The Great Gatsby Chapters 6&7 Vocabulary Definitions

Front

Tending to delay or waste time

Back

Dilatory

Front

Possible future event

Back

Contingency

Front

Definition: A loud confused noise; commotion

Back

Answer: Tumult

Front

Definition: Occurring at intervals

Back

Answer: Intermittent

Front

A man leading a life of reckless drinking and self-indulgence

Back

Debauchee

Front

malicious resentfulness or hostility

Back

rancor

Front

Stealthy, subtle, cunning, treacherous

Back

Insidious

Front

Overblown, inflated, or pompous

Back

Turgid

Front

Definition: too great or intense to be expressed in words

Back

Ineffable

Front

Momentous or ominous significance

Back

Portentous