Gatsby Ch. 7 Vocab

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Gatsby Ch. 7 Vocab
Let’s Meet the Words
Choose the Ch. 7 boxed
words that should go in
each sentence and write
the sentence number
next to the word in your
packet.
1. In the workplace,
_______________
physical touching
between employees may
be considered “sexual
harassment” if it causes
someone emotional harm
or stress.
2. In Star Wars
Episode IV: A New
Hope, the main
characters get trapped
inside a the-walls-aremoving-in-on-us trash
compactor filled with
space ________.
3. This famous
McNugget was
seen by many
as an _____ to
public health
as well as tasty
eating.
4. At the heart of a good photobomb is
someone trying to be _________but often
coming across as creepy or crazy.
5. The gang of chicks appeared cute at first
glance, but were known for their _________
warfare tactics.
6. Both of these images seem to suggest
something ________ is to come.
7. After days of deadly fighting, Polly and
Fuzzy-P-Kat agreed to a __________
cuddle.
________________________
8. This guy is named ___________ for a reason;
he’s full of it!
1. In the workplace,
_______________
physical touching
between employees may
be considered “sexual
harassment” if it causes
someone emotional harm
or stress.
1. In the workplace,
presumptuous physical
touching between
employees may be
considered “sexual
harassment” if it causes
someone emotional harm
or stress.
PRESUMPTUOUS (adj.)
excessively forward;
taking liberties and doing
something too boldly
2. In Star Wars
Episode IV: A New
Hope, the main
characters get trapped
inside a the-walls-aremoving-in-on-us trash
compactor filled with
space ________.
2. In Star Wars
Episode IV: A New
Hope, the main
characters get trapped
inside a the-walls-aremoving-in-on-us trash
compactor filled with
space refuse.
REFUSE (noun) - something discarded as
worthless; rubbish; trash; garbage
3. This famous
McNugget was
seen by many
as an _____ to
public health
as well as tasty
eating.
3. This famous
McNugget was
seen by many
as an affront
to public health
as well as tasty
eating.
AFFRONT (noun) – a deliberately offensive act or
word or display of disrespect; an insult
*from the Latin ad frontem, “to the face”
4. At the heart of a good photobomb is
someone trying to be _________but often
coming across as creepy or crazy.
4. At the heart of a good photobomb is
someone trying to be genial but often coming
across as creepy or crazy.
GENIAL/GENIALLY
(adj.) – warmly and
pleasantly cheerful
or friendly
5. The gang of chicks appeared cute at first
glance, but were known for their _________
warfare tactics.
5. The gang of chicks appeared cute at first
glance, but were known for their truculent
warfare tactics.
TRUCULENT (adj.) – defiantly aggressive; savagely
brutal; fierce
6. Both of these images seem to suggest
something _________ is to come.
6. Both of these images seem to suggest something
portentous is to come.
PORTENTOUS (adj.) – of momentous or
ominous significance; ominously prophetic or
threatening
7. After days of deadly fighting, Polly and
Fuzzy-P-Kat agreed to a __________
cuddle.
7. After days of deadly fighting, Polly and
Fuzzy-P-Kat agreed to a magnanimous
cuddle.
MAGNANIMOUS (adj.) – 1) noble and generous in spirit;
2) generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from
resentfulness or vindictiveness
________________________
8. This guy is named ___________ for a reason;
he’s full of it!
8. This guy is named Rancor for a reason—he’s full of it!
RANCOR (noun) - bitter resentment or ill will;
hatred; malice