Gatsby Vocab List #3 (words from chps 7-9)

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incessantly (adv)

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Continuing without interruption; constantly

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redolent

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strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something

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unscrupulous

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dishonest; not guided or controlled by moral principles

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interminable

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endless; so long as to seem endless

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fortuitous (adj.)

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accidental, occurring by a happy chance

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ghastly

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frightful, horrible; deathly pale

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reverent

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deeply respectful

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elocution

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the art of public speaking

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recede

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To move back or away from

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adventitious

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accidental; nonessential.