Gatsby Vocab 1B

to fill up, seep into; to saturate

• sporadic
• vacuous
• mar
• permeate

indirect hint or suggestion, esp of an insulting or offensive nature

• ascertain
• innuendo
• supercilious
• dissension

incorrect; wrong

• strident
• disconcerting
• erroneous
• innuendo

to determine; make certain or clear

• ascertain
• inept
• punctilious
• discreet

empty; lacking ideas or intelligence; stupid

• supercilious
• disconcerting
• sporadic
• vacuous

lacking skill; awkward; clumsy

• vacuous
• inept
• cynical
• punctilious

disagreement

• ascertain
• compulsion
• dissension
• innuendo

periodic; random; happening at irregular intervals

• sporadic
• punctilious
• inept
• vacuous

painstaking; meticulous; strict attention to detail

• disconcerting
• inept
• permeate
• punctilious

confusing, disturbing; causing emotional distubance

• dissension
• sporadic
• disconcerting
• erroneous