Maniac Magee Chapters 25-27 Vocabulary

budget

A plan for making and spending money

aroma

A smell or odor, especially a pleasant one.

rookie

a first year player

coot

a foolish or eccentric person, typically an old man

roster

a list of names

mound

a raised area in the ground where a pitcher stands in baseball

repertoire

a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.

immortality

ability to live forever

geezer

an old man

stubble

any short, rough growth, as of beard

mangled

damaged

blarney

nonsense

on the contrary

opposite

professor

someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

attendant

someone who waits on or tends to the needs of another, especially as a job

peculiar

strange or odd; unusual

grouse

to complain or grumble

declare

to make known; to state openly

flaunt

to show off

warped

twisted or bent out of shape