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. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  7. vehemently
    in a forceful manner
  8. vacuous
    devoid of intelligence
  9. echolalia
    mechanical and meaningless repetition of another's words
  10. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  11. somnambulist
    someone who walks about in their sleep
  12. fluctuate
    move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  13. sporadic
    recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
  14. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  15. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Created on Wed Mar 26 12:16:16 EDT 2025 (updated Wed Sep 30 20:05:04 EDT 2026)

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