Vocabulary+5-9

Vocabulary - // The Catcher in the Rye // Chapters 5 – 9 p. 35-66.

Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean in the space provided.

9. If you knew Stradlater, you'd have been worried, too. . . . He was __unscrupulous.__ He didn't have doubts.

10. It partly scared me and it partly __fascinated__ me. amazed

11. I'm not too tough. I'm a __pacifist__ if you want to know the truth. someone who tried to avoid using violence

12. My grandmother'd just sent me a wad about a week before. I have this grandmother that's quite __lavish__ with her dough. generous

13. It's not a paradise or anything, but it's as good as most schools. Some of the faculty are pretty __conscientious__. caring

14. Well, a bunch of us wanted old Ernie to be president of the class. I mean he was the __unanimous__ choice. Based on an aggreement

15. . . . 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__. Without revealing identity

Part II: Determining the Meaning: Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.


 * 9. unscrupulous (C) ||  ||   || A. Attentive to duty; diligent (13) ||
 * 10. fascinated (E) ||  ||   || B. In disguise ﻿(15) ||
 * 11. pacifist (F) ||  ||   || C. Having no moral code; unprincipled (13) ||
 * 12. lavish (D) ||  ||   || D. Generous or liberal in giving or spending (12) ||
 * 13. conscientious (A) ||  ||   || E. Held the attention of; captivated (9) ||
 * 14. unanimous (G) ||  ||   || F. One who opposes the use of force under any circumstances (P) ||
 * 15. incognito (B) ||  ||   || G. Showing or based on total agreement (14)  ||