"Ransom Of The Red Chief"

Question 1

Diatribe

Answer 1

Bitter, abuisve criticism

Question 2

Ransom

Answer 2

Payment demanded for the release of a person or property

Question 3

Apparition

Answer 3

A sudden or unusual sight

Question 4

Undeleterious

Answer 4

Harmless

Question 5

Philoprogentitiveness

Answer 5

Love for one’s own children

Question 6

Bas-relief

Answer 6

Slightly raised

Question 7

Provisions

Answer 7

Necessary supplies

Question 8

Brake

Answer 8

A thick grouping of trees

Question 9

Court plaster

Answer 9

Adhesive cloth covering cuts and scratches

Question 10

Magic-lantern views

Answer 10

Slides

Question 11

Dassant

Answer 11

Dare not

Question 12

Reconnoiter

Answer 12

To seek information about enemy’s whereabouts

Question 13

Sylvan

Answer 13

Like woods or forests

Question 14

King Herod

Answer 14

An client kind of Judaea who once orders the execution of all bethlehem boys under the age of two

Question 15

Collaborate

Answer 15

To work together on a project

Question 16

Comply

Answer 16

To act according to a command or request

Question 17

Decry

Answer 17

To criticize

Question 18

Depredation

Answer 18

Robbery

Question 19

Proposition

Answer 19

A suggested plan

Question 20

Commend

Answer 20

To speak highly of;to praise; to recommend

Question 21

Cauterized

Answer 21

Burned a wound to stop bleeding

Question 22

Impudent

Answer 22

Bold and disrespectful

Question 23

Bedlam

Answer 23

An insane isylum

Question 24

Calliope

Answer 24

An instrument with steam whistles

Question 25

Foil

Answer 25

A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character

Question 26

Trait

Answer 26

Distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person