Catcher in the Rye
DSI-10-English Lit.
DSI-10-English Lit.
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to recuperate
to become healthy after an illness
pitcher
someone who throws the ball in baseball
chisel
a tool you use for shaping wood or stone
sermon
a religious speech
scraggy
very thin
banister
a long piece of wood that you can hold while going up and down the stairs
ransom
the demanded money for the return of a prisoner
frock
a dress
to cut something out
to stop doing something
a hole in the head
not needing or wishing something
rim
the outer end of something
contribution
money to put to a common pool
descent
ancestry
infirmary
hospital
swanky
stylish
curb
to put a brake on
to screech
to give an unpleasant sound by drapping something on a surface
dagger
small sword
lumpy
not blended well
to shrug
to move shoulders up saying "I dont care"
damp
humid
auditorium
a hall at the university
bent
having an angle
antler
each of the horns of a deer
squaw
a North American Indian woman
to appeal
to be attractive
bunk
nonsense
seductive
attractive, enticing
clinch
an embrace
dizzy
losing balance and having a sensation of spinning around
blasé
bored
modest
self-effacing
to rave
to mention someone with admiration
nauseating
disgusting
slobbering
having saliva dripping from the mouth
to hesitate
having an indesicion
brutal
violent
ashtray
a container for tobacco
brook
a small stream
oodles
a great amount of something
