144 SAT voc test on The Great Gatsby

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  1. abstracted
    lost in thought; showing preoccupation
  2. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  3. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  4. addend
    a number that is combined with another number
  5. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  6. ambiguously
    in an ambiguous manner
  7. amorphous
    having no definite form or distinct shape
  8. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  9. apathetically
    in an apathetic manner
  10. append
    fix to; attach
  11. bantering
    cleverly amusing in tone
  12. bizarre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
  13. boisterously
    in a carefree manner
  14. buoy
    an anchored float that marks locations in a body of water
  15. clamor
    utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
  16. combustion
    a reaction of a substance with oxygen to give heat and light
  17. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  18. complacency
    the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
  19. confounding
    that confounds or contradicts or confuses
  20. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
  21. convivial
    occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
  22. corpulent
    excessively large
  23. corroborate
    give evidence for
  24. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  25. credulity
    tendency to believe readily
  26. crescendo
    a gradual increase in loudness
  27. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  28. debauchee
    a dissolute person
  29. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  30. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  31. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  32. despairingly
    with desperation
  33. dilatory
    wasting time
  34. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  35. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  36. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  37. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  38. ecstasy
    a state of elated bliss
  39. eddy
    a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind
  40. elicited
    called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
  41. endowed
    provided or supplied or equipped with
  42. engrossed
    giving or marked by complete attention to
  43. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  44. exalted
    of high moral or intellectual value
  45. feigned
    not genuine
  46. ferociously
    in a physically fierce manner
  47. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  48. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  49. foliage
    the collective amount of leaves of one or more plants
  50. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  51. fortuitously
    by good fortune
  52. fractiousness
    the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
  53. garnish
    decorate, as with parsley or other ornamental foods
  54. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  55. grave
    a place for the burial of a corpse
  56. haughtily
    in a haughty manner
  57. hilarity
    great merriment
  58. homogeneity
    the quality of being similar or of having a uniform composition
  59. hue
    the quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength
  60. impetuously
    in an impulsive or hasty way; without taking precautions
  61. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  62. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  63. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  64. ineptly
    with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner
  65. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  66. innumerable
    too many to be counted
  67. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  68. insolent
    marked by casual disrespect
  69. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  70. inviolate
    not injured physically or mentally
  71. jauntiness
    a breezy liveliness
  72. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
  73. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  74. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  75. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  76. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  77. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  78. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  79. luxuriate
    enjoy to excess
  80. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  81. malevolence
    wishing evil to others
  82. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  83. marred
    blemished by injury or rough wear
  84. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  85. menagerie
    a collection of live animals for study or display
  86. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  87. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  88. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  89. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  90. obtrusive
    sticking out; protruding
  91. oculist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  92. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  93. plagiaristic
    copied and passed off as your own
  94. pneumatic
    relating to or using air or a similar gas
  95. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  96. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  97. precipitately
    at breakneck speed
  98. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
  99. prodigality
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  100. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  101. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
  102. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
  103. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  104. pungent
    strong and sharp to the sense of taste or smell
  105. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  106. ravenously
    in the manner of someone who is very hungry
  107. reciprocal
    concerning each of two or more persons or things
  108. rent
    a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner
  109. reproach
    express criticism towards
  110. reserved
    set aside for the use of a particular person or party
  111. reverent
    feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
  112. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  113. rivulet
    a small stream
  114. savory
    pleasing to the sense of taste
  115. scanty
    lacking in extent or quantity
  116. shrill
    having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
  117. somnambulist
    someone who walks about in their sleep
  118. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  119. stratum
    one of several parallel layers of material
  120. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  121. succulent
    tasty and full of juice
  122. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  123. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  124. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  125. tentatively
    in a hesitant manner
  126. tranquil
    free from disturbance by heavy waves
  127. transcendent
    exceeding or surpassing usual limits
  128. turbulence
    instability in the atmosphere
  129. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  130. unfathomable
    impossible to come to understand
  131. unobtrusively
    in an unobtrusive manner
  132. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  133. uttered
    communicated in words
  134. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  135. vehemently
    in a forceful manner
  136. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  137. vibrant
    vigorous and animated
  138. vicariously
    indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
  139. vista
    the visual percept of a region
  140. vivid
    having striking color
  141. vulnerable
    capable of being wounded or hurt
  142. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  143. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  144. wistfully
    in a pensively sad manner
Created on Sun May 19 04:04:01 EDT 2013

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