Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Great Gatsby Vocab
Vocab words from chapter 1-6
30
Language - English
11th Grade
01/13/2009

Additional Language - English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Fractious
Definition
Irritable and likely to complain or misbehave
Term
Peremptory
Definition
dictatorial/expressing urgency
Term
Contiguous
Definition
sharing a bounday
Term
Vacuous
Definition
lacking idea or intelligence, lacking attention, lacking content
Term
Incredulous
Definition
showing disbelief
Term
Feign
Definition
to pretend, invent or copy something
Term
Exempt
Definition
not subject to something
Term
Unobstrusive
Definition
not obvious
Term
Bantering
Definition
joking lightheartedly
Term
Languid
Definition
without energy
Term
Intimation
Definition
an indirect connection
Term
Complacency
Definition
the state of being self-confident
Term
Credulity
Definition
gullibility
Term
Subterfuge
Definition
something designed in order to deceive
Term
Ascertain
Definition
to find out something with certainty
Term
Denizen
Definition
resident
Term
Devoid
Definition
completely lacking in something
Term
Innunedo
Definition
a hint of something improper
Term
Lethargic
Definition
Physically slow and mentally dull
Term
Confound
Definition
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Term
Vicarious
Definition
getting pleasure through someone else
Term
Truculent
Definition
aggressively defiant
Term
Garrulous
Definition
pointlessly talkative
Term
Formidable
Definition
extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Term
Portentous
Definition
of momentous or ominous significance
Term
Fortuitous
Definition
an event happening by lucky chance
Term
Amorphous
Definition
without shape
Term
Commensurate
Definition
(preposition with)-equal in size
Term
Corroborate
Definition
confirm
Term
Transitory
Definition
not permanent or lasting
Supporting users have an ad free experience!