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The Great Gatsby. Vocabulary Unit 2. Complacent. Adjective Pleased and self-satisfied; often without awareness or potential danger or defect. Corpulent. Adjective Large or bulky of body; fat. Impetuous. Adjective Characterized by sudden or rash action or emotion; impulsive. Incredulous.
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The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Unit 2
Complacent • Adjective • Pleased and self-satisfied; often without awareness or potential danger or defect
Corpulent • Adjective • Large or bulky of body; fat
Impetuous • Adjective • Characterized by sudden or rash action or emotion; impulsive
Incredulous • Adjective • Disinclined to believe; skeptical
Intimate • Verb • To indicate or make known indirectly; hint
Innuendo • Noun • An indirect intimation about a person or thing; especially of a derogatory nature
Languid • Adjective • Lacking in spirit or vitality; slack and slow
Supercilious • Adjective • Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression
vacuous • Adjective • Lacking in ideas or intelligence
Vehement • Adjective • Strongly emotional, intense, and passionate