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The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Chapters 1 – 3

The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Chapters 1 – 3 . Supercilious. The man acted in a very supercilious manner, causing his roommates to dislike him immensely. . Supercilious. Adjective Feeling or showing haughty disdain; arrogant. Contemptuous.

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The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Chapters 1 – 3

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  1. The Great Gatsby VocabularyChapters 1 – 3

  2. Supercilious The man acted in a very supercilious manner, causing his roommates to dislike him immensely.

  3. Supercilious Adjective Feeling or showing haughty disdain; arrogant

  4. Contemptuous Charlie can be very contemptuous towards people he comes into contact with; maybe that’s why he’s not very well-liked.

  5. Contemptuous Adjective Feeling or expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect

  6. Languid After a long day of hunting, the polar bear was feeling extremely languid and needed some rest.

  7. Languid • Adjective • Sluggish or without energy; moving slowly

  8. Incredulous The shocked soccer player was incredulous after the referee’s terrible call.

  9. Incredulous Adjective Tending to disbelieve; skeptical

  10. Vacuous Many people who talk too much tend to think they are intellectually superior, when in reality much of their conversation is vacuous.

  11. Vacuous Adjective Without content; empty; lacking ideas or intelligence; purposeless

  12. Wan Bob was looking a little wan after dealing with the stomach flu for a few days.

  13. Wan Adjective Suggestive of poor health; sickly; lacking vitality

  14. Harrowed The man thought his car was stolen, until he remembered he had parked it in a different spot; he was relieved, but the experience harrowed him.

  15. Harrowed Adjective To have experienced great distress or torment To harry = to harass

  16. Affront Because Raffi Torres knocked Marian Hossa out of the playoffs with a concussion last year, the Blackhawks decided to affront Torres the next time they played against him.

  17. Affront Verb To insult or offend, especially to the face, by behavior or language To appear directly before

  18. Prodigal “The covetous man never has money; the prodigal will have none shortly.”

  19. Prodigal Adjective Extravagantly wasteful; giving or producing something in large amounts; spending parental money wastefully, but returning home to a warm welcome

  20. Peremptory Major Payne gave his peremptory orders for the soldiers to return to their bunks for the night.

  21. Peremptory Adjective (esp. of a person's manner or actions) Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way. Not open to appeal or challenge; final.

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