Ransom of Red Chief Vocabulary 

 
 
1.) Regarded:  consider or think of (someone or something) in a specified way.
 
2.) Dictating:   lay down authoritatively; prescribe.
 
3.) Acceded:   agree to a demand, request, or treaty.

 
4.) Desperate:  (of an act or attempt) tried in despair or when everything else has failed; having little hope of
success.
 
5.) Scheme:  large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular
  idea into effect.
6.) Apparition:   the appearance of something remarkable or unexpected, typically an image of this type.
 
7.) Summit:   the highest point of a hill or mountain.
 
8.) Philoprogenitiveness:  the love for ones children
 
9.) Lackadaisical:   lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
 
10.) Diatribe:  a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.
 
11.) Provisions:  the action of providing or supplying something for use.

 
12.) Constables:   a peace officer with limited policing authority, typically in a small town.
 
13.) Apparition:   a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
 
14.) Summit:  Proposition: a statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.
 
15.) Fraudulent:   Inhabitants: a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.
 
 16.) Peremptory:   especially of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience,
  especially in a brusquely imperious way.

17.) Treachery:  betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature.

 
18.) Martyr:  a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
 
19.) Palatable:   (of food or drink) pleasant to taste.
 
20.) Undeleterious:  
adjective. definition: not harmful; non-injurious. These toxic substances had once
 
been considered undeleterious to health. similar words: noninjurious.