I don't care too much for money
For some people, shopping is a this, a persistent and irresistible urge to perform an act, or the act itself.
What is a compulsion?
If you want to sing a love song, you could use this, an artificially high voice, especially when used in singing.
What is falsetto?
Sally calls Holden sacrilegious, which contains this word root. (You must also give the definition of the word root)
What is SACER: holy?
You could easily be bored in this kind of conversation, one that is lacking meaning of significance; empty or silly.
What is inane?
He wanted to hang out after school, but he had bad breath, otherwise known as this. As if!
What is halitosis?
Holden thinks that many of his classmates at Pencey are this: having or showing too high an opinion of oneself, or are vain.
What is conceited?
Holden thinks he's having alluring or tempting qualities, particularly in a romantic or sexual way.
What is seductive?
Holden says he's not an exhibitionist, that is a person who derives sexual satisfaction from indecently exposing themself to strangers. What prefix begins the word exhibitionist, and what does it mean?
What is EX: out?
When bored, one can feel unimpressed by or uninterested in something because one has seen it so many times before; jaded.
What is blasé?
They thought they were cool, but they were this, or foul or rotten (like decomposing meat); morally corrupt; totally terrible. As if!
What is putrid?
Holden finds that the expectations of schools like Pencey to irritate or annoy him. This word can also mean to rub so as to wear away or to make sore by rubbing.
What is chafe?
Sometime Holden is gracious and sophisticated, though often on the surface only.
What is suave?
Good spies are often incognito, made up of these two word roots.
What are
PREFIX: IN - not
WORD ROOT: GCO (PIE) - to know/be aware
When a conversation is just too boring, it might be tempting to take one of these, leaving the main topic in an extended oral or written discourse, i.e. going off-topic in writing or speech.
Daily Double: What is the root of this word? What does it mean?
What is a digression?
Root: Gress - step/walk
They asked if we wanted to hang out, but their behavior was affecting us with nausea (sickness to one's stomach). As if!
What is nauseate?
Holden says he is a this, a person who spends money freely and wastefully.
What is a spendthrift?
Holden is told, in an uncomfortable circumstance, that relationships are shared, felt, or shown by both sides or both parties in a relationship; mutually corresponding (the same on both sides); marked by reciprocity (mutual dependence or mutual action).
What is reciprocal?
It's nice when decisions are unanimous, a word made up of these two roots.
What are:
PREFIX: UNI - one, only (Latin)
WORD ROOT: ANIMUS - mind/spirit/intent
If you make a poor decision as a result of boredom, you could feel these about it afterwards: an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct.
What are qualms?
Based on their gross-ness and general ick-i-tude, we decided to do this, or exclude them from our group by common consent. As if!
What is ostracize?
Holden disdains anything that he thinks is this, of or relating to the middle class (upper middle class, especially); marked by materialism, a concern for respectability, and a tendency toward mediocrity.
What is bourgeois?
With people he really cares about, Holden can be meticulous and careful; tending to behave in a respectful and rule-following way.
Daily Double: What is the root of this word? What does it mean?
What is conscientious?
Root: Sci - to know/understand
Teachers often receive training in matters pedagogical, a word made up of what two word roots?
What are
WORD ROOT: PEDO - child
WORD ROOT: AG (AGOGOS, Greek) - to lead
A good way to make someone very bored is to drone on in one unchanging tone; tediously lacking in variation.
Daily Double: What two word roots make up this word?
What is monotonous?
PREFIX: MONO - alone, single, one (Greek)
WORD ROOT: TON - sound/pitch
The ick, when experienced, can do this to someone: make them agitated, angry, and/or upset. As if!
What is rile?