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Great Gatsby Vocabulary #11-20

Great Gatsby Vocabulary #11-20. By Spencer Cobb. WARNING!. Contains spoilers of the following books/movies: Harry Potter Hunger Games The Little Mermaid Hercules The Princess and the Frog. Who has a condescending expression?. Lucius Malfoy. Dobby the House Elf. condescending.

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Great Gatsby Vocabulary #11-20

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  1. Great Gatsby Vocabulary#11-20 By Spencer Cobb

  2. WARNING! • Contains spoilers of the following books/movies: • Harry Potter • Hunger Games • The Little Mermaid • Hercules • The Princess and the Frog

  3. Who has a condescending expression? Lucius Malfoy Dobby the House Elf

  4. condescending • adjective • Showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude towards others

  5. Who has a condescending expression? Lucius Malfoy Dobby the House Elf

  6. When Johanna Mason was forced to compete in a second Hunger Games, she felt of the Capitol. • appreciative • contemptuous • honored • delighted

  7. All words describe a feeling • adjectives • appreciative: feeling gratitude • contemptuous: feeling deep hatred or disapproval • honored: feeling privileged • delighted: feeling happy

  8. When Johanna Mason was forced to compete in a second Hunger Games, she felt of the Capitol. • appreciative • contemptuous • honored • delighted

  9. The districts of Panem are geographically each other. • severed from • discontinuous with • contiguous to • nonadjacent to

  10. All words describe distance in relation to another object • adjectives • severed: kept apart • discontinuous: disconnected • contiguous: touching, unbroken, next to or near • nonadjacent: not sharing a border or wall

  11. The districts of Panem are geographically each other. • severed from • discontinuous with • contiguous to • nonadjacent to

  12. Which is a convivial gathering? Voldemort’s Meetings The Yule Ball

  13. convivial • adjective • friendly, agreeable • of or relating to social events where people can eat, drink, and talk in a friendly way with others

  14. Which is a convivial gathering? Voldemort’s Meetings The Yule Ball

  15. Who is corpulent? Ursula Ariel

  16. corpulent • adjective • having a large bulky body • portly • stout

  17. Who is corpulent? Ursula Ariel

  18. Snape left behind memories for Harry to Snape’s loyalty to Dumbledore. • eradicate • corroborate • enjoin • abolish

  19. All words describe an action one takes • adjective • eradicate: to eliminate or destroy • corroborate: to authenticate • enjoin: to forbid or prevent someone from doing something • abolish: to officially end something

  20. Snape left behind memories for Harry to Snape’s loyalty to Dumbledore. • eradicate • corroborate • enjoin • abolish

  21. When Hagrid claimed Harry is a wizard, Harry did NOT react with . • uncertainty • skepticism • dubiety • credulity

  22. All words describe a feeling one has • noun • uncertainty: not known beyond doubt • skepticism: not completely believing something • dubiety: hesitant doubt • credulity: willingness to trust or believe something without any evidence

  23. When Hagrid claimed Harry is a wizard, Harry did NOT react with . • uncertainty • skepticism • dubiety • credulity

  24. Who is cynical? Hercules Meg

  25. cynical • adjective • distrusting the motives of others • believes humans as a whole are selfishly driven

  26. Who is cynical? Hercules Meg

  27. “I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don’t own me. If I’m gonna die, I wanna still be me.” When Peeta says this, he is . • docile • defiant • ruly • tractable

  28. All words describe how something reacts to control • adjective • docile: easily led or controlled • defiant: refusing to obey something or someone, bold • ruly: obedient, orderly • tractable: easily managed, willing to be taught or controlled

  29. “I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don’t own me. If I’m gonna die, I wanna still be me.” When Peeta says this, he is . • docile • defiant • ruly • tractable

  30. Tiana is at cooking. • deft • inept • unqualified • incompetent

  31. All words describe the ability of something to do a task • adjective • deft: skillful, clever, nimble • inept: lacking skill or ability • unqualified: not having acceptable qualifications • incompetent: lacking the qualities needed for a particular purpose

  32. Tiana is at cooking. • deft • inept • unqualified • incompetent

  33. Works Cited • Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2014. www.merriam-webster.com • Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2014. www.dictionary.reference.com

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