Gatsby Vocab Chapter 4-6 Flashcards

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Knickerbockers

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A person from Manhatten. A baggy type of pants

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Fluctuate

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to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount

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Sporadic

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

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Divine retribution

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supernatural punishment

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Rajah

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AN Indian king or prince

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Elicit

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

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Valour

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Great courage in the face of danger, typically a battle

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Somnambulatory

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To sleepwalk

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Denizen

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inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.

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Jauntily

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

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Rout

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a disastrous defeat

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Suppressed

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to lower the level of something

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Innumerable

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too many things to be counted

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Ecstatic

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overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement

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Reproach

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an expression of disapproval or disappointment

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Serf

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a servant or a labourer

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Obstinate

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

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Exultation

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A feeling of triumph and joy

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Hulking

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A heavy and clumsy body

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Nebulous

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a concept that is unclear and vague

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Laudable

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an idea or an action that deserves praise

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Insidious

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having a gradual and cumulative effect

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Repose

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to be at rest

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Debauch

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to destroy or to deface purity

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Antecedent

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something that has always existed, or exists before another

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Ingratiate

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

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Perturb

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to make someone anxious or unsettled

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Dilatory

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slow to act, procrastination

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Desolate

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a place that is deserted of people, it is bleak

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Elusive

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difficult to find or catch