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Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Vocabulary III
Fitzgerald's Life
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having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture

What is aesthetic?

100

extremely angry;filled with fury

What does the word "infuriated" mean?

100

A person between the ages of 70 and 79.

What is a septuagenarian?

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She was an icon of the 1920s—dubbed by her husband "the first American Flapper."
Who was Zelda?
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Character in an F. Scott Fitzgerald story who aged backwards.
Who is Benjamin Button?
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an unusual or remarkable person or event

What is a phenomenon?

200

ugly or badly shaped in character or appearance

What does the word "grotesque" mean?

200

tiresome lack of variation

What is monotony?

200
Named after the person who wrote the words to The Star Spangled Banner.
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
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Wife of the man in the F. Scott Fitzgerald story who ages backwards.
Who is Hildegarde Montcrieff?
300

Letting only some light through so that what can be seen on the other side is not clear.

What is an translucent?

300

of or pertaining to the basic or first principles;elementary

What is rudimentary?

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Someone in his or her eighties

What is an octogenarian?

300
A term coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald that referred to the high-flying, pleasure-seeking 1920s when stock market speculation ran rampant, and people could buy items they had never before dreamed of owning, like cars, radios and records of jazz music.
What is "the Jazz Age"?
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War in which Benjamin Button tried to participate but couldn't.
What was World War I?
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a feeling of sadness or depression

What does the word "melancholy" mean?

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A verb that means "to pass or spread through (something)."

What does the word "permeate" mean?

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endless or seemingly endless; monotonously long

What is a interminable?

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His first novel's success made him famous and let him marry the woman he loved, but he later descended into drinking and his wife had a mental breakdown
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
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War in which Benjamin Button distinguished himself and earned a reputation as a hero.
What was the Spanish-American war?
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A person between the ages of 70 and 79.

What is a septuagenarian?

500

without interest or concern;not caring

What is indifferent ?

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Someone 100 years old or more

What is a centenarian?

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A university where F.Scott Fitzgerald firmly dedicated himself to honing his craft as a writer, writing scripts for the university's famous Triangle Club musicals as well as frequent articles for the campus humor and literary magazines.
What is Princeton University
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Benjamin Button's son.
Who was Roscoe Button.