Hatchet Vocabulary
Hatchet Vocabulary
Hatchet Vocabulary
Hatchet Vocabulary
Hatchet Vocabulary
Hatchet Vocabulary
Chapter 1
1. consuming (v) (p.1) –
2. drone (v.)(p.2)
3. Shattering (v.) (p.2),
4. Seeping (v.) (p.3),
5. Lurched (v.) (p.6),
6. Wincing (v.) (p.7),
7. grimacing (v.)(p.10)
Hatchet Vocabulary
Chapter 1
1. Cessna 406 (p.1) – the name brand of a small
plane
2. bushplane (p.1) – a small plane used to get around areas
where there are no roads
3. leveled off (p.2) – a plane at its flying altitude
4. rudder pedals (p.2) – used to help steer the plane
5. “take her light” (p.2) – don’t push so hard
6. visitation nights (p.6) – nights to visit the other
parent when your parents are divorced
7. white-hot hate (p.9) – extreme hate for something
Hatchet Vocabulary Chapter 2
1. turbulence (n.) (p.13)
2. trembling(v.) (p.17)
3. Transmission (n.) (p.19)
4.Clearing ( .)(p.23)
5. visualize (v.) (p.24)
Hatchet Vocabulary Chapter 2
Chapter 2
1. mouth-to-mouth (p.14) – part of CPR where you breathe
into another person’s mouth
2. C.P.R. (p.14) –breaths to someone who has choked, passed out,
or had a heart attack
3. down-angle (p.14) – the angle of the plane headed
down toward the ground
4. dashboard (p.16) – the part of the plane that shows the dials
that indicate information about the plane, much like
the dials behind the steering wheel of a car
5. CB radio (p.18) – the radio that truckers use
6. “you are covering me” (p.19) – you are blocking what I am
saying because you’re holding down your switch on the
microphone
7. “Roger” (p.19) – “I got your message and understand it”
8. throttle (p.21) – lever that controls the speed of the engine
Hatchet Vocabulary Chapter 3
1. desperately (adj.) (p.25)
2. wrenching ( .) (p.27)
3. coarse (adj.) (p.28)
Hatchet Vocabulary Chapter 3
Chapter 3
1. windbreaker (p.28) – a light jacket
2. spiraling out into nothing (p.28) – passing out;
fainting
Hatchet Vocabulary Chap 4
1. Abated (v.) (p.31)
2. keening ( .) (p.32)
3. pulsed ( .) (p.32)
4. massively ( adv.) (p.33)
5. viciously (adv.) (p.35)
6. Agony ( n. ) (p.35)
7. Moderately (adv.) (p.37)
8. hummocks (n.) (p.37)
Hatchet Vocabulary
Chapter 4
1. ten-speed (p.29) – a kind of bike
2. legs were on fire (p.31) – legs hurt very badly
3. drained him (p.39) – taken all of his strength
4. some kind of shock (p.39) – the body’s natural
reaction after something bad happens is to go
into shock, which means that some people don’t
believe it happened, some people are very
quiet, and some people feel very weak
5. scrunched down (p.40) – sat down and curled up
Hatchet Vocabulary
Chapter 5
1. teetered ( v.) (p.42)
2. stooped (v.)(p.43)
3. Mounted (v.) (p.45)
4. Extensive (adj.) (p.45)
5. Amphibious (adj.) (p.45)
6. Asset (n.) (p.48)
7. Startled (v.) (p.49)
8. Slewed (v.) (p.50)
9. Sloshing (v.) (p.52)
Hatchet Vocabulary
Chapter 5
1. searchers (p.45) – people that would be looking for Brian
2. government planes (p.45) – planes from
police or fire stations
3. eight-course meal (p.46) – a meal consisting of many
different kinds of food served at different times
4. stay positive and stay on top of things (p.47) –
keep a happy attitude,
don’t let things make you sad or worried
5. “You are the best thing you have” (p.49) – you are
important, you have skills and tools
6. recorded flight plan, flight path (pp.51-52) –
the plan that all pilots share with airports before they leave;
the plan that tells where they are going
Hatchet Vocabulary Chapter 6
1.
Diminish (v. ) (p.55)
2. Pulverized ( ) (p.55)
3. saliva ( n. ) (p.58)
4. glistening (
) (p.61)
5. driftwood ( n. )
(p.63)
Hatchet Vocabulary
Chapter 6
1. lean-to (p.54) – a small, temporary shelter
2. icebox (p.57) – refrigerator
3. hot little jets of hate (p.59) – angry thoughts
and feelings
Hatchet Vocabulary