The Great Gatsby: Chapters 7-9

K.C. (United States of America)
Study guide for Ms. Loftin's AP Language and Composition class
**This list is missing "orgastic" because it isn't listed in the dictionary**
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  1. amorphous
    without real or apparent crystalline form
    There's way too much focus on amorphous concepts like leadership and entrepreneurship these days. —Inc (May 17, 2013) I put down my paint brushes and left art the moment I realized I couldn't spend so much time cultivating on a passion that will only bring forth an amorphous future for me.
    of no particular type
    not to be confused with nebulous
  2. caravansary
    an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
    may also be a group of people traveling together
    "So the whole caravansary had fallen in like a card house at the disapproval in her eyes."
  3. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  4. commutate
    reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
  5. elocution
    an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice
  6. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  7. fortuitous
    lucky; occurring by happy chance
  8. pasquinade
    a composition that humorously imitates somebody's style
  9. laden
    filled with a great quantity
  10. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  11. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  12. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  13. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  14. ulster
    loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted
  15. vicariously
    indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
Created on Tue Sep 17 13:54:31 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Sep 26 14:05:32 EDT 2013)

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