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Hatchet Vocabulary Sect 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Moveable blade that can be moved to change a ship’s or plane’s direction defines...

a)

muck

b)

rudder

c)

transmitter

d)

remnants

2.

Slid uncontrollably describes...

a)

lurched

b)

spasm

c)

wincing

d)

slewed

3.

A vast, treeless stretch of frozen land

a)

tundra

b)

rudder

c)

muck

d)

stout

4.

What is wincing?

a)

corny

b)

sudden, violent movement of air

c)

slightly grimacing

d)

move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in a wildly uncontrolled manner

5.

Sudden, violent movement of air defines...

a)

hurtling

b)

turbulence

c)

visualize

d)

keening

6.

A machine that sends out radio signals is a what?

a)

currents

b)

spasms

c)

groundspeed

d)

transmitter

7.

What defines the word "vague"?

a)

corny

b)

unclear

c)

slid

d)

rubbish

8.

Form a mental picture; imagine defines...

a)

visualize

b)

audible

c)

thrumming

d)

keening

9.

Sharp or piercing defines...

a)

wincing

b)

thrumming

c)

lurched

d)

keening

10.

Remnants are...

a)

sharp or piercing

b)

bits and pieces

c)

a mental picture

d)

rubbish or waste matter

11.

A sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement describes a what?

a)

stout

b)

remanents

c)

muck

d)

spasm

12.

Move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in a wildly uncontrolled manner defines...

a)

hurtling

b)

thrumming

c)

wincing

d)

slewed

13.

Dirt, rubbish, or waste matter is what?

a)

stout

b)

muck

c)

remnants

d)

currents

14.

An aircraft's speed relative to the ground defines...

a)

turbulence

b)

groundspeed

c)

currents

d)

thrumming

15.

Make a continuous rhythmic humming sound describes...

a)

hurtling

b)

keening

c)

thrumming

d)

turbulence

16.

Somewhat fat or of heavy build defines what?

a)

stout

b)

hokey

c)

rudder

d)

vague

17.

Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger means...

a)

slewed

b)

wincing

c)

lurched

d)

keening

18.

What is "hokey"?

a)

unclear

b)

sharp

c)

corny

d)

rubbish

19.

Able to be heard defines...

a)

audible

b)

spasm

c)

vague

d)

hurtling

20.

A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement is what?

a)

tundra

b)

spasm

c)

currents

d)

muck