Gatsby Vocabulary 6-9

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Deserving of praise

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Laudable

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Term for something that entraps or tricks

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Insidious

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Word for peace, tranquility, calm

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Repose

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Debauch

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An uninhibited spree or party

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Antecedent

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A preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon

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Ingratiate oneself

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Establish favor with deliberate effort

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Term for delaying or procrastinating

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Dilatory

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Desolate

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Barren; devastated

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Term for hard to express or define

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Elusive

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Contingency

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A possible event