perish

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