Great Gatsby Vocab Chapters 1-2

Front

Idealized view of reality

Back

Romantic

Front

A witty saying

Back

epigram

Front

Closeness

Back

Proximity

Front

Not manly in appearance; over-refinement

Back

Effeminate

Front

quarrelsome; troublesome

Back

fractiousness

Front

Large couch without backs or arms

Back

Divan

Front

Intellectual depth; intense and all-encompassing

Back

Profound

Front

lacking, empty

Back

devoid

Front

arrogant self-assurance

Back

peremptory

Front

Eye doctor

Back

Oculist