The Great Gatsby Vocab List 1

Supercilious - Adjective: Dismissive, Condescending 

Fractious - Adjective: Curious, argumentative

Frenetic - Adjective: Moving rapidly

Subterfuge - Noun: Deception

Affectation - Noun: Fake Behavior

Punctilious - Adjective: Paying close attention to details

Adroit - Adjective: Graceful or skillful

Maladroit - Adjective: ungraceful or unskillful

Sinister - Adjective: Untrustworthy

Increduleous - Adjective: Unbelieving

Meretricious - Adjective: Appealing but false or vulgar

Libertine - Noun: An immoral person

Prig - Noun: The self-righteous person

Noblesse Oblige - Noun: The obligation of the nobility to be kind

Hedonism - Noun: Pleasure seeking

Redolent - Adjective: Suggestive of; Smelling of

Grail - Noun: An Ideal