Vocabulary Words
Vocab Definitions
Name the deadly Sin
Fight Club
Gatsby
100
morose
gloomy
100
Having womanish traits or qualities
effeminate
100
I love cheese; but I hate stilton.
incorrect punctuation of two independent clauses
100
You can make napalm by mixing gasoline with________
frozen orange juice concentrate, diet cola, kitty litter
100
What is Jordan's profession?
golf
200
parse
to describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word
200
showing criminal or evil purpose
felonious
200
The stray dog didn't have it's name on it's collar.
misuse of the apostrophe
200
what is the name of the narrator's department at the auto company he works for?
Compliance and liability
200
What color is Gatsby's car?
yellow
300
attar
a fragrant essential oil or perfume
300
to recant, renounce, or repudiate under oath
abjure
300
Walking into the refectory, the flags look amazing.
misplaced modifier
300
What, belonging to Marla, do Tyler and the narrator have stored in their freezer?
Marla's mother's lipo- suctioned fat.
300
Who is Dr. T.J. Eckelberg?
the optometrist whose billboard overlooks the valley of ashes.
400
dipthong
the sound produced by combining two vowels into a single syllable or running together the sounds
400
not genuine
spurious
400
I know this because of the fact that Tyler knows this.
wordiness
400
Where does the scene take place where the space monkeys try to remove the narrator's testicles?
On a city bus
400
What is the name of the primary witness at the inquest into the death or Myrtle Wilson?
Michaelis
500
antenatal
occurring or existing before birth
500
any sham or pretense or deceptive movement
feint
500
Whenever anyone takes Mr. Lampe's exam, they fail.
pronoun problems
500
Where does the narrator first meet Tyler?
on a nude beach
500
Gatsby almost breaks something at Nick's house. What is it?
a clock.
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