Hatchet Ch. 9-14 Vocabulary Context Clues – Flashcards
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Brian was very ____________ to see the fire finally get going good. Now all he had to do was find something to cook over it
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gratified
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Brian started plucking off bits of bark to start his fire with because they seemed to be _______________.
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flammable
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Brian had to find some ______________ to help him get his fire started before he starved to death.
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kindling
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Brian tried very hard to get his fire going, but when the sparks hit the nest of bark it just caused it to ______________.
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smolder
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Unlike the city, it was hard to ______________ things out here. One mistake could mean the difference between life and death.
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rectify
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When the fish weren't really in the water where they seemed to be, Brian remembered that water ________________ light.
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refracts
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Although peeling the bark off of the trees was ______________ work, it was worth it when Brian had a nice fire to warm up too.
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painstaking
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When Brian heard a plane near him, he took off running as fast as he could, __________________ through the brush to catch it.
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swiveling
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The spear Brian made was crude, but looked_______________, it would get the job done.
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effective
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Brian was feeling a growing _________________ when he could not successfully build a fire.
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exasperation
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Brian was _________________, not giving up, but learning from his mistakes, so that he could learn to survive in the wilderness.
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persistent
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Brian learned quickly that hunting and finding food for himself was _________ to his surviving in the wilderness.
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vital
