Holes Vocabulary

Holes
Chapters 1-12 Vocabulary

We will discuss a few of the vocabulary words you will see during the unit covering the book Holes.

Desolate, empty, or lifeless​

How could you use this word in a sentence?

Barren

Very dry, having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.

What do you think about when you read the definition of this word?

Arid

Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

How does this word remind you of the previous word?

Desolate

Twisted together or closely connected.



How does this picture depict the definition of the vocabulary word?

Intertwined

Multiple Choice

Desolate, empty, or lifeless​

• arid

• desolate

• barren

• intertwined

Multiple Choice

Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

• arid

• desolate

• barren

• intertwined

Multiple Choice

Twisted together or closely connected.

• arid

• desolate

• barren

• intertwined

Multiple Choice

Very dry, having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation

• arid

• desolate

• barren

• intertwined

The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.

Give an example of how you could use this word in a sentence.

Destiny

A person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or thing or for ensuring hat regulations associated with it are obeyed


Can you think of someone in your life that may have a similar role?

Warden

A person who has escaped from a place or is hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution.



Describe what a fugitive is in your own words.

Fugitive

A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.



Give an example of this word in a sentence.

Scourge

Deserving of blame or condemnation



What does condemnation mean?

Reprehensible

Multiple Choice

A person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or thing or for ensuring hat regulations associated with it are obeyed

• destiny

• warden

• reprehensible

• fugitive

Multiple Choice

Deserving of blame or condemnation

• destiny

• warden

• reprehensible

• fugitive

Multiple Choice

The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future

• destiny

• warden

• reprehensible

• fugitive

Multiple Choice

A person who has escaped from a place or is hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution.

• destiny

• warden

• reprehensible

• fugitive

Receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.


How does the picture relate to the definition?

Inherit

Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly

Scrutinize

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening

Ominous

Uncomfortably hot


How does the picture relate to the definition?

Sweltering

The offspring or successors of a particular person, family, or group. They are the generations that come later.


How would this word relate to inherit?

Descendants

Multiple Choice

Uncomfortably hot

• descendants

• inherit

• ominous

• sweltering

Multiple Choice

The offspring or successors of a particular person, family, or group. They are the generations that come later.

• descendants

• inherit

• ominous

• sweltering

Multiple Choice

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening

• descendants

• inherit

• ominous

• sweltering

Multiple Choice

Receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.

• scrutinize

• inherit

• ominous

• sweltering