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Gatsby Vocab #1
Gatsby Vocab #1
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11th Grade
01/18/2010
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Debauchee
 Definition
Addict for pleasing oneself
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Crescendo
 Definition
increase in volume
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Prodigality
 Definition
extreme abundance
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Portentious
 Definition
prediction of the future
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Deft
 Definition
very skillful
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Florid
 Definition
ornate, reddish in color
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Interminable
 Definition
endless
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Vacuous
 Definition
lacking in intellegence
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Poignant
 Definition
painful to senses
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Nebulous
 Definition
indistinct
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Din
 Definition
loud, continued noise
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Dilatory
 Definition
tending to procrastinate
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Languid
 Definition
lacking enthusiasm
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Fractiousness
 Definition
irritable, readily angered
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Eddies
 Definition
small vorttex
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Convivial
 Definition
friendly
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Jauntiness
 Definition
stylish
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Wan
 Definition
pale
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Corpulant
 Definition
fat
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Vestige
 Definition
trace of something dead
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Wistful
 Definition
yearning
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Reverie
 Definition
daydreaming
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Insolent
 Definition
casual disrespect
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Garrulous
 Definition
chatty
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Ineffable
 Definition
too sacred to speak of
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Desolate
 Definition
abandoned, solitary
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Menagerie
 Definition
collection of wild animals
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