The westing game vocabulary
These are vocabulary words for the book the westing game that my teacher gave me
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- covetousness
- desiring things that belong to others
- derelicts
- a penniless person who is homeless, jobless, and abandoned by others
- placard
- notice to be posted in a public place; poster
- propellants
- fuel and oxidizer for propelling a rocket
- paranoia
- an irrational distrust of others, complex of persecution
- Glutton
- greedy eater, person who eats too much, or can't get enough of somthing
- shard
- a broken piece or fragment
- stoolie
- a spy for police, informer
- Photostats
- photograph made with a special camera for making photocopies directly on specially prepared paper
- Composure
- calmness; quietness; self-control
- interceded
- plead for another, ask a favor from one person to another
- eluding
- baffle
- coiffure
- a style of arranging the hair
- sappy
- silly, foolish
- Malady
- any bodily disorder or disease, especially one that is chronic or deep-seated
- arsenal
- source of the supply, storehouse
- abstention
- fact of not voting
- accomplice
- person who knowingly aids another in committing a crime or other wrong act
- paraphernalia
- personal belonings
- singed
- burn the ends or edges off
- benefactor
- person who has helped others by gifts or some kind act
- Caption
- title or heading at the head of a page, article, chapter, etc or under a picture explaining it