Friday, February 10, 2012

Holes: Analysis


Actually the book was quite easy for me to understand as I’m highly adept in understanding unknown words through inference from the context. But in order to improve vocabulary it is essential to check out the unknown words from a dictionary.


Unknown Word                               My Guess                          Dictionary Meaning
1)Stifling (ch.3; p.6)                           tight                        suffocating, constraining


2)Convicted (ch.3; p.7)                      guilty                      declared guilty in a court
                                                                                               of law

3)Perseverance (ch.3; p.8)                  will                                   determination



4)Odor (ch.3; p.9)                             smell?                     a distinctive, especially
                                                                                       unpleasant smell

5)Perimeter (ch.7; p.26)                         -                           the continuous line
                                                                                  forming the boundary of
                                                                               a closed geometrical figure


6)Forlorn (ch.7; p.30)                      sad, desperate         pitifully sad, abandoned     




7)Wheelbarrow (ch.15; p.69)     a kind of a carriage              a small cart with a
                                                                             single wheel at the front and two                                               supporting legs and two handles at                                                             the rear   



8)Arthritis   (ch.25; p.31)                 an illness               a disease causing painful                                               inflammation and stiffness of the joints.

9)to mock  (ch.27; p.117)                 to tease             tease, laugh at or mimic in a
                                                                     scornful or contemptuous manner

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