Monday, November 9, 2009

Great Gatsby Vocab 3 (of 3)

Here's the vocab for pages 120-189. One of your comments may be left here with a sentence of your own creation using one of the words below correctly.

Boisterous – rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy

“‘Plenty of gas,’ said Tom boisterously.” (p. 127)

Presumptuous – unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward

“I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.” (p. 142)

Redolent - having a pleasant odor; fragrant

"There was a ripe mystery about it...fresh and breathing and redolent of this year's shining motor cars and of dances whose flowers were scarcely withered." (p. 155-6).

Incessant – continuing without interruption; ceaseless

“…he began to pull so incessantly at his sparse grey beard that I had difficulty in getting off his coat.” (p. 175)

Vestibule – an enclosed space at the end of a railroad car, serving as a sheltered entrance from another car or outside the train

“We drew in deep breaths of it as we walked back from dinner through the cold vestibules…” (p. 184)