1. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. Vocabulary Chapter One

3. Feign (v)

4. To imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend

5. Supercilious (adj)

6. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

7. Conscientious (adj)

8. Meticulous; careful; painstaking; particular

9. Incredulous (adj)

10. Indicating or showing unbelief

11. Reciprocal (adj)

12. Mutual; corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent

13. Wan (adj)

14. Of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color

15. Complacent (adj)

16. Often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied

17. Intimidation (v)

18. Make known subtly and indirectly; hint

19. Infinite (adj)

20. Infinite (v) Indefinitely or exceedingly large

21. Anon (adj)

22. In a short time; soon

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24. Contiguous (adj)

25. Connecting without a break; uninterrupted

26. Facet (n)

27. Aspect; phase; side

28. Cower (v)

29. To crouch, as in fear or shame

30. Interpose (v)

31. To step in between parties at variance; mediate

32. Apathetic (adj)

33. Not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive

34. Languid (adj)

35. Lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent

36. Imply (v)

37. To indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated

38. Strident (adj)

39. Having a shrill, irritating quality or character

40. Deft (adj)

41. Nimble; skillful; clever

42. Clad (adj)

43. Dressed; covered

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45. Permeate (v)

46. To pass into or through every part of; to penetrate through the pores; to be diffused through; pervade; saturate

47. Innuendo (n)

48. An indirect comment about a person or thing; exp. Of a disparaging or a derogatory nature

49. Erroneous (adj)

50. Containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong

51. Vehement (adj)

52. Strongly emotional; intense or passionate

53. Cordial (adj)

54. Courteous and gracious; friendly; warm

55. Impetuous (adj)

56. Characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive

57. Vacuous (adj)

58. Lacking in ideas or intelligence

59. Corpulent (adj)

60. Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat

61. Provincial (adj)

62. Having the manners and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow; illiberal

63. Din (n)

64. A loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor

65. Vocabulary Chapter Four

66. Knickerbocker (n)

67. Any New Yorker

68. Fluctuate (v)

69. To change continually; shift back and forth

70. Sporadic (adj)

71. Appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional

72. Divine retribution (n)

73. Punishment from a higher being for bad deeds or transgressions

74. Rajah (n)

75. A king or prince in India; a minor chief or dignitary

76. Elicit (v)

77. To draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke

78. Valor (n)

79. Heroic courage; bravery

80. Somnambulatory (adj)

81. Related to sleep walking

82. Denizen (n)

83. An inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place

84. Jaunty (adj)

85. Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing

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87. Rout (n)

88. An overwhelming defeat

89. Suppress (v)

90. To do away with; abolish; stop

91. Innumerable (adj)

92. Very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless

93. Ecstatic (adj)

94. Subject to or in a state of ecstacy; rapturous

95. Reproach (v)

96. To find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame

97. Serf (n)

98. A slave

99. Obstinate (adj)

100. Inflexible; stubborn; not yielding

101. Exult (v)

102. To show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant

103. Hulking (adj)

104. Heavy and clumsy; bulky

105. Nebulous (adj)

106. Hazy, vague, indistinct, confused

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108. Laudable (adj)

109. Deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable

110. Insidious (adj)

111. Intended to entrap or trick

112. Repose (n)

113. Peace; tranquility; calm

114. Debauch (n)

115. An uninhibited spree or party

116. Antecedent (n)

117. A preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon

118. Ingratiate (v)

119. To establish oneself in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort

120. Perturb (n)

121. To throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy

122. Dilatory (adj)

123. Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy

124. Desolate (adj)

125. Barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely

126. Elusive (adj)

127. Hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive

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129. Lapse (n)

130. A slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure (v) to come to an end; stop

131. Insistent (adj)

132. Earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistant

133. Tentative (adj)

134. Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant

135. Abrupt (adj)

136. Sudden or unexpected

137. Tumult (n)

138. Uproar; disorder; highly distressing; agitation of mind or feeling

139. Portentous (adj)

140. Ominous, predictive of future bad events

141. Irreverent (adj)

142. Not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected

143. Vicarious (adj)

144. Taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute

145. Rancor (n)

146. Resentment or ill will; hatred; malice

147. Formidable (adj)

148. Of great strength; forceful; powerful

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150. Humidor (n)

151. A container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist

152. Indiscernible (adj)

153. Cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible

154. Settee (n)

155. A seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered

156. In cahoots (phrase)

157. In partnership; in league with; in conspiracy

158. Divot (n)

159. A piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke

160. Garrulous (adj)

161. Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters

162. Incoherent (adj)

163. Without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling

164. Conceivable (adj)

165. Imaginable; believable

166. Forlorn (adj)

167. Desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance

168. Laden (adj)

169. Burdened; loaded down

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171. Pasquinade (n)

172. A satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place

173. Derange (v)

174. To disturb the condition, action, or function of; to make insane

175. Surmise (v)

176. To think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

177. Superfluous (adj)

178. Being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless

179. Elocution (n)

180. A person’s manner of speaking or reading aloud in public

181. Unutterable (adj)

182. Unspeakable; beyond expression

183. Subtle (adj)

184. Difficult to perceive or understand

185. Orgastic (adj)

186. At the height of emotional excitement

187. Borne (v)

188. Carried

189. Ceaselessly (adj)

190. Without stopping or pausing; unendlingly; incessantly