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Based on this excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams," what is the meaning of the word priggish? He stayed late at the dance. He sat for an hour with Irene Scheerer and talked about books and about music. He knew very little about either. But he was beginning to be master of his own time now, and he had a rather priggish notion that he—the young and already fabulously successful Dexter Green—should know more about such things.
benign
successful
obnoxious
definitive
pessimistic

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antonsandiego

Based on thу excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams," represented above, I think that the third option from the attached scale clearly shows the meaning of the word priggish. I am pretty sure that obnoxious is the most suitable word to explain the meaning of the whole phrase, but if you are not so sure, check it in dictionary. Do hope it will help you in your homework.
jayilych4real

Based on the excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams," the meaning of the word priggish is Obnoxious

What is a Synonym?

This refers to the use of words which  are nearest in meaning to each other and this is very effective especially when trying to find the meaning of a word in a sentence

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With this in mind and from the given excerpt, we can see that the word "priggish" was used by the author to talk about the silly notion that he should know more about those things and the word nearest in meaning is obnoxious.

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