The Great Gatsby Vocab: Chapters 1-3

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What does the word WAN mean?

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Of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color

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What does the word GROTESQUE mean?

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Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

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What does the word VACUOUS mean?

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Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless

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What does the word DISTORT mean?

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Pull or twist out of shape; warp

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What does the word PROVINCIAL mean?

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Having the manners and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal

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What does the word ARROGANT mean?

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Having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.

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What does the word DECADENT mean?

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Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline.

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What does the word LUXURIOUS mean?

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Extremely comfortable, elegant, or enjoyable, especially in a way that involves great expense.

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What does the word EUPHEMISM mean?

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A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.

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What does the word INNUENDO mean?

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An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.