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BANNS
public announcement of intention to marry
DEFT
dexterous; skillful
EXTEMPORIZING
speaking on the spur of the moment without preparation
FRACTIOUSNESS
quarrelsomeness
HULKING
large and threatening
INCREDULOUSLY
with disbelief
LANGUIDLY
slowly and listlessly
PEREMPTORILY
in a harshly decisive manner, allowing no response
SUPERCILIOUS
haughty; contemptuous
CONSTRAINED
compelled
ECHOLALIA
babble; the habit of repeating what other people say
INNUENDO
a derogatory hint or insinuation
PERMEATE
to spread through a substance
STAID
very proper and conservative in behavior
VACUOUS
empty
DENIZEN
inhabitant
DISCONCERTING
upsetting; confusing
FLUCTUATE
to vary; to change
JAUNTILY
gaily; stylishly
OLFACTORY
referring to the sense of smell
SOMNAMBULATORY
in sleepwalking manner
CONTIGUOUS
adjacent; next to each other
ECTOPLASM
a ghostly emanation
HAUTEUR
haughtiness; arrogance
INCESSANT
constant
PASTORAL
relating to an idealized natural setting
SAUNTER
to stroll
STRIDENT
harsh sounding; shrill
ASCERTAIN
to find out
DEFUNCT
completely broken; dead
HARROWED
distressed; vexed
NEBULOUS
vague
REPROACH
blame
SERFS
a slave bound to the land and owned by a lord
VESTIGE
trace; remnant
CATARACTS
floods of water; waves
DILATORY
tardy; slowmoving
LAUDABLE
praiseworthy
PROXIMITY
neatness
SEPTIC
dirty; infectious
TURGID
inflated in language; bombastic
INDICERNIBLE
imperceptible
PERVADING
spread throughout
REDOLENT
fragrant; imbued with an odor
CARAVANSARY
a large inn, usually in the Middle East, to accomodate caravans
MERETRICIOUS
characteristic of a prostitute; cheap and gaudy
PORTENTOUS
ominous
PRECIPITATELY
hastily
PRIG
an overly proper or punctilious person
TRUCULENT
cruel; savage; destructive
FORLORN
forsaken; pitable
FORTUITOUSLY
by chance
GARRULOUS
talkative
ADVENTITIOUS
accidental
COMMENSURATE
equal
COMPLACENT
self-satisfied
DERANGED
driven mad
TRANSITORY
quickly passing, momentary
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The Great Gatsby Vocab
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starred summer vocab
Updated
2012-08-09T17:49:24Z
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