The Great Gatsby Definitions
Vulnerable: open to assault
Definitions Criticizing: to find fault with
Definitions Advantages: A relatively favorable position; superiority of means
Definitions Reserved: formal or self- restrained
Definitions Consequence: the effect, result, or outcome
Definitions Privy: participating in the knowledge of something private
Definitions unsought: not desired
Definitions feigned: pretended
Definitions preoccupation: A state of being when one’s mind is on other thoughts
Definitions hostile: angry
Definitions levity: lightness of mind, character, or behavior
Definitions intimate: very private; closely personal
Definitions revelation: disclosure; act of revealing
Definitions quivering: to shake
Definitions plagiaristic: to pass off someone else’s thing as your own
Definitions marred: damaged or spoiled
Definitions suppressions: putting down by force
Definitions fundamental: basic
Definitions decencies: proper behavior
Definitions parceled: divide into portions
Definitions boasting: bragging
Definitions tolerance: putting up with ways that are different from one’s own
Definitions riotous: obnoxious; disorderly
Definitions excursions: short trip taken for pleasure; getaway
Definitions exempt: release; make free from
Definitions unaffected: simple; natural
Definitions scorn: look down upon; despise
Definitions intricate: complicated
Definitions responsiveness: a reaction of mind or body to something
Definitions flabby: soft; weak
Definitions impressionability: act of being easily influenced
Definitions dignified: having pride and self-respect
Definitions temperament: a person’s nature
Definitions abortive: unsuccessful; fruitless
Definitions sorrows: sadness; regret
Definitions elations: joy; extreme happiness