Catcher in the Rye -vocab

1. The Catcher in the Rye
Week 6 –
Part 1

2. Innumerable
adjective i- nüm-rə-bəlˈ
: too many to be counted :
very many

3. Innumerable
: too many to
be counted :
very many

4. Scrawny
adjective skro-nēˈ ̇
: very thin in a way that is
not attractive or healthy

5. Scrawny
: very thin
in a way
that is not
attractive or
healthy
Not Scrawny

6. Grippe
noun gripˈ
: an acute febrile contagious
virus disease; especially :
influenza 1

7. Grippe
: an acute
febrile
contagious virus
disease;
especially :
influenza 1

8. Chiffonier
noun shi-fə- nirˌ ˈ
: a high narrow chest of
drawers

9. : a high narrow
chest of drawers
Chiffonier

10. Foils
Noun foi(-ə)lˈ ̇
: a light fencing sword having a
usually circular guard and a flexible
blade of rectangular section tapering
to a blunted point —saber

11. Foils
: a light fencing sword
having a usually
circular guard and a
flexible blade of
rectangular section
tapering
to a blunted point

12. Sadist
noun sā- di-zəm, sa-ˈ ˌ ˈ
: enjoyment that someone gets
from being violent or cruel or
from causing pain

13. Sadist
: enjoyment that
someone gets
from being
violent or cruel
or
from causing
pain

14. Falsetto
noun fol- se-( )tō ̇ ˈ ˌ
: an artificially high voice

15. Falsetto
: an
artificially
high voice

16. Exhibitionist
noun - bi-shə-ˈ
: a person whose behavior
is meant to attract attention
to themselves

17. : a person
whose behavior
is meant to
attract attention
to themselves
Exhibitionist

18. Qualms
noun kwälmˈ
: a feeling of doubt or uncertainty
about whether you are doing the
right thing

19. Qualms
: a feeling of
doubt or
uncertainty about
whether you are
doing the
right thing

20. Unscrupulous
adjective - skrü-pyə-ləsˈ
: not honest or fair : doing
things that are wrong,
dishonest, or illegal

21. Unscrupulous
: doing things
that are wrong,
dishonest, or
illegal

22. Hound’s Tooth
Noun
: a usually small broken-check
textile pattern; also
: a fabric woven in this pattern —
called also houndstooth check,
hound's-tooth check

23. Hound’s Tooth
: a usually
small
broken-
check textile
pattern

24. Gore
noun
: blood; especially : clotted blood

25. Gore
: blood;
especially :
clotted blood

26. Tiff
intransitive verb tifˈ
: to have a petty quarrel

27. Tiff
: to have a
petty quarrel

28. Pacifist
adjective pa-sə-fistˈ
: strongly and actively opposed
to conflict and especially war

29. Pacifist
: strongly and
actively
opposed to
conflict and
especially war

30. Gladstones
noun, often capitalized glad- stōnˈ ˌ
: a suitcase with flexible sides on
a rigid frame that opens flat into
two equal compartments

31. : a suitcase with
flexible sides on a
rigid frame that
opens flat
into two equal
compartments
Gladstones