The Westing Game Vocabulary (whole book)

Imagine you're in a mysterious forest with Rohan and Aiden. Suddenly, you hear a sound that sends shivers down your spine. What word best describes this eerie feeling?

• To take for granted

• Mysterious; strange

• To take into custody

• To take up or go on with again after interruption

During a class project, Anika and Daniel were tasked with building a model tower. What does the word "Erected" mean in the context of their project?

• Raised or directed upward

• Broken or damaged

• Hidden or concealed

• Lowered or directed downward

Grace and Lily are playing a game where they have to describe words. What does "rigid" mean in their game?

• Flexible and bendable

• Soft and squishy

• Stiff or unyielding

• Fragile and delicate

Imagine you're helping Maya with her homework, and she asks, "What does the word 'Thoroughly' mean when she's cleaning her room?"

• Quickly and carelessly

• Extremely attentive to accuracy and detail

• Partially and incompletely

• Without any attention to detail

Michael and Harper are having a debate. Michael says something is "Audible". What does he mean?

• Condition of being incompetent

• Loud enough to be heard

• Causing resentful displeasure

• To expect or look forward to

Imagine Grace is on a treasure hunt. What does it mean when she "obtained" the treasure?

• To lose possession of

• To come into possession of

• To destroy

• To ignore

Imagine you're a detective like Samuel, and you need to figure out what "Apprehended" means. Can you crack the case?

• To take for granted

• Mysterious; strange

• To take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority

• To take up or go on with again after interruption

Aiden and Michael are in a race to define words! Can you help them by figuring out what "Elaborately" means?

• Worked out with great care and nicety of detail

• Done quickly without thought

• Performed with minimal effort

• Completed with errors

In a world where facts are as precious as gold, what does "Verified" mean?

• Assumed without evidence, like a rumor in the school hallway

• Confirmed as to accuracy or truth by acceptable evidence, action, etc., like Sophia's perfect science project

• Ignored and left unchecked, like Daniel's forgotten homework

• Disproved and rejected, like Abigail's claim of seeing a unicorn

Sophia is known for being "Dedicated" in her studies. What does this mean?

• Wholly committed to something

• Partially interested in something

• Uninterested in anything

• Occasionally involved in something