great gatsby vocabulary for chapters 7, 8, 9. chapter 7

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GREAT GATSBY Vocabulary for chapters 7, 8, 9

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Page 1: GREAT GATSBY Vocabulary for chapters 7, 8, 9. CHAPTER 7

GREAT GATSBYVocabulary for chapters 7, 8, 9

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CHAPTER 7

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RANCOUR•Bitter; resentment; ill-will

•Daisy, with rancour in her voice, said, “as if it mattered to you!”

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MAGNANIMOUS•Noble of heart and

mind; generous to forgive

“The weak can never [be magnanimous]. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

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LIBERTINE•One who acts without moral restraint

• Joseph Gordon Levitt plays a womanizer and libertine in his new movie, Don Jon.

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PRIG•One who is prim/proper; usually in an arrogant manner

•Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl is a prig.

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CHAPTER EIGHT

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REDOLENT•Having a sweet fragrance; reminiscent

•When I smell Cool Water, a redolent perfume, I am reminded of my middle school days

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AMORPHOUS•Lacking definite

form/shape

•If you get a tattoo, you do not want it to be amorphous.

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PERVADE•spread through and be perceived in every part of

•Lenore’s presence pervaded our narrator’s home in The Raven.

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GARRULOUS•Habitually, often

excessively talkative

•Ms. Pierson has some garrulous students.

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CHAPTER NINE

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ELUDED•Escaped from; difficult to catch/grasp

•With the help of his tattoo, Michael Scofield eluded the authorities in Prison Break.

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SURMISE•To infer without conclusive evidence

•Her mother surmised that something was wrong when she didn’t return home by curfew.