Name: ____________________
McGuirk
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
Vocabulary Master List
Week One
1. fractiousness—
irritability
2. feigned—pretended
3. exempt—free from
obligation
4. bizarre—odd, grotesque
5. bantering—playful
teasing
6. complacency—self-
satisfaction, smugness
7. intimation—hint
8. desolate—lonely,
forlorn
9. supercilious—arrogant
10. contiguous—adjoining
11. apathetic—indifferent
12. languid—listless,
without vigor
13. hauteur—disdainful
pride
14. prodigality—
extravagance
15. vehemently—forcefully
16. credulity—willingness
to believe
17. cynical—skeptical of
goodness and sincerity
18. ascertain—to make sure
19. convivial—sociable
20. affectation—artificial
behavior
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Week Two
1. punctilious—precise,
formal
2. labyrinth—maze
3. disconcerting—
confusing
4. sinister—ominous, evil
5. abstracted—preoccupied
6. juxtaposition—side-by-
side placement
7. simultaneous—at the
same time
8. defunct—no long
existing, dead
9. abortive—unsuccessful
10. distraught—upset,
agitated
11. vestige—a trace of
something no longer
existing
12. fluctuate—to vary
13. turbulent—agitated,
disturbing
14. turgid—pompous,
swollen
15. contingency—a possible
event
16. profusion—abundance
17. oblivion—nothingness
18. saunter—leisurely stroll
19. dilatory—slow, delaying
20. affront—offense
Week Three
1. abyss—bottomless pit
2. inviolate—sacred, intact
3. intermittent—periodic
4. presumptuous—overly
bold
5. formidable—awesome,
hard to handle
6. incessant—without
stopping
7. ravenously—hungrily
8. pervaded—spread
throughout
9. corroborate—confirm
10. garrulous—overly
talkative
11. amorphous—formless
12. holocaust—complete
destruction
13. adventitious—accidental
14. superfluous—excessive
15. deferred—yielded
16. jaunty—stylish
17. distort—twist out of
shape
18. transitory—temporary
19. incoherent—disordered,
unconnected