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Ransom of Red Chief Vocabulary
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Vocabulary words for O. Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief"
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Burned to prevent infection
Acceded
reconnoiter
cauterized
depredation
2
food and supplies
Palatable
proclivities
prominent
provisions
3
Food and supplies
proclivities
provisions
hump
philoprogenitiveness
4
healthy; full of well-being
radius
undeleterious
bas-relief
fraudulent
5
anunusual or unexpected sight, a ghost
philoprogenitiveness
fraudulent
court plaster
apparition
6
a high place (height)
Palatable
calliope
elevation
contiguous vicinity
7
Slides for an early type of projector.
incontinently
contiguous vicinity
Magic lantern views
bas-relief
8
secret; sly
fraudulent
incontinently
stealthy
ineffable
9
to act in agreement with another's wishes or in obedience to a rule
provisions
Impudent
Comply
reconnoiter
10
Here, hurry (slang)
hump
peremptory
undeleterious
calliope
11
Robbery, looting
depredation
diatribe
ineffable
dassent
12
Commanding, allowing no debate or delay
Surreptitiously
cauterized
peremptory
Acceded
13
worked together
collaborated
proposition
Acceded
Comply
14
Gave in; consented
cauterized
Comply
Decry
Acceded
15
Slightly raised, usually a sculpture in which figures are carved in a flat surface
undeleterious
bas-relief
court plaster
philoprogenitiveness
16
harmful or noxious
depredation
Deleterious
lackadaisical
reconnoiter
17
Nearby area
peremptory
somnolent
provisions
contiguous vicinity
18
Parents' love for their children
philoprogenitiveness
dassent
Apparition
somnolent
19
Speak out against
Decry
Surreptitiously
Impudent
sylvan
20
uncontrollably
somnolent
incontinently
peremptory
ineffable
21
Reference to the Russo-Japanese war; Japan defeated Russia
calliope
Crabbed hand
provisions
Russian in a Japanesewar
22
agreeable to the taste, fit to eat
proclivities
Pervade
Palatable
proposition
23
A traitor
renegade
Russian in a Japanesewar
Acceded
Impudent
24
An insane asylum; a place of uproar and confusion
Deleterious
Bedlam
calliope
depredation
25
Indescribable; too great to describe
fraudulent
undeleterious
ineffable
bas-relief
26
Rubberneck; stretch the neck to look at something curiously.
somnolent
incontinently
contiguous vicinity
rubber
27
In a secret or sneaky way.
somnolent
reconnoiter
surreptitiously
ineffable
28
to give into another's care, to speak of someone or something with approval
Commend
renegade
Palatable
proposition
29
showing scorn for or disregard of others
proclivities
Deleterious
Impudent
renegade
30
widely and favorably known
Palatable
Bedlam
Comply
prominent
31
to spread through all parts of
pervade
depredation
Commend
diatribe
32
Showing a lack of interest
Deleterious
undeleterious
lackadaisical
proclivities
33
Handwriting that is too hard to read
provisions
Crabbed hand
elevation
undeleterious
34
To explore, to investigate
reconnoiter
cauterized
proposition
pervade
35
Ruler of Judeawho ordered killing of boys in Bethlehem under 2
King Herod
rubber
diatribe
hump Here, hurry
36
characteristic of woods and forests
sylvan
peremptory
somnolent
dassent
37
Dare not
decry
contiguous vicinity
dassent
deleterious
38
Cloth that sticks to the skin, used for covering cuts and scratches.
rubber
incontinently
bas-relief
court plaster
39
Range, area of activity
radius
Apparition
undeleterious
diatribe
40
a bitter or angry attack in speech or writing, hard, abusive criticism
Magic lantern views
diatribe
bas-relief
fraudulent
41
acting with deceit (lies)
dassent
fraudulent
radius
Magic lantern views
42
sleepy; drowsy
somnolent
diatribe
ineffable
undeleterious
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musical instrument like an organ, with whistles sounded by steam or compressed air
calliope
court plaster
radius
Bedlam
