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”