The Westing Games vocab #3 Flashcards
1
Q
wary
A
(adj) cautious
2
Q
adjourn
A
(v) to end a meeting
3
Q
distraught
A
(adj) very upset
4
Q
peevish
A
(adj) cranky
5
Q
despondent
A
(adj) hopeless
6
Q
malady
A
(n) illness
7
Q
penance
A
(n) sorrow for one’s mistakes; something you do to make up for
something you’ve done wrong
8
Q
arsenal
A
(n) storage of weapons
9
Q
divert
A
(v) to turn from a path
10
Q
scrimp
A
(v) to cut (in an economic sense) excessively
