Al Capone Does My Shirts Part 2 Vocabulary

schemes

underhanded plans

corset

close-fitting women’s undergarment

underbrush

vines and shrubs growing under trees

abacus

a device to use to make mathematical calculations

erode

worn away or destroy by weathering

diligent

very attentive and focused on something

helterskelter

in haphazard, hurried, or unorganized

scuttles

scurries

pomade

an ointment used to style hair

curdled

to be spoiled or go rotten

ventriloquist

a person who speaks for a wooden dummy with no lip movement

mute

silent

tinny

thin, metallic sound

riveted

held firmly