The Great Catsby Vocabulary

Complacency

Being satisfied with the way things are

Supercilious

Feeling superior to someone else

Bungalow

A little house

Proximity

Nearness in space, time, or relationship

Infinitesimal

Extremely small

Apathetic

Having or showing little or no emotion

sumptuous

splendid and expensive looking

Shiftlessness

Lack of efficiency or initiative

languid

lackadaisical or sluggish

Proprietor

The owner of a business

vicinity

Area near or surrounding a particular place

unprosperous

unsuccessful financially

smouldering

Suppress a strong emotion, burning sensation

Mincing

Dainty, nice, elegant

Innuendo

A suggestive or disparaging remark, a subtle hint or suggestion

Obligingly

Willing or eager

Corpulent

Fat

Prodigality

Wasteful extravagance, spending extravagantly

Provocation

Action or speech that makes someone angry or annoyed, to provoke

Jovial

Hearty joyous humor or good spirited

spectroscopic

Able to measure light

Echolalia

uncontrollable and immediate repetition of spoken words

Malevolence

The state of malice or hatred, evil

Threadbare

used so often to be worn, no longer effective, have holes

Nymphs

A mythological character described as a beautiful maiden

sporadic

Occurring occasionally or random instances

Rajah

a king or prince

infantry

a military that fights on foot

gratified

to give pleasure by satisfying

Melodious

having a pleasant time

somnambulatory

sleepwalking

elicited

to elaborate on, to evoke or draw out

penitentiary

jail

juxtaposition

putting two typically contradictory ideas side by side

armistice

a truce

punctilious

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

labyrinth

a maze

render

to hand over or give up

scrutinize

to examine closely

vestige

visible trace or remains

Rigidly

inflexibly, stiffly

receptacles

a container, typically a trash can

corrugated

a container, typically a trash can

delicatessen

a store where deli meat is sold

disarray

lack of order

jonquil

flower that looks like a daffodil

astounding

impressive, amazing

harrowed

distressed