hatchet vocab chapter 8-12

brilliant

(adj.) shining brightly; sparkling; extremely intelligent or talented

upright

(adj.) vertical, straight; good, honest; (adv.) in a vertical position

quills

A collection of sharp, hollow spines on the back of a porcupine

segment

A group of people having something in

stock

A stereotypical and formulaic character in a novel or film

tendrils

A twisting, threadlike structure by which a twining plant (vine) grasps an object for support

flue

Able to express oneself easily and clearly

tinder

Anything dry that will easily catch fire on contact with a spark

gingerly

Cautiously

painstaking

Extremely careful

intensity

How hard

dormant

Inactive

gnarled

Knotted, twisted, lumpy

regulate

To control

apparent

Visible

primitive

a person who belongs to early stage of civilization

bulge

a rounded swelling or protuberance that distorts a flat surface.

bluff

a steep, high bank beside a body of water

literally

actually; in fact; true in reality

smoldered

burned with a little smoke but no flame

imbedded

fixed in firmly

ripples

little waves

eddied

moved in a current of whirlpools

gratified

pleased or satisfied

leathery

resembling or made to resemble leather

speckled

spotted; freckled; dotted

abrupt

sudden

dusk

the time at the end of the day just before dark

telegraphed

to send a message by telegraph i.e. using electric current along wires or by radio

convulse

to shake violently