Holes Vocab Test

perseverance

• hang around, float in the air

• stick to it until reaching your goal, persistent determination

• don’t do something you should do, disregard

• found guilty, person who has been found guilty for a crime

desolate

• hang around, float in the air

• don’t do something you should do, disregard

• stick to it until reaching your goal, persistent determination

• describes a place that is empty, no life, deserted

hover

• hang around, float in the air

• don’t do something you should do, disregard

• stick to it until reaching your goal, persistent determination

• describes a place that is empty, no life

forbidden

• hateful, mean, hienous, wretched

• not allowed, prohibited, excluded from use

• clean, germ free, free from filth and pathogens

• the land and buildings on it, property, place

convict

• hang around, float in the air

• stick to it until reaching your goal, persistent determination

• don’t do something you should do, disregard

• found guilty, person who has been found guilty for a crime

despicable

• no life will grow, infertile

• hateful, mean, heinous, wretched

• the land and buildings on it, property, place

• clean, germ free

stifling

• not allowed, prohibited, excluded from use

• something in the way, a hurdle

• hold back, making it hard to breathe, oppressive

• clean, germ free, free from filth and pathogens

destiny

• future, fate

• something in the way, a hurdle,

• hold back, making it hard to breathe, oppressive

• found guilty, someone who committed a crime

scarcity

• hold back, making it hard to breathe, oppressive

• shortage, lack of, not enough

• the land and buildings on it, property, place

• clean, germ free, free from filth and pathogens

preposterous

• foolish, stupid, ridiculous, laughable

• shortage, lack of, not enough

• the land and buildings on it, property, place

• clean, germ free, free from filth and pathogens