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The Great Gatsby vocabulary

1.

feigned

pretended

2.

exempt

free from obligation

3.

bizarre

odd,unusual(grotesque)

4.

complacency

self-satisfaction,smugness

5.

intimation

hint

6.

desolate

lonely, forlorn

7.

supercillious

arrogant

8.

contiguous

adjoining,adjacent,neighboring

9.

apathetic

indifferent

10.

languid

listless, without vigot

11.

hauter

disdainful pride

12.

vehemently

forcefully

13.

credulity

willingness to believe

14.

ascertain

to make sure

15.

convivial

sociable

16.

punctillious

precise, formal

17.

labyrinth

maze

18.

disconcerting

confusing

19.

juxtaposition

side-by-side placement/comparison

20.

simultaneous

at the same time

21.

defunct

no longer existing, dead

22.

vestige

a trace of something no longer existing

23.

fluctuate

to vary

24.

contingency

a possible event

25.

oblivion

nothingness

26.

saunter

leisurely stroll

27.

dilatory

slow, delaying

28.

abyss

bottomless pit

29.

intermittent

periodic

30.

presumptuous

overly bold

31.

formidable

awesome,hard

32.

incessant

without stopping

33.

ravenously

hungrily

34.

pervaded

spread throughout

35.

corroborate

confirm

36.

garrulous

overly talkative

37.

amorphous

formless

38.

holocaust

complete destruction

39.

superfluous

excessive

40.

deferred

yielded

41.

transitory

temporary

42.

incoherent

disordered, unconnected