The Catcher in the Rye Vocabulary List

Question 0

Compulsory

Answer 0

Required, mandatory, obligatory, (Adj.)

Question 1

Ostracize

Answer 1

To exclude, to make an outcast (v.)

Question 2

Sadistic

Answer 2

Getting pleasure from causing pain (adj.)

Question 3

Ironical

Answer 3

Humorously sarcastic or mocking (adj.)

Question 4

Exhibitionist

Answer 4

A person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or show off (n.)

Question 5

Unscrupulous

Answer 5

Conscienceless; unaffected by principles of right and wrong (adj.)

Question 6

Pacifist

Answer 6

Peace lover; someone opposed to violence (n.)

Question 7

Conscientious

Answer 7

Guided by a principle, careful and hardworking (adj.)

Question 8

Unanimous

Answer 8

In complete agreement (adj.)

Question 9

Incognito

Answer 9

With concealed identity (adj.)

Question 10

Putrid

Answer 10

Rotten, stinky (adj.)

Question 11

Capacity

Answer 11

The ability to receive or contain, the ability to perform (N.)

Question 12

Nonchalant

Answer 12

Casual, laid back (adj.)

Question 13

Bourgeois

Answer 13

Middle class (adj.)

Question 14

Blasé

Answer 14

Indifferent or bored, unimpressed (adj.)

Question 15

Inferiority

Answer 15

The quality of being less than another (n.)

Question 16

Aristocratic

Answer 16

Having the manners, values, or qualities associated with the ruling class or nobility (adj.)

Question 17

Boisterous

Answer 17

Noisy, jolly, rowdy (adj.)

Question 18

Sophisticated

Answer 18

Something altered by education and experience so as to be worldly and wise (adj.)

Question 19

Halitosis

Answer 19

A condition of having bad smelling breath (n.)

Question 20

Enlightening

Answer 20

Tending to increase knowledge (adj.)

Question 21

Digression

Answer 21

Movement away from the central or main point (n.)

Question 22

Pedagogical

Answer 22

Related to teaching (adj.)

Question 23

Proactive

Answer 23

Inciting, stimulating, irritating (adj.)

Question 24

Innumerable

Answer 24

Countless (adj.)

Question 25

Falsetto

Answer 25

High voice (adj.)

Question 26

Psychic

Answer 26

Sensitive to influences or forces of a nonphysical or supernatural nature (adj.)

Question 27

Verification

Answer 27

Confirmation (n.)

Question 28

Immaterial

Answer 28

Of little importance (adj.)

Question 29

Cliques

Answer 29

Exclusive groups (n.)

Question 30

Inane

Answer 30

Pointless (adj.)

Question 31

Harrowing

Answer 31

Extremely disturbing of distressing; grievous (adj.)

Question 32

Reciprocal

Answer 32

Given or felt by each toward the other (adj.)

Question 33

Infinitely

Answer 33

Endlessly (adv.)