The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Review

A comprehensive collection of vocabulary words from 'The Great Gatsby' with definitions to aid in studying.

Feign

To pretend v

Supercilious

Arrogant adj

Intimation

Indication, suggestion n

Levity

Humor n

Fractiousness

Quarrelsomeness n

Infinitesimal

Minute adj

Extemporize

To improvise v

Peremptory

Imperious adj

Contiguous

Adjacent adj

Cower

To cringe in fear v

Anemic

Feeble adj

Interpose

To intervene v

Languid

Weak adj

Strident

Harsh adj

Deft

Skillful adj

Hauteur

Arrogance n

Sumptuous

Splendid adj

Innuendo

Suggestive remark n

Impetuous

Impulsive adj

Vacuous

Mindless adj

Corpulent

Fat adj

Prodigality

Wastefulness n

Staid

Sedate adj

Florid

Ruddy adj

Convivial

Jovial adj

Subterfuge

Deceit n

Punctilious

Meticulous adj

Succulent

Tasty adj

Denizen

Inhabitant n

Façade

Surface n

Distraught

Deeply upset adj

Vestige

Trace, remnant n

Nebulous

Vague adj

Laudable

Praiseworthy adj

Notoriety

Infamy n

Insidious

Stealthy and harmful adj

Meretricious

Flashy and cheap adj

Turgid

Bombastic, pompous adj

Ineffable

Inexpressible adj

Debauchee

Degenerate n

Harrowing

Distressing adj

Contemptuous

Scornful adj

Inviolate

Untouchable adj

Vicarious

Experienced through another adj

Redolent

Evocative adj

Unscrupulous

Unprincipled adj

Garrulous

Loquacious adj

Fortuitous

Fortunate adj

Superfluous

Redundant adj

Provincial

Unsophisticated adj

Aesthetic

Relating to beauty adj

Transitory

Passing adj

Commensurate

Proportional adj