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The vocabulary word list for Catcher in the Rye is arranged in order of appearance by chapter:
Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 1-5: autobiography, dough, ostracize, grippe, posture, ironical, innumerable, moron, phony, sheer, parlor, rostrum, chiffonier, falsetto, conceited, aggravate, hound\\\’s-tooth, muffler, monotonous, psychoanalyze, halitosis
Chapters 6-10: linoleum, hospitality, fiend, corridor, Canasta, janitor, conscientious, phony, lagoon, incognito, brassiere, burlesque, psychic, brassy, intoxicating, verification, jitterbug
Chapters 11-15: snub, necking, newsreel, vomit, rile, galoshes, nonchalant, rake, frock, atheist, chisel, banister, rubberneck, gory, matinee, bourgeois, convent
Chapters 16-20: screech, auditorium, bosom, raspy, beret, clinch, blase, conceited, enlightening, sacrilegious, booze, slobber, sophisticated, louse, flitty, boisterous, stagger, puke
Chapters 21-26: racket, Sagittarius, Taurus, betray, snotty, expel, spontaneous, flunk, digression, pedagogical, provocative, stenographer, appeal, stimulate, scholarly, pervert, moccasin, cockeyed, recess, mummy, pharaoh, punk, carousel, jazzy, bawl
Thank you Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California for being our teacher contributor for a vocabulary word list for The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
The following Catcher in the Rye vocabulary word list has been chosen from the vocabulary list from above. Learn and study the word definition. Put your answers into the fill-in-the-blank worksheet. If you are working on ACT or SAT-type vocabulary words, this vocabulary selection should help you.
Vocabulary word list for Catcher in the Rye:
ATHEIST, BLASE, BOISTEROUS, BURLESQUE, DIGRESSION, GALOSHES, INCOGNITO, MATINEE, OSTRACIZE, PEDAGOGICAL, PROVOCATION, RILE, ROSTRUM, SACRILEGIOUS, VERIFICATION,
Catcher in the Rye Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet:
1. No one is going to __________ Jane for being late when her explanation is plausible.
2. The guest speaker delivered her speech from the raised __________.
3. Many movie stars travel __________ with their families to preserve their privacy.
4. The audience guffawed at the silly __________ that the comedy club presented.
5. Security officers demand __________ of identity from all passengers before a flight.
6. Since Danny does not want to __________ his father, he will not ask him for anything more.
7. Bernie wore __________ over his shoes to prevent melted snow from getting into them.
8. Sidney, an __________, denies that God exists and rejects all religious faiths.
9. Tracey and Fran drove to the theater to see a __________ at noon last Tuesday.
10. Clint maintains such an attitude about sports that he rarely, if __________ ever, knows any scores.
11. Environmentalists claim that the destruction of that grove would be a __________ act.
12. Fans were so that Isabelle could hardly hear the friend sitting next to her.
13. Tom made a lengthy __________ that caused his audience to lose interest in his speech.
14. Allison needs to submit a __________ document to her professor to earn her doctorate.
15. A candidate made several __________ remarks that produced heated discussions.
ANSWERS:
1 – OSTRACIZE, 2 – ROSTRUM, 3 – INCOGNITO, 4 – BURLESQUE, 5 – VERIFICATION, 6 – RILE, 7 – GALOSHES, 8 – ATHEIST, 9 – MATINEE, 10 – BLASE, 11 – SACRILEGIOUS, 12 – BOISTEROUS, 13 – DIGRESSION, 14 – PEDAGOGICAL, 15 – PROVOCATIVE
Another Vocabulary List for The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
– Thank you to the teacher contributor to www.myVocabulary.com, Mr A. Qayoom from The Bulmershe School in Woodley, Berkshire, England
Below, see their 46 vocabulary word list from the novel Catcher in the Rye with a short definition (VOCABULARY WORD—DEFINITION)
innumerable—countless
scrawny—thin
grippe—influenza
foils—swords
sadist—torturer
falsetto—high voice
exhibitionist—show-off
qualms—misgivings
unscrupulous—unprincipled
hounds tooth—checked pattern
gore—blood
tiff—spat (argument)
pacifist—peace-lover
Gladstones—suitcases
lavish—extravagant
conscientious—upright
rostrum—platform for a speaker
incognito—with concealed identity
pervert—abnormal person
psychic—spiritual
putrid—rotten
verification—confirmation
immaterial—inconsequential
suave—smoothly polite
sterling—extremely fine
crocked—drunk
chateau—large country house
nonchalant—casual
clavichord—type of piano
bourgeois—middle-class
cliques—exclusive groups
blase—unconcerned
sacrilegious—against religion
atheism—disbeliever in God
seductive—alluring
inane—pointless
foyer—entry hall
ostracize—banish
digress—deviate
spontaneous—unplanned
pedagogue—teacher
provocative—stimulating
harrowing—distressed
reciprocal—mutual
infinitely—endlessly
scraggy—unkempt
