Catcher In The Rye Vocab 1 Flashcards

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Qualm

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An uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction

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Compulsory

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Required, mandatory, obligatory

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Sadistic

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Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty

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Pacifist

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A person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind

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Borgeois

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Middle class; mediocre; dominated or characterized by materialistic pursuits or concerns.

Your outdated ideas or so bourgeois (adj) or The Bourgeois were responsible for voting for tax increases on the rich

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Homely

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Plain or unattractive in appearance

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Ostracize

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To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges etc.

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