Gatsby Vocabulary Practice

Which term means believing that people are motivated by self-interest?

• sentimental

• reproach

• cynical

• Platonic

What term means irritable and quarrelsome?

• meretricious

• portentous

• grotesque

• fractious

What word describes showing great attention to detail or correct behavior?

• portentous

• grotesque

• surmise

• punctilious

Which term means showing a lack of respect or intense dislike?

• fractious

• jaunty

• affectation

• scorn

Which term means unwilling or unable to believe something?

• meretricious

• in cahoots

• holocaust

• incredulous

What term means to keep something for future use?

• reserve

• scorn

• supercilious

• cynical

What word describes someone who behaves as if they are superior to others?

• supercilious

• sporadic

• punctilious

• incredulous

Which term means having a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner?

• surmise

• in cahoots

• holocaust

• jaunty

Which term means occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated?

• incredulous

• sentimental

• reproach

• sporadic

What does the term 'affectation' mean?

• orgastic

• affectation

• sporadic

• punctilious