Ransom Of The Red Chief vocab

Question 1

Ransom

Answer 1

Payment demanded for the release of a person.

Question 2

Diatribe

Answer 2

Bitter, abusive criticism.

Question 3

Apparition

Answer 3

A student or unusual sight

Question 4

Undeleterious

Answer 4

Harmless

Question 5

Philoprogenitiveness

Answer 5

Love for ones own children

Question 6

Bas-relief

Answer 6

Slightly raised

Question 7

Brake

Answer 7

A thick grouping of trees

Question 8

Court plaster

Answer 8

Adhesive cloth for covering cuts and scratches

Question 9

Magic lantern views

Answer 9

Slides

Question 10

Dassant

Answer 10

Dare not

Question 11

Dercy

Answer 11

To criticize

Question 12

Depredation

Answer 12

Robbery

Question 13

Cauterized

Answer 13

Burned a wound to stop bleeding

Question 14

Bedlam

Answer 14

An insane asylum

Question 15

Calliope

Answer 15

An instrument with steam whistles

Question 16

Foil

Answer 16

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 17

Trait

Answer 17

Distinguishing quality or characteristics, typically one belonging to a person

Question 18

Provisions

Answer 18

Necessary supplies

Question 19

Reconnoiter

Answer 19

To seek information about an enemy’s whereabouts

Question 20

Sylvan

Answer 20

Like woods or forests

Question 21

King Herod

Answer 21

An ancient kind of Judea who once ordered the execution of all Bethlehem boys under the age of two

Question 22

Collaborate

Answer 22

To work together on a project

Question 23

Comply

Answer 23

To act according to a command or request

Question 24

Proposition

Answer 24

A suggested plan

Question 25

Commend

Answer 25

To speak highly of

Question 26

Impudent

Answer 26

Bold and disrespectful