WG+Vocabulary

﻿ Vocabulary Lists

As you move through each section of __The Westing Game__, define each vocabulary word. If possible, write the sentence the vocab word is used and page number you found it on. Make sure to write your initials in parentheses after your entry to receive credit!

__**Chapters 1-4**__ averted - turned away(r.c)  beneficiary -a person who takes advantage from something(r.c)   confidential -intend to keep secret(a.s)   cuisine - method of cooking(a.s)   executor -   law  a person or institution appointedby a testator to carry out the terms of their will.(i.v)   industrialist - person involved in ownership(i.v)   nape - the back of a neck(a.w)  putrid - decaying or rottingsmell(l.c)  pyrotechnic - of or relating to fireworks(c.b)  vigil - being awake with time spent(c.b)  amputation - typically by surgial operation(a.w)  deckle - a device in a paper making machine(c.b)  elegantly - a pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearence or manner(l.c)  hassock - a thick, firmly padded cushion, in particular {J.T}  luxuriously - extremely comfortable, elegant, or enjoyable {J.T}    meager- lacking in quantity or quality luxuriously {J.T}   rational- based on or in accordance with reason or logic M.M    spasms - a sudden in voluntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement. M.M   trifle - a thing with little value or importance[y.l.] warped - to become twisted out of shape{y.l.}

__**Chapters 5-8**__ appraise - assess the value or quality of (l.c) trousseau - the clothes ,household linen, and other belongings(l.c)  relinquish - voluntarily cease to keep or claim (A.D)  audible - able to be heard (A.D)  convulsions - a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body(l.c)  afflicted - cause of pain or suffering (C.B)  morbid - characterized by or appealing to an abnormal unappealing healthy subject liberalism -  open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values {J.T} pg.29 "Why hello, Judge Ford." Proud of her liberalism, Grace Windsor Wexler stood and leaned over the table to shake the black woman's hand.

scrutiny - a critical observation or examination {J.T}
pg.30 " Then we are still waiting for one, no, two more," the lawyer said, fumbling with his papers, his hands shaking under the strict scrutiny of the judge.

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incompetence - not having or showing the necessary skils to do something successfully{m.m} ======

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 pg. 30 Several months ago he had argued before her court, bumbling to the point of incompetence. ======

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 pg. 30 Don't anticipate, Josie - Jo, wait for Sam westing to make his first move. ====== poise - to balance or hold in equilibrium{y.l}   exaggerated - to enlarge or increase an abnormal degree{y.l.} eccentric - odd or unusual in behavior, appearance, or manner{y.l.} appalled - Greatly dismayed or horrified (R.C)  autopsy - a postmortem examining to find the cause of death (R.C)   windfall - an apple or other fruit blown down from a tree by the wind (A.S)   reverence - deep respect for someone or something (A.S)   pompous- affectedly and irritatingly grand (I.V)   shrewd - having or showing sharp powers of judgement (I.V)

__**Chapters 9-12**__ sappy - over sentimental{m.m}  jabber - to talk rapidley and excitedly but with little sense {J.T}   social-climber - a person that is eager to gain a higher social status {J.T}   prattle - talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential{Y.L.} paternal - of or appropriate to father{Y.L.} chide -** past part (C.B.) ** chiseled -** a long-bladed hand tool with a beveled cutting edge and a plain handle that is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials (C.B.) ** coiffeur -** a hairdresser (A.G.) ** scoff -** speak to someone or about something in a micking way (A.G.) ** exceptional -** unusual; not typical (L.J.) ** bookkeeping - **the activity or occupation of keeping records of the financial affairs of a business (L.J.)** larcenist - **theft of personal property (L.J.)** felon - a person that has been convicted for a felony(A.S) alibi - claim or a piece of evidence(A.S(   implication - the conclusion that can be drawn by somebody(R.C)   wary - the feeling or showing caution of possible danger(R.C)   transcribe - put in to written or printed form(I.V)   paraphernalia - miscellaneous articles(I.V)   __**Chapters 13-16**__ scrumptious -extremely appetizing or delicious (iv) mementoes -object kept a reminder (iv) pedicure -cosmetic treatment of the feat and toe nails(iv) unattainable -not able to be reached or achieved (iv) demeaning - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for someone(c.b) elephantine - to resemble or act like an elephant (AG) dejectedly - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to act sad, depressed and dispirited (AG) obsequious - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">﻿obedient or attentive to a severe excessive degree (L.J) peevishly - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">﻿easily irritated (c.b)  remission - the  <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">﻿ cancelation of a charge or debt {J.T}  soothsayer - <span style="background-color: #505010; color: #00ffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a person supposed to force the future{Y.L.} guffaw - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">﻿a loud and boisterous laugh{m.m} interrogate - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to ask questions of someone, especially a suspect or prisoner{m.m} jasmine - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">fragrant flowers that are used in perfumery or tea{m.m}

__**Chapters 17-20**__ bullish - <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">﻿ resembling to a bull(a.s) bearish -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">resembling to a bear(A.s)   photostats <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">-a type of machine for making photo copies(R.c)   innersoles -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">the inner part of under the foot(I.V)   eluding - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to avoid or escape for someone or something by beinbg quick, skillfull, or clever{m.m}   propellants - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a fuel or explosive substance that is used to make something move forward{m.m}  placard - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">﻿a large sign or notice made of paper or cardboard for displaying in a public place {J.T} <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">malady- <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a sickness or disease {J.T}  covet - <span style="background-color: #505010; color: #00ffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to have envy{Y.L.} glutton - <span style="background-color: #505010; color: #00ffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a person who eats or drinks exesivly{Y.L.} manipulated - **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">handle or control,typically in a skillful manner (L.J.) ** legitimate - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**comforming to the law or to the rules (L.J.)** miscalculation - shard -

__**Chapters 21-24**__ fuming - A cloud of particle suspensed in a gas(A.S)  seamy -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">morally degraded(A.S)   derelicts -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a person without a home, job, or property.(R.C)   meticulous -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">marked by extreme care.(R.C)   appellate -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">relating to taking account(I.V)   arsenal -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">all the weapons and equipment in a county.(I.V)   downcast - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">feeling depressed{m.m}   astounded - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">shock or greatly surpise{m.m}  composure - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">the state or feeling of being calm and in control of oneself{m.m}  exquisite - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">extremly beautiful and, typically, delicate{m.m}  mismatched - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a failure to correspond or match{m.m}  wreak - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cause a large amount of damage or harm{J.T}  unintelligible - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">impossible to understand{J.T}   dejected- **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">make sad or dispirited; depressed (L.J.) ** ethnic - **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">of or relating to a population subgroup with a common national or cultural tradition (L.J.) ** ornithologist - paranoid - writhing - penance -

__**Chapters 25-30**__ stoolie -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">someone acting as a decoy for the police bolted -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">something bolted dastardly -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">despicably cowardly stenographer -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">someone skilled in the transcription of speech acccomplice -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan intercede -<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ff00; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">act between parties with a view to reconciling differences baffled - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">totally bewildered or perplexed(c.b) embalmed - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to preserve a corpse from decay with spices(c.b)  obituary - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a notice of a death usually in a newspaper(a.g)  stupefied - <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #800080; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to be struck stupid or to be stupid (a.g)  pretense - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a false appearnce or action intended to decieve{m.m}   benefactor - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">﻿a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause{m.m}

extravaganza - <span style="background-color: #444413; color: #00ffff; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">an elaborate spectacular display or entertainment {J.T}  abacus - a computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods with sliding beads {J.T}