THE GREAT GATSBY

VOCABULARY WORDS

You will be responsible for getting your vocabulary words completed on the day they
are due. YOU WILL NOT BE GIVEN TIME IN CLASS TO COMPLETE YOUR
VOCABULARY!

There will be two vocabulary tests for Gatsby:

o The first will cover only the words in Chapters 1-5, and it will be on
November 15th.
o The “vocabulary final,” a comprehensive quiz on all of these words, will be on
December 3rd.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2
1. Feign 1. Contiguous
2. Supercilious 2. Facet
3. Conscientious 3. Cower
4. Incredulous 4. Interpose
5. Reciprocal 5. Apathetic
6. Wan 6. Languid
7. Complacent 7. Imply
8. Intimation 8. Strident
9. Infinite 9. Deft
10. Anon 10. Clad

Words from Chapter 1 and 2 are DUE Friday, October 29th.

 10. Din

Chapter 4

Chapter 3 1. Knickerbockers

1. Permeate 2. Fluctuate

2. Innuendo 3. Sporadic

3. Erroneous 4. Divine retribution

4. Vehement 5. Rajah

5. Cordial 6. Elicit

6. Impetuous 7. Valor

7. Vacuous 8. Somnambulatory

8. Corpulent 9. Denizen

9. Provincial 10. Jauntily

Words from Chapter 3 and 4 are DUE Friday, November 5th.

Chapter 5

1. Rout

2. Suppressed

3. Innumerable

4. Ecstatic

5. Reproach

6. Serf

7. Obstinate

8. Exultation

9. Hulking

10. Nebulous

Words from Chapter 5 are DUE Friday, November 12th.

Chapter 6 Chapter 7

1. Laudable 1. Lapse

2. Insidious 2. Insistent

3. Repose 3. Tentative

4. Debauch 4. Abrupt

5. Antecedent 5. Tumult

6. Ingratiate 6. Portentous

7. Perturb 7. Irreverent

8. Dilatory 8. Vicarious

9. Desolate 9. Rancor

10. Elusive 10. Formidable

Words from Chapter 6 and 7 are DUE Friday, November 19th.

Chapter 8 Chapter 9

1. Humidor 1. Pasquinade

2. Indiscernible 2. Derange

3. Settee 3. Surmise

4. In cahoots 4. Superfluous

5. Divot 5. Elocution

6. Garrulous 6. Unutterable

7. Incoherent 7. Subtle

8. Conceivable 8. Orgiastic

9. Forlorn 9. Borne

10. Laden 10. Ceaselessly

Words from Chapter 8 and 9 are DUE Friday, November 26th.