Great Gatsby Vocab Chapters 1-2

Front

Suggestive of an 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, usually 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