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ascertain
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to find out
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verb
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contiguous
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adjacent
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adj
nick and jays houses |
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disconcerting
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upsetting confusing
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adj
nicks take on the ride to new york with gatsby |
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extemporizing
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speaking on the spur of the moment
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verb
how daisy talks |
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fluctuate
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to vary to change
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verb
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fractiouness
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quarrelsome
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adj
tom irritable attitude. |
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hauteur
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haughtiness arrogance
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adj
false attitude to myrtle wilson toward others not to wealthy since she took her place as toms mistress. |
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hulking
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large and threating
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adj
daisies description of tom |
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incessant
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constant
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adj
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incredulously
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with disbelief
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adv
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innuendo
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a degatory hint
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noun
a rumor about gatsbys past |
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languidly
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slowly and listlessly
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adv
the way daisy and jordan lay around |
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pastoral
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relating to an idealized natural setting
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adj
nicks ironic description of his drive along fifth avenue |
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peremptorily
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in a harshly decisive manner
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adv
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permeate
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to spread
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verb
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staid
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very proper
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adj
the way the rich people act in west egg |
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strident
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harsh sounding
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adj
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supercilious
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haughty contemptous
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adj
toms attitude toward everyone |
