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The Catcher in the Rye

A 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around 250,000 copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion.

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Vocabulary

1.recount (noun)

    A counting again, as of votes.
    Retelling, narration, rendering

2.leap (verb)

    To jump.
    To pass over by a leap or jump.
        e.g.: to leap a wall or a ditch

3.dissolute (adjective)

    Unrestrained by morality.
    Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures

4.provision (noun)

    An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
    Money set aside for a future event.

5.insolent (adjective)

    Insulting in manner or words.
    Rude.
    Cheeky.

6.barren (adjective)

    unable to bear children; sterile
        e.g.: I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?
    of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation
    bleak
    Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
    Mentally dull; stupid.
        e.g.: Set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too. Shakespeare. Hamlet. III.ii. ca. 1602

7.solicitor (noun)

    In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services to clients apart from acting as their advocate in court. A solicitor instructs a barrister to act as an advocate for their client in court, although rights of audience for solicitors vary according to jurisdiction.
    In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as above, but whose role has in modern times been merged with that of a barrister.
    In parts of the U.S., the chief legal officer of a city, town or other jurisdiction.

8.jurisdiction (noun)

    The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.
    The power or right to exercise authority.
    The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
    The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.

9.sovereign (adjective)

    Exercising power of rule.
        e.g.: sovereign nation
    Exceptional in quality.

10.indifference (noun)

    The state of being indifferent.
    Unbiased impartiality.
    Unemotional apathy.
    A lack of enthusiasm.
    Unconcerned nonchalance.

11.unbiased (adjective)

    impartial or without bias or prejudice

12.impartial (adjective)

    Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased; fair.

13.resent (verb)

    To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at (words or acts).
    To feel resentment.
        e.g. :The bride greatly resented being left at the church.

14.resentment (noun)

    A feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed; indignation. 

15.apathy (noun)

    Complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest.

16.nuisance (noun)

    A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
    A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
    (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
        e.g.: a public nuisance


17.integral (adjective)

    Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable

18.patristic (adjective)

    Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.

19.partition (noun)

    An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.  
    A part of something that has been divided.
    The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
        e.g.: Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs
    A vertical structure that divides a room.
        e.g.: a brick partition; lath and plaster partitions

20.frailty (noun)

    The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived or seduced.
    A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

21.foible (noun)

    A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; unusual habit or way (usage is typically plural), that is slightly strange or silly.
        e.g.: Try to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath.

22.idiosyncrasy (noun)

    A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
    A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.

23.innocuous (adjective)

    Harmless; producing no ill effect.
    Inoffensive; unprovocative; not exceptional.

24.elegy (noun)

    A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

25.plaintive (adjective)

    Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
        e.g.: A typically plaintive song from Radiohead.