Vocabulary Flashcards
A slang term for prison
Stir
Carefully and industriously sewing together the top portions of shoes
Assiduously-stitching-uppers
Written down in a record book or ledger book
Chronicled
Morally good, honorable
Virtuous
Forced, required
Compulsory
To restore to useful life, as through therapy and education
Rehabilitate
To refuse to move or act
Balk
Famous, well-respected
Eminent
In a pleasant, friendly manner
Genially
Punishment for bad behavior
Retribution
Tending to elude capture
Elusive
people who chase after criminals
Rogue-Catchers
He’ll serve his full term in prison without anyone shortening the length of it or pardoning him
He’ll do his bit……foolishness
Accomplices or accomplices or associates in crime
Confederates
Innocent charm masking real slyness
Specious guile
A necktie in the usual way, that is in a slip knot with the ends left hanging
Four-in-hand
A mythological bird that lives for so many years and then burned itself to death, only to rise from its own ashes to live another long life
Phoenix
A hired horse and carriage
Livery buggy
An old-fashioned word for traveling salesman
Drummer
To stroll in a casual manner
Saunter
Not seen or noticed
Unperceived
