Vocab.The Great Gatsby

Question 0

Ravenously ( adj )

Answer 0

Extremely hungry,voracious

Question 1

Incessant ( adj )

Answer 1

Continuing without interruption

Question 2

Pervaded ( verb )

Answer 2

To be present throughout ;permeate

Question 3

Amorphous ( adj )

Answer 3

Lacking definite form; shapeless

Question 4

Holocaust ( noun )

Answer 4

Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life

Question 5

Adventitious ( adj )

Answer 5

Not inherent but added extrinsically; accidental

Question 6

Superfluous ( adj )

Answer 6

Being beyond what is required or sufficient

Question 7

Deferred ( verb )

Answer 7

To put off; postpone

Question 8

Jaunty ( adj )

Answer 8

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk

Question 9

Distort ( verb )

Answer 9

To twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape

Question 10

Transitory ( adj )

Answer 10

Existing or lasting only a short time ,short- lived or temporary

Question 11

Incoherent ( adj )

Answer 11

Lacking cohesion ,connection,or harmony; not coherent

Question 12

Sumptuous ( adj )

Answer 12

A size or splendor suggesting great expense

Question 13

Facet ( noun )

Answer 13

One of numerous aspects , as of a subject

Question 14

Vacuous ( adj )

Answer 14

Devoid of matter, empty