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Hatchet Vocab ALL
Hatchet Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Consuming | absorbing or engrossing completely |
| Altitude | Height |
| Wincing | shrinking back involuntarily, usually with a grimace, as from pain |
| Security | measures taken to guard against sabotage, crime, or attack |
| Throttle | valve that regulates the amount of fuel entering an engine |
| Wrenching | violent twisting or pulling |
| Hummocks | low, rounded hills |
| Amphibious | able to operate or travel on both land and water |
| Diminish | lessen |
| Ruefully | in a sorrowful way; mournfully |
| Receded | became more distant, and hence indistinct |
| Gingerly | in a very careful way |
| Haunches | Hindquarters |
| Regulate | adjust to a particular degree or amount |
| Primitive | of or existing in the earliest times |
| Exulted | to rejoice greatly |
| Sulfurous | like burning sulfur in odor or color; giving off choking fumes |
| Stabilize | make steady |
| Ignited | caught on fire |
| Unwittingly | without knowledge or awareness |