All Great Gatsby Vocab

Front 1

Privy

Back 1

Having knowledge of something secret or private

Front 2

Plagiaristic

Back 2

To steal and pass off as ones own

Front 3

Levity

Back 3

Lack of interest

Front 4

Elations

Back 4

High spirited

Front 5

Epigram

Back 5

A witty saying

Front 6

Superficial

Back 6

Concerned only with the obvious

Front 7

Sinister

Back 7

Unfavorable

Front 8

Turbulence

Back 8

Causing unrest or violence

Front 9

Supercilious

Back 9

Feeling as though someone is below you

Front 10

Divan

Back 10

Couch

Front 11

Languidly

Back 11

Sluggish

Front 12

Extemporizing

Back 12

To speak without preparation

Front 13

Peremptorily

Back 13

Leaving no opportunity for denial

Front 14

Transcendent

Back 14

Going beyond ordinary limits

Front 15

Contiguous

Back 15

Touching/ connected

Front 16

Pastoral

Back 16

Rural area

Front 17

Sumptuous

Back 17

Lavish/ luxurious

Front 18

Ectoplasm

Back 18

Ghostlike connection

Front 19

Hauteur

Back 19

Full of ones self/ cocky

Front 20

Strident

Back 20

Harsh loud shrill

Front 21

Cataracts

Back 21

Clouding of the eyes

Front 22

Omnibus

Back 22

Vehicle carrying many people

Front 23

Fortnight

Back 23

2 weeks

Front 24

Innuendo

Back 24

A duffle hint or meaning

Front 25

Prodigality

Back 25

Unnecessary amount of something

Front 26

Homogeneity

Back 26

Composed of all the same elements

Front 27

Spectroscopic

Back 27

How people look at something

Front 28

Impetuously

Back 28

Suddenly/ impulsive

Front 29

Echolalia

Back 29

Repetition of words

Front 30

Vinous

Back 30

Over indulged on wine

Front 31

Punctilious

Back 31

Pay attention to detail

Front 32

Disconcerting

Back 32

Disturbing and concerning

Front 33

Retribution

Back 33

Revenge

Front 34

Somnambulatory

Back 34

As if sleepwalking

Front 35

Denizen

Back 35

Resident

Front 36

Rout

Back 36

Party or gathering

Front 37

Harrowed

Back 37

Stressed

Front 38

Defunct

Back 38

Outdated or useless

Front 39

Demoniac

Back 39

Pertaining to a demon

Front 40

Vestige

Back 40

Bit or trace

Front 41

Exultation

Back 41

Joyful

Front 42

Postern

Back 42

Gate

Front 43

Jonquil

Back 43

Type of flower

Front 44

Corrugated

Back 44

Ripples

Front 45

Pompadour

Back 45

Hairstyle

Front 46

Laudable

Back 46

Worthy of praise

Front 47

Insidious

Back 47

Something dangerous

Front 48

Meretricious

Back 48

Based on deception

Front 49

Ineffable

Back 49

Not able to express

Front 50

Septic

Back 50

Decaying

Front 51

Substantiality

Back 51

Reality

Front 52

Turgid

Back 52

Complex style

Front 53

Brothel

Back 53

Prostitution house

Front 54

Antecedents

Back 54

Life prior to now

Front 55

Ingratiate

Back 55

Trying to get on someone's good graces

Front 56

Euphemisms

Back 56

Nice way of putting something

Front 57

Dilatory

Back 57

To delay

Front 58

Portentous

Back 58

Momentous/ memorable

Front 59

Vicariously

Back 59

Felt through the experience of someone else

Front 60

Expostulation

Back 60

Dispute/ argument

Front 61

Grail

Back 61

Something sought after or desired

Front 62

Stratum

Back 62

One the same level

Front 63

Corroborate

Back 63

To confirm

Front 64

Vestibule

Back 64

Mudroom/ hallway

Front 65

Garrulous

Back 65

Shelly

Front 66

Pneumatic

Back 66

Filled with air

Front 67

Fortuitously

Back 67

Happening by chance

Front 68

Holocaust

Back 68

Devastation/ destruction

Front 69

Pasquinade

Back 69

Joke

Front 70

Adventitious

Back 70

Happening by chance

Front 71

Deranged

Back 71

Insane

Front 72

Solidarity

Back 72

Unified

Front 73

Elocution

Back 73

Speaking in public

Front 74

Aesthetic

Back 74

Appealing to look at