The Glass Castle Vocabulary Section II

Tutu

• a fluffy skirt or dress

• a small dog

• a shirt, with ruffles

• a short version of tutorial

Gestapo

• secret state police of Nazi Germany

• police

• bill collectors

• the german word for stop

Flapper

• 1920's fashionable young woman that dances

• a fin on a dolphin

• part of a woman's zipper on clothes

• a one handed clapper

Banshee

• the b word

• a female spirit that warns of death

• an Irish singer

• a souped up wildcat

Pigeonholed

• a failure

• stuck in a pattern

• a bird's nest

• burial area for birds

Sonar

• sound waves

• GPS to help locate address

• a whale's heartbeat

• the lack of sound

Blasphemy

• angry, making fun of

• an explosion of phlegm

• punishable by law

• a blast

Bluffer

• someone who can hide their emotions

• a zone of safety

• a powerful floor cleaner

• whale fat

ergo

• therefore

• herefore

• henceforth

• thereby

mediocre

• average, in the middle, not special

• exceptional

• excellent

• medical vegetables