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Holes - 2 of 14count on Can I count on your help?"pat Mr. Pendanski said, "Good," and patted Stanley on the backcompound Two boys, each carrying a shovel, were coming across the compound.

barfrim , He tapped the rim of his glasses.cot , There were seven cots, each one less than two feet from the one next to it.crate Seven crates were stacked in two piles at one side of the tent.stack , It was at the bottom of the stack that had three in itmagnet , armpit

saliva ,

sanitarywhirl Theodore whirled and grabbed Stanley by his collarspigot , "There's a water spigot on the wall of the shower stall."scarcity Because of the scarcity of water, each camper was only allowed a four-minute showe

suds , He never managed to use his bar of soap, which was just as well, because heto rinse off the suds.

torment , Back at school, a bully named Derrick Dunne used to torment Stanleyretrieve . By the time Stanley retrieved it, he had missed his bus and had to walk home

seemingly , Stanley took it as some kind of sign. His father had been trying to figure outsneakers, and suddenly a pair of sneakers fell on top of him, seemingly out ofrom God.

humiliating , Thinking back now, he wasn't sure why he ran. Maybe he was in a hurry to b

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Theodore spit a thin line of saliva between his teeth, causing some of the othabout the need to keep their "home" sanitary

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Holes - 3 of 14puffy , Igor was fifty-seven years old. He had a red nose and fat puffy cheeks.plow Can she push a plow? Can she milk a goat? Noshallow , , But Elya would hear none of that. He was fifteen, and all he could see was Myra's shallow beau

forlorn , Madame Zeroni hated to see Elya so forlornsow , "It just so happens, my sow gave birth to a litter of piglets yesterday,"runtsuckle

trail , , The dirt cloud moved closer, and he could see that it trailed behind a red pic

deftly , ." He popped some sunflower seeds into his mouth, deftly removed the shellthem into Stanley's hole.

excavate , It expanded when it was excavated.snout Myra's father got down on his hands and knees and closely examined each pig, tailpreposterousexpel

golly , ( ) "Golly," said Myra, , "I guess I choose Elya; No, Igor. No, Elya. No, Igor. Onumber between one and ten.

baloney He had a baloney sandwich, potato chips, and a large chocolate-chip cookie.

dawdleStanley took a long, deep breath. He couldn't afford to dawdle. He was way sun just kept getting hotter.

soak His clothes were soaked with sweatexpanse Magnet gestured with his arms to the great expanse around them.stagger Stanley staggered across the lake, almost falling over a dirt pilepier , He sat on the edge of a pier and stared down into the cold, black water.clod Not one dirt clod more than necessary had been removed from the earth.frizzy curly Stanley had ever seen. He had a long skinny neck, and a big round head with wild frizz

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"There is one little runt whom she won't suckle

"That's preposterous!" exclaimed Igor, expelling saliva as he spoke.

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upholstery [ pho

ulst ri] ( , , )

Stanley leaned back against the torn vinyl upholstery.

radiate [re

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it] v. ( )

, .Despite his shower, his body still radiated heat.

arc [ rk] vi. [ () ]

The sun wasn't yet up, but its rays arced over the horizon and brought light

bulge [b ld ] n. , ;

His pants had very large pockets, but the rock still made a bulge.

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Stanley plopped down between Squid and

squint , He glanced up at the cloud, which was close enough to the sun that he had tosquint to look at itsift , He climbed up out of his hole and sifted his fingers through the pile

etch , He could see an outline of a heart, with the letters K B etched inside it

march .

Mr. Sir marched the boys out to the lake, chewing sunflower seeds along theshells. / on the march /

scrape

He scraped the ground with his boot heel, to mark where each boy was supp

tube , , / He couldn't figure out why X-Ray snapped at him. If he wasn't going to proddid he make Stanley give it to him?

drift . The truck stopped, and the dust cloud drifted past it

scratchy[ ]

, ,done differently, but there was nothing he could do , , , () .

