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Holes Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

deserted; barren; lifeless

a)

Premises

b)

Scarcity

c)

Excavated

d)

Desolate

2.

imperfect or faulty

a)

Defective

b)

Appropriate

c)

Despicable

d)

Scarcity

3.

Fill in the blank:

The bus was _________ and uncomfortable as Stanley travelled to Camp Green Lake.

a)

REFRESHING

b)

STIFLING

c)

REMARKABLE

d)

VENTILATED

4.

Fill in the blank:

The _______ was gone, replaced by sudden strength and energy.

a)

agony

b)

accelerate

c)

drawl

d)

blotchy

5.

In which sentence is the word AGONY used correctly?

a)

Two months after the accident, she was completely better and always in agony.

b)

I was in constant agony every time I sat next to her, she would just not stop talking about her toys, it was so boring!

c)

You need to use an agony to get rid of the pain in your leg.

d)

He let out an agony and started running away from the huge spider in his room.

6.

Choose the correct definition for the word REFUGE

a)

A tool with a long handle and two or three large curved metal points

b)

A place that gives protection or shelter from danger

c)

Having officially been found guilty of a crime in a law court.

d)

Things that are considered to be of no use or value, or of low quality

7.

Which word best completes the following sentence?


My mom thinks the neighbors are ___________________ when they let their dog poop in our yard and don't even bother to clean it up!

a)

defiance

b)

callused

c)

desolate

d)

despicable

8.

Which word best completes the following sentence?


I find it interesting how the usually jam-packed Chick-fil-a parking lot is ________________ on Sundays.

a)

despicable

b)

desolate

c)

vast

d)

defiance

9.

Which word best completes the following sentence?


The patient with severe burn wounds told her doctors that she was in extreme _____________ and begged them to help her.

a)

vile

b)

callused

c)

agony

d)

rummaging

10.

Refuge is

a)

a shelter from danger or hardship

b)

a twist or turn

c)

to learn by heart

11.

foggy and unclear

a)

barren

b)

haze

c)

wasteland

d)

descendent

12.

"He looked again at the design (a)   into the flat bottom of the tube. He could see an outline of a heart, with the letters KB etched inside."

13.
Stifling
a)
Extremely Difficult
b)
Overly Opinionated
c)
Exceptionally Hot
d)
Absolutely Lifeless
14.
Desolate
a)
Underground
b)
Wrecked
c)
Uninhabited
d)
Unknown
15.

Which of the following words is NOT a synonym for the word "desolate?"

a)

lonely

b)

solitary

c)

vacant

d)

outrageous

e)

deserted

16.

Check all the synonyms for the word "refuge."

a)

shelter

b)

definite

c)

sanctuary

d)

overhanging

e)

resting place

17.

"Delirious" means:

a)

jutting out

b)

put into jail

c)

paranoid or irrational fear and distrust of other

d)

wandering of the mind or hallucinating

18.

Check all the synonyms for the word "engraved"

a)

sketched

b)

colored on

c)

etched

d)

carved

19.

Delirious

a)

calm

b)

crazy

c)

frightened

d)

startled

20.

The street was completely _______________ which made Emma even more scared to take the shortcut home.

a)

convicted

b)

eternity

c)

desolate

d)

appreciate

21.

I dropped my phone in the toilet and now it is ______________. My mum was furious with me!

a)

expression

b)

hesitate

c)

defective

d)

curse

22.

desolate

a)

exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, acuteness, anxiety, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might

b)

steady persistence, insistence, determination, dedication, commitment, endurance

c)

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, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unreasonable, unthinkable, wacky

d)

devoid of inhabitants; deserted, abandoned, bare, empty, godforsaken, isolated, lonely, solitary, uninhabited, unoccupied, unused, vacant, wild

e)

to put out (a tenant, for example) by legal process; expel, throw out, remove, dislodge, put out, eject

23.

engraved

a)

carved, cut out, or etched into a material, blocked out, depicted, etched, marked out, sketched

b)

exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, acuteness, anxiety, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might

c)

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, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unreasonable, unthinkable, wacky

d)

exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others, unglued, unhinged, unsettled, schizophrenic

e)

devoid of inhabitants; deserted, abandoned, bare, empty, godforsaken, isolated, lonely, solitary, uninhabited, unoccupied, unused, vacant, wild

24.

4. Choose the word that matches the following definition:


disgusting, distasteful, wrong

a)

desolate

b)

vast

c)

despicable

d)

defiance

25.

