inquisition. " swollen towns beyond the Ohio, with their interminable inquisitions which spared only the children and the very old--even then it had always for me a quality of distortion."
a severe interrogation
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sneer. "However, that was my fault, for he was one of those who used to sneer most bitterly at Gatsby on the courage of Gatsby's liquor and I should have known better than to call him."
a facial expression of contempt or scorn
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amorphous. "A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about . . . like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees."
having no definite form or distinct shape
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vain. "But when I'd shouted "Hello" several times in vain an argument broke out behind a partition and presently a lovely Jewess appeared at an interior door and scrutinized me with black hostile eyes."
unproductive of success
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vestibule. "He went out to the open vestibule and sat down on a folding-chair, and the station slid away and the backs of unfamiliar buildings moved by."
a large entrance or reception room or area
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redolent. "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."
having a strong pleasant odor
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corroborate. "He looked at me anxiously as if he hoped I'd corroborate this."
give evidence for
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stratum. "he let her believe that he was a person from much the same stratum as herself--that he was fully able to take care of her."
a group of people sharing similar wealth and status
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ashen. "A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about . . . like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees."
pale from illness or emotion
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dejection. "Crossing his lawn I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall, heavy with dejection or sleep."
a state of melancholy depression
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forlorn. "This was a forlorn hope--he was almost sure that Wilson had no friend: there was not enough of him for his wife."
marked by or showing hopelessness
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deranged. "So Wilson was reduced to a man " deranged by grief" in order that the case might remain in its simplest form."
driven insane
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recede. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us."