Vocab Quiz Gatsby

Question 1

levity

Answer 1

humor or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion

Question 2

façade

Answer 2

the front of a building

Question 3

denizen

Answer 3

a person admitted to residence in a foreign country

Question 4

dissension

Answer 4

disagreement

Question 5

subterfuge

Answer 5

deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal.

Question 6

credulity

Answer 6

a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

Question 7

complacency

Answer 7

a feeling of quiet pleasure or security

Question 8

defer

Answer 8

put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone.

Question 9

obscure

Answer 9

keep from being seen; conceal.

Question 10

elude

Answer 10

evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.

Question 11

supercilious

Answer 11

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

Question 12

pastoral

Answer 12

(especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.

Question 13

incessant

Answer 13

continuing without interruption; unending; ceaseless: an incessant noise

Question 14

desolate

Answer 14

showing the effects of abandonment and neglect

Question 15

sumptuous

Answer 15

splendid and expensive-looking.

Question 16

vehement

Answer 16

showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

Question 17

earnest

Answer 17

resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.

Question 18

deft

Answer 18

neatly skillful and quick in one’s movements

Question 19

effeminate

Answer 19

(with reference to a man) having characteristics and ways of behaving traditionally associated with women and regarded as inappropriate for a man

Question 20

languidly

Answer 20

slowly and with little energy, often in an attractive way

Question 21

obtrusively

Answer 21

in a noticeable way

Question 22

discreetly

Answer 22

you are polite and careful in what you do or say

Question 23

haughtily

Answer 23

in an unfriendly way and seeming to consider yourself better than other people

Question 24

impetuously

Answer 24

Acting or done quickly with little or inadequate thought

Question 25

apathetically

Answer 25

having or showing little or no feeling or emotion