The Great Gatsby Vocabulary 4/4/2016

1.  mar (p. 2/6): verb

2.  wistfully/wistful (p. 6/10): adv/adj

3.  supercilious

4.  compulsion (p. 9/14): noun

5.  deft (p. 10/15): adj.

6.  contemptuously/contemptuous (p. 11/15): adv/

7.  infinitesimal (p. 13/18): adj.

8.  cynical (p. 16/21): adj.

9.  solemn (p. 24/28): adj.

10.  anemic (p. 25/29): adj.

11.  vitality (p. 25/30): noun

12.  discreet (p. 26/31): adj.

13.  defer (p. 26/31): verb

14.  incessant (p. 30/34): adj.

15.  hauteur/haughty (p. 30/35): noun

16.  strident (p. 35/40): adj.

17.  permeate (p. 40/44) verb

18.  innuendo (p. 40/44) noun

19.  erroneous (p. 41/45) adjective

20.  ascertain (p. 45/50) verb

21.  vacuous (p. 46/51) adjective

22.  implore (p. 51/55) verb

23.  ineptly/inept (p. 51/55) adverb/adjective

24.  dissension (p.51/56) noun

25.  disintegrate (p. 61/65) verb

26.  sporadic (p. 64/68) adj

27.  punctilious (p. 64/68) adj

28.  disconcerting (p. 64/69) adj

29.  retribution (p. 65/69) noun

30.  sinister (p. 65/69) adj

31.  juxtaposition (p. 71/75) noun

32.  succulent (p. 71/75) adj

33.  obliged (p. 88) verb:

34.  scrutinize (p. 89) verb

35.  defunct (p. 91) adj

36.  obstinate (p. 93) adj

37.  vestige (p. 94) noun

38.  garnish (p. 97) verb

39.  disarray (p. 97) noun

40.  nebulous (p. 100) adj:

41.  transpire (p. 97/103) verb

42.  laudable (p. 97/103) adj

43.  insidious (p. 98/104) adj

44.  ineffable (p. 99/105) adj

45.  repose (p. 100/106) verb

46.  lethargic (p. 106/113) adj:

47.  euphemism (p. 107/114) noun

48.  menagerie (p. 107/114) noun

49.  affront (p. 115/121)—noun

50.  croon (p. 117/123)—verb

51.  genial(ly) (p. 118/124)—adj/adv

52.  refuse [REF-yoos] (p. 118/124)—noun

53.  rancor (p. 132/139)—noun:

54.  magnanimous (p. 135/142)—adj

55.  presumptuous (p. 135/142)—adj

56.  truculent (p. 140/148)—adj

57.  redolent (p.148/155) adj:

58.  unscrupulous/unscrupulously (p.149/156) adj/adv

59.  stratum (p.149/156) noun:

60.  whim (p.149/156) noun

61.  corroborate (p.153/161) verb

62.  garrulous (p.156/163) adj

63.  fortuitous/fortuitously (p.161/169) adj/adv

64.  amorphous (p.161/169) adj

65.  surmise (p. 172/164)

66.  superfluous (p. 173/165) – adj

67.  sparse (p. 175/167) – adj

68.  sullen (p. 185/176) – adj

69.  pander (p. 189/180) – verb

70.  aesthetic (p. 189/180) – adj

71.  commensurate (p. 189/180) – adj

  1. elude (p. 189/180) – verb