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Ransom of Red Chief
Ransom vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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apparition | a supernatural appearance |
fraudulent | dishonest |
philoprogenitiveness | love of one's children |
lackadaisical | careless |
diatribe | verbal attack |
magic lantern | an old-fashioned projector |
christen | name |
stealthy | undetected |
contiguous | touching or in contact with |
sylvan | related to the woods |
somnolent | sleepy |
peremptory | as in an order |
treachery | betrayal |
surreptitiously | secretly |
egotism | boastfulness |
cauterized | to burn with a hot iron |
palatable | acceptable |
ransom | money demanded by kidnappers |
spendthrift | a wasteful spender |
calliope | a steam organ |