Holes Vocabulary 1-3

Wasteland

• a large place with few plants or animals

• hangs in the air

• uncomfortable, hot, and stuffy

• not allowed

Shriveled

• a large place with few plants or animals

• not allowed

• dried up and became smaller

• hangs in the air

Stationery

• a large place with few plants or animals

• not allowed

• uncomfortable, hot, and stuffy

• special paper used for writing letters

Stifling

• not allowed

• uncomfortable, hot, and stuffy

• hangs in the air

• special paper used for writing letters

Stranded

• uncomfortable, hot, and stuffy

• even though

• stuck with no way of getting back

• found guilty

Barren

• empty and without life

• very clean, without germs

• shamefully bad

• deeply embarrasing

Desolate

• deeply embarrassing

• very clean, without germs

• spoke truth in a court of law

• empty and alone

Juvenile

• spoke truth in a court of law

• deeply embarrassing

• a child or animal who is not fully grown

• shamefully bad

sanitary

• shamefully bad

• small and not important

• very clean without germs

• empty and alone

scarcity

• not enough

• deeply embarrassing

• empty and without life

• small and not important