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Hatchet 9-12 vocab
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Term | Definition |
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assume | take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof |
convulse | contract involuntarily, as in a spasm |
crave | have 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 | used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots |
gratify | make happy or satisfied |
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 cone) |