The Great Gatsby Chapters 6-7 Vocab

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invariably

in every case or on every occasion; always.

incredulous

"An Oxford man!" He was _________. "Like hell he is!He wears a pink suit."

morbid

"Don't be _____," Jordan said. "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."

presumptuous

"Go on. He won't annoy you. I think he realizes that his ________ little flirtation is over."

perceptible

"I never loved him," she said, with _______ reluctance.

notoriety

Gatsby's ______, spread about by the hundreds who had accepted his hospitality and so become authorities upon his past, had increased all summer until he fell just short of being news.

slander

He looked--and this is said in all contempt for the babbled _____ of his garden--- as if he had "killed a man."

sagely

He nodded _____. "And what's more I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time"

contingencies

He was employed in a vague personal capacity--while he remained with Cody he was in turn steward, mate, skipper, secretary, and even jailor, for Dan Cody sober knew what lavish doings Dan Cody drunk might soon be about, and he provided for such ________ by reposing more and more trust in Gatsby.

earnestness

He was talking intently across the table at her, and in his __________ his hand had fallen upon and covered her own.

invariably

It is _________ saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.

tentatively

Jordan and Tom and I got into the front seat of Gatsby's car, Tom pushed the unfamiliar gears _________, and we shot off into the oppressive heat, leaving them out of sight behind.

oppressive

Jordan and Tom and I got into the front seat of Gatsby's car, Tom pushed the unfamiliar gears tentatively, and we shot off into the ________ heat, leaving them out of sight behind.

truculent

Only the negro and I were near enough to hear what he said, but the policeman caught something in the tone and looked over with _______ eyes.

authoritative

Self-consciously, with his ________ arms breaking the way, we pushed through the still gathering crowd, passing a hurried doctor, case in hand, who had been sent for in wild hope half an hour ago.

astounded

She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was _________.

brutality

She's locked herself into her room, and if he tries any ________ she's going to turn the light out and on again"

relinquished

The child, _________ by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly into her mother's dress.

intermittent

occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady. (sporadic)

tentatively

of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental; hesitant.

vicariously

involves experiencing something through another person

lethargic

A massive and _________ woman, who had been urging Daisy to play golf with her at the local club to-morrow, spoke in Miss Baedeker's defence.

relinquished

voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up; let go of.

sagely

wise, judicious, or prudent:

pervading

There were the same people, or at least the same sort of people, the same profusion of champagne, the same many-colored, many keyed commotion, but I felt an unpleasantness in the air, a _______ harshness that hadn't been there before.

sensuous

There's something very _________ about it---overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands."

laudable

This was his day off and with _________ initiative he had hurried out "to see."

incalculable

What would happen now in the dim, _________ hours?

portentous

done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress.

presumptuous

(of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate. bold.

incredulous

(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.

laudable

(of an action, idea, or goal) deserving praise and commendation. admirable

oppressive

(of weather) excessively hot and humid.

incarnation

(with reference to reincarnation) one of a series of lifetimes that a person spends on earth. or a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality.

ambitious

About this time an _________ young reporter from New York arrived one morning at Gatsby's door and asked him if he had anything to say

irreverent

After a moment she added as if she might have sounded ________, "There wasn't any connection."

portentous

As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat exploded into sound and we were listening to the ________ chords of Mendelssohn's Wedding March from the ballroom below.

incarnation

At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the ________ was complete.

vicariously

At this point Jordan and I tried to go, but Tom and Gatsby insisted with competitive firmness that we remain-- as though neither of them had anything to conceal and it would be a privilege to partake _______ of their emotions.

intermittent

The music had died down as the ceremony began and now a long cheer floated in at the window, followed by ________ cries of "Yea--ea--ea!" and finally by a burst of jazz as the dancing began.

ramifications

The none too savory ___________ by which Ella Kaye, the newspaper woman, played Madame de Maintenon to his weakness and sent him to sea in a yacht, were common knowledge to the turgid sub-journalism of 1902.

conception

The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic _______ of himself.

contingencies

a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.

authoritative

able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable.

lethargic

affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic. inactive.

morbid

characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

truculent

eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

perceptible

especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed.

earnestness

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:

ambitious

having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed.

sensuous

relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect.

ramifications

result; a consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome.

brutality

savage physical violence; great cruelty.

irreverent

showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously; disrespectful.

pervading

spread through and be perceived in every part of; (of an influence, feeling, or quality) be present and apparent throughout.

astounded

stunned; shock or greatly surprise

slander

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

notoriety

the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed.

conception

the way in which something is perceived or regarded.

incalculable

too great to be calculated or estimated.


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