HATCHET VOCABULARY

Chapters 16-19

altitude the height of something measured in

relation to a reference level, such as sea level

bluff A high cliff Pretending to have a strength or confidence that one doesn’t have.

murky dark and gloomy not clear

dozed 1. to sleep lightly or fitfully. 2. to fall into a light sleep unintentionally

(often followed by off): He dozed off during the sermon.

drone the male of the honeybee and other

bees, stingless and making no honey. 2. any unmanned aircraft or ship that is

guided remotely: a radio-controlled drone.

initial 1. of, relating to, or occurring at the

beginning; first: the initial step in a process.

intact not altered, broken, or impaired;

remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:

motivated

survival the act or fact of surviving, especially

under adverse or unusual circumstances.

transmissions the broadcasting of electromagnetic

waves from one location to another, as from a transmitter to a receiver.