Vocabulary chapter 1-4
1. Transcendent (adj.) p26 ch.2
Going beyond ordinary limits
2. Cordials (n.) p42 ch3
friendly, warm
3. Prodigality (n.) p42 ch3
lavish abundance, wasteful extravagance in spending
4. Gaudy (adj.) p42 ch3
excessively showy
5. Gonnegtion (n.) p69 ch4
Gonnegtion is term used in the novel The Great Gatsby. Meyer Wolfsheim mistakenly takes Nick for a criminal and asks if he is looking for a gonnegtion. The word is a misspelling of the word "connection" in order to emphasize Mr. Wolfsheim's pronunciation. Many people have been thrown by the word, and have scrambled to dictionaries in hopes of getting a definition.
"I understand you are looking for a business gonnegtion"
6. Kerb (n) p73 ch4
curb, curbing
7. Supercilious (adj.)
arrogant
8.Conscientious (adj.)
meticulous
9. Wan (n.)
lacking color, pale
10. Complacent (adj.)
calm and pleased
11. Anon (adj.)
Happening in a short time
12. Contiguous (adj.)
touching, in contact
13. Facet (n.)
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem
14. Cower (n.)
to crouch, as in fear or shame
15. Languid (adj.)
lacking in vigor or vitality
Going beyond ordinary limits
2. Cordials (n.) p42 ch3
friendly, warm
3. Prodigality (n.) p42 ch3
lavish abundance, wasteful extravagance in spending
4. Gaudy (adj.) p42 ch3
excessively showy
5. Gonnegtion (n.) p69 ch4
Gonnegtion is term used in the novel The Great Gatsby. Meyer Wolfsheim mistakenly takes Nick for a criminal and asks if he is looking for a gonnegtion. The word is a misspelling of the word "connection" in order to emphasize Mr. Wolfsheim's pronunciation. Many people have been thrown by the word, and have scrambled to dictionaries in hopes of getting a definition.
"I understand you are looking for a business gonnegtion"
6. Kerb (n) p73 ch4
curb, curbing
7. Supercilious (adj.)
arrogant
8.Conscientious (adj.)
meticulous
9. Wan (n.)
lacking color, pale
10. Complacent (adj.)
calm and pleased
11. Anon (adj.)
Happening in a short time
12. Contiguous (adj.)
touching, in contact
13. Facet (n.)
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem
14. Cower (n.)
to crouch, as in fear or shame
15. Languid (adj.)
lacking in vigor or vitality