Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Shawshank Word Bank

Below are some words I harvested from the book, which we may use in the next vocabulary test. 


"Get busy living, or get busy dying."
 
Shawshank Word List

Reefer, parole, own up, town common, saw to it, rehabilitated, cons, sulky, housebroken, parlor, escapade, gratis, Neiman-Marcus, scripture, crackerjack, Reno divorce, bungalow, militated, turnout, swapped, bottled up, surcharge, limelight, jurors, hangover, hammered, airdance, clockwork, turd, gild the lily, kowtowing, hunkered, fatigues, twister, infirmary, rock-hound, pressure-cooker, brigading, pestering, hamstring, simon-pure, lesser of two evils, pole-axed, arthritic, turpentine, warden, screws, nest-feathering, rackets, harelip, cleft-palate, Marilyn Monroe and The Seven Year Itch, road-gangling, Inside-Out program, culvert, daze, clam up, high-strung, penology, sodomites, furlough, brooding, tit for tat, fish hooked, crackpot, cell-block, solitary, foulness, railroaded,  dumb luck, windfall, high stakes, institutionalized, peanut-gallery, paroled, disoriented, fool’s errand, hitchhike,

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