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Hatchet Ch. 6-10
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ruefully | feeling pity |
| pulverized | to reduce to dust or powder through pounding or grinding |
| lean-to | a structure supported on one side by trees or posts with an inclined roof |
| glacier | a slowly moving mass of ice originating from an accumulation of snow |
| gorge | to eat in a fast and greedy manner |
| rivulets | a small stream |
| quills | spines of a porcupine |
| imbedded | to surround closely |
| tinder | any dry substance that readily ignites from a spark |
| kindling | material that can be easily ignited to start a fire |
| flammable | easily able to catch fire |
| eddied | any similar current, as of air, dust, or fog |
| dormant | in a state of rest or inactivity |