Holes 15-20 Voc

Question 1

Evict

Answer 1

To expel someone from a place for a leagal reason
Because we couldn’t pay rent the land lord evicted us

Question 2

Penetrating

Answer 2

Persing sharp
The student squirmed uneasily under his teacher’s penetrating glare

Question 3

Agony extreme pain

Answer 3

When the boy fell of his bike and broke his wrist he was in agony

Question 4

Barren

Answer 4

Unfruitful
The dessert landscape was barren and hardly and green

Question 5

Engraved

Answer 5

Carved into a hard surface
To make her mothers birthday more special she had the necklace engraved with her mom’s initials

Question 6

Authority

Answer 6

Command or control
In the classroom the teacher has authority

Question 7

Weary

Answer 7

Tired
At the end of the day the weary mother took a bath

Question 8

Dispicable

Answer 8

Bad mean
The traders crimes where despicable and he received a harsh sentence

Question 9

Defective

Answer 9

Flaw
Since the machine was defective and did not work we returned it and got a full refund

Question 10

Stifling

Answer 10

Suffocating
Because there was no air conditioning in the bus it felt stifling on hot days

Question 11

Perseverance

Answer 11

Steady
The child showed perseverance and his teacher often praised him for it

Question 12

Desolate

Answer 12

Barren
The old house looked desolate and we hesitated to approach it

Question 13

Defiance

Answer 13

Bold resistance
The child stuck his bottom lip out in defiance and said he wasn’t tired

Question 14

Writhing

Answer 14

Squirming as if in pain
After my sister slammed her hand in the car door she laced on the ground writhing

Question 15

Grotesque

Answer 15

Ugly bizarre
The grotesque Halloween mask sat in the dark corner but still frightened me