The Great Gatsby Ch 1-2 Vocabulary

Incredulously

• in a scornful way that shows disdain.
• a doctor who takes care of eyes
• walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort
• in a manner indicating disbelief

Anemic

• someone who looks pale, ashen and ghostly
• in a manner indicating disbelief
• a doctor who takes care of eyes
• in a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived

Triumphantly

• an angry rebuke or reprimand
• in a way that shows great happiness or joy at a victory or achievement
• too many to be counted
• in a manner indicating disbelief

Vitality

• the state of being strong and active; energy
• arrogantly superior and disdainful
• the ability to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity
• impossible to pass through or enter or impossible to understand

Upholstery

• not enjoying or bringing financial success.
• at the same time.
• soft, padded textile covering that is fixed to furniture such as armchairs and sofas
• having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing

Languid

• behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to other
• displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed
• splendid and expensive-looking
• failing to make someone believe that something is true or valid.

Haughtily

• arrogantly superior and disdainful
• beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience
• someone who looks pale, ashen and ghostly
• extremely small

Strident

• loud and harsh; grating.
• burning slowly with smoke but no flame
• soft, padded textile covering that is fixed to furniture such as armchairs and sofas
• displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

Fractiousness

• burning slowly with smoke but no flame
• compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise
• open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
• irritable and quarrelsome

Wistfulness

• impossible to pass through or enter or impossible to understand
• displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed
• having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing
• compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise