Ch6-14 Vocab Words

Question 1

Braces

Answer 1

To strengthen by supporting weight, to anchor

Question 2

Diminish

Answer 2

Become smaller or weaker, to fade away

Question 3

Ridge

Answer 3

A high area that is long and narrow

Question 4

Glacier

Answer 4

A large body of ice with a slope

Question 5

Icebox

Answer 5

An insulated cabinet or chest with a partition for ice, used for preserving or cooling food, beverages, etc.

Question 6

Hickory

Answer 6

A nut bearing tree with hard wood (used as chips inBBQing)

Question 7

Saliva

Answer 7

A watery fluid in the mouth; spit

Question 8

Charcoal

Answer 8

A porous material used for fuel on a fire

Question 9

Pulverized

Answer 9

To smash into small bits or pieces, to destroy or crush

Question 10

Abdomen

Answer 10

Part of the body between chest and pelvis, middle part of body

Question 11

Welted

Answer 11

Swollen wound

Question 12

Matted

Answer 12

Pat down, tangled or messy, flat

Question 13

Rivulets

Answer 13

Small path or small river of water

Question 14

Slithering

Answer 14

To slide like a snake

Question 15

Porcupine

Answer 15

Large rodent covered with quills

Question 16

Quills

Answer 16

Large, stiff feathers/spine on a porcupine or hedgehog

Question 17

Smear

Answer 17

To rub on extensively

Question 18

Gesture

Answer 18

A movement of body or face

Question 19

Ignite

Answer 19

To set fire

Question 20

Tinder

Answer 20

Kindling fire from a spark, dried out twigs to start a fire

Question 21

Kindling

Answer 21

Easily ignited wood or twigs

Question 22

Tendril

Answer 22

A plants leaf or shoot

Question 23

Flammable

Answer 23

Easy to catch on fire

Question 24

Painstaking

Answer 24

Diligent effort

Question 25

Flue

Answer 25

A hollow passage of chimney in which smoke escapes

Question 26

Wheathered

Answer 26

Worn drown/out because of weather

Question 27

Enormous

Answer 27

Huge

Question 28

Squatted

Answer 28

You sit in a low or crouched position with the legs drawn up closely behind or in front of the body;sit on ones haunches or heels

Question 29

Dormant

Answer 29

Not active, sleeping

Question 30

Convulse

Answer 30

To agitate violently

Question 31

Staggering

Answer 31

A large amount

Question 32

Gnarled

Answer 32

Twisted knot of wood

Question 33

Comprised

Answer 33

To consist of, to include, to make up

Question 34

Kingfisher

Answer 34

Type of bird

Question 35

Emerged

Answer 35

To rise

Question 36

Curious

Answer 36

Eager to know

Question 37

Tapered

Answer 37

To become gradually thinner

Question 38

Hefted

Answer 38

To lift or hoist

Question 39

Telegraphed

Answer 39

To show motion before

Question 40

Motivate

Answer 40

The main force

Question 41

Persistent

Answer 41

To continue to act longer than usual

Question 42

Swiveling

Answer 42

To move side to side

Question 43

Hissing

Answer 43

Sharp sound of “s”

Question 44

Funk

Answer 44

To shrink back, bad mood

Question 45

Shafts

Answer 45

Long rod of an arrow

Question 46

Precise

Answer 46

To be exact

Question 47

Splinter

Answer 47

Thin, small piece of wood

Question 48

Virtual

Answer 48

Existing or resulting

Question 49

Infuriating

Answer 49

Angry and frustrated

Question 50

Refracts

Answer 50

To bend something that is straight

Question 51

Exulted

Answer 51

To rejoice greatly

Question 52

Rectify

Answer 52

To set right or correct

Question 53

Vital

Answer 53

Necessary, most important

Question 54

Devastating

Answer 54

Disasterous

Question 55

Sulfurous

Answer 55

Thick, smelly oder, strong oder

Question 56

Seared

Answer 56

To dry up, scorch

Question 57

Corrosive

Answer 57

To be eaten away

Question 58

Impared

Answer 58

To damage or make less effective

Question 59

Carp

Answer 59

Fresh water fish