Holes

Chapters 1-7

1. Perseverance p.8: Continuing or repeating something

2. Desolate p.11: Decertified

3. Expanse p.36: A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

4. Juvenile p.12: Lack of maturity; prison for young kids

5. Preposterous p.34: Something that has no sense

6. Gestured p.36: Motion of the body; expresses with a body

7. Deftly p.32: In the fast manner

8. Excavated p.34: Something that got dug

9. Grimaced p.39: To make a sharp contortion of the face

10. Forlorn p.30: Miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate

11. Expelling p.34: Force to do something; deprive of something

12. Scarcity p.21: Insufficient amount of something

13. Perimeter p.28: Any boundary around something, such as a hole

14. Stifling p.6: Oppressively hot or stuffy

15. Spigot p.20: The water that comes out of a small hole

Chapters 8-17

16. Predatory p.42: An animal that eats others

17. Intensity p.47: Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force

18. Fossilized p.49: To convert into a fossil

19. Engraved p.60: To carve, cut, or etch into a material

20. Presumably p.74: Taken for granted

21. Prey p.42: An animal hunted or caught for food

22. Stationery p.43: Writing paper and envelopes

23. Radiated p.45: Emit rays (light for example), glowing

24. Paranoid p.71: Extremely scared of something

25. Etched p.61: To cut into the surface of (glass, etc) by the action of acid

26. Upholstery p.44: the padding, covering, etc., of a piece of furniture

27. Scowled p.46: To express with a frowning facial expression

28. Appropriate p.57: Suitable for a particular occasion, etc…

29. Excess p.13: More of something

30. Evict p.75: To put out; expel; reject

Chapters 18-28

31. Calloused p.80: Emotionally hardened; unfeeling

32. Venom p.90: Poison

33. Refuge p.93: Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship

34. Penetrating p.82: That gets in to something

35. Precipice p.171: A cliff or crag

36. Writhed p.81: To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment; Suffer

37. Extraordinary p.107: Out of the ordinary

38. Condemned p88: To express strong disapproval

39. Systematic p.150: Carried on using step-by-step procedures

40. Increments p.167: A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation

41. Defiance p.96: Bold resistance to an opposing force or authority

42. Concoctions p.108: To prepare by mixing ingredients

43. Recede p.91: To become or seem to become fainter or more distant

44. Stifling p.164: Very hot or stuffy

45. Dread p.88: To be in terror of

Chapters 29-39

46. Humid p.127: Wet

47. Delirious: Crazy

48. Hesitated: Uncertain to do something

49. Cluster: number of things growing

50. Lurched: To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically

51. Drenched: great abundance, to wet through and through; soak

52. Depriving: Taking something away

53. Feeble: weakness

54. Refuge: Shelter

55. Mirage: Hallucinations

56. Horizon: The apparent intersection of the earth and sky

57. Jut: To extend outward or upward beyond the limits of the main body; project

58. Investigation: a careful search or examination in order to discover facts

59. Fidgeting: To behave or move nervously or restlessly

60. Protruding: To push or thrust outward

Chapters 40-50

61. Contritely: Feeling regret and sorrow for one’s sins or offenses; penitent

62. Adjacent: Close to; lying near; next to

63. Commotion: An agitated disturbance

64. Jurisdiction: Authority or control

65. Evicted: To put out; expelled; rejected

66. Inexplicable: Difficult or impossible to explain

67. Pronounced: Spoken; voiced

68. Amid: Surrounded by; in the middle of

69. Pursuant: Accordingly; consequently

70. Incarcerated: To put into jail

71. Distinctive: Unique

72. Authenticated: Secure

73. Precarious: Dangerously lacking in security or stability

74. Legitimate: Being in compliance with the law; lawful

75. Delirium: A temporary state of mental confusion; Crazy