Holes Vocab. Ch. 1-25

Question 1

Stifling

Answer 1

Suffocating
The boy was stifling in the helmet as he played football.

Question 2

Perseverance

Answer 2

Steady persistence

The boy was steady

Question 3

Desolate

Answer 3

Barren and deserted

The desert was desolate and dry.

Question 4

Wearily

Answer 4

Tired with an existed look

The boy was wearily in school

Question 5

Despicable

Answer 5

Disgusting disdainful

Gru is despicable and the minions too.

Question 6

Defective

Answer 6

Having a flaw

Ayden was having a flaw in religion

Question 7

Barren

Answer 7

Unfruitful
Zoe is unfruitful.

Question 8

Engraved

Answer 8

Carved into a hard surface

The engraved stone in the seminary

Question 9

Authority

Answer 9

The right. To command or control

I justust got the authority to be an po man

Question 10

Agony

Answer 10

Extreme pain

Question 11

Evict

Answer 11

To expol

Question 12

Penetration

Answer 12

Sharp
I step on a nail and it was penetrating and it was like agony

Question 13

Defiance

Answer 13

bold resistance

The child stuck her bottom lip out in _defiane and told his mother that he was not sleepy and did not want to take a nap.

Question 14

writhing

Answer 14

squiring as it in pain

After my sister accidentally slammed her finger in the car door, she lay on the ground crying and Writhirin around in pain.