Great Gatsby Vocabulary

Define corroborate.

• confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
• To lie
• To fix something
• To give a false statement

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Is grotesque used correctly in this sentence?
The girl who won the Miss America pageant was described as grotesque. 

• Yes
• No

The chocolate on Lydia’s face was enough to ___________________ the theory that she was the one who stole the brownies.

• test
• corroborate
• convict
• confound

This Mercedes is very_________________

• Exultation
• Confounded
• Gaudy
• Corroborated

He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of ____________________ a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room.

• exultation
• gaudy
• meretricious
• grotesque

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Define confound

• Falsely attractive; attractive in a cheap way
• To clarify
• To make something clear
• To cause surprise or confusion

The plastic surgery that she had done had made her appearance nothing but ______________.

• Meretricious
• Corroborated
• Gaudy
• Confounded

But there was a change in Gatsby that was simply __________________ when he met Daisy at Nick's house.

• Grotesque
• Gaudy
• Confounding
• Silly

Define exultation.

• A feeling of sadness
• A feeling of triumphant happiness or joy
• A feeling of anger
• A feeling of jealousy

The decorations in Gatsby's house were desribed as____________________because the colors on the walls were brightly colored and the decorations were so large and out of place.

• Exultation
• Corroborated
• Confounded
• Gaudy