Westing Game Vocabulary

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Paraphernalia

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Objects that are used to do a particular activity; items of a particular kind.

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Resignation

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An act of giving up a job or position in a formal or official way.

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Eccentric

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Tending to act in strange or unusual ways.

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Accomplice

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A person who works with or helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal.

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Meager

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Not having enough of something (such as money or food) for comfort or happiness.

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Putrid

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Having a foul smell; rotten.

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Horrendous

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Extremely unpleasant or terrible.

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Guffaw

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A loud and boisterous laugh.

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Grapple

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To struggle with something; to wrestle.

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Contender

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A person who competes with others in a contest.