Both Uses of
vigor
in
The Great Gatsby
- "I almost made a mistake, too," she declared vigorously.†
p. 34..5
- She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented "place" that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village — appalled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short-cut from nothing to nothing.
p. 107..4 *vigor = energy or strength
Definition:
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(vigor) strength, energy, or good health