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Latin Roots
The Westing Game Comprehension
The Westing Game Vocabulary
Analogies
100

To cause to believe something that is not true.

What is deceive?

100
Latin root for good or well.

What is bene?

100


"... but age had chiseled the father’s face into sharper planes."  is this type of figurative language.


What is personification?

100

To make someone feel ashamed or foolish.

What is humiliate?

100
sit:stand::apart: ________

What is collide?

200

To increase or strengthen .

What is reinforce?

200

Latin root for bad.

What is mal?

200

The host of "The Long Party".

Who is JJ Ford?

200

Food served in small portions before a main course.

What are hors d'oeuvres?

200
fast:quick::severe: _________

What is stern?

300
A temporary calm or quiet period of time.

What is lull?

300

Latin root meaning all.

What is omni?

300

This person hates parties, but stayed because they were hopeful that someone would drop clues while they were socializing. 

Who is Mr. Hoo?

300
Odd, bizarre, or peculiar.

What is eccentric?

300
open:close::tense: _________

What is placid?

400

To get close.

What is loom?

400

Latin root meaning much or many.

What is poly?

400

The person that Angela ran into when she went to the kitchen to cry.

Who is Crow?

400

Describing someone's actions as showy, arrogant, or snobbish.

What is pompous?

400

important:vital:: death: _________

What is fatality

500

Not to be trusted.

What is treacherous?

500

Latin root meaning great.

What is magni?

500

The name that Turtle tells Flora Baumbach is her real name.

What is Alice?

500

The act of analyzing someone in a critical way.

What is scrutiny

500

pause:wait::soothe: _______

What is lull?

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