English 3 Gatsby Unit 5 Vocabulary

Causing extreme distress

• Harrowing

• Tangible

• Oppressive

• Stagnant

Perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch

• Harrowing

• Tangible

• Oppressive

• Stagnant

Not circulating or flowing

• Harrowing

• Tangible

• Oppressive

• Stagnant

Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

• Morbid

• Inexplicable

• Oppressive

• Stagnant

Suggesting the horror of death and decay

• Morbid

• Inexplicable

• Oppressive

• Stagnant

Incapable of being explained or accounted for

• Morbid

• Inexplicable

• Oppressive

• Stagnant

A deliberately offensive act

• Affront

• Bona Fide

• Relinquish

• Engrossed

Not counterfeit or copied

• Affront

• Bona Fide

• Relinquish

• Engrossed

Turn away from; give up

• Tangible

• Bona Fide

• Relinquish

• Engrossed

Giving or marked by complete attention to

• Tangible

• Bona Fide

• Relinquish

• Engrossed