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Details Title: The Great Gatsby Description: Vocabulary ch 1-7 Total Flash Cards: 44 Created: 05/18/2008 08:43:15	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Epigram pg. 9 Definition A witty, ingenious, or pointed saying briefly and effetively expressed Term Supercilious pg. 11 Definition Haughtily disdainful or arrogant, as a person or a facial expression Term Fractiousness pg. 11 Definition Inclined to make trouble; unruly, stubborn, quarrelsome, irritable Term Laguidly pg. 16 Definition Lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow Term Complacency pg. 18 Definition A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy Term Extemporizing pg. 19 Definition Doing or performing (something) without prior preparation or practice; improvising Term Peremptory pg. 25 Definition Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative Term Ectoplasm pg. 34 Definition The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead Term Strident pg. 40 Definition Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking Term Harlequin pg. 44 Definition Fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc Term Staid pg. 49 Definition Fixed, settled, or permanent Term Vacuous pg. 51 Definition Expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid Term Florid pg. 53 Definition Flushed with rosy color; ruddy Term Corpulent pg. 53 Definition Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat Term Echolalia pg. 54 Definition The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person; echo Term Convivial pg. 55 Definition Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable, merry, festive Term Vinous pg. 56 Definition Of, resembling, or containing wine Term Caterwauling pg. 60 Definition To utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time Term Poignant pg. 62 Definition Profoundly moving; touching Term Cardinal virtues pg. 64 Definition Anything considered to be an important or characteristic virtue Term Punctilicious pg. 68 Definition Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct; meticulous Term Non-Olfactory pg. 73 Definition Not of or pertaining to the sense of smell Term Somnambulatory pg. 74 Definition Walking or performing another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition Term Succulent pg. 75 Definition Full of juice; juicy Term Denizen pg. 77 Definition A person who regularly frequents a place; an inhabitant, resident Term Defunct pg. 91 Definition No longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning Term Insidious pg. 104 Definition Intended to entrap or beguile; deceitful Term Meretricious pg. 104 Definition Attracting attention in a vulgar manner Plausible but false or insincere Term Ineffable pg. 105 Definition Incapable of being expressed or described in words Term Ramifications pg. 105 Definition A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement Term Turgid pg. 106 Definition Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent Term Contingencies pg. 106 Definition An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility Term Debauchee pg. 106 Definition A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; one given to debauchery Term Antecedents pg. 107 Definition The history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life Term Septic pg. 12 Definition A substance that promotes putrefaction; infectious   Term Dilatory pg. 115 Definition Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy Term Caravansary pg. 120 Definition  An inn, usually (in the Near East) with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans Term Inviolate pg. 131 Definition Free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage; untouched, undisturbed Term Libertine pg. 137 Definition A person who is morally or sexually unrestrained Term Prig pg. 137 Definition A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner Term Rancour pg. 139 Definition A feeling of bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice Term Magnanimous pg. 142 Definition Generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness Term Expostulation pg. 146 Definition To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate Term Truculent pg. 148 Definition   fierce; cruel; savagely brutal