The Great Gatsby vocab set 1

causing deep emotions of sadness

• condescend

• ambiguous

• poignant

showing little or no interest or concern

• apathetic

• coherence

• vehement

done with strong feelings or great force

• vehemently

• condescendingly

• poignantly

held or pieced together in a way that makes sense

• cynical

• coherence

• doubtful

negative fame; the state of being known for something bad

• notoriety

• contemptuous

• homogeneity

believing that other people are only motivated by self-interest

• condescending

• vehement

• cynical

having more than one meaning; unclear

• ambiguous

• notoriety

• unresponsive

to do something you consider beneath your social position

• coherence

• condescend

• contemptuous

consisting of parts or people that are all the same

• cynical

• ambiguous

• homogeneity

full of intense disapproval; scornful

• contemptuous

• poignant

• apathetic