Hatchet Ch 10-12 Vocabulary

to spread or apply on a surface

• bluff

• smeared

• convulse

• tapered

the time of day just before night

• staggering

• flailing

• dusk

• intensity

asleep, or in a state of rest that is similar to sleep

• dormant

• primitive

• dusk

• persistent

to cause to shake without control

• bluff

• convulse

• tapered

• staggering

to walk or stand in an unsteady way or with a need for support

• staggering

• smeared

• persistent

• tapered

a hill or shore with steep sides

• intensity

• tapered

• bluff

• smeared

simple or not developed

• persistent

• primitive

• tapered

• dusk

to narrow

• dormant

• convulse

• tapered

• flailing

continuing, lasting or holding on in a firm steady way

• persistent

• intensity

• convulse

• bluff

to move or wave wildly

• dormant

• primitive

• tapered

• flailing