Catcher in the Rye Vocab

Question 1

Snub

Answer 1

(v.) treat with disdain or contempt; slight

Question 2

Cockeyed

Answer 2

(adj.) 1. turned or twisted toward one side
2. incongruous; inviting ridicule
3. very drunk; intoxicate

Question 3

Sophisticate

Answer 3

(n.) one well-traveled and knowledgeable about culture, etiquette, and/or fashion

Question 4

Fiend

Answer 4

(n.) a cruel, wicked and inhumane person; evil spirit

Question 5

Monotonous

Answer 5

(adj.) dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.

Question 6

Blase

Answer 6

(adj.) indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

Question 7

Bourgeois

Answer 7

(adj.) middle class

Question 8

Affected

Answer 8

(adj.) pretentious; phony; behaving in an artificial way to impress people

Question 9

Brassy

Answer 9

(adj.) cheap or showy

Question 10

Ostracize

Answer 10

(v.) to exclude from a group, banish, send away

Question 11

Qualm

Answer 11

(n.) a pang of conscience, feeling of uneasiness or doubt

Question 12

Ironic

Answer 12

(adj.) suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic

Question 13

Unscrupulous

Answer 13

(adj.) dishonest; not guided or controlled by moral principles

Question 14

Nonchalant

Answer 14

(adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned

Question 15

Inane

Answer 15

(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

Question 16

Pacifist

Answer 16

(n.) one who is against war or the use of violence; (adj.) opposing war or violence

Question 17

Boisterous

Answer 17

(adj.) rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high-spirited

Question 18

Reciprocal

Answer 18

(adj.) mutual; shared; interchangeable

Question 19

Immaterial

Answer 19

(adj.) insignificant; unimportant

Question 20

Rile

Answer 20

(v.) make (someone) annoyed or irritated.

Question 21

Suave

Answer 21

(adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; smooth in a social manner

Question 22

Halitosis

Answer 22

(adj.) foul-smelling breath

Question 23

Grippe

Answer 23

(n.) influenza

Question 24

Houndstooth

Answer 24

(n.) A woven fabric design of continuous broken checks or four-pointed stars; also called four-and-four check.

Question 25

Compulsory

Answer 25

(adj.) required; mandatory

Question 26

Chiffonier

Answer 26

(n.) a tall chest of drawers, often with a mirror on top

Question 27

Falsetto

Answer 27

(n.) artificially high voice

Question 28

Galoshes

Answer 28

(n.) a waterproof overshoe, typically made of rubber

Question 29

Canasta

Answer 29

(n.) card game of rummy

Question 30

Lavish

Answer 30

(adj.) overly generous, extravagant; abundant; (v.) to spend or give freely or without limit

Question 31

Incognito

Answer 31

(adj., adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n.) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise

Question 32

Putrid

Answer 32

(adj.) rotten and foul smelling

Question 33

Verification

Answer 33

(n.) the process of establishing the truth, accuracy, or validity of something.

Question 34

Chisel

Answer 34

(v.) swindle or cheat; (n.) wedgelike tool for cutting

Question 35

Beret

Answer 35

(n.) a round flattish cap of felt or cloth.

Question 36

Sacrilegious

Answer 36

(adj.) grossly disrespectful of what is sacred

Question 37

Atheist

Answer 37

(n.) a person who denies the existence of God