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WorksheetsHatchet Vocabulary Quiz 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
He had never flown in a single-engine plane before and to be sitting in the copilot’s seat with all the controls right there in front of him, all the instruments in his face as the plane clawed for altitude, jerking and sliding on the wind currents as the pilot took off, had been interesting and exciting.
What does the word 'altitude' mean?
Cold, treeless land with a short growing season
Able to be heard
The height above ground or sea level
Very big or large in size
The pilot’s words were a hiss, barely audible.
What does the word 'audible' mean?
Instead his eyes burned and tears came, the seeping tears that burned, but he didn't cry.
What does the word 'seep' mean
The plane slewed suddenly to the right.
What does the word 'slewed' mean?
He had seen the pilot use it, had seen him depress the switch at his belt, so Brian pushed the switch in and blew into the mike.
What does the word 'depress' mean?
When he opened his eyes again, it was evening and some of the sharp pain had abated -- there were many dull aches -- and the crash came back to him fully.
What is the meaning of the word 'abated' as it's used above?
He pulled the torn remnants of his windbreaker, pieces really, around his shoulders and tried to hold what heat his body could find.
What does the word 'remnants' mean?
Down beneath that were dials with lines that seemed to indicate what the winds were doing, tipping or moving, and one dial with a needle pointing to the number 70, which he thought—only thought—might be the altimeter. The device that told him his height above the ground. Or above sea level.
What does the word 'altimeter' mean?
Device that tells height above the ground
With it came some warmth, small bits of it at first, and with the heat came clouds of insects—thick, swarming hordes of mosquitos that flocked to his body, made a living coat on his exposed skin, clogged his nostrils when he inhaled, poured into his mouth when he opened it to take a breath.
What does the word 'horde' mean?
Pulling until his hands caught at weeds and muck, pulling and screaming until his hands caught at last in grass and brush and he felt his chest on land, felt his face in the coarse blades of grass and he stopped, everything stopped.
What does the word 'coarse' mean?
His lips were cracked and felt as if they were bleeding and if he did not drink some water soon he felt that he would wither up and die.
What does the word 'wither' mean?
Along the edge there were thick grasses and the water looked a little murky and there were small things swimming in the water, small bugs.
What does the word 'murky' mean?
