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Westing Game Ch. 4-6
Vocabulary and spelling words from chapters 4-6 of The Westing Game
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| incompetence | Inability to do something successfully |
| poise | A person's graceful or elegant manner |
| eccentric | Slightly strange or weirdly different |
| appalled | Greatly dismayed or horrified |
| autopsy | An examination to determine the cause of a person's death |
| cunning | Showing skill in achieving one's goals by deceit or trickery |
| windfall | A piece of unexpected good fortune, typically having to do with money |
| uncanny | Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way |
| beckoned | To make a gesture with a hand or arm to encourage someone to come nearer |
| pyrotechnic | Of or relating to fireworks |
| marred | To spoil the appearance of something |
| executor | An appointed person to carry out the terms of a will |
| beneficiary | A person who benefits with money or property from a will |
| legacy | An amount of money or property left to someone in a will |
| heir | A person legally entitled to property or money of another person when he or she dies |
| invalid | A person disabled by an injury |
| morbid | An abnormal interest in disturbing or unpleasant subjects |