The Great Gatsby Ch. 4-6

Mr. Smith (United States of America)
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  1. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  2. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  3. laudable
    worthy of high praise
  4. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
  5. turgid
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  6. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  7. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  8. retribution
    a justly deserved penalty
  9. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  10. somnambulate
    walk in one's sleep
  11. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  12. dilatory
    wasting time
  13. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
  14. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  15. receptacle
    a container that is used to put or keep things in
  16. traverse
    journey across or pass over
  17. expostulate
    reason with for the purpose of dissuasion
  18. scrutiny
    the act of examining something closely, as for mistakes
  19. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
Created on Wed Nov 13 10:08:52 EST 2013 (updated Tue Dec 09 09:42:18 EST 2014)

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