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Ransom of Red Chief
Ransom vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |