Holes Vocabulary Quiz

Perseverance

• devoid of inhabitants; deserted, abandoned

• steady persistence, insistence, determined, dedicated

• feeling regret sorry for one's sins

• put into jail, locked up

Desolate

• devoid of inhabitants, deserted, abandoned, bare, empty

• to form hardened tissue, coarse, rough

• to admit fresh air into, refreshing

• to put out by legal process, expel, throw out

It is absolutely ___________________ to believe Bigfoot lives in your bathtub!

• stifling
• desolate
• lukewarm
• preposterous

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Intensity

• To prove real, true or legal. Authentic

• Dripping wet, saturated, soaked, wet through

• A mixture, mixing raw materials

• Great power, anxiety, emphasis, powerful,

Engraved

• Carved, cut out or etched into

• To establish authenticity, prove genuine

• Steady persistence, insistence, determination

• Jutting out, projecting, extending beyond

The boy was ______________ that somebody was watching him all of the time.

• evict

• incarcerated

• authenticated

• paranoid

Evict

• Place providing protection or shelter

• Having a wandering mind, crazy, wild

• Quickly, precisely, skillfully

• To put out, throw out, remove

Callused

• To form hardened tissue, coarse, rough

• Feeling regret and sorrow, ashamed

• Show extreme fear or distrust

• Admit fresh air into a place

Refuge

• Place providing shelter, sanctuary, resting place

• Strongly marked, obvious, well-defined

• Showing irrational fear or distrust of others

• Not easily explained, a mystery

Sam was known for making _________________ with his onions.

• preposterous

• concoctions

• ventilations

• desolates