Holes Novel Study Vocabulary

Giving up easily

Continuing despite difficulty

Extreme excitement

Being suspicious of others

A student keeps practicing a difficult math problem even after failing several times.

A student refuses to try a problem because it looks hard.

A student copies answers from a friend.

A student quits an activity after one mistake.

Paranoid

Refuge

Desolate

Delirious

A crowded football stadium during a game.

A cozy living room full of family.

An abandoned town with broken buildings and no people around.

A decorated classroom during a party.

Skillful

Wet through

Unreasonable or foolish

Protective

Studying for a difficult test that is worth half of your grade.

• Wearing a fluffy jacket in the extremely cold weather.

Packing a nutritious lunch before school.

Claiming you can dig a hole to the center of the Earth with a spoon.

Intensity

Chronology

Ventilation

Refuge

Two people arguing loudly with strong emotions.

Someone quietly reading a book.

A person taking a nap.

• Light music playing in the background.

Completely soaked

• Mixed together

Cut into or permanently impressed

Confined to jail

note written in pencil.

• A drawing made with chalk.

A paper taped to a wall.

• A name carved into a trophy.