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Great Gatsby Vocabulary #11-20
By Spencer Cobb
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WARNING! Contains spoilers of the following books/movies: Harry Potter
Hunger Games The Little Mermaid Hercules The Princess and the Frog
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Who has a condescending expression?
Lucius Malfoy Dobby the House Elf
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condescending adjective
Showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude towards others
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Who has a condescending expression?
Lucius Malfoy Dobby the House Elf
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When Johanna Mason was forced to compete in a second Hunger Games, she felt of the Capitol.
appreciative contemptuous honored delighted
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All words describe a feeling appreciative: feeling gratitude
adjectives appreciative: feeling gratitude contemptuous: feeling deep hatred or disapproval honored: feeling privileged delighted: feeling happy
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When Johanna Mason was forced to compete in a second Hunger Games, she felt of the Capitol.
appreciative contemptuous honored delighted
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The districts of Panem are geographically each other.
severed from discontinuous with contiguous to nonadjacent to
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All words describe distance in relation to another object
adjectives severed: kept apart discontinuous: disconnected contiguous: touching, unbroken, next to or near nonadjacent: not sharing a border or wall
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The districts of Panem are geographically each other.
severed from discontinuous with contiguous to nonadjacent to
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Which is a convivial gathering?
Voldemort’s Meetings The Yule Ball
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convivial adjective friendly, agreeable
of or relating to social events where people can eat, drink, and talk in a friendly way with others
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Which is a convivial gathering?
Voldemort’s Meetings The Yule Ball
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Who is corpulent? Ursula Ariel
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corpulent adjective having a large bulky body portly stout
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Who is corpulent? Ursula Ariel
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Snape left behind memories for Harry to Snape’s loyalty to Dumbledore.
eradicate corroborate enjoin abolish
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All words describe an action one takes
adjective eradicate: to eliminate or destroy corroborate: to authenticate enjoin: to forbid or prevent someone from doing something abolish: to officially end something
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Snape left behind memories for Harry to Snape’s loyalty to Dumbledore.
eradicate corroborate enjoin abolish
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When Hagrid claimed Harry is a wizard, Harry did NOT react with .
uncertainty skepticism dubiety credulity
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All words describe a feeling one has
noun uncertainty: not known beyond doubt skepticism: not completely believing something dubiety: hesitant doubt credulity: willingness to trust or believe something without any evidence
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When Hagrid claimed Harry is a wizard, Harry did NOT react with .
uncertainty skepticism dubiety credulity
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Who is cynical? Hercules Meg
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cynical adjective distrusting the motives of others
believes humans as a whole are selfishly driven
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Who is cynical? Hercules Meg
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“I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don’t own me. If I’m gonna die, I wanna still be me.” When Peeta says this, he is docile defiant ruly tractable
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All words describe how something reacts to control
adjective docile: easily led or controlled defiant: refusing to obey something or someone, bold ruly: obedient, orderly tractable: easily managed, willing to be taught or controlled
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“I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don’t own me. If I’m gonna die, I wanna still be me.” When Peeta says this, he is docile defiant ruly tractable
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Tiana is at cooking. deft inept unqualified incompetent
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All words describe the ability of something to do a task
adjective deft: skillful, clever, nimble inept: lacking skill or ability unqualified: not having acceptable qualifications incompetent: lacking the qualities needed for a particular purpose
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Tiana is at cooking. deft inept unqualified incompetent
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Works Cited Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 20 Jan Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 20 Jan
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