Great Gatsby Vocab

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Extremely small; minuiscule; tiny

1. Infinitesimal 

Sharing a common border, being adjacent to something

2. Contiguous 

Moving or behaving in a dainty or delicate way

3. Mincing

Loud and harsh; grating

4. Strident 

Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

5. Punctilious 

Contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds

6. Corrugate

Hazy, unclear, vauge

7. Nebulous

Excessive pride in oneself

8. Conceit 

Too great or too extreme to be expressed or described in words

9. Ineffable

Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature

10. Adventitious 

To suppose something is true without having evidence to confirm it; to deduce, infer or assume

11. Surmise 

not permanent

12. Transitory