Holes Vocab. Ch. 1-25 Flashcards
Stifling
Suffocating,
because there was no air conditioning in the rickety, crowded bus, it felt very STIFLING especially on hot days
Perserverance
Stead persistence
The child showed an admirable sort of PERSERVERANCE and his teachers praised him for it
Desolate
Barren and deserted
The old abandoned house looked sad and desolate and we hesitated to approach it
Wearily
Tiredly, withan exhausted look
At the end of the long day, the exhausted mother WEARLY took a relaxing bath
Despicable
Disgusting, disdainful
The traitor crimes were DESPICABLE and he received a harsh sentence for his actions
Defective
Having a flaw
Since the washing machine was defective and did not work, we returned it to the store for a refund
Barren
Unfruitful
The desert landscape was very BARREN and hardly any greenery
Engraved
Carved into a hard surface
To make her mothers gift even more special, Olivia had the necklace ENGRAVED with her initials
Authority
The right to command of control
In the classroom the teacher is a figure of authority
Evict
To expel someone from one place for legal reasons
Because we couldn’t afford to pay rent, our landlord was forced to evict us
Penetrating
The guilty student squirmed uneasy under his teacher’s penetration glare
Agony
When the boy fell of his bike and broke his wrist, he was in agony, but he tried to be brave
Defiance
Bold resistance
The child stuck his bottom lip out in DEFIANCE and told his mother that he was not sleepy and did not want to take a nap.
Writhing
Squirming, if in pain
After my sister accidentally slammed her finger into the car door, she lay on the ground crying and WRITHING around in pain.
grotesque
Ugly, bizarre
The grotesque Halloween mask sat innocently in the dark corner, but it frightened me nonetheless.
