Catcher In the Rye Vocab

Phony

adj; fraudulent, not genuine; n; a fraudulent person

Liable

legally reliable, subject to

qualm

pang of conciousness, uneasy feeling

privilege

a right or benefit that others may not be given

halitosis

a state or condition of having bad breath

unscrupulous

not having moral ethics or standards

incognito

concealed identity

immaterial

of no importance

nonchalant

cooly unconcerned or indifferent

burlesque

a comedy show featuring females

premature

occuring, coming, or done too soon

bourgeois

conventional tastes made by the upper class

blasé

indifferent to or bored by life

inane

lacking sense or significant ideas

provacative

tending or serving to provoke

disgression

deviating from the central point of the speech and writing