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Gatsby Vocabulary
Finals
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Language - English
10th Grade
01/22/2012
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Feigned
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Fictitious, not genuine or real.
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Levity
 Definition
Excessive or unseemly frivolity.
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Colossal
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Of a bulk, extent, power, or effect approaching or suggesting the stupendous or incredible.
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Supercilious
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Coolly and patronizingly haughty
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Fractiousness
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Tending to be troublesome; Unruly
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Wan
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Suggestive of poor health
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Languidly
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Drooping of flagging from exhaustion
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Infinitesimal
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Immeasurably small
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Complacency
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Self-satisfaction, unaware of actual dangers
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Extemporizing
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To compose, perform, improvise.
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Ether
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Light, inflammable liquid C4H10O
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Prodigality
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Characterized by wasteful expenditure.
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Innuendo
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Reflection on character or reputation
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Permeate
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To diffuse or penetrate
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Vacuous
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Emptied, lack of content
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Florid
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Very flowery in style
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Corpulent
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Having a large, bulky body; Obese
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Obstetrical
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Relating to childbirth
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Implored
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To call or pray earnestly.
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Vinous
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Showing effects of use of wine
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Asunder
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Torn into parts
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Denizen
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Inhabitant
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Jauntily
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Sprightly in manner of appearance
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Olfactory
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Relating to the sense of small
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Punctilious
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Concerned on convetions
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Somnabulatory
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Carried out while sleep walking
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Molars
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Tooth for grinding
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Defunct
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No longer living.
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Nebulous
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Relating to a nebula
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Benediction
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Public worshipping
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Reproach
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Disapproval
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Laudable
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Worthy of praise
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Proximity
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closeness
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Septic
 Definition
causing putrefaction
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Meretricious
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Relating to a prostitute
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Elude
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To escape perception, understanding
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Fortuitously
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Coming or happening by a lucky chance
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Garrulous
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pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
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Receded
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To move back or away; withdraw
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Ceaselessly
 Definition
Continuing without cease; Constant
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