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Great Gatsby Vocabulary
Match the word to the definition
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| fractious | irritability |
| feigned | pretended, faked |
| exempt | free from obligation |
| bizarre | odd, grotesque |
| bantering | playful teasing |
| complacency | self-satisfaction, smugness |
| intimation | hint, suggest |
| desolate | lonely, forlorn |
| supercilious | arrogant |
| contiguous | adjoining, connected to |
| apathetic | indifferent, not caring |
| languid | listless, without vigor |
| hauteur | disdainful pride |
| prodigality | extravagance, wastefulness |
| vehemently | forcefully |
| credulity | willingness to believe |
| cynical | skeptical of goodness and sincerity |
| ascertain | to make sure |
| convivial | sociable |
| affectation | artificial behavior |
| punctilious | precise, formal |
| labyrinth | maze |
| disconcerting | confusing |
| sinister | ominous, evil |
| abstracted | preoccupied |
| juxtaposition | side by side placement |
| simultaneous | at the same time |
| defunct | no longer existing, dead |
| abortive | unsuccessful |
| agitated | upset, agitated |
| vestige | a trace of something no longer existing |
| fluctuate | to vary |
| turbulent | agitated, disturbing |
| turgid | pompous, swollen |
| contingency | a possible event |
| profusion | abundance |
| oblivion | nothingness |
| saunter | leisurely stroll |
| dilatory | slow, decaying |
| affront | offense, insult |
| abyss | bottomless pit |
| inviolate | sacred, intact |
| intermittent | periodic |
| presumptuous | overly bold |
| formidable | awesome, hard to handle |
| incessant | without stopping |
| ravenously | hungrily |
| pervaded | spread throughout |
| corroborate | confirm |
| garrulous | overly talkative |
| amorphous | formless, without shape |
| holocaust | complete destruction |
| adventitious | accidental |
| superfluous | excessive, not needed |
| deferred | yielded |
| jaunty | stylish |
| distort | twist out of shape |
| transitory | temporary |
| incoherent | disordered, not making sense, unconnected |
| meretricious | vulgarly attractive |
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