The Great Gatsby Vocab Flashcards by Daria Wonderlick

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Fractious

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Stubborn; irritable

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Languid

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Listless;weak

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Fervent

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Passionate

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Peremptory

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Dictatorial, imperious

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Contiguous

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Touching

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Anaemic

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Spiritless, weak

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Crepe-de-chine

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Fine, thin cloth

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Ectoplasm

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Gel-like outer layer, blob

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Hauteur

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Haughtiness, arrogance

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Erroneous

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False, mistaken

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Vacuous

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Empty

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Florid

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Flusher, ruddy

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Corpulent

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Fat, obese

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Klipspringer

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African antelope

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Punctilious

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Extremely careful

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Sinister

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Evil

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Incredulous

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Unbelieving

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Somnambulatory

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Sleep walking

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Presbyterian

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Traditional

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Juxtaposition

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Placement side by side

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Supercilious

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Haughty

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denizen

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inhabitant

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Orgiastic

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Excessively indulgent

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nebulous

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cloudy, indistinct

Commensurate

Proportionate; corresponding

insidious

treacherous, sly

Aesthetic

Having to do with beauty

platonic

ideal

Transitory

Lasting only a short time

meretricious

insincere

Superfluous

Extra; unnecessary

ineffable

unable to be expressed in words

Amorphous

Shapeless

Madame de Maintenon

second wife of King Louis XVI: mistress

Fortuitous

Accidental

turgid

flowery; swollen or excessive

Garrulous

Talkative

debauchee

one who indulges excessively in pleasure

Redolent

Aromatic

euphemism

a pleasant expression used in substitution for one that is unpleasant or offensive

Truculent

Fierce; cruel; savage

dilatory

tardy

Portentous

Ominous

trimalchio

extravagant host

Magnanimous

Generous; noble

caravansary

hotel

Rancor

Bitterness

libertine

one who pursues dissolution excessively

Vicarious

Enjoying an experience through another person

Prig

Prude