Westing Game Vocabulary

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Westing Game Vocabulary

• Chapters 9-12

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• Sappy- slang term meaning someone acting foolish
• Broker- a person who buys and sells stocks
• Uppity- presumptuous, a person acting like they
  belong to a higher class
• Jabber- lots of talking at one time
• Social climber somebody trying to join a
  higher class by trying to socialize with them
• Prattle- talking in a silly or childish way

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• Paternal- being on the fathers side of the
  family
• Chide- to scold someone gently
• Chiseled- sharply defined in shape or profile,
• (A face can be finely chiseled)
• Coiffeur- a hair style
• Scoff- to complain about someone
• Exceptional- showing above average ability
• Bookkeeping- recording the money made and spent
  by an individual or business

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• Larcenist- a thief
• Felon- a criminal, someone found guilty of a
  crime
• Alibi- an excuse, an explanation offered to
  justify something
• Implication- state of something being implied
  with out being stated right out
• Wary- cautious and watchful
• Transcribe- to write something full out from
  notes or shorthand

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• Paraphernalia- assorted objects, often things
  that seem amusing, strange or iritating