Catcher in the Rye Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Hemorrhage
A
The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
2
Q
Touchy
A
Quick to take offense
3
Q
Phony
A
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
4
Q
Foil
A
A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
5
Q
Ostracize
A
Expel from a community or group
6
Q
Grippe
A
An acute, febrile, highly contagious viral disease.
7
Q
latter
A
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned
8
Q
innumerable
A
too many to be counted
9
Q
lagoon
A
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
10
Q
qualm
A
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
11
Q
liable
A
likely to be or do something
12
Q
crude
A
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
13
Q
rostrum
A
a platform raised above the surrounding level
14
Q
compulsory
A
required by rule
15
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sadistic
A
deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
