great gatsby vocabulary

to imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend

• innuendo

• feign

• vacuous

• denizen

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

characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc. ; impulsive

• garrulous

• somnambulatory

• impetuous

• vacuous

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

corresponding in size or degree; in proportion

• nebulous

• transitory

• pandered

• commensurate

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

excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters

• subterfuge

• garrulous

• dilatory

• vicarious

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

hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

• superfluous

• denizen

• nebulous

• vacuous

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

gratify or indulge an immoral or untasteful desire, to do something someone wants even though it is not good, moral, or tasteful

• rancor

• vicarious

• pandered

• somnambulatory

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

not permanent

• contiguous

• corpulent

• commensurate

• transitory

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

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• corpulent

• supercilious

• superfluous

• vicarious

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

connecting without a break; uninterrupted

• contiguous

• innuendo

• provincial

• vacuous

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

lacking in ideas or intelligence

• denizen

• vicarious

• vacuous

• garrulous

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