Catcher in the Rye Vocabulary Chapters 1-9

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Touchy Easily upset Ex: She became touchy and sarcastic, alienated friends and was soon fired from her job.
Ostracized to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc. Ex: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
Ironical Characterized by humor based on opposites or contradiction Synonyms sarcastic, sardonic
Phony Not genuine (authentic; real) Ex: Get real people, these aren't as genuine as you think.
Innumerable Countless The amount of traffic and slow speeds in urban areas mean that fewer will die from the innumerable accidents.
Qualms Doubt; feeling of unease Ex: They used, without qualm , whatever instruments they found at hand.
Sheer Complete and utter Ex: Even if she behaves herself, she could still overshadow her boss through sheer talent and energy.
Sadist One who is cruel for fun Ex: Many serial murderers are sadists.
Composition Piece of writing
Suspense Enjoyable tension; anxiety
Exhibitionist Attention seeker Ex: I know a lot of actors who are exhibitionists.
Unscrupulous Unrestrained by moral or ethical principles Ex: People who steal are unscrupulous.
Solitary Single; alone Ex: Holden lives a solitary life.
Gore Blood from a wound Ex: A lot of movies today are quite gory...yuk!
Pacifist One who believes in peaceful resolutions and refuses to take part in a war. Ex: Ghandi was a pacifist.
Sincere Honest; unfeigned
Fiend Person with strong interest in something; troublemaker Ex: The Joker in Batman is a fiend.
Conscientious Diligent; governed by a sense of what is right and wrong. Ex: She always made up her homework, even when she was absent.
Adapts Adjusts to something; changes to meet requirements. Ex: Many lizards adapt to the colors they are near and thus the color of their skin changes.
Toying Treating something casually or without seriousness. Ex: He yelled at the girl to stop toying with his affections.
Suave Charming, but often insincere. Ex: They all said he was a suave bachelor.
Fouled Contaminated; spoiled
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