Catcher In The Rye Vocab

Question 1

Innumerable

Answer 1

Adjective,

Too numerous to be counted

Question 2

Chiffonier

Answer 2

Noun,

A tall elegant chest of drawers

Question 3

Falsetto

Answer 3

Adjective

Artificially high, above the normal voice range

Question 4

Monotonous

Answer 4

Adjective

Tediously repetitive, lacking in variety

Question 5

Halitosis

Answer 5

Noun

Bad breath

Question 6

Conscientious

Answer 6

Adjective

Characterized by extreme care or effort

Question 7

Burlesque

Answer 7

Noun

Something that makes a parody of something else

Question 8

Snub

Answer 8

Noun

A refusal to recognize someone you know

Question 9

Galoshes

Answer 9

Noun

A waterproof over shoe

Question 10

Rake

Answer 10

Noun

A man who is often immoral or dissolute

Question 11

Frock

Answer 11

Noun

A one piece dress for women

Question 12

Inane

Answer 12

Adjective

Devoid of intelligence

Question 13

Matinee

Answer 13

Noun

A theatrical performance held during the daytime

Question 14

Bourgeois

Answer 14

Adjective

Belonging to middle class

Question 15

Convent

Answer 15

Noun

A religious residence especially for nuns

Question 16

Blasé

Answer 16

Adjective

Unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has had seen it before

Question 17

Sacrilegious

Answer 17

Adjective

Grossly irreverent towards what is held to be sacred

Question 18

Louse

Answer 18

Noun

A bad person

Question 19

Boisterous

Answer 19

Adjective

Violent agitated and turbulent

Question 20

Digression

Answer 20

Noun

Off topic, tangent

Question 21

Pedagogical

Answer 21

Adjective

Of or relating to teaching

Question 22

Stenographer

Answer 22

Noun

Write down what someone says

Question 23

Bawl

Answer 23

Verb

To cry loudly

Question 24

Furlough

Answer 24

Noun

A temporary leave of from absence

Question 25

Putrid

Answer 25

Adjective

Having a foul odor

Question 26

Ostracize

Answer 26

Verb,

To shun, avoid speaking to, or expel from a community or group