The Great Gatsby: Chapter Two Vocabulary Review

What word means: touching along a boundary or at a point

• contiguous

• interpose

• sensuously

• vitality

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means: in a way that is pleasing to the senses

• contiguous

• vitality

• sensuously

• interpose

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means: the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect.

• contiguous

• vitality

• interpose

• disdain

• sensuously

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What word means: to place between haughtily

• disdain

• sensuously

• interpose

• vitality

• contiguous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What word means: the quality of being lively, strong, and full of energy.

• sensuously

• vitality

• contiguous

• interpose

• disdain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define: sensuously

"She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can."

• touching along a boundary or at a point

• to place between haughtily

• the quality of being lively, strong, and full of energy

• the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect

• in a way that is pleasing to the senses

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Define: interpose

"No you don't," interposed Tom quickly. "Myrtle'll be hurt if you don't come up to the apartment. Won't you, Myrtle?"

• to place between haughtily

• touching along a boundary or at a point

• in a way that is pleasing to the senses

• the quality of being lively, strong, and full of energy

• the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define: disdain

"Mrs. Wilson rejected the compliment by raising her eyebrows in disdain."

• the quality of being lively, strong, and full of energy

• the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect

• to place between haughtily

• touching along a boundary or at a point

• in a way that is pleasing to the senses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Define: contiguous

"The only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it, and contiguous to absolutely nothing."

• in a way that is pleasing to the senses

• the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect

• to place between haughtily

• the quality of being lively, strong, and full of energy

• touching along a boundary or at a point

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Define: vitality

"Her face...contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediate perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering."

• in a way that is pleasing to the senses

• touching along a boundary or at a point

• the quality of being lively, strong, and full of energy

• to place between haughtily

• the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of respect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4