The Catcher in the Rye-Vocabulary Words

Question 1

Digress

Answer 1

(v) to deviate or wander away from the main purpose in speaking or writing.

Question 2

Incognito

Answer 2

(adj/adv) assuming a concealed identity.

Question 3

Ostracize

Answer 3

(v) to banish a person; to exclude.

Question 4

Inane

Answer 4

(adj) lacking sense or ideal, silly, empty.

Question 5

Innumerable

Answer 5

(adj) countless, extremely numerous.

Question 6

Clique

Answer 6

(n) a narrow, exclusive circle of individuals or friends.

Question 7

Boisterous

Answer 7

(adj) rough and noisy; unrestrained.

Question 8

Disciple

Answer 8

(n) a devoted follower.

Question 9

Bourgeois

Answer 9

(adv) an artificial way of speaking, in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice.

Question 10

Falsetto

Answer 10

(adv) an artificial way of speaking, in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice.

Question 11

Harrowing

Answer 11

(adj) Extremely distressing; agonizing.

Question 12

Blasé

Answer 12

(adj) unconcerned; nonchalant; tired of pleasures; bored.

Question 13

Provoke

Answer 13

(v) to bring about deliberately; induce; to make angry.

Question 14

Putrid

Answer 14

(adj) rotten; foul; in a state of decay.

Question 15

Qualms

Answer 15

(n) sudden feelings of uneasiness or doubt; misgivings.

Question 16

Profound

Answer 16

(adj) deeply held or felt; intellectually penetrating.

Question 17

Rapt

Answer 17

(adj) deeply absorbed or carried away with something and not noticing anything else.

Question 18

Furlough

Answer 18

(n) a leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces.

Question 19

Reciprocal

Answer 19

(adj) Performed, experienced, or felt by both sides; mutual.

Question 20

Unscrupulous

Answer 20

(adj) without conscience or principles.