A Retrieved Reformation

A Retrieved Reformation Glossary

retrieve

get or bring (something) back; regain possession of

reformation

the action or process of reforming an institution or practice

feign

pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)

safe

a strong fireproof cabinet with a complex lock, used for the storage of valuables

vault

a secure room in a bank in which valuables are stored

Logansport

a small city in the U.S. state of Indiana

Jefferson City

a city in the U.S. state of Missouri

safecracker

a person who breaks open and robs safes

Elmore

a township in the U.S. state of Arkansas

implore

beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something

assiduously

with great care and perseverance

upper

the upper portion of a shoe, which is stitched or fused to the sole

the stir

an antiquated term for prison

sent up

arrested and imprisoned

alibi

a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

virtuous

having or showing high moral standards; chaste

bull-pen

a large cell in which prisoners are held before a court hearing

balk

hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

guile

sly or cunning intelligence

specious

misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive

phoenix

(in classical mythology) a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle