wk 6 vocab pt 1

The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye

Week 6 – Part 1

Innumerable Innumerable

 adjective  \i-ˈnüm-rə-bəl\

: too many to be counted : very many

Innumerable Innumerable

: too many to be counted : very many

Scrawny Scrawny

  adjective  \ˈskro-nē\

: very thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy

Scrawny Scrawny

: very thin in a way

that is not attractive or

healthy

Not Scrawny

Grippe Grippe

noun  \ˈgrip\

: an acute febrile contagious virus disease; especially :

influenza 1

Grippe Grippe

: an acute febrile

contagious virus disease;

especially : influenza 1

Chiffonier Chiffonier

noun  \ˌshi-fə-ˈnir\

:  a high narrow chest of drawers

:  a high narrow chest of drawers

Chiffonier Chiffonier

Foils Foils

Noun \ˈfoi(-ə)l\

: a light fencing sword having a usually circular guard and a flexible

blade of rectangular section tapering

to a blunted point —saber

Foils Foils

: a light fencing sword having a usually

circular guard and a flexible blade of

rectangular section tapering

to a blunted point

Sadist Sadist

noun  \ˈsā-ˌdi-zəm, ˈsa-\

: enjoyment that someone gets

from being violent or cruel or

from causing pain

Sadist Sadist

: enjoyment that someone gets

from being violent or cruel

or

from causing pain

Falsetto Falsetto

noun  \fol-ˈse-(ˌ)tō\

:  an artificially high voice

Falsetto Falsetto

:  an artificially high voice

Exhibitionist Exhibitionist

noun  \-ˈbi-shə-\

: a person whose behavior is meant to attract attention

to themselves

: a person whose behavior

is meant to

attract attention

to themselves

Exhibitionist Exhibitionist

QualmsQualms

 noun  \ˈkwälm\

: a feeling of doubt or uncertainty about whether you are doing the

right thing

QualmsQualms

: a feeling of doubt or

uncertainty about whether you are

doing the

right thing

UnscrupulousUnscrupulous

adjective  \-ˈskrü-pyə-ləs\

: not honest or fair : doing things that are wrong, dishonest, or illegal

UnscrupulousUnscrupulous

: doing things

that are wrong, dishonest, or

illegal

Hound’s ToothHound’s Tooth

Noun

:  a usually small broken-check textile pattern; also 

:  a fabric woven in this pattern —called also houndstooth check,

hound's-tooth check

Hound’s ToothHound’s Tooth

:  a usually small

broken-check textile

pattern

Gore Gore

noun

: blood; especially : clotted blood

Gore Gore : blood;

especially : clotted blood

Tiff Tiff

intransitive verb \ˈtif\

:  to have a petty quarrel

Tiff Tiff

:  to have a petty quarrel

PacifistPacifist

 adjective  \ˈpa-sə-fist\

:  strongly and actively opposed to conflict and especially war

PacifistPacifist

:  strongly and actively

opposed to conflict and

especially war

Gladstones Gladstones

  noun, often capitalized \ˈglad-ˌstōn\

:  a suitcase with flexible sides on a rigid frame that opens flat into

two equal compartments

:  a suitcase with flexible sides on a

rigid frame that opens flat

into two equal compartments

Gladstones