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
15
musty. "There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere and the rooms were musty as though they hadn't been aired for many days."
covered with or smelling of mold
15
extravaganza. "Dan Cody--told it to me because "Jay Gatsby" had broken up like glass against Tom's hard malice and the long secret extravaganza was played out."
any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
15
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
15
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
15
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
15
flush. "It was a cold fall day with fire in the room and her cheeks flushed."
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
10
corroborate. "He looked at me anxiously as if he hoped I'd corroborate this."
give evidence for
15
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
15
pneumatic. "He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer, and the chauffeur helped him pump it up."
relating to or using air or a similar gas
15
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
15
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
15
corrugated. "A small gust of wind that scarcely corrugated the surface was enough to disturb its accidental course with its accidental burden."
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
15
circumstantial. "Most of those reports were a nightmare--grotesque, circumstantial, eager and untrue."
suggesting that something is true without proving it
15
pasquinade. "When Michaelis's testimony at the inquest brought to light Wilson's suspicions of his wife I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade--"
a composition that humorously imitates somebody's style
15
deranged. "So Wilson was reduced to a man " deranged by grief" in order that the case might remain in its simplest form."
