Westing Game vocab Ch. 1-8

people who rent or lease a house or apartment

• tenants

• grapple

• putrid

• meager

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

to try and solve or deal with a problem

• tenants

• grapple

• putrid

• meager

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

decayed with a bad smell

• tenants

• grapple

• putrid

• meager

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

not having enough of something (money or food)

• tenants

• putrid

• meager

• grapple

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

carefully examining something

• eccentric

• infirmity

• pompous

• scrutiny

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

acting in strange and unusual ways

• scrutiny

• pompous

• eccentric

• infirmity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

showing an attitude of people that think they are better than others

• infirmity

• pompous

• eccentric

• scrutiny

being weak because of illness or old age

• scrutiny

• eccentric

• pompous

• infirmity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

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

• tenants

• scrutiny

• meager

• infirmity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

• pompous

• putrid

• eccentric

• grapple

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RL.5.4