Time for vocabularry №2
contiguous
touching; in
contact; in close proximity without
actually touching;
near; adjacent in time
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“The only building in sight was a small block
of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land, a sort of compact Main
Street ministering to it and contiguous to absolutely nothing”
pastoral
of, characterized
by, or depicting rural life, scenery,etc.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“We
drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost pastoral, on the summer Sunday
afternoon . . .”
incessant
not ceasing;
continual
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“When she moved about there was an Incessant
clicking as innumerable pottery bracelets jingled up and down upon her arms”
strident
(of a shout, voice, etc.) having or making a
loud or harsh
sound; urgent,
clamorous
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“. . . each
time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild strident argument which pulled
me back, as if with ropes, into my chair”.
vehement
marked by
intensity of feeling or
conviction; emphatic; (of actions, gestures,
etc.) characterized by great energy, vigor, or force; furious.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“.
. . the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in
such an amazed way and denied so vehemently any knowledge of his movements that
I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table . . .” .
impetuous
liable to act without consideration; rash;
impulsive
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
‘What
do you think?’ he demanded impetuously”
dissension
strong
disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“Even Jordan’s party, the quartet from
East Egg, were rent asunder by dissension”
divergence
the act of moving,
lying, or extending in different directions
from a common point; branch off
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“Jordan Baker instinctively avoided
clever shrewd men and now I saw that this was because she felt safer on a plane
where any divergence from a code would be thought impossible”
fluctuate
to change or cause
to change position constantly; be or make unstable; waver or vary
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“. . . it meant he was cleaned out and
Associated Traction would have to
fluctuate profitably
next day”
benediction
an invocation of
divine blessing; a prayer at the end of a religious ceremony
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“‘Don’t hurry, Meyer,’ said Gatsby, without
enthusiasm. Mr. Wolfshiem raised his hand in a sort of benediction”
nebulous
lacking definite
form, shape, or content
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“He was now decently clothed in a
‘sport-shirt’ open at the neck, sneakers and duck trousers of a nebulous hue”
insidious
stealthy, subtle,
cunning, or treacherous
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“. . . he saw Dan Cody’s yacht drop
anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior”
ineffable
too great or
intense to be expressed in words; unutterable
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“A universe of ineffable gaudiness spun
itself out in his brain while the clock ticked on the wash-stand and the moon
soaked with wet light his tangled clothes upon the floor”
intermittent
occurring
occasionally or at regular or irregular intervals; periodic
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“The music had died down as the
ceremony began and now a long cheer floated in at the window, followed by intermittent
cries of ‘Yea—ea—ea!’ and finally by a burst of jazz as the dancing began”
rancor
malicious resentfulness
or hostility; spite
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“Her voice was cold but the rancor was
gone from it”
tumult
a loud confused
noise, as of a crowd; commotion
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“Tom talked incessantly, exulting and
laughing, but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor
on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead”
humidor
a humid place or
container for storing cigars,
tobacco, etc.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“I found the humidor
on an unfamiliar table with two stale dry cigarettes inside”
redolent
having a pleasant
smell; fragrant
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“There was a ripe mystery about it, a
hint of bedrooms upstairs more beautiful and cool than other bedrooms, of gay
and radiant activities taking place through its corridors and of romances that
were not musty and laid away already in lavender but fresh and breathing and redolent
of this year’s shining motor cars and of dances whose flowers were scarcely
withered”
pasquinade
an abusive lampoon or satire, esp. one posted
in a public place
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“I
thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy Pasquinade - but Catherine,
who might have said anything, didn’t say a word”
surmise
to infer
(something) from incomplete or uncertain evidence
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
“From the moment I telephoned news of
the catastrophe to West Egg Village, every surmise about him, and every
practical question, was referred to me”
