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The Great Gatsby vocab
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General Vocab
10th Grade
02/04/2013

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banns
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public announcement of intention to marry
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deft
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dextrous; skillful
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extemporizing
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speaking on the spur of the moment without preparation
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fractiousness
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quarrelsome
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hulking
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large and threatening
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incredulously
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with disbelief
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languidly
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slowly and listlessly
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peremptorily
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in a harshly decisive manner, allowing no response
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supercilious
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haughty; contemptuous
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contiguous
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adjacent; next to each other
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ectoplasm
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a ghostly emanation
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hauteur
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haughtiness; arrogance
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incessant
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constant
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pastoral
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relating to an idealized natural setting
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saunter
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to stroll
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strident
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harsh sounding; shrill
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ascertain
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to find out
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cataracts
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floods of water; waves
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constrained
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compelled
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echolalia
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babble; the habit of repeating what other people say
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innuendo
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a derogatory hint or insinuation
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permeate
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to spread through a substance
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staid
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very proper and conservative in behavior
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vacuous
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empty
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denizen
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inhabitant
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disconcerting
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upsetting; confusing
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fluctuate
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to vary; to change
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jauntily
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gaily; stylishly
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olfactory
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referring to the sense of smell
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somnambulatory
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in a sleepwalking manner
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defunct
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completely broken; dead
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harrowed
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distressed; vexed
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nebulous
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vague
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reproach
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blame
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serfs
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a slave bound to the land and owned by a lord
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vestige
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trace; remnant
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dilatory
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tardy; slowmoving
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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proximity
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nearness
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septic
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dirty; infectious
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turgid
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inflated in language; bombastic
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caravansary
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a large inn, usually in the Middle East, to accommodate caravans
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meretricious
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characteristic of a prostitute; cheap and gaudy
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portentous
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ominous
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precipitately
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hastily
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prig
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an overly proper or punctilious person
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truculent
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cruel; savage; destructive
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forlorn
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forsaken; pitiable
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fortuitously
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by chance
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garrulous
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talkative
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indiscernible
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imperceptible
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pervading
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spread throughout
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redolent
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fragrant; imbued with an odor
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adventitious
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accidental
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commensurate
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equal
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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deranged
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driven mad
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transitory
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quickly passing; momentary
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