GREAT GATSBYVocabulary for chapters 7, 8, 9

CHAPTER 7

RANCOUR•Bitter; resentment; ill-will

•Daisy, with rancour in her voice, said, “as if it mattered to you!”

MAGNANIMOUS•Noble of heart and

mind; generous to forgive

“The weak can never [be magnanimous]. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

LIBERTINE•One who acts without moral restraint

• Joseph Gordon Levitt plays a womanizer and libertine in his new movie, Don Jon.

PRIG•One who is prim/proper; usually in an arrogant manner

•Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl is a prig.

CHAPTER EIGHT

REDOLENT•Having a sweet fragrance; reminiscent

•When I smell Cool Water, a redolent perfume, I am reminded of my middle school days

AMORPHOUS•Lacking definite

form/shape

•If you get a tattoo, you do not want it to be amorphous.

PERVADE•spread through and be perceived in every part of

•Lenore’s presence pervaded our narrator’s home in The Raven.

GARRULOUS•Habitually, often

excessively talkative

•Ms. Pierson has some garrulous students.

CHAPTER NINE

ELUDED•Escaped from; difficult to catch/grasp

•With the help of his tattoo, Michael Scofield eluded the authorities in Prison Break.

SURMISE•To infer without conclusive evidence

•Her mother surmised that something was wrong when she didn’t return home by curfew.