1. Great Gatsby Vocabulary #11-20
By Spencer Cobb

2. WARNING! Contains spoilers of the following books/movies: Harry Potter
Hunger Games
The Little Mermaid
Hercules
The Princess and the Frog

3. Who has a condescending expression?
Lucius Malfoy
Dobby the House Elf

4. condescending adjective
Showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude towards others

5. Who has a condescending expression?
Lucius Malfoy
Dobby the House Elf

6. When Johanna Mason was forced to compete in a second Hunger Games, she felt of the Capitol.
appreciative
contemptuous
honored
delighted

7. All words describe a feeling appreciative: feeling gratitude
adjectives
appreciative: feeling gratitude
contemptuous: feeling deep hatred or disapproval
honored: feeling privileged
delighted: feeling happy

8. When Johanna Mason was forced to compete in a second Hunger Games, she felt of the Capitol.
appreciative
contemptuous
honored
delighted

9. The districts of Panem are geographically each other.
severed from
discontinuous with
contiguous to
nonadjacent to

10. All words describe distance in relation to another object
adjectives
severed: kept apart
discontinuous: disconnected
contiguous: touching, unbroken, next to or near
nonadjacent: not sharing a border or wall

11. The districts of Panem are geographically each other.
severed from
discontinuous with
contiguous to
nonadjacent to

12. Which is a convivial gathering?
Voldemort’s Meetings
The Yule Ball

13. convivial adjective friendly, agreeable
of or relating to social events where people can eat, drink, and talk in a friendly way with others

14. Which is a convivial gathering?
Voldemort’s Meetings
The Yule Ball

15. Who is corpulent?
Ursula
Ariel

16. corpulent
adjective
having a large bulky body
portly
stout

17. Who is corpulent?
Ursula
Ariel

18. Snape left behind memories for Harry to Snape’s loyalty to Dumbledore.
eradicate
corroborate
enjoin
abolish

19. All words describe an action one takes
adjective
eradicate: to eliminate or destroy
corroborate: to authenticate
enjoin: to forbid or prevent someone from doing something
abolish: to officially end something

20. Snape left behind memories for Harry to Snape’s loyalty to Dumbledore.
eradicate
corroborate
enjoin
abolish

21. When Hagrid claimed Harry is a wizard, Harry did NOT react with .
uncertainty
skepticism
dubiety
credulity

22. All words describe a feeling one has
noun
uncertainty: not known beyond doubt
skepticism: not completely believing something
dubiety: hesitant doubt
credulity: willingness to trust or believe something without any evidence

23. When Hagrid claimed Harry is a wizard, Harry did NOT react with .
uncertainty
skepticism
dubiety
credulity

24. Who is cynical?
Hercules
Meg

25. cynical adjective distrusting the motives of others
believes humans as a whole are selfishly driven

26. Who is cynical?
Hercules
Meg

27. “I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don’t own me. If I’m gonna die, I wanna still be me.” When Peeta says this, he is
docile
defiant
ruly
tractable

28. All words describe how something reacts to control
adjective
docile: easily led or controlled
defiant: refusing to obey something or someone, bold
ruly: obedient, orderly
tractable: easily managed, willing to be taught or controlled

29. “I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don’t own me. If I’m gonna die, I wanna still be me.” When Peeta says this, he is
docile
defiant
ruly
tractable

30. Tiana is at cooking.
deft
inept
unqualified
incompetent

31. All words describe the ability of something to do a task
adjective
deft: skillful, clever, nimble
inept: lacking skill or ability
unqualified: not having acceptable qualifications
incompetent: lacking the qualities needed for a particular purpose

32. Tiana is at cooking.
deft
inept
unqualified
incompetent

33. Works Cited
Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 20 Jan
Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 20 Jan