The Great Gatsby Final Vocabulary Quiz

not willing to admit or accept something as true

• defunct

• incredulous

• wan

• bootlegger

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

someone who makes or sells illegal liquor

• sporadic

• olfactory

• penitentiary

• bootlegger

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the act of placing different things together or side by side in order to compare or create an interesting effect

• counterfeit

• sporadic

• juxtaposition

• wan

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

shining brightly; sending out light

• radiant

• reverie

• laudable

• shiftless

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

something that existed or happened prior to another thing

• contingency

• meretricious

• reverie

• antecedent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

an eventual event or situation which may happen, but cannot be predicted with certainty

• contingency

• notoriety

• turgid

• menagerie

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

animosity or hatred toward someone who has wronged you; resentment

• inviolate

• rancor

• clamor

• tumultuous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a deep or seemingly bottomless hole

• harrowing

• portentous

• abyss

• precipitately

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

very kind or generous; forgiving

• tumultuous

• precipitately

• truculent

• magnanimous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

peaceful and quiet

• tranquil

• superfluous

• emerge

• redolent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4