Ch. 1 and 2 Hatchet Vocabulary

The mother lovingly touched her newborn child with ___.

• tenderness

• pizza

The voice on the long distance call was barely ___.

• audible

• eaten

I used my ___to find the correct direction.

• compass

• spoon

The ___ boulder was difficult for the workmen to move.

• massive

• chewy

When fire broke out, the crowd didn’t ___; they calmly walked to the exits.

• panic

• pancake

Mr. Scott needed ___ help to draw his will.

• legal

• crunchy

If you travel to parts of Alaska, you will see vast areas of treeless ___.

• tablecloth

• tundra

In the haze, we could see only a ___ outline of the city

• strawberry

• vague

Melvin couldn’t bend the rod; it was too ___.

• rigid

• salty

Looking out toward the ___, we saw the rising sun.

• menu

• horizon