THE GREAT GATSBY

INTRO TO CH. 2 WORDS

Write the number next to the vocab word that could correctly fill the sentence’s blank. (Verb tenses may change.)

1. WHEN DECIDING TO GROW A WACKY BEARD, I’LL __________ TO THESE GUYS FOR ADVICE.

2. IN THE ANCHORMAN MOVIES, THE CHARACTER RON BURGANDY OFTEN PRESENTS HIMSELF WITH AN AIR OF _____________.

3. GIFS—GRAPHIC INTERCHANGE FORMAT FILES—ARE SOME PEOPLE’S WORST NIGHTMARE BECAUSE THEIR MISTAKES GET PLAYED OUT ___________.

4. DWIGHT STARTED WORKING OUT BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED OF FEELING ________.

5. BECAUSE THIS IS SO _________, IT CAUSES MOST OF US TO CRINGE.

6. THOUGH MY GRANDMA IS OLD, SHE’S NOT LACKING IN ________.

7. INSTEAD OF BEHAVING __________, DESHANDOR SHOUTED “HEY LOOK, I PEED MY PANTS!” TO THE ENTIRE CLASS.

8. NEITHER TUNA NOR TOYS COULD CHANGE LARRY’S ________ MOOD.

1. WHEN DECIDING TO GROW A WACKY BEARD, I’LL __________ TO THESE GUYS FOR ADVICE.

1. WHEN DECIDING TO GROW A WACKY BEARD, I’LL DEFER TO THESE GUYS FOR ADVICE.

DEFER (verb): out of respect, to yield to the judgment or opinion of another

2. IN THE ANCHORMAN MOVIES, THE CHARACTER RON BURGANDY OFTEN PRESENTS HIMSELF WITH AN AIR OF _____________.

2. IN THE ANCHORMAN MOVIES, THE CHARACTER RON BURGANDY OFTEN PRESENTS HIMSELF WITH AN AIR OF HAUTEUR.

hauteur(n) / haughty(adj) :

obnoxious display of overwhelming pride by acting superior to those perceived as inferior

3. GIFS—GRAPHIC INTERCHANGE FORMAT FILES—ARE SOME PEOPLE’S WORST NIGHTMARE BECAUSE THEIR MISTAKES GET PLAYED OUT ____________.

3. GIFS—GRAPHIC INTERCHANGE FORMAT FILES—ARE SOME PEOPLE’S WORST NIGHTMARE BECAUSE THEIR MISTAKES GET PLAYED OUT INCESSANTLY.

INCESSANTLY

(adv./adj.): never-ending; ceaseless; continuing without interruption

4. DWIGHT STARTED WORKING OUT BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED OF FEELING ________.

4. DWIGHT STARTED WORKING OUT BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED OF FEELING ANEMIC.

ANEMIC

(adj): weak; lacking power or vitality

5. BECAUSE THIS IS SO _________, IT CAUSES MOST OF US TO CRINGE.

5. BECAUSE THIS IS SO _________, IT CAUSES MOST OF US TO CRINGE.

STRIDENT

(adj): unpleasantly loud, harsh, grating, or shrill

•from the Latin strix “screech owl”

6. THOUGH MY GRANDMA IS OLD, SHE’S NOT LACKING IN ________.

6. THOUGH MY GRANDMA IS OLD, SHE’S NOT LACKING IN VITALITY.

VITALITY

(noun): liveliness; vigor; full of life and energy

7. INSTEAD OF BEHAVING __________, DESHANDOR SHOUTED “HEY LOOK, I PEED MY PANTS!” TO THE ENTIRE CLASS.

7. INSTEAD OF BEHAVING DISCREETLY, DESHANDOR SHOUTED “HEY LOOK, I PEED MY PANTS!” TO THE ENTIRE CLASS.

DISCREETLY

(adv./adj.): marked by caution, carefulness, or wise self-restraint

8. NEITHER TUNA NOR TOYS COULD CHANGE LARRY’S ________ MOOD.

8. NEITHER TUNA NOR TOYS COULD CHANGE LARRY’S SOLEMN MOOD.

SOLEMN(adj.): •formal, serious, and dignified; lacking humor •from the Latin sollemnis, meaning formal or ceremonial