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Red Chief Vocabulary

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following words means "bold and disrespectful?"

a)

ransom

b)

diatribe

c)

comply

d)

impudent

2.

Bill and Sam expected Mr. Dorset to agree with their proposition for returning Red Chief. In this sentence, the word proposition means:

a)

to speak highly of; to praise; to recommend

b)

a suggested plan

c)

bitter, abusive criticism

d)

to work together on a project

3.

Payment demanded for the release of a person or property is --

a)

provisions

b)

diatribe

c)

ransom

d)

proposition

4.

The outlaws stored their provisions in a secret cave. In this sentence, the word provisions means --

a)

necessary supplies; food

b)

a suggested plan

c)

payment demanded for the release of a person or property

d)

horses

5.

Which of the following words means "to work together on a project?"

a)

collaborate

b)

comply

c)

commend

d)

ransom

6.

The kidnappers insisted that we comply with their demands. In this sentence, the word comply means --

a)

to work together on a project

b)

to speak highly of; to praise; to recommend

c)

bold and disrespectful

d)

to act accordingly to a command or request

7.

The word "diatribe" is --

a)

necessary supplies, food

b)

bitter, abusive criticism

c)

a suggested plan

d)

payment demanded for the release of a person or property

8.

Sam said that he had a plan "that ought to commend itself to professional kidnappers." Commend means to --

a)

speak highly of; to praise; to recommend

b)

work together on a project

c)

act accordingly to a command or request

d)

be bold and disrespectful