The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Words and Definitions
Instructions: For each of these terms, find the page number and give the phrase in context.
CHAPTER ONE
1.
factitiousness – divisiveness
2.
feigned – pretended
3.
bizarre – odd, eccentric
4.
bantering – making good-natured fun, joking
5.
complacency – self-satisfaction
6.
intimation – a hint, a secret
CHAPTER TWO
7.
desolate – deserted, dismal, waste
8.
supercilious – haughty, indifferent
9.
contiguous – next to, adjacent
10. apathetic – uncaring
11. languid – listless, exhausted
12. hauteur – arrogance
CHAPTER THREE
13. prodigality – reckless extravagance
14. vehemently – with passion & fury
15. credulity – believability
16. ascertain – to find out for sure
17. convivial – festive, social, merry
18. affectation – tender attachment
CHAPTER FOUR
19. punctilious – careful, scrupulous
20. labyrinth – maze
21. disconcerting – unnerving
22. sinister – evil-seeming, unlucky
23. abstracted – theoretical, removed
24. juxtaposition – the act of placing side by side
CHAPTER FIVE
25. simultaneous – at the same time
26. defunct – broken, not working
27. abortive – undeveloped, premature
28. distraught – perplexed, bewildered, frantic
29. vestige – trace of something that has been
30. fluctuate – change, move up or down
PART TWO
CHAPTER SIX
31. turbulent – disturbed, violent
32. contingency – possibility
33. profusion – great abundance
34. oblivion – forgotten
35. saunter – to stroll, to walk leisurely
36. dilatory – inclined to procrastination; tardy
CHAPTER SEVEN
37. affront – to confront, meet face to face
38. abyss – a deep chasm
39. inviolate – unprofaned, uninjured
40. intermittent – coming and going at intervals
41. presumptuous – forward, taking liberties
42. formidable – exciting fear or apprehension, overwhelming
CHAPTER EIGHT
43. incessant – without stopping
44. ravenously – eagerly, with great hunger
45. pervaded – spread throughout
46. corroborate – to confirm or support
47. garrulous – talkative
48. amorphous – shapeless, irregular
CHAPTER NINE
49. adventitious – accidental, out of the proper place
50. superfluous – extra, unnecessary, not needed
51. deferred – postponed, delayed
52. jaunty – lively, airy
53. transitory – changing
54. incoherent – not clear, lacking connected thoughts