The Great Gatsby
Vocabulary List #2
1. supercilious – superior; arrogant (adj.) (p. 11)
2. fractiousness- quality of being troublesome or quarrelsome (n.) (p. 11)
3. hauteur – arrogance; haughtiness (n.) (p. 35)
4. prodigality – wastefulness; recklessness (n.) (p. 44)
5. credulity – inclination to believe with little evidence (n.) (p. 48)
6. traps – outward signs or decorations (n.) (p. 51)
7. provincial – narrow minded; limited in outlook (adj.) (p. 54)
8. rent – torn v. (p. 56)
9. asunder – in pieces (adv.) (p. 56)
10. retribution – punishment; something administered in recompense (n.) (p. 69)
11. incredulous – skeptical; expressing disbelief (adj.) (p. 70)
12. juxtaposition – placement side by side (n.) (p. 75)
13. benediction – a closing blessing at a worship service (n.) (p. 77)
14. insidious – sly; subtly seductive (adj.) (p. 104)
15. meretricious – tawdrily attractive (adj.) (p. 104)
16. ineffable – indescribable; not to be uttered (adj.) (p. 105)
17. gaudiness – quality of being ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented (n.) (p. 109)
18. ingratiate – to gain favor by deliberate effort (v.) (p. 107)
19. profusion – abundance (n.) (p. 110)
20. precipitately – rashly; hastily (adv.) (p. 131)
21. libertine – person who leads a life loose in morals (n.) (p. 137)
22. prig – one who irritates by rigid following of social rules (n.) (p. 137)
23. magnanimous – noble; of lofty or courageous spirit (adj.) (p. 142)
24. portentous – ominous (adj.) (p. 143)
25. formidable – exciting fear or awe; imposing serious difficulties (adj.) (p. 143)
26. expostulation – reasoning earnestly in dissuading a person (n.) (p. 146)
27. truculent – savage; aggressively self-assertive (adj.) (p. 148)
28. redolent – fragrant; reminiscent (adj.) (p. 155)
29. adventitious – arising accidentally or in an unusual location (adj.) (p. 171)
30. superfluous – exceeding what is sufficient or necessary (adj.) (p. 173)