The Great Gatsby Chapter 1-3 Vocabulary

What does 'Privy' mean?

• continuing without pause or interruption

• having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence

• sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private

• formal or dignified / not smiling

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does 'Feign' mean?

• behaving as though one is superior to others

• pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)

• formal or dignified / not smiling

• meaningless repetition of another person's words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does 'Levity' mean?

• extravagantly bright or showy, typically tastelessly so

• behaving as though one is superior to others

• proud arrogance of manner

• treatment of a serious matter with humor/lack of respect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does 'Supercilious' mean?

• insisting on immediate attention or obedience

• irritable and quarrelsome /difficult to control

• false statements/lie

• behaving as though one is superior to others

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does 'Fractiousness' mean?

• irritable and quarrelsome /difficult to control

• lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

• meaningless repetition of another person's words

• smug /uncritical satisfaction with oneself

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does 'Complacency' mean?

• extravagantly bright or showy, typically tastelessly so

• cause severe and extensive damage

• smug /uncritical satisfaction with oneself

• impossible to pass through or understand

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

What does 'Extemporize' mean?

• cause severe and extensive damage

• compose or perform something without preparation

• insisting on immediate attention or obedience

• (of a sound) loud and harsh; forceful point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

What does 'Libel' mean?

• false statements/lie

• compose or perform something without preparation

• insisting on immediate attention or obedience

• proud arrogance of manner

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What does 'Peremptory' mean?

• insisting on immediate attention or obedience

• behaving as though one is superior to others

• (of a sound) loud and harsh; forceful point of view

• an allusive remark or hint, typically suggestive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does 'Grotesque' mean?

• formal or dignified / not smiling

• comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

• meaningless repetition of another person's words

• an allusive remark or hint, typically suggestive

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4