Too Many Pumpkins Vocabulary

small pieces

• scarce

• smithereens

• grumbled

• peered

not much of; not plentiful

• nuisance

• smithereens

• whirled

• scarce

move or cause to move quickly around and around

• shrieked

• scarce

• whirled

• grumbled

tread on or crushed

• grumbled

• peered

• muttered

• trampled

to say something in a high pitched way as a result of pain, excitement, or fear

• shrieked

• muttered

• grumbled

a person, thing, or event causing inconvenience or annoyance

• peered

• smithereens

• trampled

• nuisance

to say something under your breath in a low voice

• grumbled

• muttered

• shrieked

to complain or protest about something in a bad tempered way

• muttered

• grumbled

• shrieked

look carefully at someone or something

• peered

• grumbled

• nuisance

• shrieked