Catcher in the Rye Vocab Flashcards
Hemorrhage
The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Touchy
Quick to take offense
Phony
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Foil
A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
Ostracize
Expel from a community or group
Grippe
An acute, febrile, highly contagious viral disease.
latter
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned
innumerable
too many to be counted
lagoon
a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
qualm
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
liable
likely to be or do something
crude
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
rostrum
a platform raised above the surrounding level
compulsory
required by rule
sadistic
deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another
falsetto
artificially high; above the normal voice range
vise
a holding device attache to a workbench
rile
disturb, especially by minor irritations
fiend
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm
monotonous
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
halitosis
offensive breath
