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Hatchet Vocab ALL
Hatchet Vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 |