GREAT GATSBY Vocabulary for chapters 7, 8, 9

CHAPTER 7

RANCOUR Bitter; resentment; ill-will Daisy, with rancour in her voice, said, “as if it mattered to you!”

MAGNANIMOUS Noble of heart and mind; generous to forgive “The weak can never [be magnanimous ]. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

LIBERTINE One who acts without moral restraint Joseph Gordon Levitt plays a womanizer and libertine in his new movie, Don Jon.

PRIG One who is prim/proper; usually in an arrogant manner Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl is a prig.

CHAPTER EIGHT

REDOLENT Having a sweet fragrance; reminiscent When I smell Cool Water, a redolent perfume, I am reminded of my middle school days

AMORPHOUS Lacking definite form/shape If you get a tattoo, you do not want it to be amorphous.

PERVADE spread through and be perceived in every part of Lenore’s presence pervaded our narrator’s home in The Raven.

GARRULOUS Habitually, often excessively talkative Ms. Pierson has some garrulous students.

CHAPTER NINE

ELUDED Escaped from; difficult to catch/grasp With the help of his tattoo, Michael Scofield eluded the authorities in Prison Break.

SURMISE To infer without conclusive evidence Her mother surmised that something was wrong when she didn’t return home by curfew.