Gatsby Chapters 1-4 Vocabulary

Front

Word for behaving as if superior

Back

supercilious

Front

Word meaning: shows disbelief

Back

incredulously

Front

Word meaning: calms or soothes

Back

Sedative

Front

Word meaning: crucial; absolutely necessary

Back

Imperative

Front

To speak without preparation

Back

extemporize

Front

Word for touching along a boundary

Back

contiguous

Front

Pleasing to the senses

Back

sensuously

Front

Feeling of unworthiness

Back

Disdain

Front

Word meaning: to place between haughtily

Back

interpose

Front

Quality of being lively, strong, full of energy

Back

Vitality