Gatsby: Ch. 3-4

Mackenzie S. (United States of America)
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  1. ravage
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  2. prodigality
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  3. gaudy
    tastelessly showy
  4. malevolence
    wishing evil to others
  5. tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
  6. poignant
    arousing powerful emotions, especially pity or sadness
  7. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  8. vehemently
    in a forceful manner
  9. vacuous
    devoid of intelligence
  10. echolalia
    mechanical and meaningless repetition of another's words
  11. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  12. somnambulist
    someone who walks about in their sleep
  13. fluctuate
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  14. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  15. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  16. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Created on Wed Mar 26 12:16:16 EDT 2025 (updated Wed Mar 26 13:05:45 EDT 2025)

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