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busted , , ,( ) Stanley glanced uncertainly at Zigzag, who was staring very intently at the b

sprawl Later, as Stanley sat sprawled across an understuffed chair, he tried to think of a way to tell

break through ,( ) Your father thinks he is real close to a breakthrough on his sneaker project.evict The landlord is threatening to evict us because of the odor.

evict+ + + evict a person from the land startle "What's so funny?" Zero asked. It startled him. He thought Zero had gone to dinner with the

blankly , ; ;

Zero stared blankly at him.

nursery rhyme , (MotherGoose rhyme)

"You've heard the nursery rhyme about the little old lady who lived in a shoe

reciting , , He would have felt pretty silly reciting nursery rhymes at Camp Green Lake

jabbed ( ) . () . .

pitchfort , ( ).

gash , He felt his wet blood and a pretty big gash just below his ear.scoop . (up) He scooped it up, then Zigzag dug his shovel into the ground~jerk If he jerked too quickly, he felt a throbbing pain just above his neck where Zigzag's shove

spat

spit-spat( ) ,( )

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Less than thirty minutes after Magnet returned to camp, Stanley spat into hi 30 , .(

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crate Zero glanced at him, then went over to the crates, where he deposited his dirty clothestaionery , Stanley got his box of stationery

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Holes - 6 of 14barefoot / They made her walk barefoot on the hot groundunclasped the l She unclasped the latch and opened the caserattlesnake

venomtingle . He felt his skin tinglesting , , A sharp sting of pain caused him to jump back.struck strike-struck She stepped toward him and struck him across the faceslanting , He had three long red marks slanting across the left side of his faceshrill , Then his head jerked violently, and he let out a shrill screammoan , Zero stopped moaning, and his body slowly unbenttwitch , Stanley could see the muscles on his face jump and twitchwrithed in agon agony (in agony:

)haze , Stanley looked out through the haze of heatdesolate , , The land was barren and desolatestrand He tried to imagine how he must have felt after Kissin' Kate had left him stranded in threscue , insane He was insane when they found himrefuge , , he said he "found refuge on God's thumb."shrugged . Stanley shrugged one shoulder

spat spit-spat( ) ,( )

He spat in his hole

mole , , "He's a mole," Zigzag had said. "I think he eats dirt."

flap , "Thanks," he said as Zero entered through the tent flap

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spew , , ()

It made a horrible loud noise and spewed ugly black smoke over the beautif

gag , Zigzag made a gagging soundcantaloupe The left side of Mr. Sir's face had swollen to the size of half a cantaloupeladle Mr. Sir ladled some oatmeal-like stuff into his bowltray He brought his tray to the tablechoke "Does anyone see anything wrong with my face?" asked Mr. Sir, as he continued to cho

gurgling A gurgling sound came out of the boy's mouth

gasp then he managed to gasp the word

bang It banged against his chest as he rangrotesque , No one even dared to look at his grotesque facesplatter ( , ) Stanley watched the water splatter on the dirt , where it was quickly absorbed by the thirst

shrank shirnk-shrank . Stanley stared at the dark spot on the ground, which quickly shrank before h

ointment He also had many different ointments, lotions, syrups, and pastes all made odifferent parts of the onion plant

asthma This one cured asthmawart That one was for warts and pimplesremedy Another was a remedy for arthritis( )grading , Miss Katherine usually stayed in the schoolhouse, grading papers and such, while Sam worked concoction , They would get regular medicine from Doc Hawthorn and onion concoctions from Samwobble When the windows were fixed, she complained that her desk wobbled

distract (concentrate)

It distracted Stanley as well

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Holes - 8 of 1426 wade they waded through the water and climbed aboard

pried flung fling-flung

sparingly He had to drink sparingly, because he didn't know who would be driving the water trpuffy (inflated),

(swollen)The swelling on Mr. Sir's face had gone down, but it was still a little puffy.

scar , It was a jagged purple line running from below his eye to below his mouth, like a tattjag He quickly brought the jar to his mouth and licked the sploosh off the jagged edges befoswishing Mr. Sir held it up to his ear and shook it. He smiled at the swishing soundvile , He hated to think what kind of vile substance Mr. Sir might have put in it.

yawn (

)She yawned. A redheaded woman was there with Trout.

