The Catcher in the Rye
Vocabulary Study Guide
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2. A person whose attitudes and behavior conform to that of the middle class
3. In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist
(adj) 1. Of, relating to, or typical of the middle class
2. Preoccupied with respectability and material values
11. sacrilegious
(adj)1. Grossly irreverent toward the sacred
2. Having committed sacrilege
12. atheist (noun)
1. One who denies the existence of G-d or gods
13. putrid (adj)
1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten
2. Morally rotten; corrupt
3. Extremely objectionable
14. inane (adj)1. Lacking sense or substance; empty
15. boisterous (adj)
1. Rough and stormy; violent
2. Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
16. mutiny
(noun)
1. Open rebellion against authority, especially rebellion of
sailors against superior officers
(verb) 1. To engage in mutiny
17. sacrilegious (adj)
1. Grossly irreverent toward the sacred
2. Having committed sacrilege
18. atheist (noun)
1. One who denies the existence of G-d or gods
19. putrid (adj)
1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten
2. Morally rotten; corrupt
3. Extremely objectionable
20. inane (adj) 1. Lacking sense or substance; empty
21. rake (noun)
1. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used to gather leaves or loosen or smooth earth.
I need a new rake to prepare my garden.
(verb)
2. To gather or move with or as if with a rake
I rake leaves in the fall.
3. To gain in abundance
I was raking in the money.
(noun)
1. An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine
The man quite a rake, immoral and self-indulgent.
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- hemorrhage (noun)1. Excessive discharge of blood from the blood vessels;
profuse bleeding
2. A copious loss of something valuable
(verb) 1. To bleed copiously
2. To lose (something valuable) rapidly and in quantity - compulsory (adj)1. Obligatory; required
2. Employing or exerting compulsion; coercive - falsetto (noun)1. A male singing voice marked by artificially produced
tones in an upper register beyond the normal range, especially of a tenor.
2. One that sings in this way - halitosis (noun)1. The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath
- pacifist (noun)1. One who is strongly and actively opposed to war
- incognito (adv & adj)1. With one’s identity disguised or concealed
(noun) 2. One whose identity is disguised or concealed - suave (adj)1. Smoothly agreeable and courteous
- verification (noun)1. The act of verifying or the state of being verified
2a. A confirmation of truth or authority
2b. The evidence for such a confirmation - spendthrift (noun)1. On who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
(adj) 2. Wasteful or extravagant - bourgeois
2. A person whose attitudes and behavior conform to that of the middle class
3. In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist
(adj) 1. Of, relating to, or typical of the middle class
2. Preoccupied with respectability and material values
11. sacrilegious
(adj)1. Grossly irreverent toward the sacred
2. Having committed sacrilege
12. atheist (noun)
1. One who denies the existence of G-d or gods
13. putrid (adj)
1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten
2. Morally rotten; corrupt
3. Extremely objectionable
14. inane (adj)1. Lacking sense or substance; empty
15. boisterous (adj)
1. Rough and stormy; violent
2. Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
16. mutiny
(noun)
1. Open rebellion against authority, especially rebellion of
sailors against superior officers
(verb) 1. To engage in mutiny
17. sacrilegious (adj)
1. Grossly irreverent toward the sacred
2. Having committed sacrilege
18. atheist (noun)
1. One who denies the existence of G-d or gods
19. putrid (adj)
1. Decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten
2. Morally rotten; corrupt
3. Extremely objectionable
20. inane (adj) 1. Lacking sense or substance; empty
21. rake (noun)
1. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used to gather leaves or loosen or smooth earth.
I need a new rake to prepare my garden.
(verb)
2. To gather or move with or as if with a rake
I rake leaves in the fall.
3. To gain in abundance
I was raking in the money.
(noun)
1. An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine
The man quite a rake, immoral and self-indulgent.
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- nonchalant (adj) 1. Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent