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Gatsby Vocab 51-100
Gatsby Vocab 51-100
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11th Grade
01/18/2010

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Insidious
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(adj) intended to entrap or trick
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Repose
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(n) peace; tranquility; calm
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Debauch
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(n) an uninhibited spree or party
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Antecedent
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(n) a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon
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Ingratiate
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(v) to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort
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Perturb
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(n) to throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy
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Dilatory
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(adj) tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
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Desolate
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(adj) barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely
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Lapse
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(n) a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure. (v) to come to an end; stop
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Insistent
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(adj) earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent
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Tentative
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(adj) unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant
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Abrupt
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(adj) sudden or unexpected
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Tumult
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(n) uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling
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Portentous
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(adj) ominous, predictive of future bad events
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Irreverent
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(adj) not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected
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Vicarious
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(adj) taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute
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Rancor
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(n) resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
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Formidable
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(adj) of great strength; forceful; powerful
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Indiscernible
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(adj) cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible
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Garrulous
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(adj) excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters
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Incoherent
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(adj) without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling
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Conceivable
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(adj) imaginable; believable
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Forlorn
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(adj) desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
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Laden
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(adj) burdened; loaded down
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Pasquinade
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(n) a satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place
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Derange
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(v) to disturb the condition, action, or function of; to make insane
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Surmise
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(v) to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
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Superfluous
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(adj) being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless
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Elocution
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(n) a person’s manner of speaking or reading aloud in public
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Unutterable
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(adj) unspeakable; beyond expression
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Subtle
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(adj) difficult to perceive or understand
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Orgastic
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(adj) at the height of emotional excitement
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Borne
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(v) carried
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Ceaselessly
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(adv) without stopping or pausing; unendingly; incessantly
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Complacency
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(n) a feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy
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Hauteur
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(n) haughtiness in bearing and attitude; arrogance
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Prodigality
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(n) extravagant wastefulness; profuse generosity; extreme abundance; lavishness
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Vehemently
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(adv) characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid
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Credulity
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(n) a disposition to believe too readily
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Cynical
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(adj) expressing jaded or scornful skepticism or negativity
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Ascertain
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(v) to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
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Convivial
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(adj) fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable
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Affectation
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(n) a show, pretense, or display; artificiality
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Punctilious
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(adj) strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct
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Somnambulate
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(v) to walk when asleep
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Labyrinth
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(n) an intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze
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Disconcerting
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(v) to upset the self-possession of; ruffle
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Sinister
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(adj) suggesting or threatening evil; ominous
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Abstract
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(adj) considered apart from concrete existence; not applied or practical; theoretical
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Juxtapose
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(v) to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
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