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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 theatre 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’s lengthy __________ made his audience 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 contributer to www.myVocabulary.com, Mr A. Qayoom from The Bulmershe School in Woodley, Berkshire, England
    Below, see the 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
    hound’s tooth---checked pattern
    gore---blood
    tiff---spat (argument)
    pacifist---peace-lover
    Gladstones---suitcases
    lavish---extravagant
    conscientious---upright
    rostrum---speaker’s platform
    incognito---with concealed identity
    pervert---abnormal person
    psychic---spiritual
    putrid---rotten
    verification---confirmation
    immaterial---inconsequential
    suave---smoothly polite
    sterling---extremely fine
    crocked---drunk
    château---large country house
    nonchalant---casual
    clavichord---type of piano
    bourgeois---middle-class
    cliques---exclusive groups
    blasé---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
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