blotchy , , scraggly , rifle , Trout jabbed her throat with the rifleblast . There was a loud blast as Trout fired his rifle just above her headloot . "Not until you take us to the loot," said Troutwhack Linda whacked her with the shoveldrench , The air became unbearably humid. Stanley was drenched in sweatsunuphazy , bead beads of sweat Beads of moisture ran down the handle of his shovel.delirious , He was delirious when he said itdrench Stanley was drenched in sweatslam , but Zigzag's fists slammed off his arms and pounded his face into the groundripped , Stanley jerked back against the seat and tightly gripped the wheel as the truck accelerated

He grunted as he pried up some dirt, then flung it off to the side

Now her face was blotchy, and her hair was dirty and scraggly

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twitch ,

ignition , Stanley wondered if Mr. Sir had left the keys in the ignition

flung fling-flung He flung open the door to the truck and climbed quickly insiderevved rev - The engine revved

lurch

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the lurch: )

The truck lurched forward

grip, , , (come[get] to grips

with )

Stanley jerked back against the seat and tightly gripped the wheel as the truc

mound , , ( )

He saw the mounds of dirt that surrounded them

leap, ,

, He leapt back over the mound and ran

burlap ( ) He turned it inside out and found one seed stuck to the burlapmirage , It was a mirage caused by the shimmering waves of heat rising off the dry ground.

shimmer , /

ridge More likely, it was a ridge of dirt or rockssploosh "You want some sploosh?" Zero askedraspy , His voice was weak and raspy.crawl He crawled after him, and was just able to squeeze his body through the holeblade , , : and held it out to Zero, blade first

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Holes - 11 of 14snicker Several people snickeredcontrite Hattie said contritelyindentation He saw a large indentation in the weeds a little farther down the mountain

murky , , It contained almost two feet of murky watercub scout BOY SCOUTS "I used to pretend I was a Cub Scout

sundial It was like a giant sundialsprout , It was the smell of thousands of onions, growing and rotting and sproutingstink Stanley smiled. "I bet we really stink

flutter ,,

It stayed on Zero's face for an amazingly long time before fluttering off to t

petallit light-litfugitive , It would mean living the rest of his life as a fugitivedelirious , He wondered if he was deliriouscrib , . I remember standing in a crib, with my mother singing to mesqueak "The door to the Wreck Room squeaks."inexplicable , the inexplicable feeling of happiness, the sense of destiny

evict(+from) In her last letter, his mom was worried that they might be evicted from their

smell of burning sneakersslid slide-slid-slidrip ,

raspy , "Not me," said Zero. His voice was dry and raspy

dunk , . They'd dunked their caps in the water hole before putting them on their head

clink

Zero's face was lit in the starlight, and there was a flower petal in front of hiand forth as he breathed

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He slid into a patch of weeds and grabbed onto a thorny vine. The vine rippeslowed him enough so that he was able to stop himself.

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Holes - 14 of 14outrage . The Attorney General was outragedslam ( ) He walked into the camp office, slamming the door behind him.cursed She cursed, then went inside.

hysterical , She was nearly hystericaljurisdiction , "He is no longer under your jurisdiction," said Stanley's lawyerpursuant ~ , ~ "You are released pursuant to an order from the judge."indefinitely , Keep him confined indefinitely, without justification, while you go crawling through black hincarcerate , "He was obviously incarcerated for a reason."

anchored One afternoon, Sam, the onion man, and his donkey, Mary Lou, were returnanchored just a little off shore

redden Stanley felt his ears reddentedious , The reader probably still has some questions, but unfortunately, from here o

be long and tedioussubtle But those changes are subtle and hard to measure.

tag him out

Amid a cloud of dust, Clyde Livingston slid into home plate as the catcher ctag him out

patted " He patted Stanley on the shoulder as he rose from the couchdeed , , promissoryumpire , "Safe!" shouted the umpire as he signaled with his armsshush , Clyde shushed herfluff , A woman sitting in the chair behind Hector was absent-mindedly fluffing his hair wi

weathered , She wasn't very old, but her skin had a weathered look to it, almost like leath

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