Gatsby Vocab Flashcards
(23 cards)
Postern
a back or side entrance.
Pompadour
a woman’s hairstyle in which the hair is turned back off the forehead in a roll.
Nebulous
in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Laudable
(of an action, idea, or goal) deserving praise and commendation.
Insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
Meretricious
apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.
Turgid
swollen and distended or congested.
Debauchee
a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Lethargic
affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic.
Euphemism
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Portentous
done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress.
Prig
a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others.
Vicariously
in a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person.
Truculent
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
Redolent
strongly reminiscent or suggestive of.
Grail
a thing that is eagerly pursued or sought after.
Fortuitously
by chance rather than intention. (by luck/fortune)
Adventitious
happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature.
Pasquinade
a satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered publicly in a public place.
Complacent
showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.
Pandered
gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.).
Transitory
not permanent.
Commensurate
corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.
