Gatsby Ch. 1-3 Vocab

Which word means "to spend money recklessly and wastefully"?

• Tumultuous

• Vehement

• Ineffable

• Prodigal

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

Which word means "putting two things side by side for contast"?

• Repudiate

• Juxtaposition

• Debauchery

• Fractious

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The teacher tried to __________ a correct response from her class.

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

Ephemeral means...

• gigantic

• rude and annoying

• lasting a short time

• sick and weak

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This word means easily irritated and quick to argue

• fractious

• opulent

• punctilious

• ineffable

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

While F. Scott Fitgerald was a respected writer, reports of his drinking and ________were starting to overshadow his career.

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

When your feelings are so intense that you don't have the words to describe them, you would say they are ____________.

• tumultuous

• punctilious

• opulent

• ineffable

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

Loud, noisy, or disruptive

• Innuendo

• Tumultuous

• Vehement

• Opulent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

People in both East and West Egg live very _________ lifestyles.

• opulent

• juxtaposition

• vehement

• debauchery

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Jordan made an ___________ that Tom has cheated on Daisy with multiple women.

• elicit

• debacuhery

• innuendo

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A