Wordly Wise Vocabulary
Worldly Wise Analogies
The Westing Game Vocabulary
Latin Roots
100

To talk in a loud or bullying manner

What is bluster?

100

moth:insect::mouse: _______

What is rodent?

100

To wrap or cover.

What is swathe?

100

Meaning of the Latin root astr.

What is star?

200

To destroy something.

What is exterminate?

200

clean:tidy::overrun: _______

What is infest?

200

A synonym for a collaborator or coconspirator. 


What is accomplice?

200

Latin root meaning "water".

What is hydra/hydro?

300

Hardly worth considering.

What is paltry?

300
fruit:apple::group: _________

What is council?

300

To lie comfortably close to or against someone or something.


What is nestle?

300

Latin root meaning "death".

What is mort?

400

 A large container such as a tub or barrel used for holding liquids.

What is vat?

400

potato:food::shirt: _______

What is garment?

400

To divide amongst the group.

What is distribute?

400

The meaning of the root bio.

What is life?

500

Limited to a person, country, group, or thing.

What is peculiar? 

500

open:close::forgiveness:_________

What is revenge?

500

To make changes or repairs too.

What is renovate?

500

The meaning of the root word Omni.

What is all?