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The Westing Game vocabulary set 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To make someone feel very ashamed or foolish

a)

grapple

b)

meager

c)

humiliate

d)

pompous

2.

To try to solve a problem

a)

meager

b)

grapple

c)

scrumptious

d)

guffaw

3.

A food served in small portions before the main part of a meal

a)

hors d'oeuvre

b)

contender

c)

scrumptious

d)

eccentric

4.

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

a)

contender

b)

humiliate

c)

guffaw

d)

meager

5.

A person who tries to win something in a contest

a)

tenants

b)

contender

c)

scrumptious

d)

guffaw

6.

The act of carefully examining something especially in a critical way

a)

scrutiny

b)

putrid

c)

infirmity

d)

guffaw

7.

Very pleasant to taste

a)

meager

b)

tenants

c)

infirmity

d)

scrumptious

8.

To laugh loudly

a)

grapple

b)

infirmity

c)

guffaw

d)

putrid

9.

A person, business, group, etc., that pays to use another person's property

a)

contender

b)

pompous

c)

eccentric

d)

tenants

10.

Tending to act in strange or unusual ways

a)

eccentric

b)

guffaw

c)

grapple

d)

meager

11.

The quality or state of being weak or ill especially because of old age

a)

implication

b)

infirmity

c)

pompous

d)

putrid

12.

The fact or state of being involved in or connected to something (such as a crime)

a)

implication

b)

humiliate

c)

meager

d)

contender

13.

Having or showing the attitude of people who speak and behave in a very formal and serious way because they believe that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people

a)

pompous

b)

putrid

c)

meager

d)

humiliate

14.

Decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell

a)

meager

b)

humiliate

c)

putrid

d)

guffaw

15.

Objects that are used to do a particular activity: objects of a particular kind

a)

putrid

b)

meager

c)

pompous

d)

paraphernalia