Westing+Game

Vocabulary

**Week 1** alcove - a small room opening into a larger room hassock - a think cushion used for kneeling podiatrist - foot doctor nape - the back of the neck putrid - bad smell; stink pyrotechnic - expert at fireworks scrutiny - careful examination for study eccentric - odd or unusual behavior jaunty - happy or carefree wafted - to drift through the air or water

pretentious - making unjustified claims or demands incriminating - to accuse of or present proof of a crime filigree - delicate ornamental work of fine metal prattle - talk foolishly coiffure - a way of arranging hair; hairstyle larcenist - a person who steals paraphernalia - equipment apparatus or furnishing used for an activity bodice - a girdle; fitted upper part of a dress obsequious - overly willing to serve trousseau - clothes for marriage
 * Week 2 **

smirk - smile in an annoying or offensive manner guffaw - a loud unrestrained burst of laughter amnesia - loss of memory due to brain injury despondent - feeling or showing profound hopelessness; not working incriminate - accuse of committing a crime culled - to choose confer - to consult together or compare opinions malady - ailment penance - a punishment undergone for sin; self-denial wince - to draw back or tense up; grimace
 * Week 3 **

derelict - deserted and run down appellate - having legal powers to hear appeals pompous - full of oneself null - having no legal force culprit - a person guilty of fault or crime dastardly - cowardly benefactor - person who gives financial aid bequeath - to leave or give by will turret - a small tower abacus - a computer device with parallel rods and sliding beads
 * Week 4 **