Gatsby Vocab 7 & 8

to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice

• alight

• croon

• refuse

• octave

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

free from petty resentfulness, generous in forgiving an insult or injury

• redolent

• magnanimous

• intermittent

• rift

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

fierce, cruel, scathing

• inquest

• vicarious

• dilatory

• truculent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

social class or level of society consisting of people of similar cultural, economic, or educational status

• rift

• inquest

• stratum

• whim

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

rough and noisy

• contemptuous

• boisterous

• genial

• harrowing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

extremely disturbing

• harrowing

• inviolate

• tumultuous

• refuse

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

something regarded as worthless, useless; trash

• rift

• Trimalchio

• whim

• refuse

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a sudden thought, idea, or desire decided upon by impulse rather than reason

• divot

• holocaust

• whim

• benediction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

pleasantly cheerful, cordial

• genial

• contemptuous

• boisterous

• precipitate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

bitter resentment, hatred, malice

• ravenous

• ecstatic

• whim

• rancor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4