The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Chapters 1 & 2

to make believe; pretend

• wan

• feigned

• bantering

• supercilious

A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever or amusing way

• epigram

• bantering

• solemn

• strident

behaving or thinking that one is superior to others

• incessant

• anemic

• cynical

• supercilious

(of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion

• incessant

• wan

• vitality

• anemic

talk or exchange of remarks in a good-humored or teasing way

• bantering

• epigram

• supercilious

• pessimist

a person who sees or anticipates the worst

• hauteur

• pessimist

• cynical

• grotesque

distrusting, criticizing, or mocking the motives of others

• bantering

• solemn

• cynical

• pessimist

fantastically ugly or absurd

• grotesque

• disdain

• supercilious

• wan

formal; serious; somber. Lacking humor

• strident

• solemn

• anemic

• disdain

lacking power; weak

• incessant

• vitality

• anemic

• wan