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Gatsby List 1
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02/08/2005
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languidly
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at a leisurely pace, slowly
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privy
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to having private information on
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feigned
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pretended
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levity
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high spirits
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unobstrusively
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inconspicuously
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supercilious
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arrogant, disdainful, egotistical
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peremptorily
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demanding immediate notice; not allowing contradiction or refusal; offensively self-assured
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swank
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fashionable, trendy
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fractiousness
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irritability; peevishness
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anticlimax
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conclusion; letdown
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abortive
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futile, fruitless
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bootlegger
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a person who makes, sells, or transports something illegally
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sporadic
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infrequent, occasional, scattered
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evasion
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avoidance, revenge
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retribution
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repayment, revenge
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somnabulatory
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in a state like a sleepwalker's
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juxtaposition
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comparison; side by side
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denizen
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inhabitant
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innuendo
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sly remark, indirect suggestion
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prodigality
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abundance, plenty
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