Holes: Vocabulary Quiz (chps 1-7)

Destiny

She wondered if her destiny was already decided.

• Firmly packed or pressed together; compressed.

  
  

• The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.

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  A distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one.

  
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Compacted

The trash was compacted tightly into the trashcan.

• Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being unpleasantly soiled.

• Too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

  
  

•  Firmly packed or pressed together; compressed.

  
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Odor

The smelly socks had an awful odor.

• A distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one.

  
  

• Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

• Make (a hole or channel) by digging

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Prospect

I was excited about the prospect of having a snow day!

• The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring

• Left without the means to move from somewhere

• A person, plant or animal that is comes from a particular ancestor.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Curse

The evil witch put a curse on the entire town.

• Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being unpleasantly soiled

• A solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something

• The state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Scarcity

There was a scarcity of water in the dry dessert.

• Left without the means to move from somewhere

  
  

•  Too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

  
  

• The state of being in short supply; shortage

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Forlorn

The man was forlorn over the death of his pet snake.

• A person, plant or animal that comes f from a particular ancestor

• The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future

• Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Foul

The foul smell of rotten fish made her feel sick.

• Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being unpleasantly soiled

• The state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage

• The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Excavate

The pirates had to excavate the ground while searching for buried treasure.

• Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

• Make (a hole or channel) by digging.

• Too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

  
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Descendants

His descendants carried on the family traditions.

• a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something

• the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.

• A person, plant or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4