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Westing Game Ch. 21-24

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Feeling great anger especially anger that is not fully expressed

a)

wreak

b)

seamy

c)

dejected

d)

fuming

2.

A person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home or means of support

a)

seamy

b)

derelict

c)

writhing

d)

mismatched

3.

Sad and pessimistic

a)

downcast

b)

astounded

c)

unintelligible

d)

dejected

4.

Sordid: having unpleasant qualities associated with a degraded or degenerate way of living

a)

penance

b)

meticulous

c)

seamy

d)

arsenal

5.

Armaments: a stockpile of weapons and military equipment

a)

derelict

b)

arsenal

c)

composure

d)

ornithologist

6.

Surprised somebody greatly; overwhelmed and stunned somebody

a)

astounded

b)

derelict

c)

writhing

d)

meticulous

7.

Unlikely, or ill-suited pair. A combination of people or things that are incompatible with or apparently ill-suited to each other.

a)

penance

b)

mismatched

c)

paranoid

d)

dejected

8.

precise and painstaking

a)

arsenal

b)

appellate

c)

meticulous

d)

exquisite

9.

empowered to review judicial decisions: having the jurisdiction to hear appeals and review the decisions of lower courts.

a)

unintelligible

b)

composure

c)

appellate

d)

dejected

10.

Emotional control: strong and steady control over emotions.

a)

ethnic

b)

paranoid

c)

composure

d)

ornithologist

11.

finely beautiful: very beautiful, delicate or intricate

a)

writhing

b)

meticulous

c)

exquisite

d)

penance

12.

Cause havoc or destruction

a)

penance

b)

seamy

c)

downcast

d)

wreak

13.

Impossible to understand

a)

fuming

b)

unintelligible

c)

dejected

d)

writhing

14.

Very unhappy: feeling of showing sadness or lack of hope

a)

dejected

b)

paranoid

c)

downcast

d)

seamy

15.

Of a group of sharing cultural characteristics: relating to a group or groups in society with distinctive cultural traits.

a)

ornithologist

b)

penance

c)

arsenal

d)

ethnic

16.

Person who studies birds

a)

ornithologist

b)

penance

c)

downcast

d)

derelict

17.

Distrustful: obsessively anxious about something or suspicious of other people

a)

appellate

b)

unintelligible

c)

dejected

d)

paranoid

18.

Twisting or squirming: making violent twists or rolling movements with the body

a)

fuming

b)

seamy

c)

derelict

d)

writhing

19.

Self-punishment for committing sin

a)

paranoid

b)

penance

c)

arsenal

d)

meticulous