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Hatchet Lesson 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assume | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification |
| convulse | contract involuntarily, as a spasm |
| crave | having a craving, appetite, or great desire for |
| demand | request urgently and forcefully |
| dormant | inactive but capable of becoming active |
| eddy | a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself |
| exasperation | an exasperated feeling of annoyance |
| flammable | easily ignited |
| gnarled | use of old persons or trees; covered with knots |
| gratify | make happy or satisified |
| initially | at the beginning |
| lure | provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion |
| motive | causing or able to cause motion |
| native | an indigenous person who was born in a particular place |
| overlook | look down on |
| primitive | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type |
| quantity | the concept that something can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable |
| register | enter into someone's consciousness |
| source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being |
| taper | the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or come) |