Ransom Of The Red Chief Vocabulary

Question 1

Apparition

Answer 1

A sudden or unusual sight

Question 2

Undeleterious

Answer 2

Harmless

Question 3

Philoprogenitiveness

Answer 3

Love for one’s own child

Question 4

Bas-relief

Answer 4

Slightly raised

Question 5

Diatribe

Answer 5

Better, abusive criticism

Question 6

Ransom

Answer 6

Payment demanded for the release of a person or property

Question 7

Brake

Answer 7

Thick grouping of tree

Question 8

Court plaster

Answer 8

Adhesive cloth for covering cuts and scratches

Question 9

Magic-Lantren views

Answer 9

Slides

Question 10

Dassant

Answer 10

Dare not

Question 11

Provisions

Answer 11

Food

Question 12

Reconnoiter

Answer 12

To seek information about an enemy’s whereabouts

Question 13

Sylvan

Answer 13

Like woods or forests

Question 14

King Herod

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Decry

Answer 15

To criticize

Question 16

Collaborate

Answer 16

To work together on a project

Question 17

Comply

Answer 17

To act cording to make a request

Question 18

Depredation

Answer 18

Robbery

Question 19

Cauterized

Answer 19

Turn a wound to stop bleeding

Question 20

Proposition

Answer 20

A suggested plan

Question 21

Commend

Answer 21

To speak highly; to praise; to recommend

Question 22

Bedlam

Answer 22

An insane asylum

Question 23

Calliope

Answer 23

An instrument with steam whistles

Question 24

Impudent

Answer 24

Bold and disrespectful

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 objective to highlight the traits of the other character

Question 26

Trait

Answer 26

Distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person