The Great Gatsby Vocab

Unobtrusive

Modest, quiet

Infinitesimal

Extremely small

Extemporize

Performing without preparation, improvise

Peremptory

Insisting on immediate action

Oculist

Eye doctor

Sumptuous

Very rich or appearing luxurious

Hauteur

Arrogant, disdainful pride

Prodigality

Spending money recklessly

Vacuous

Lack of thought, vacant or blank

Subterfuge

Deceitful, deception

Sporadic

Scattered

Disconcerting

Unsettling

Incredulous

Unbelievable

Benediction

To be blessed

Splendor

Magnificent appearance

Gaudily

Tastelessly decorated

Abortive

Cut short

Obstinate

Not easily controlled

Vestige

The smallest trace

Corrugated

To shape into wrinkles/folds

Laudable

Deserving praise

Meretricious

Attractive but has no value

Antecedents

Thing that existed before

Profusion

Large quantify of something

Genial

Friendly

Obscurely

Secretive

Harrowing

Upsetting

Reluctant

Unwilling

Abounding

Very plentiful

Contemptuous

Hateful

Dejection

Sad/depressed state

Redolent

Strongly suggestive of

Interminable

Endless

Garrulous

Excessive talkative

Amorphous

Without a clearly defined shape

Superfluous

Unnecessary

Inquest

An examination before a jury

Ulster

A long loose coat

Indignant

Angry because of something that's wrong or unfaur

Commensurate

In proportion