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Catcher in the Rye
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English
9th Grade
03/12/2009

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Exhibitionist (noun)
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a person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or display his or her powers, personality
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compulsory (adj)
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required; mandatoy; obligatory; must be done
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qualms (noun)
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sudden feeling of sickness; worries; uneasy feeling
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ostracize (verb)
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excluded; shunned; left out
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sadistic (adj)
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enjoyment of being cruel; getting pleasure from inflicting pain on others (the opposite of masochistic: pleasure from self-inflicted pain)
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groping (adjective/verb)
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reaching blindly; stumbling; moving clumsily or hesitantly; to reach/grab
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ironical (adjective)
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meaning opposite of what is expected
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hemorrhages (noun)
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internal bleeding (from bursting of blood vessels)
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incognito (Adj)
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in disguise; having one's identity concealed; under assumed name.
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conscientious *adj(
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attentive to duty; diligent
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pacifist (Adj)
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pro-peace; opposing violence; one who is opposed to the use of force under any circumstances
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Lavish (adj)
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generous or liberal in giving or spending; prodigal; extravagant
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unanimous (Adj)
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complete agreement; showing or based on total agreement
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unscrupulous (adj)
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lack of moral standards; having no moral code; unprincipled
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humble (Adj)
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modest; courteously respectful; lowly; unpretentious
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putrid (Adj)
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rotten
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capacity (noun)
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ability to contain, absorb, receive and hold
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intimately (Adj)
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privately; personally; very closely; closely personal; deep
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frock (noun)
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coat; cloak
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nonchalant (adj)
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showing a lack of concern; casually indifferent
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random (Adj)
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lack of regularity
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swanky (adj)
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fancy; elegant; expensive and showy
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atheist (noun)
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person who believes there is no God; person who disbelieves the existance of a superior being
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raspy (adj)
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harsh; irritable; grating
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blasé
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having done something so much as to be bored with it; indifferent
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boisterous (adj)
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noisy; unruly
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inferiority (adj)
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strong feelings of inadequacy; lower in position/grade/rank
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louse (noun)
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a person regarded as mean or contemptible; unethical person
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halitosis (noun)
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condition of having bad breath
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aristocratic (adj)
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of an upper class; distinguished; belonging in favor of noble class
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sophisticated (Adj)
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worldly wise person with manners; refined
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pedagogical (adj)
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pertaining to teaching
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digresses (verb)
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rambles; departs temporarily from the main topic
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expel (verb)
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eject; force out; discharge; drive out by force
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reciprocal (adj)
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mutual; felt by each toward one; equivalent; interchangeable
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stenographer ({noun)
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person who specializes in dictation; a person skilled in taking shorthand
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bourgeois (noun)
Definition
smug; conventional; materialistic
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