Gatsby Vocab ch. 1-5

To make believe; pretend

• wan

• cynical

• epigram

• feigned

behaving or thinking one is superior to others

• feigned

• peremptorily

• supercilious

• epigram

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

• epigram

• effeminate

• wan

• feigned

of a person's complexion: pale and giving the impression of illness

• peremptorily

• wan

• cynical

• rotogravure

having characteristics and ways of behaving traditionally associated with women

• feigned

• wan

• effeminate

• cynical

distrusting, criticizing, or mocking the motives of others

• cynical

• peremptorily

• epigram

• supercilious

a printing system using a rotary press with intaglio cylinders, typically running at high speed and used for long print runs of magazines and stamps

• cynical

• epigram

• feigned

• rotogravure

in a way that expects to be obeyed immediately and without any questions

• supercilious

• cynical

• peremptorily

• effeminate

liveliness; energy

• hauter

• vitality

• languid

• anemic

never ending; ceaseless

• disdain

• languid

• incessant

• vitality