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Hatchet Vocabu
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| banked | to tip an airplane (verb) |
| wincing | to draw back the body from pain (verb) |
| altitude | the height of something above a planet (noun) |
| tundra | one of the vast, treeless plains of the arctic regions (noun) |
| turbulance | the quality or state of being turbulent;violent disorder or commotion (noun) |
| transmissions | the act or process of transmitting (noun) |
| lashed | a swift stroke or blow (verb) |
| cowling | to cover with (verb) (a cowl is a hooded monk's robe) |
| impact | the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision (noun) |
| visualize | to recall or form mental images or pictures. (verb) |
| wallow | to roll about or lie in water (verb) |
| massively | large and heavy-looking (adj.) |
| hordes | a large group (noun) |
| wrenching | to twist, turn, or move suddenly aside (verb) |
| grazed | to feed on growing grass as do cattle (verb) |
| naturalist | a person who studies or is an expert in natural history (noun) |
| abated | to reduce in amount...lessen (verb) |
| remnants | a fragment or scrap (noun) |
| hammocks | a hanging bed or couch made of canvas (noun) |
| welted | a ridge on the surface of the body (noun) |
| receded | to go or move away (verb) |
| rivulets | a small stream or brook (noun) |
| seepage | the process of seeping;leakage (verb) |
| gingerly | with great care or caution (adverb) |
| haunches | part of the body about the hip (noun) |
| flammable | easily set on fire (adjective) |
| flue | a passage for smoke in a chimney (noun) |
| registered | to enter or show (verb) |
| depression | sadness;gloom dejection (noun) |
| eddied | to move like a whirlpool (verb) |
| tendrils | a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant |
| smoldered | to burn without flame (verb) |
| dormant | lying asleep;inactive (adjective) |