Great Gatsby Vocab List 1

noun - lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.

adjective - a way that is using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author.

noun - any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.

adjective - unable to be remedied or rectified; irretrievable.

adjective - haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

adjective - characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, self-indulgence; feminine

noun – quality of being refractory or unruly

adverb - disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptically

adverb - inconspicuously, unassertively, or reticently

adjective - indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute

noun - a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

verb - to sing, or play on an instrument, composing the music as one proceeds; improvise.

noun - a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder

adverb - leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperatively

noun - a defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.

noun - a hint; suggestion

adjective - not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.

adjective - in contact; in close proximity; near

adjective - luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid

adverb - hearty, joyously humorous or a spirit of good-fellowship

adjective - smart; jaunty; dashing

adverb - exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessively; extremely

lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow

noun - haughty manner or spirit; arrogance; snobbery

adjective - having a shrill, irritating quality or character

verb - to engage in hard and continuous work; labor arduously

noun - a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand; a buffoon

noun - an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature

noun - an instance of wasteful extravagance in spending

adjective - containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong

noun - willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility

adjective - displaying a continuous range or entire extent

without contents; empty; lacking intelligence

adjective - large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat

adjective - friendly; agreeable