1. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapters 4, 5, & 6 Vocabulary

2. fluctuate
“I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn’t be over-dreamed — that voice was a deathless song” (Fitzgerald).
In the desert, the temperature fluctuates dramatically.

3. fluctuate
verb
to change continually; shift back and forth

4. sporadic
“He was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of movement that is so peculiarly American — that comes, I suppose, with the absence of lifting work or rigid sitting in youth and, even more, with the formless grace of our nervous, sporadic games” (Fitzgerald).
A student with sporadic attendance will usually have a hard time passing the class.

5. sporadic
adjective
appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional

6. divine retribution
“His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by” (Fitzgerald).
Gregory sees his death from infectious disease as divine retribution for his evil deeds.

7. divine retribution noun
punishment from a higher being for bad deeds or transgressions

8. elicit
“It appreciated fully the chain of national circumstances which had elicited this tribute from Montenegro's warm little heart” (Fitzgerald).
His comments about building a wall elicited public outrage.

9. elicit
verb
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke

10. somnambulatory
“…whereupon Mr. Wolfshiem swallowed a new sentence he was starting and lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction” (Fitzgerald).
The sleep therapist was studying patients who somnambulate.

11. somnambulatory
adjective
related to sleep walking

12. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapters 4, 5, & 6 Vocabulary

13. denizen
“ ‘He’s quite a character around New York – a denizen of Broadway’ ” (Fitzgerald).
Deer, foxes and squirrels are among the denizens of the forest.

14. denizen
noun
an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place

15. jaunty
“She wasn’t able to endure being at a disadvantage and, given this unwillingness, I suppose she had begun dealing in subterfuges when she was very young in order to keep that cool, insolent smile turned to the world and yet satisfy the demands of her hard, jaunty body” (Fitzgerald).
She walks with a jaunty step.

16. jaunty
adjective
easy and sprightly in manner or bearing

17. rout
“At first I thought it was another party, a wild rout that had resolved itself into ‘hide-and-go-seek’ or ‘sardines-in-the box’ with all the house thrown open to the game. But there wasn’t a sound” (Fitzgerald). 
After our fifth goal the match became a rout.

18. rout
noun
an overwhelming defeat

19. suppress
“He waited, looking at me with suppressed eagerness” (Fitzgerald).
Angry as she was, she couldn't suppress a smile.

20. suppress
verb
to do away with; abolish; stop

21. innumerable
“The flowers were unnecessary, for at two o’clock a greenhouse arrived from Gatsby’s, with innumerable receptacles to contain it” (Fitzgerald).
After giving her boyfriend innumerable chances, she had to break it off with him.

22. innumerable adjective
very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless

23. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapters 4, 5, & 6 Vocabulary

24. ecstatic
“Daisy’s face, tipped sideways beneath a three-cornered lavender hat, looked out at me with a bright ecstatic smile” (Fitzgerald).
Her little feet in their white satin dancing shoes did their work swiftly, lightly, while her face beamed with ecstatic happiness.

25. ecstatic
adjective
subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous

26. reproach
“He raised his hand to stop my words, looked at me with unforgettable reproach, and, opening the door cautiously, went back into the other room” (Fitzgerald).
She reproached him for his bad deeds.

27. reproach
verb
to find fault with (a person, group, etc); blame

28. exult
“He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room” (Fitzgerald).
We all exulted greatly in our success, while feeling a little pity for the losers.

29. exult
verb
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant

30. nebulous
“He was now decently clothed in a ‘sport shirt,’ open at the neck, sneakers, and duck trousers of a nebulous hue” (Fitzgerald)..
The two amateurs had concocted only the most nebulous plan.

31. nebulous
adjective
hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

32. laudable
“This was his day off and with laudable initiative he had hurried out ’to see’”(Fitzgerald).
While Jason did not win 1st place in the contest, his efforts were laudable enough to get an honorable mention from the judges.

33. laudable
deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable

34. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Chapters 4, 5, & 6 Vocabulary

35. insidious
“...he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior” (Fitzgerald).
Spammers are becoming more insidious and are able to trick some people out of their money.

36. insidious
adjective
intended to entrap or trick

37. debauch
 ”...the pioneer debauchee who during one phase of American life brought back to the eastern seaboard the savage violence of the frontier brothel and saloon“(Fitzgerald).
Jake engaged in an alcoholic debauch and ended up in the emergency room.

38. debauch
noun
an uninhibited spree or party

39. antecedent
“He told me all this very much later, but I’ve put it down here with the idea of exploding those first wild rumors about his antecedents, which weren’t even faintly true” (Fitzgerald).
Student motivation is an antecedent to accelerated education.

40. antecedent
noun
a preceding circumstance, event, object, style or phenomenon

41. ingratiate
“For several weeks I didn’t see him or hear his voice on the phone — mostly I was in New York, trotting around with Jordan and trying to ingratiate myself with her senile aunt — but finally I went over to his house one Sunday afternoon” (Fitzgerald).
Sam complimented the teacher to ingratiate himself with her.

42. ingratiate
verb
to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort

43. dilatory
“The dilatory limousine came rolling up the drive” (Fitzgerald).
“After a pause he added "sir." in a dilatory, grudging way” (Fitzgerald).
Students sometimes try to use dilatory tactics when they forget to do their homework.

44. dilatory
adjective
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy