Vocabulary #1
What word means "steady persistence, insistence, determination, dedication, commitment, endurance?"
perseverance
What word means "devoid of inhabitants; deserted, abandoned, bare, empty, godforsaken, isolated, lonely, solitary, uninhabited, unoccupied, unused, vacant, wild?"
desolate
What word means "carved, cut out, or etched into a material, blocked out, depicted, etched, marked out, sketched?"
engraved
What word means "to put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel, throw out, remove, dislodge, put out, eject?"
evict
Why was Stanley sent to Camp Green Lake?
He was accused of stealing shoes
What word means "a place providing protection or shelter, retreat, sanctuary, security, resting place?"
refuge
What word means "so devoid of wisdom or good sense as to be laughable, absurd, crazy, excessive, extreme, far out, foolish, harebrained, insane, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous?"
preposterous
What word means "exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, acuteness, anxiety, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might?"
intensity
What word means "the act of creating something by mixing raw materials, mixture,preparation, compound?"
concoctions
Which character in holes is related to Trout Walker?
The Warden
What word means "wet through and through; soaked, saturated, soaked to the skin, drippingwet, sopping wet, sodden"?
drenched
What word means "exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others, unglued, unhinged, unsettled?"
paranoid
What word means " not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained,interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery,?"
inexplicable
What word means "-to form or develop such hardened tissue, coarse, rough?"
callused
True or False: The warden discovers the lost treasure and becomes a millionaire.
False!
What word means "jutting out, projecting, extending beyond, overhanging?"
protruding
What word means "strongly marked; distinct, definite, obvious, well-defined, evident,prominent?"
pronounced
What word means "having a delirium; wandering in mind, light-headed, insane, raving, wild, hallucinating, confused?"
delirious
What word means "to admit fresh air into (a mine, for example) to replace stale or noxious air, freshening?"
ventilation
True or False: Madame Zeroni and Twitch are related
False!
What word means "put into jail, locked up, confined, caged?"
incarcerated
What word means "quickly and skillfully, adroitly, precisely, nimbly, dexterously?"
deftly
What word means "feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitently, remorsefully, regretfully, apologetically, ashamedly?"
contritely
What word means "to establish the authenticity of; prove genuine, authentic, real, valid, legitimate, legal?"
authenticated
What did Zero and Stanley survive off eating in the desert?
onions