Gatsby Chapter 1-3 Vocabulary

describes someone who is sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private

• Privy

• Elation

• Extemporize

• Cynical

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

demanding immediate attention in a way that is insistent and arrogan

• Incredulously

• Peremptorily

• Reproach

• Prominent

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

the feeling or belief that someone or something is despicable

• Scorn

• Riotous

• Elation

• Cynical

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 previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way

• Incredulously

• Reproach

• Prominent

• Revelation

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

distrustful of human sincerity or integrity; distrusting of the motives of others

• Extemporize

• Cynical

•  Incredulously

• Supercilious

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

important; famous

• Riotous

• Reproach

• Prominent

• Peremptorily

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

in a manner indicating disbelief

• Incredulously

• Cynical

• Elation

• Scorn

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

characterized by wild and uncontrolled behavior

• Elation

• Riotous

• Reproach

• Extemporize

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

the expression of disapproval or disappointment

• Extemporize

• Peremptorily

• Reproach

• Cynical

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

great happiness and exhilaration

• Revelation

• Extemporize

• Supercilious

• Elation

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