The Great Gatsby vocabulary

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• privy

  allowed to know about smth secret

• levity

  behavior that shows lack of respect

• scorn

  Speaking in a rude and disrespectful way

• bungalow

  a house built on one level without stairs

• epigram

  short phrase to show smth

• domesticated

  tamed animals

• superficial

  only true on the surface

• anticlimax

  Disappointing ending

• reproach

  blame

• wistful

  showing sadness(especially when you did not get what you want)

• supercilious

  behaving rude because one thinks they are better than others

• effeminate

  looking or behaving like a woman(only men)

• fractious

  short tempered

• pungent

  having a strong smell or taste

• ajar

  slightly open

• divan

  a long sofa without a back or arm

• deft

  skillful

• incredulous

  not believing easily

• reciprocal

  agreeing among 2 or more ppl

• wan

  looking pale

• languid

  moving slowly and boredly

• unobtrusive

  receiving no attention

• banter

  jokes

• inconsequential

  not important

• infinitesimal

  extremely small

• complacent

  extremely satisfied and think there is no need of change

• acute

  very serious

• extemporize

  to speak without preparation

• turbulent

  in which there is a lot of sudden changes

• sedative

  a drug that makes you calm down

• cynical

  believing that behavior of ppl are all dishonest

• peremptory

  no choice of refusing

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