The War with Grandpa Vocabulary Ch. 9-13

Vocabulary in The War with Grandpa Ch. 9-13

Pirouettes DoomsdayFanatic TyrannyRetire EmphysemaCrinkling MopeConcerned TerritoryPeasants Conceal

What is another word for an area of land; a region?

Territory

What is another word for to be gloomy or dejected; to brood or sulk?

Mope

What is another word for to form wrinkles or ripples; to make a soft crackling sound; rustle?

Crinkling

What do we call a member of the class constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, and laborers on the land

where they form the main labor force in agriculture?

Peasants

What is another word for to keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide?

Concealed

What is another word for interested and involved?

Concerned

What do we call an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function?

Emphysema

What is another word for a person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause?

Fanatic

What do we call a full turn of the body on the point of the toe or the ball of the foot in ballet?

Pirouette

What is another word for cruel power of an absolute ruler?

Tyranny

What is another word for Judgment Day?

Doomsday

What is another word for to withdraw from business?

Retire