Great Gatsby Chapter 6 Vocab

Laudable

deserving praise.

Insidious

working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy or subtle manner; treacherous;seductive.

Platonic

ideal

Meretricious

attractive in a tawdry manner; based on pretense; insincere.

Ineffable

beyond expression; indescribable; not to to be uttered; taboo.

Turgid

swollen or distended; bloated; grandiloquent

Contingencies

possibilities which might or might not occur.

Debauchee

one who habitually indulges in debauchery, moral corruption; a libertine

Antecedents

those which came before; one's ancestors or ancestry

Ingratiate

to try to install oneselt into the good graces or favor of another.

Haughtily

in an arrogant or inordinately pround manner.

Septic

putrid;rotten

Euphemism

the substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensive.

Obtrusive

protruding;projecting; forward or assertive in a disruptive way; pushy

Menagerie

a collection of live wild animals on exhibitation; the enclosure in which wild animals are kept. (collection)

Dilatory

tending or meant to delay; marked by procrastination

Elusive

tending to elude perception or comprehension; difficult to describe.