"The Ransom of Red Chief" Vocabulary Test

diligent and hard-working

• industriously

• palatable

• pervading

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

give to (someone or something) a name that reflects a notable quality or characteristic

• dictating

• chronic

• christened

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

coming from fraud

• chronic

• fraudulent

• scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

slang for a person who is conventional and old-fashioned; fuddy-duddy

• square

• chronic

• dastardly

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

wicked and cruel (evil, wicked, diabolical)

• dastardly

• ferocious

• dictating

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

• dastardly

• fraudulent

• chronic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

not harmful; non-injurious

• christened

• square

• undeleterious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

extract or remove; consider theoretically or separately from something else

• accede

• undeleterious

• abstracting

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

a secret or underhanded plan; a plot. To make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.

• scheme

• square

• chronic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

savagely fierce, cruel, or violent; characterized by or involving aggression, bitterness, and determination; extreme and unpleasant

• fraudulent

• ferocious

• palatable

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4