"Casey at Bat" Vocabulary

fans

• doff
• patrons
• writhing
• latter

the first item in a sequence of two

• former
• latter
• preceded
• patrons

to take of a cap or hat as a greeting or sign of respect

• bade
• tumult
• patrons
• doff

to the action of twisting and turning

• former
• defiance
• writhing
• bade

having the quality of resisting

• defiance
• melancholy
• latter
• doff

the second item in a sequence of two

• preceded
• latter
• former
• doff

an uproar

• tumult
• melancholy
• defiance
• writhing

commanded or ordered

• preceded
• doff
• latter
• bade

came before

• former
• latter
• preceded
• melancholy 

sad and low-spirited

• tumult
• bade
• melancholy
• defiance