Westing game detailed vocab

**Smirking**

to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way. Satisfied smile

**Guffaw**

a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.

**Interrogate**

to examine by questions; question formally:

**Impractical**

not useful.

**Amnesia**

**complete or partial loss of memory**

**Snooping**

to prowl or pry into the private affairs of others

**Eluding**

to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade:

**Conferring**

Compare opinions;consult together

**Malady**

**any disorder or disease of the body**

**Neurologist**

A medical specialist of the nervous system and the disorders affecting it

**Ransom**

the sum or price paid or demanded.

**ambitious**

eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.

**hostile**

of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy

**makeshift**

a temporary expedient or substitute

**domestic**

of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs

**altercation**

a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.

**assurance**

a positive declaration intended to give confidence

**prosecute**

to institute legal proceedings against (a person)

**tyranny**

arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.

**conceived**

having been formed, originated, or expressed

**lamentable**

that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate

**Vengeance**

the desire for revenge

**Chronic**

having long had a disease, habit, weakness, or the like

**Plotted**

**a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose**

**Loathed**

Hated; despised

**Meticulous**

Precise, perfect

**Divert**

Redirect; distract

**Tousled**

Messy, tangled, untidy, rumpled

**Wreak**

to inflict or execute; to bring about

**Turban**

**headdress**

**Slurred**

Saying words incorrectly, in a quick and careless fashion

**Derisive**

Mocking, sarcastic

**Paranoia**

baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.

**Mimicked**

**to imitate or copy in action, speech**

**Fanatic**

a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.

**Conscience**

the inner sense of what is right or wrong 

**Culprit**

a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.

**Accomplice**

a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing

**Baffled**

Confused, frustrate, bewilder, or perplex

**Fib**

Lie or exaggeration.

**Benefactor**

Patron, supported; someone who benefits from something over someone else

**Forfeited**

Surrender, yield, relinquish, forgo, waive

**Vengeful**

spiteful, vindictive

**Heirloom**

a family possession handed down from generation to generation.

**Debt**

**something that is owed to someone else usually money**

**Nape**

the back of the neck

**Radiant**

Glowing; beautiful

**Subspecies**

Group somewhat less distinct than species usually are; geographical variety

**Audible**

Able to be heard

**Orthopedic**

Branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorder of the skeletal system and associated with muscles, joints, and ligaments

**Abacus**

a device for making arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame set with rods on which balls or beads are moved.