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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.  Corrupt.  10. It partly scared me and it partly fascinated me.  Impressed.

11. I'm not too tough. I'm a pacifist if you want to know the truth.  A person who supports peace all the time. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12. My grandmother'd just sent me a wad about a week before. I have this grandmother that's quite lavish with her dough. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Charitable. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">13. It's not a paradise or anything, but it's as good as most schools. Some of the faculty are <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">pretty conscientious. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Reliable. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">14. Well, a bunch of us wanted old Ernie to be president of the class. I mean he was the <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">unanimous choice. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Agreed choice by all parties. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">15. . . . I don't want to stay at any hotels on the East Side where I might run into some <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">acquaintances of mine. I'm traveling incognito. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Under cover. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Part II: Determining the Meaning: Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">9. unscrupulous ||  C  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">A. Attentive to duty; diligent  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">10. fascinated ||  E  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">B. In disguise  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">11. pacifist ||  F  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">C. Having no moral code; unprincipled  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">12. lavish ||  D  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">D. Generous or liberal in giving or spending  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">13. conscientious ||  A  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">E. Held the attention of; captivated  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">14. unanimous ||  G  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">F. <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">One who opposes the use of force under any circumstances  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">15. incognito ||  B  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman','serif';">G. Showing or based on total agreement  ||