Great Gatsby vocabulary (chapters 1-2)

privy

participating in the knowledge of something secret (adjective)

feign

TO make believe or pretend (verb)

abortive

partially or imperfectly developed (adjective)

acute

sharp or intense (adjective)

reproach

an object of scorn or contempt (noun)

superlicious

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy, cocky (adjective)

effeminate

having feminine traits (adjective)

buoy

TO float or rise by reason of lightness (verb)

divan

sofa or couch (noun)

claret

the red table wine produced in France (noun)

settee

a seat with a back and arms for two or more people (noun)

rotogravure

a print made by a photomechanical process using a copper cylinder (noun)

wild wag

witty person who likes to make jokes (noun)

anemic

weak, lacking power, wishy-washy (adjective)

muslin

delicately woven cotton fabric (noun)

haughty

snooty, arrogant (adjective)

disdain

TO despise or scorn (verb)

shiftless

lazy, without ambition (adjective)

flounce

TOgo impatiently, exaggerated movements (verb)