The Great Gatsby--Vocabulary

Words do not necessarily appear in the same form (part of speech) as they do in the text. Words in bold are common SAT vocabulary words.

Chapter 1 11. indignant adj. (51) 1. feigned v. (pg.1) 12. malevolence n. (52) 2. levity n. (pg. 1) Chapter 4 3. impressionability adj. (pg. 2) 1. disconcerting v. (64) 4. elations n. (pg. 2) 2. olfactory adj. (68) 5. supercilious adj. (pg. 7) 6. effeminate adj. (pg. 7) 4. denizen n. (73) 7. conscientious adj. (pg. 8) 8. contemptuously adv. (11) 5. jauntily adv. (79) 9. peremptorily adv. (pg. 18) Chapter 5 10. intimation n. (pg. 20) Chapter 2 1. defunct adj.,n. (86) 1. oculist n. (pg. 24) 2. sumptuous adj. (pg. 25) 2. nebulous adj. (94) 3. immoderately adv. (pg. 30) 4. hauteur n. (pg. 30) 3. reproach v. n. (84) 5. disdain v. (pg. 31) 4. vestige n. (89) Chapter 3 1. prodigality n. (pg. 40) Chapter 6 2. gaudy adj. (40) 3. innuendo n. (40) 1. insidious adj. (98) 4. vehemently adv. (42) 2. septic adj. (106) 5. gayety n. (44) 6. vacuous adj. (46) 3. meretricious adj. (98) 7. lull n. (47) 8. florid adj. (48) 4. ineffable adj. (98) 9. corpulent adj. (48) 6. saunter v. (105) 10. inept adv. (51) 7. obtrusive adj. (107) 4. redolent adj. (151)

Chapter 7 5. ravenously adv. (149)

1. Portentous adj. (135) 6. unscrupulously adv. (149)

2. intermittent adj. (126) 7. exasperated v. (155)

3. clamor n. (135) 8. corrugated v. (162)

4. tumult n. (135) Chapter 9

5. expostulation n. (138) 1. pasquinade n. (163)

6. irreverent adj. (127) 2. commensurate adj. (180)

3. Complacent adj. (176)

Chapter 8 4. superfluous adj. (165)

1. fortuitously adj. (161) 5. transitory adj. (180)

2. garrulous adj. (156) 6. interminable adj. (176)

3. pervading v. (152) 7. obscurity n. (180) VOCABULARY LOG

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