Gatsby Vocab

Question 1

He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he DISPENSED starlight...

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distributed

Question 2

Her WAN scornful mouth smiled and so I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face.

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pale

Question 3

He looked at me with unforgettable REPROACH and opening the door cautiously went back in...

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disapproval

Question 4

The hall was present occupied by two DEPLORABLY sober men...

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shamefully

Question 5

...every VESTIGE of embarrassment was gone.

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trace

Question 6

He's quite a character around New York--a DENIZEN of Broadway.

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citizen

Question 7

They were so ENGROSSED in each other that she didn't see me until I was five feet away.

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absorbed

Question 8

I began to walk about the room, examining various INDEFINITE objects in half darkness.

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Question 9

Americans, while willing to be serfs, have always been OBSTINATE about being peasantry.

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stubborn

Question 10

Together we SCRUTINIZED the twelve lemon cakes from the delicatessen shop.

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examined

Question 11

They were, at least, AGONIZINGLY aware of the easy money in the vicinity.

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painfully

Question 12

My INCREDULITY was submerged in fascination now; it was like skimming through magazines.

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disbelief

Question 13

I saw that the expression of BEWILDERMENT had come back into Gatsby's face...

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confusion

Question 14

Choose the best synonym for the ALL CAPS word: Jordan Baker avoided clever SHREWD men...

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smart

Question 15

He smiled like a weather man, like an ECSTATIC patron of recurrent light...

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overjoyed

Question 16

This was continually breaking though his PUNCTILIOUS manner in the shape of restlessness.

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calculated

Question 17

We both jumped up and, a little HARROWED myself, I went out into the yard.

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stressed

Question 18

I had a glimpse of Mrs. Wilson straining at the garage pump with panting VITALITY as we passed.

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liveliness

Question 19

And then came that DISCONCERTING ride.

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disturbing

Question 20

Gatsby was reclining against the mantelpiece in a strained COUNTERFEIT of perfect ease...

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imitation

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