Gatsby vocab review

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Decade of the Great Gatsby's setting?

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1920s

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Daisy's world was redolent of orchids and pleasant flowers. What does 'redolent' mean?

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fragrant

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Narrator of The Great Gatsby excerpt:

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Nick Carraway

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"The afternoon had made them tranquil for a while." Tranquil means:

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peaceful

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"he knew he was in Daisy’s house by a colossal accident". Colossal means:

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massive

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Dialogue in The Great Gatsby is between Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. What does dialogue mean?

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conversation

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‘Jay Gatsby’ shattered like glass against Tom’s malice. Malice means:

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viciousness

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In the Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is the ...

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protagonist

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"He did extraordinarily well in the war." What does 'extraordinarily' mean?

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sensational

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Unscrupulously means:

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unethical