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6 - WG Vocab
Westing Game Vocabulary
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| accomplice | (noun) a partner, especially in committing a crime |
| adjacent | (adj.) nearby, next to, adjoining |
| alibi | (noun) the plea that a person charged with a crime was somewhere else when it was committed |
| audible | (adj.) able to be heard |
| debt | (noun) an amount owed |
| distraught | (adj.) extremely distressed; experiencing physical or emotional suffering |
| eccentric | (adj.) deviating from a usual or accepted pattern; unconventional in manner or appearance; odd |
| elude | (verb) to avoid stealthily; to escape the understanding or memory of a person |
| façade | (noun) an outward appearance, especially concealing something hidden |
| forfeit | (verb) to give up as a penalty for a fault |
| ghastly | (adj.) terrifying, horrible; pale, unwell looking |
| indignant | (adj.) expressing anger, especially at mean or unjust action |
| meager | (adj.) lacking in quantity or quality |
| meticulous | (adj.) very precise about small details |
| pretentious | (adj.) claiming great importance; ostentatious |
| putrid | (adj.) rotten or decayed and foul-smelling |
| rational | (adj.) of or based on reason; reasonable; sane |
| recede | (verb) to move back; withdraw; retreat |
| relinquish | (verb) to give up; to surrender |
| renovate | (verb) to restore to good condition; to repair |
| scrimp | (verb) to be sparing or frugal; to save and not spend money |
| scrumptious | (adj.) delicious |
| tenant | (noun) a person who pays rent to live somewhere |
| tentative | (adj.) not definite |
| vigil | (noun) keeping watch at night |
| wary | (adj.) watchful; cautious |