5. Choose the word that matches the following definition:


barren and deserted. empty

a)

preposterous

b)

vast

c)

despicable

d)

desolate

26.

20. Choose the word that matches the following definition:


extreme pain

a)

forlorn

b)

writhing

c)

callused

d)

agony

27.
stifling
a)
having a flaw
b)
disgusting; disdainful
c)
suffocating
d)
barren and deserted
28.
desolate
a)
barren and deserted
b)
having a flaw
c)
suffocating
d)
carved into a hard surface
29.
defective
a)
steady persistence
b)
suffocating
c)
having a flaw
d)
unfruitful
30.
engraved
a)
the right to command or control
b)
carved into a hard surface
c)
tiredly; with an exhausted look
d)
disgusting; disdainful
31.
despicable
a)
disgusting; disdainful
b)
suffocating
c)
barren and deserted
d)
steady persistence
32.
agony
a)
suffocating
b)
piercing; sharp
c)
extreme pain
d)
cliff
33.
hazy
a)
misty, unclear
b)
violent or wild disorder
c)
a safe place
d)
extreme pain
34.
fidgeted
a)
carved into a hard surface
b)
misty, unclear
c)
digging
d)
moved about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently
35.
refuge
a)
a safe place
b)
hallucination
c)
sticking out
d)
digging
36.
delirious
a)
extremely angry
b)
long and tiresome
c)
temporarily mentally unstable
d)
requiring a lot of work and energy
37.
astonishment
a)
requiring a lot of work and energy
b)
great surprise
c)
suffocating
d)
unstable
38.
strenuous
a)
extremely angry
b)
requiring a lot of work and energy
c)
 misty, unclear
d)
a safe place
39.

engraved

a)

causing pain

b)

mental condition

c)

shine, glitter

d)

cut or carve on the surface of a hard object

40.

haze

a)

achieve or complete successfully

b)

surprising welcome

c)

a slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere

d)

sudden discovery

41.

Camp Green Lake was a (a)   place with no water for 100 miles.

42.

Their initials were (a)   into the tree trunk.

43.

Stanley and Zero were headed to God's Thumb to find (a)   .

44.

Stanley didn't believe Zero because he thought he was (a)   .

45.

despicable

a)

farming equipment used to cut furrows into the soil

b)

sad, abandoned, and lonely

c)

deserving of hatred or contempt

46.

defective

a)

imperfect; faulty

b)

faucet; controls the flow of liquid

c)

a little bit warm

47.

During times of war, many people leave their country to find a ________ from the fighting.

a)

civilization

b)

refuge

c)

abandonment

d)

substance

48.

What does the underlined word in the sentence below mean?


The refrigerator was defective, so the family got a new one.

a)

old

b)

not working the way it should

c)

very costly

d)

meant for only 1 person

49.

What does the underlined word in the sentence below mean?


He engraved his name into the table he made.

a)

told everyone about

b)

sold

c)

felt happy about

d)

carved

50.

What does the underlined word in the sentence below mean?


What the man did was despicable, so he was sentenced to life in jail.

a)

disgusting

b)

innocent of the crime

c)

boring

d)

without fear

51.

Which word makes sense in the sentence below?


To make the gift more special, Olivia had the necklace ___________ with her initials.

a)

engraved

b)

barren

c)

defective

d)

despicable

52.

Which word makes sense in the sentence below?


Since the washing machine was _____________, it was returned to the store.

a)

barren

b)

engraved

c)

defective

d)

despicable

53.

Suffocating

a)

defective

b)

penetrating

c)

agony

d)

stifling

54.

carved into a hard surface

a)

engraved

b)

evict

c)

desolate

d)

perseverance

55.

barren and deserted

a)

defective

b)

authority

c)

agony

d)

desolate

56.

extreme pain

a)

grotesque

b)

despicable

c)

evict

d)

agony

57.

Having a flaw

a)

evict

b)

despicable

c)

defective

d)

desolate

58.

The vocabulary word (a)   means a safe place or home.

59.

Check all the boxes that use the word fidgeted in a sentence correctly.

a)

The boy fidgeted in his chair before the teacher handed back his test.

b)

My sister had a fidgeted that my dad gave her for her birthday.

c)

The child fidgeted in the waiting room at the dentist.

d)

My brother thinks that when school starts again, he will fidgeted the whole time in class.

60.

Choose the correct term:

to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently

a)

rummaging

b)

fidgeted

c)

protruding

d)

tedious