Gatsby Vocabulary Practice

Which term means believing that people are motivated by self-interest?

• sentimental

• reproach

• cynical

• Platonic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What term means irritable and quarrelsome?

• meretricious

• portentous

• grotesque

• fractious

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

What word describes showing great attention to detail or correct behavior?

• portentous

• grotesque

• surmise

• punctilious

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

Which term means showing a lack of respect or intense dislike?

• fractious

• jaunty

• affectation

• scorn

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which term means unwilling or unable to believe something?

• meretricious

• in cahoots

• holocaust

• incredulous

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

What term means to keep something for future use?

• reserve

• scorn

• supercilious

• 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

What word describes someone who behaves as if they are superior to others?

• supercilious

• sporadic

• punctilious

• incredulous

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

Which term means having a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner?

• surmise

• in cahoots

• holocaust

• jaunty

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which term means occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated?

• incredulous

• sentimental

• reproach

• sporadic

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

What does the term 'affectation' mean?

• orgastic

• affectation

• sporadic

• punctilious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4