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This document provides vocabulary words and definitions from chapters 7, 8, and 9 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby". It includes 20 vocabulary words: tentative, tumult, portentous, irreverent, vicarious, rancor, formidable, indiscernible, in cahoots, garrulous, incoherent, forlorn, laden, derange, surmise, superfluous, elocution, orgastic, borne, and ceaselessly. Each word has a short definition and example sentence using the word from the novel.

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CH 7 8 9 Vocab Slides

This document provides vocabulary words and definitions from chapters 7, 8, and 9 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby". It includes 20 vocabulary words: tentative, tumult, portentous, irreverent, vicarious, rancor, formidable, indiscernible, in cahoots, garrulous, incoherent, forlorn, laden, derange, surmise, superfluous, elocution, orgastic, borne, and ceaselessly. Each word has a short definition and example sentence using the word from the novel.

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The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Chapters 7, 8, & 9 Vocabulary


tentative

 “Jordan and Tom and I got into the front seat


of Gatsby's car, Tom pushed the unfamiliar
gears tentatively, and we shot off into the
oppressive heat, leaving them out of sight
behind” (Fitzgerald).

 My plans for the summer are still tentative.


tentative

 adjective
 unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive;
hesitant
tumult

 “The prolonged and tumultuous argument that


ended by herding us in to that room eludes me….”
(Fitzgerald).
 “Tom talked incessantly, exulting and laughing,
but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me
as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or
the tumult of the elevated overhead” (Fitzgerald).

 The sky was a tumult of discolored clouds right


before the tornado.
tumult

 noun
 uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation
of mind or feeling
portentous
 “Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of
a new decade” (Fitzgerald).

 “As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat


exploded into sound and we were listening to
the portentous chords of Mendelssohn’s Wedding
March from the ballroom below ” (Fitzgerald).

 The report contains numerous portentous references to


a future environmental calamity.
portentous

 adjective
 ominous; predictive of future bad events
irreverent

 “‘They carried him into my house,’” appended


Jordan, ‘because we lived just two doors from the
church. And he stayed three weeks, until Daddy
told him he had to get out. The day after he left
Daddy died.’ After a moment she added as if she
might have sounded irreverent, ‘There wasn’t any
connection’” (Fitzgerald).

 Purposefully dropping the country’s flag would be


an irreverent act.
irreverent

 adjective
 not respectful; critical of what is generally
accepted or respected
vicarious

 “At this point Jordan and I tried to go, but


Tom and Gatsby insisted with competitive
firmness that we remain — as though neither
of them had anything to conceal and it would
be a privilege to partake vicariously of
their emotions” (Fitzgerald).

 The book is full of romance and vicarious


thrills.
vicarious

 adjective
 taking the place of another person or thing;
acting or serving as a substitute
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Chapters 7, 8, & 9 Vocabulary


rancor

 “Her voice was cold, but the rancor was gone


from it” (Fitzgerald).

 The meeting was held to resolve the dispute,


but it only fueled their rancor.
rancor

 noun
 resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
formidable

 “As we passed over the dark bridge her wan


face fell lazily against my coat’s shoulder and
the formidable stroke of thirty died away
with the reassuring pressure of her hand”
(Fitzgerald).

 She was a formidable opponent.


formidable

 adjective
 of great strength; forceful; powerful
indiscernable

 “In various unrevealed capacities he had


come in contact with such people, but always
with indiscernible barbed wire between”
(Fitzgerald).

 Hidden under vines and moss, the crumbling


wall was almost indiscernible.
indiscernible

 adjective
 cannot be seen or perceived clearly;
imperceptible
in cahoots

 “I’ve always been glad I said that. It was the only


compliment I ever gave him, because I
disapproved of him from beginning to end. First
he nodded politely, and then his face broke into
that radiant and understanding smile, as if we’d
been in ecstatic cahoots on that fact all the time”
(Fitzgerald).

 He was robbed by a man who was in cahoots


with the bartender.
in cahoots

 phrase
 in partnership; in league with; in conspiracy
garrulous

 “I suppose there'd be a curious crowd around


there all day with little boys searching for
dark spots in the dust and some garrulous
man telling over and over what had
happened until it became less and less real
even to him...” (Fitzgerald).

 He was so garrulous and could not keep a


secret.
garrulous

 adjective
 excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout
manner, especially about trivial matters
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Chapters 7, 8, & 9 Vocabulary


incoherent

 “Presently Tom lifted his head with a jerk and,


after staring around the garage with glazed
eyes, addressed a mumbled incoherent
remark to the policeman” (Fitzgerald).

 Because my aunt suffered a stroke, she is


mostly incoherent and unable to
express herself well.
incoherent

 adjective
 without explanation; confusing or unclear
forlorn

 “This was a forlorn hope — he was almost


sure that Wilson had no friend: there was not
enough of him for his wife” (Fitzgerald).

 He pressed his face against the window and


managed a forlorn goodbye wave. 
forlorn

 adjective
 desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as
in feeling condition, or appearance
laden

 “His eyes would drop slowly from the


swinging light to the laden table by the wall
and then jerk back to the light again and he
gave out incessantly his high horrible call”
(Fitzgerald).

 Processed foods are often laden with


chemicals harmful to the human body.
laden

 adjective
 burdened; loaded down
derange

 “So Wilson was reduced to a man


‘deranged by grief’ in order that the case
might remain in its simplist form”
(Fitzgerald).

 I was very frightened by the deranged man


yielding a weapon.
derange

 verb
 to disturb the condition, action, or function
of; to make insane
surmise

 “From the moment I telephoned news of the


catastrophe to West Egg village, every
surmise about him, and every practical
question, was referred to me” (Fitzgerald).

 We can only surmise what happened.


surmise

 verb
 to think or infer without certain or strong
evidence; to guess
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Chapters 7, 8, & 9 Vocabulary


superfluous

 “That request seemed superfluous when I


wrote it” (Fitzgerald).

 Eliminate superfluous words from your


essays.
superfluous

 adjective
 being more than is sufficient or required;
excessive; unnecessary
elocution

 “Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it


5:00-6:00” (Fitzgerald).

 Ellen will need to work on her elocution


before she competes in the public speaking
competition.
elocution

 noun
 a person’s manner of speaking or reading
aloud in public
orgastic

 “Gatsby believed in the green light,


the orgastic future that year by year recedes
before us. It eluded us then, but that's no
matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch
out our arms farther. . .” (Fitzgerald).

 With orgastic shock, I realized that I had just


won the lottery and started to jump up and
down for joy.
orgastic

 adjective
 at the height of emotional excitement
borne

 “So we beat on, boats against the current,


borne back ceaselessly into the past”
(Fitzgerald).

 As far as he could tell, she had borne it all


without breathing a word to anyone else.
borne

 verb
 carried
ceaselessly

 “So we beat on, boats against the current,


borne back ceaselessly into the past”
(Fitzgerald).

 The wounded man moaned ceaselessly.


ceaselessly

 adverb
 without stopping or pausing; unending;
incessantly

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