Gatsby Vocab Ch. 3

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To penetrate or pervade

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permeate

Front

Contention or quarrel; discord

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dissension

Front

Indirect reference, often malicious; insinuation.

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innuendo

Front

Attitudes and opinions common to provincial life; rustic, unsophisticated, limited.

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provincial

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Intensity of feeling; emphatic; characterized by great energy or force.

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vehement

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Containing nothing; empty; lacking ideas or intelligence.

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vacuous

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Liable to act rashly or impulsively.

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Impetuous

Front

Containing nothing; empty; bereft of ideas or intelligence; mindless.

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vacuous

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Act of moving or extending in different directions from a common point; branch off.

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divergence

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sociable; jovial or festive

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convivial