Holes Vocab 1-20

definition of shriveled

• shrink, wrinkle, dry up

• to cut away with a tool

• to melt away completely

definition of perseverance

• to keep something from deteriorating

• to keep at something

• to keep something cold for later

definition for scarcity

• to be scared of something

• to leave a mark on the skin

• to not have enough of something

definition of forlorn

• sad or miserable

• coming before

• long and drawn out

definition of radiated

• a part of a car

• spread or send out

• coming from the sun

definition of smug

• a small gross bug

• to smear something on a surface

• self-satisfied, not concerned with others

definition of authority

• the writer of a book

• the people in control

• to edit an author's writing

definition of presumably

• to sum up a conversation

• to do something before thinking

• to make a guess or assume something

definition of penetrating

• to use a pen in a different way

• piercing or going through a barrier

• to think about pens in a deep way

definition of recede

• to seed a garden early

• to move back

• to leave a country for good