Great Gatsby Vocab Flashcards by Sammy S | Brainscape

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Privy

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Sharing in knowledge of something; secret

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Levity

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To have a sense of Humor

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Excursions

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A journey

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Epigram

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A clever or amusing remark

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Sinister

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Something evil

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Proximity

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Nearness, to be around

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Wistful

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Regretful longing

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Deft

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To be skillful or a skillfulness

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Extemporize

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To improvise

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Anemic

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Lacking vitality

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Jovial

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Good humor; happy

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Pastoral

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Depicting a rural area

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Haughty

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Arrogant

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Propriety

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Correctness in manner or behavior

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Strident

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Harsh; Grating

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Gaudy

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Very extravagantly bright and/or showy

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Permeate

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To spread throughout

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Innuendo

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Subtle or indirect suggestion

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Prodigal

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To be reckless

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Impetuous

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Forced violence

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Malevolent

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Showing ill will to others

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Disconcerting

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Causing one to feel unsettles; to throw into confusion

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Obstinate

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Stubborn; Stand on ones opinion no matter what

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Laudable

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Deserving Praise

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Notoriety

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Famous; to be known

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Reverie

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Day dream

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Ramification

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Outgrowing growth of consequences; long term

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Obtrusive

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To force yourself on others

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Euphemism

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A substitution of an unpleasant expression

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Intermittent

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Comes and goes in intervals; Sporadic

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Vicarious

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Living through another person

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Exult

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Extreme joy

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Deranged

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Insane

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Truculent

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Fierce

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Indiscernible

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Difficult to understand

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Corroborate

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To Support with evidence