Gatsby Vocab

1. Supercilious - dismissive; condescending (adj)

2. Fractious - Quarrelsome, argumentative (adj)

3. Frenetic - Moving rapidly (adj)  

4. Subterfuge - Deception (n)

5. Affectation - Fake behavior (n)   

6. Punctilious - Paying close attention to details (adj)   

7. Adroit - graceful or skillful (n)  

8. Maladroit - unskilled; awkward (adj)  

9. Sinister - untrustworthy (adj)  

10. Incredulous - unbelieving (adj)

11. Meretricious - appealing but false or vulgar (adj)  

12. Libertine - Immoral person (n)  

13. Prig - self righteous person (n)   

14. Noblesse oblige - the obligation to be kind (n)

15. Hedonism - pleasure seeking (n)

16. Redolent - suggestive of; smelling of (adj)  

17. Grail - Ideal (n)