Vocab list Ch. 1-5 (Catcher in the Rye)

english

Aggravate (v)

To make worse

Chiffonier (n)

A high chest of drawers

Conceited (adj)

Self important, arrogant

Falsetto (adj)

A high pitched voice

Grippe (n)

The flu

Halitosis (n)

A condition characterized by chronic bad breath

Hound’s Tooth

A two toned textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four- pointed shapes

Monotonous (adj)

Boring and repetitive

Moron (n)

A person characterized by their low intelligence

Muffler (n)

A heavy scarf worm about the neck for warmth

Ostracize (v)

To excluded or banish

Parlor (n)

A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests

Phony (n, adj)

A fake, counterfeit

Posture (n)

Position of carriage of the body

Psychoanalyze (v)

To treat through the interpretation of the conscious and unconscious mind

Rostrum (n)

A pulpit or platform

Sheer (adj)

Any very thin fabric used for clothes

Metonymy (n)

A literary technique in which a concept is represented by an associated word. Ex: sword= military career, Tongue= language or dialect

Synecdoche (n)

A literary technique in which a part of a thing is used to refer to its whole. Ex: Head= cattle, wheels= a car

Verisimilitude (n)

A quality of appearing to be real or true, as in a novel’s realistic details