Vocabulary Lists for Inherit the Wind and Great Gatsby

Inherit the Wind Vocabulary

 

1.  obscure

 

2.  infidel

 

3.  dignitaries

 

4.  paraphernalia

 

5.  heathen

 

6.  dogma

 

7.  sovereign

 

8.  clergy

 

9.  fray

 

10.  flivver

 

11.  venireman

 

12.  superfluous

 

13.  repast

 

14.  levity

 

15.  preposterous

 

16.  firmament

 

17.  pertinent

 

18.  infringe

 

19.  agnostic

 

20.  atheism

 

21.  heresy

 

22.  orthodox

23.  layman

 

24.  pagan

 

25.  perdition

 

26.  contempt

 

27.  deluded

 

28.  lamentation

 

29.  evolution

 

30.  theory

 

31.  colonel

 

32. ?

 

Some Names You Should Know For This Story:

Charles Darwin

Copernicus

William Jennings Bryan

Clarence Darrow

Marconi

Barnum & Bailey

Socrates

Harry Houdini

Jonah (from the Old Testament)

Joshua (from the Old Testament)

Charlemagne

Great Gatsby Vocabulary

1.         Tentative    
2.         Tumult
3.         Portentous
4.         Erroneous
5.         Rancor
6.         Anon
7.         Wan
8.          Interpose
9.           Apathetic
10. Deft
11. Rout
12. Elusive
13. Serf
14. Desolate
15. Antecedent
16. Languid
17. Facet
18. Intimation
19. Strident
20. Complacent
21. Rajah
22. Corpulent
23. Knickerbocker 

24. Provincial
25. Permeate
26. Elicit
27. Vacuous
28.  Denizen
29.  Innuendo
30. Jaunty
31. Repose
32. Lapse
33. Exult
34. Debauchery
35. Ingratiate
36. Dilatory
37. Din
38. Somnambulatory
39.Elicit
40. Illicit
41. Sporadic
42. Feign
43. Supercilious
44. Reciprocal
45. Clad