Holes Vocab Page 26-50

Question 1

Rummaging

Answer 1

Digging

The children were rummaging around in the pantry for cookies and other yummy snacks.

Question 2

Hazy

Answer 2

Mister, unclear

Because of the fog ,the air looked hazy, so I squinted as I tried to look around

Question 3

Riot

Answer 3

Violent or a wild disorder

The policemen were summoned when a riot broke out over the weekend

Question 4

Fidgeted

Answer 4

To move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently

The boy fidgeted nervously as he stood to make a speech in front of the class

Question 5

Refuge

Answer 5

A safe place

The church tried to be a refuge for the hungry and the poor

Question 6

Mirage

Answer 6

Hallucination or see something that is not there

The hiker thought that he saw a pond of water in the middle of the desert but it was only a mirage

Question 7

Protruding

Answer 7

Sticking

The pregnant woman’s belly was protruding

Question 8

Precipice

Answer 8

Cliff

As the group hiked, they looked up to see a giant precipice before them

Question 9

Delirious

Answer 9

Temporarily mentally unstable

Because the girl was very ill and had a high fever, she was delirious and said thing that made little sense