WorksheetsCh. 2 Gatsby Vocab
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
adj. - fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre
Grotesque
Deft
Gorgeous
Impenetrable
adj. - dense; cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
Impenetrable
intelligible
Permeable
Solemn
noun - witty person who likes to make jokes
Nag
Wag
Bore
Mope
noun - district—N.Y. City is divided up into these
Borough
City
Suburb
Rural Area
adj. - formal; serious; sober; lacking humor or happiness
Frivolous
Hyper
Solemn
Wild
noun - property owner; business manager
Realtor
Proprietor
Tenant
Lodger
adj. - weak; lacking power, vigor, vitality; wishy-washy
Anemic
Decisive
Solemn
Wag
noun - aspect, feature
Smolder
Facet
Vitality
Muslin
adj. - noticeable; recognizable
Haughty
Indeterminate
Discreet
Perceptible
noun - liveliness; energy (physical and/or mental); spirit; vigor
Haughty
Incessant
Vitality
Dim
adj. - burning ** the spelling has changed since Fitzgerald’s time
Smoldering
Anemic
Incessant
Deft
adj. - marked by caution, prudence, or modesty and wise self-restraint; subtle
Supercilious
Haughty
Incessant
Discreet
verb - to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion to another *Usually followed by "to"
Deft
Defer
Disdain
Detest
noun - delicately woven cotton fabric
Muslin
Silk
Unbodied
Material
adj. - indefinite, uncertain; not clear
Indeterminate
Conclusive
Countenance
Proprietor
adj. - snooty; arrogant
Humble
Incessant
Haughty
Rakish
noun - appearance, especially the face
Muslin
Countenance
Facet
Wag
adj. - Dashingly or sportingly stylish
Rakish
Discreet
Conventional
Privy
adj. - never-ending; ceaseless
Haughty
Unstable
Incessant
Shrill
adj. - countless; very numerous
Innumerable
Relative
Rakish
Finite
adv. - without restraint; excessive; extreme
Rakish
Shrill
Reasonably
Immoderately
noun - apartment
Wag
Flat
Countenance
Vitality
adj. - high-pitched
Strident
Deft
Shrill
Shiftless
adj. - dainty, elegant
Shrill
Mincing
Unrefined
Shiftless
verb – to despise or scorn; noun – haughty contempt, extreme dislike; scorn
Disdain
Shiftless
Decided
Stirdent
adj. - lazy, without ambition
Shiftless
Arrogant
Deft
Privy
to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements
Flounce
Shrill
Disdain
Haughty
adj. - loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
Strident
Mincing
Dainty
Smoldering
noun - women’s hairdo from the 1920s that created waves in the hair
Wave
Up-Do
Straightener
Ponytail
