Gatsby Vocab Chapter 4-6

Question 1

Knickerbockers

Answer 1

A person from Manhatten. A baggy type of pants

Question 2

Fluctuate

Answer 2

to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount

Question 3

Sporadic

Answer 3

Something that happens at irregular intervals, only in a few places; scattered or isolated

Question 4

Divine retribution

Answer 4

supernatural punishment

Question 5

Rajah

Answer 5

AN Indian king or prince

Question 6

Elicit

Answer 6

to draw out or to call forth a reaction from something or someone

Question 7

Valour

Answer 7

Great courage in the face of danger, typically a battle

Question 8

Somnambulatory

Answer 8

To sleepwalk

Question 9

Denizen

Answer 9

inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.

Question 10

Jauntily

Answer 10

to do something in a happy, confident, and dapper manner

Question 11

Rout

Answer 11

a disastrous defeat

Question 12

Suppressed

Answer 12

to lower the level of something

Question 13

Innumerable

Answer 13

too many things to be counted

Question 14

Ecstatic

Answer 14

overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement

Question 15

Reproach

Answer 15

an expression of disapproval or disappointment

Question 16

Serf

Answer 16

a servant or a labourer

Question 17

Obstinate

Answer 17

To stubbornly refuse to change your actions or opinions even when people try to persuade you

Question 18

Exultation

Answer 18

A feeling of triumph and joy

Question 19

Hulking

Answer 19

A heavy and clumsy body

Question 20

Nebulous

Answer 20

a concept that is unclear and vague

Question 21

Laudable

Answer 21

an idea or an action that deserves praise

Question 22

Insidious

Answer 22

having a gradual and cumulative effect

Question 23

Repose

Answer 23

to be at rest

Question 24

Debauch

Answer 24

to destroy or to deface purity

Question 25

Antecedent

Answer 25

something that has always existed, or exists before another

Question 26

Ingratiate

Answer 26

to get a favour from someone by trying to flatter and please them

Question 27

Perturb

Answer 27

to make someone anxious or unsettled

Question 28

Dilatory

Answer 28

slow to act, procrastination

Question 29

Desolate

Answer 29

a place that is deserted of people, it is bleak

Question 30

Elusive

Answer 30

difficult to find or catch