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The Great Gatsby Voc. List 5 profuse-tentative
The Great Gatsby Voc. Test 5 profuse-tentative
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| profuse | extravagantly abundant, flowing freely |
| provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded |
| punctillious | stressing precise following of instructions, details, codes or conduct |
| pungent | sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid |
| rancor | bitter, dep-seated ill will, enmity |
| ravenous | urgently eager for food; craving for satisfaction or gratification |
| reciprocal | mutual, interacting |
| rend | to tear violently, split |
| reproach | to blame for something, a disgrace |
| reserve | self-restraint |
| revere | to honor, to regard with respect |
| reverie | daydreaming |
| rivulet | a small stream, brook |
| savory | appetizing |
| scanty | less than or barely sufficient, meager |
| shrill | a high-pitched or piercing sound |
| somnambulist | a sleepwalker |
| sporadic | occasionally occurring |
| stratum | a horizontal layer |
| strident | loud and harsh sounding |
| succulent | very juicy |
| sumptuous | lavish, luxurious |
| supercilious | haughty, vain and arrogant |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow |
| tentative | not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain |
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