Vocab List 9: The Great Gatsby 1. Rout (n)- an overwhelming defeat 2. Reproach (v)- to find fault with; to blame; criticize 3. Obstinate (adj)- inflexible; stubborn; not yielding; adamant 4. Nebulous (adj)- hazy; vague; indistinct; confusing 5. Laudable (adj)- praiseworthy; commendable; honorable 6. Insidious (adj)- sneaky 7. Debauchery (n)- behavior one would see at a crazy party 8. Ingratiate (v)- to establish oneself in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort (in a contrived way) 9. Perturb (v)- disturb; bother; annoy 10. Elusive (adj)- hard to express or define (concept); cleverly or skillfully evasive (person) 11. Derange (v)- to disturb; to make insane 12. Surmise (v)- to guess; infer; conjecture 13. Elocution (n)- a person's manner of speaking in public 14. Ceaselessly (adv)- without stopping or pausing; incessantly 15. Forlorn (adj)- unhappy; miserable; lonely

Vocab Activity 9.1  Using all the words on List 9, write sentences that relate to literature from 9 th -11 th grade.  Suggestions: Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Romeo & Juliet, Lord of the Flies, Antigone, 12 Angry Men, short stories, anything else you can think of.  Or you can use anything we have read this year, such as The Crucible, Into the Wild, poems, speeches, etc.

Vocab List 9 Parts of Speech 1. Rout (n) 2. Reproach (v)  reproachful (adj); reproachfully (adv) 3. Obstinate (adj)  obstinately (adv); obstinacy (n) 4. Nebulous (adj)  nebulously (adv); nebulousness (n) 5. Laudable (adj)  laudably (adv); laudability (n) 6. Insidious (adj)  insidiously (adv); insidiousness (n) 7. Debauchery (n)  debauch (adj); debaucher (n) 8. Ingratiate (v)  ingratiation (n) 9. Perturb (v)  perturbation (n) 10. Elusive (adj)  elusively (adv); elusiveness (n) 11. Derange (v)  deranged (adj); derangement (n) 12. Surmise (v)  surmise (n) 13. Elocution (n) 14. Ceaselessly (adv)  cease (v); cessation (n) 15. Forlorn (adj)  forlornly (adv); forlornness (n)

Vocab Activity 9.2  Using all the words on List 9, choose one of the following options: -Crime article about the domestic abuse between Tom and Myrtle (Ch. 2), or the hit and run in Ch. 7 -Break-up letter from Nick to his girlfriend back home -Love letter from Gatsby to Daisy *Or come up with your own Gatsby-related creative activity.

Crime Article This just in – in the midst of a party full of debauchery in New York City last week, a nebulous act of domestic abuse occurred, one where it is difficult to figure out who to reproach. The formerly laudable Tom Buchanan, a resident of East Egg and a Yale man known for routing others in college football, is responsible for breaking the nose of a woman named Myrtle Wilson, who hails from the forlorn Valley of Ashes. She is believed to be his mistress. Witnesses say that Myrtle obstinately and ceaselessly yelled out the name of Tom’s wife, the well-known Louisville debutante, Daisy Buchanan. According to onlookers, Mr. Buchanan was so perturbed that he savagely punched Mrs. Wilson in the face, inciting bloodshed. Though the couple has tried to be elusive and have insidiously carried on with each other for about a year, it can now be surmised that “the cat is out of the bag.” It is yet to be known if their significant others will request a divorce. Mr. Buchanan is believed to possibly be deranged and could face jail time in spite of his well-executed elocution in his defense at the hearing yesterday. It is said that Mr. Buchanan tried to ingratiate himself with the female prosecuting attorney by flexing his muscles.

Vocab Activity 9.3  Using all the words on List 9, write sentences describing events in Gatsby or Catcher thus far.