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intricate   [ˋɪntrəkɪt]  adjective

原句:If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.

1. very detailedin design or structure

Ex. an intricate pattern of birds and flowers

2. very complicated and difficult to understand or learn

flabby  [ˋflæbɪ]   adjective

原句:This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the “creative temperament."

1.flabby flesh is loose and fat

Ex. a flabby stomach

2. not effective or powerful enough

Ex. flabby phrases/arguments

詞類變化: flabbiness (noun[U])

elation [ɪˋleʃən]  noun

原句:it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.

1.a feeling of great happiness and excitement

Ex.This little incident filled me with elation.

temperament   [ˋtɛmprəmənt] noun

原句:This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the “creative temperament."

1. someone's temperament is their basiccharacter, for example their tendency to be happy, angry etc

Ex. an artistic/fiery temperament

abortive   [əˋbɔrtɪv]  adjective

原句:it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.

1. not finished and therefore not successful=failed

Ex. an abortive takeover bid by the larger company