Westing Game vocab Ch. 1-8

Front

People who rent or lease a house or apartment

Back

Tenants

Front

to try and solve or deal with a problem

Back

grapple

Front

decayed with a bad smell

Back

putrid

Front

Not having enough of something (money or food)

Back

Meager

Front

Examining something carefully

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scrutiny

Front

acting in strange and unusual ways

Back

eccentric

Front

Attitude of superiority.

Back

pompous

Front

Weakness due to illness or age

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infirmity

Front

From these _____ beginnings he built the giant Westing Paper Products Corporation and founded Westingtown.

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meager

Front

And high above the _____ corpse a crystal chandelier is tinkling.

Back

putrid