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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