The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Ch. 1

What does the word "privy" mean?

• Sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private

• Feeling or expressing deep hatred or disapproval

• Tending to calm or soothe

• Behaving or looking as though one is superior to others

What is the meaning of "confidence"?

• A photomechanical printing process

• A secret or private matter told under a condition of trust

• The tendency to be troublesome and quarrelsome

• Great happiness and euphoria

What does "levity" refer to?

• Lightness of mind, character, or behavior

• Impossible to perceive

• Leaving no opportunity for refusal or denial

• Behaving or looking as though one is superior to others

What does "mar" mean?

• To damage or spoil to a certain extent

• To speak without preparation

• Not noticeable or conspicuous

• Having or showing qualities considered more suited to women

What is the definition of "elation"?

• Great happiness and euphoria

• Overall sense or understandability

• Indefinitely or exceedingly small

• Behaving or looking as though one is superior to others

What does "supercilious" mean?

• Behaving or looking as though one is superior to others

• Impossible to perceive

• Tending to calm or soothe

• Sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private

What does "effeminate" refer to?

• Having or showing qualities considered more suited to women than to men

• A photomechanical printing process

• Leaving no opportunity for refusal or denial

• Great happiness and euphoria

What is the meaning of "fractiousness"?

• The tendency to be troublesome and quarrelsome

• Not possessing something; lacking

• To speak without preparation

• Overall sense or understandability

What does "conscientious" mean?

• Wishing to do what is right

• Impossible to perceive

• Leaving no opportunity for refusal or denial

• Behaving or looking as though one is superior to others

What is the definition of "imperceptible"?

• Impossible to perceive

• Indefinitely or exceedingly small

• Tending to calm or soothe

• Sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private