Vocabulary • Ch 9 - The Great Gatsby • Definitions

What is the definition of 'defer'?

• Being quiet and unhappy

• Happening without stopping or being interrupted

• To postpone or put off until later

• To move back or away from something

What word means to change and adjust to new conditions?

• dwelling

• adapt

• partition

• convention

What is the definition of 'bound'?

• Tied or restricted, not able to move freely

• Showing support and togetherness with others

• Being quiet and unhappy

• To change and adjust to new conditions

What word means to determine to do something and stick with it?

• poise

• resolve

• superfluous

• inquisition

What is the definition of 'convention'?

• A gathering where people meet for a purpose

• To postpone or put off until later

• To show or explain something with pictures

• Not many, spread out, not dense

What word means how something looks and feels?

• aesthetic

• sparse

• solidarity

• convention

What is the definition of 'solidarity'?

• Showing support and togetherness with others

• To determine to do something and stick with it

• Not many, spread out, not dense

• More than what is needed or necessary

What word means a place where someone lives?

• recede

• superfluous

• dwelling

• solidarity

What is the definition of 'sparse'?

• A place where someone lives

• Not many, spread out, not dense

• To determine to do something and stick with it

• To change and adjust to new conditions

What word means being quiet and unhappy?

• aesthetic

• sullen

• superfluous

• recede