The Catcher in the Rye

VocabularyChapters 5-9

Definitions derived from Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary

Unscrupulous Unprincipled or

immoral Adjective If you knew

Stradlater, you’d have been worried, too…He was unscrupulous.

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Fascinated To command the

interest of; allure; captivate Past tense

Verb It partly scared me

and it partly fascinated me.

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Pacifist Strongly and

actively opposed to conflict and especially war

Adjective I’m not too tough.

I’m a pacifist if you want to know the truth.

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Lavish Expended or produced

in abundance; marked by excess

Adjective My grandmother’d just

sent me a wad about a week before. I have the grandmother that’s quite lavish with her dough.

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Conscientious Meticulous; careful Adjective It’s not paradise or

anything, but it’s as good as most schools. Some of the faculty are pretty conscientious.

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Unanimous Being of one mind;

agreeing Adjective Well, a bunch of us

wanted old Ernie to be president of the class. I mean he was the unanimous choice.

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Incognito With one’s identity

concealed Adjective Adverb …I don’t want to stay

at any hotels on the East Side where I might run into some acquaintances of mine. I’m traveling incognito.