Vocabulary List: The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers.

Below is vocabulary words drawn from the book, sorted in alphabetical order.


A (1412)
Abandon (1)
Abandoned (2)
Able (6)
Abnormal (1)
Abortive (2)
Abounded (1)
Abounding (1)
About (151)
Above (7)
Abrams (1)
Abroad (1)

Abrupt (1)
Abruptly (7)
Absence (3)
Absent (1)
Absently (3)
Absolute (4)
Absolutely (8)
Absorbed (4)
Absorbing (2)
Absorption (1)
Abstracted (1)
Abstractedly (1)

Abstraction (1)
Absurd (3)
Abyss (1)
Advantages (1)
Advice (2)
All (222)
Also (5)
Always (34)
And (1569)
Any (68)
Anyone (10)


Been (107)

Bores (1)

But (256)



Deal (4)

Didn’t (85)

Drunk (9)


Ever (28)


Father (10)

Feel (10)

Few (25)


Gave (26)

Great (26)


Habit (3)
Had (381)

Has (19)
Haven’t (14)

He (854)


I (1388)
I’m (72)

I’ve (39)
In (807)


Just (103)


Like (122)


Made (63)
Many (19)
Me (327)

Meant (5)
Mind (11)

More (74)
My (244)


Not (73)


Of (1119)

Opened (17)

Over (143)


People (63)



Say (38)

Since (12)

Some (103)


Than (34)
That (642)
The (2399)

This (167)
To (1130)

Told (45)
Turning (12)




Was (768)
Way (75)

World (33)


Years (39)
You (520)

You’ve (13)


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