Friday, March 26, 2010

Holes Vocabulary Lists, chapters 26-50

Please feel free to read until the end. You will have a vocabulary test next Friday on Holes 21-30.

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  1. Chapters 26-30

    spin
    mob
    rip
    wade
    sparingly
    mock
    puffy
    fade
    scar
    vile
    blurry
    yawn
    drought
    struggle
    unbearable
    briefly
    web
    fist
    dab
    cut into line
    let alone
    adjust to
    harsh
    deprive of
    get by
    awkward
    make something out
    glare
    in astonishment
    riot
    have it in for someone
    mumble
    face it


    Chapters 31-35

    likely
    urge
    do someone a favor
    fidget
    dangling
    roar
    lopsided
    risk (verb)
    cluster
    fit (noun)
    leap
    encounter
    shimmer
    there is no point in doing something
    it struck someone as + adjective
    upside down
    grimly
    crawl
    stir
    droop
    flop
    scattered
    jagged
    take a sip
    tangy
    it was too good to + verb


    Chapters 36-40

    strapped
    distracted
    unscrew
    handle (verb)
    cliff
    slope
    gradually
    ledge
    make it
    frail
    tremble
    protruding
    slab
    increments
    patches
    swat
    swarm
    tangled
    vine
    stoop
    foul
    bitter
    despair
    slip
    tumble
    muddy
    gully
    ditch
    soggy
    peel
    burst
    meadow
    layer
    streaked
    filter
    delirious
    confession
    gratefully
    snicker
    contritely
    deserted
    feebly

    Chapters 41-45

    barefoot
    rot
    stink
    flutter
    glitter
    destiny
    coincidence
    civilization
    fugitive
    crib
    hint
    squeak
    feel like it
    inexplicable
    dunk
    retrieve
    clink
    stubborn
    hollow
    abruptly
    indistinct
    bark
    creep
    cradle
    summon
    adjacent
    sliver
    stumble
    pebble
    No offense, but…
    cave in
    be pronounced
    exposed
    go for it
    precarious
    latch
    statue
    scramble
    commotion
    suppress
    indentation

    Chapters 46-50

    spring
    blast
    shatter
    scurry
    frantically
    flinch
    trail off
    initiate
    bundled up
    on purpose
    perched
    overhear
    strenuous
    pounced
    trace
    in custody
    rant
    rave
    stagger
    be caught red-handed
    hang in there
    detainees
    hysterical
    urgency
    outraged
    hesitantly
    incarcerated
    tedious
    subtle
    pry
    fixings
    amid
    tag
    wink
    hum

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