The Great Gatsby Chapter 2 Vocabulary

To walk about in an idle or leisurely manner; to stroll. 

• vicinity

• saunter

• shiftlessness

• console

Patronizingly haughty; exhibiting an attitude of arrogant superiority. 

• indeterminate

• strident

• repel

• supercilious

Next to something in geographical space; adjacent. 

• contiguous

• vicinity

• discreetly

• repel

The area around or near a particular place. 

• saunter

• discreetly

• vicinity

• strident

Not able to be determined or stated in a precise way; vague.

• indeterminate

• discreetly

• countenance

• incredulously

The face as an expression of mood, emotion, or character; a facial expression that offers approval or moral support. 

• countenance

• supercilious

• contiguous

• shiftlessness

Unobtrusively; done without drawing undue attention to oneself. 

• strident

• discreetly

• console

• repel

Laziness or passivity; an unwillingness to work; a lack of ambition or drive.

• incredulously

• console

• shiftlessness

• strident

Unpleasantly loud or harsh.

• strident

• incredulously

• console

• supercilious

Done in a manner that conveys a reluctance to believe; skeptically. 

• shiftlessness

• saunter

• incredulously

• contiguous