Hole Ch 26-50 Flashcards
Rummaging
Digging / the children rummaging around the pantry for cookies and other yummy snacks
Hazy
Misty or unclear/ because of the fog they look hazy so I squinted as I try to look around
Riot
Violent or wild disorder/the policeman or summoned when a riot broke out over the weekend
Fidgeted
To move about restlessly /the boy fidgeted nervously as he stood to make a speech in front of the class.
Refuge
A safe place/the church tried to be a refuge for the hungry in the poor
Mirage
Hallucination/seeing something that isn’t there/the hiker thought that he saw a pound of water in the middle of the desert, but it was only a mirage
Protruding
Protruding – sticking out, the pregnant woman’s belly was protruding
Precipice
Cliff- as the group hiked, they looked up to see a giant cliff before them.
Delirious
Temporarily mentally unstable-because the girl was very ill and had a high fever. She was delirious and said things that made little sense.
Inexplicable
Not being able to be expalined
Astonishment
Great surprise
Precarious
Lilly to collapse
Strenuous
Requiring a lot of work and energy
Outraged e
Extremely angry
Tedious
Long tiresome