The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Quiz

What means to pretend or fake?

• Privy

• Anemic

• Feign

• Impenetrable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation?

• Libel

• Strident

• Levity

• Solemn

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What means behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant?

• Solemn

• Incessant

• Supercilious

• Anemic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is loud and harsh; grating?

• Privy

• Libel

• Complacency

• Strident

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual?

• Fractiousness

• Levity

• Incessant

• Privy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What means participating in the knowledge of something private or secret?

• Anemic

• Incessant

• Privy

• Solemn

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What means weak; lacking power, vigor, vitality; wishy-washy

• Impenetrable

• Strident

• Solemn

• Anemic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline; quarrelsomeness

• Fractiousness

• Impenetrable

• Levity

• Supercilious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is impossible to pass through or enter; impossible to understand

• Levity

• Feign

• Libel

• Impenetrable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by being unusually unaware of actual dangers or deficiencies in oneself?

• Incessant

• Complacency

• Strident

• Anemic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4