Gatsby Vocab Review

What term describes doing something in an expressively lively manner?

• Elicit

• Somnambulist

• Jauntily

• Sporadic

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

Which word means to evoke or draw out from someone?

• Fluctuate

• Elicit

• Vacuous

• Ravage

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 term for a person who sleepwalks?

• Somnambulist

• Prodigality

• Grotesque

• Libel

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

Which word describes something occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places?

• Punctilious

• Sporadic

• Supercilious

• 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 term is used for rising and falling irregularly in number or amount?

• Fluctuate

• Poignant

• Hauteur

• Levity

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

Which word means showing great attention to detail or behavior?

• Echolalia

• Punctilious

• Malevolence

• 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 the term for meaningless repetition of another person's words?

• Vacuous

• Ravage

• Echolalia

• Prodigality

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which word describes having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence?

• Poignant

• Vacuous

• Jauntily

• Libel

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 term means evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret?

• Poignant

• Grotesque

• Supercilious

• Privy

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

Which word describes reckless or wasteful spending of money?

• Malevolence

• Prodigality

• Levity

• Hauteur

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