Great Gatsby Vocab Ch 1-9

Front

Feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction

Back

ennui

Front

Ominous; foreshadowing something sinister

Back

Portentous

Front

Bitter, deep-seated ill will or hatred

Back

Rancor

Front

Examination or discussion

Back

Expostulation

Front

shapeless; without definition

Back

amorphous

Front

bizarre, unusual, associated with absurdity or ugliness

Back

grotesque

Front

Proportionate

Back

Commensurate

Front

mysteriously, darkly

Back

obscurely

Front

rude, tactless

Back

indiscreet

Front

Result of something else

Back

Contingency