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Catcher in the Rye Vocab Flashcards

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Hemorrhage

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A great loss of blood; to lose a great amount of blood

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Phony

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Fake; not genuine; not honest

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Ostracize

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To exclude; to make an outcast

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Qualms

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Worries; doubts

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Compulsory

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Required; mandatory; obligatory

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Groping

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To feel with the hands; to search blindly or unknowingly

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Sadistic

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Getting pleasure from causing pain

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Ironical

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Humorously sarcastic or mocking

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Exhibitionist

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A person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention; a show-off

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Unscrupulous

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Conscienceless; unaffected by principles of right and wrong

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Pacifist

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Peace- lover; someone opposed to violence

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Lavish

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Extravagant

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Conscientious

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Guided by principle; careful and hard-working

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Unanimous

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In complete agreement

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Incognito

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With concealed identity

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Putrid

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Rotten; stinking

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intimately

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in a close, personal matter

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humble

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modest; not arrogant; not cocky

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capacity

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the ability to receive or contain; the ability to perform

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nonchalant

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casual; laid-back

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atheist

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one who does not believe in God

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bourgeois

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middle-class

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blasé

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indifferent or bored; unimpressed

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raspy

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harsh; rough; grating

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inferiority

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the quality of being less than another

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louse

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singular of lice; a good-for-nothing person

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aristocratic

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having the manners, values, or qualities associated with the ruling class or nobility

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boisterous

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noisily jolly or rowdy

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sophisticated

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a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc. altered by education and experience so as to be worldly and wise

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halitosis

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a condition of having bad-smelling breath

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