The Ransom of Red Chief

What does proposition mean?

Giving money

A suggested plan

not understanding

To praise

What does diatribe mean?

To spread throughout

Very subborn; disrespetful

To accept taste; enjoy

Condemnation; bitter, abusive criticism

What does collaborate mean?

To work together on a project

In a sneaky way

What does commend mean?

To not like; hate

To speak highly of; to praise

Offensively bold; disrespectful

To be spread, or present throughout

What does comply mean?

To work against

Acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten

Condemnation; bitter, abusive criticism

To act according to a command, request, or order

What does impudent mean?

To act according to a command, request, or order

Offensively bold and disrespectful

Acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten

Condemnation; bitter, abusive criticism

What does palatable mean?

Condemnation; bitter, abusive criticism

a price or payment demanded in return for the release of property or a person

A suggested plan

acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten

What does pervade mean?

acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten

To speak highly of; to praise

To be spread or present throughout

in a sneaky way; secretly

What does ransom mean?

A price or payment demanded in return for the release of property or a person

To kidnap for a living

Loving your kids very much

Not enjoying the taste of a certain food

What does surreptitiously mean?

Having much love for your children; would do anything

acceptable to the taste; able to be eaten

Very silent; just as a mouse

In a sneaky way; secretly

What does philoprogenitiveness mean?

to act according to a command, request, or order

A price or payment demanded in return for the release of property or a person

Love of offspring or one’s children

In a sneaky way; secretly

What does irony mean?

A scene tha conducts laughter in the audience

What you think is going to happen; and what actually happens

To be offensively bold; disrespectful

Kidnapping for fun

Which is a quote that is not an example of irony?

There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake, and called Summit, of course.

Philoprogenitiveness, says we, is strong in semi-rural communities

That boy had Bill terrorized from the start.

�Aw, what for?” says he. “I don't have any fun at home.

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