Holes Vocabulary List 1-Definitions

1. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

to make a hole or channel by digging

• juvenile

• evict

• excavate

• rummaging

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

2. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

highly likely

• despicable

• presumably

• intently

• preposterous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

3. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

with earnest or eager attention

• intently

• presumably

• callused

• forlorn

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RL.5.4

4. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

disgusting, distasteful, wrong

• desolate

• vast

• despicable

• defiance

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RL.5.4

5. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

barren and deserted. empty

• preposterous

• vast

• despicable

• desolate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RL.5.4

6. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

to resist authority boldly

• defiance

• juvenile

• callused

• riot

7. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

sad, abandoned or lonely

• agony

• writhing

• forlorn

• callused

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

8. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

an immense large, open space

• warden

• grotesque

• desolate

• vast

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RL.5.4

9. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

steady persistence, staying steadfast in doing something despite difficulty

• perseverance

• callused

• preposterous

• presumably

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.RL.5.4

10. Choose the word that matches the following definition:

absurd, ridiculous, or unreasonable

• perseverance

• grotesque

• preposterous

• presumably

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C