Adjectives 1
fruitless, unsuccessful; imperfectly formed or developed; tending to cut short
abortive
characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
acute
excessive or unseemly frivolity
levity
Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby are two residents of this fictional ovular peninsula on Long Island Sound.
having feminine qualities untypical of a man, not manly in appearance or manner
effeminate
having an intense flavor or odor
pungent
soon, presently
anon
Jordan Baker is an accomplished athlete in this sport.
golf
slightly open
ajar
characterized by facility and skill
deft
an expression of rebuke or disapproval
reproach
The Ivy League university in New Haven, Connecticut, attended by Tom Buchanan and Nick.
Yale
being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment
devoid
suggestive of poor health, sickly, pallid; lacking vitality, feeble; dim, faint; languid
wan
in a way that is sad and shows someone is thinking about something that is impossible or in the past
wistfully
The Valley of Ashes is Fitzgerald's drab depiction of this New York City borough.
Queens
coolly and patronizingly haughty
supercilious
shared, felt, or shown by both sides
reciprocal
a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression
libel
This composition by fictional composer Vladimir Tostoff, recently debuted at Carnegie Hall, is played by the orchestra at the first of Gatsby's parties attended by Nick.
"Jazz History of the World"