Hatchet vocabulary chapters 1-6
to reduce in amount or degree
abated
having relation to something else
relative
a narrow edge of a cliff or shelf
ledge
having a sharp or sour taste
tart
large group or multitude
hordes
to feed on growing grass and pasturage like cattle or sheep
grazed
a long, narrow chain of hills or mountains
ridge
spit
saliva
cause or reason to react
motivated
a person who studies or is an expert on natural history
naturalist
living or able to live on land and in water
amphibious
a rock or roof that hangs over something else
overhang
a small roughly-made building that is built against the side of a larger building or rock
lean-to
useful or desirable thing
asset
an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marsh region
hummocks
to make or become smaller, reduce in size
diminish
an extremely large amount of moving ice
to crush; to grind into powder or dust
pulverize
fragment or scrap; leftovers
remnants
who is the protagonist in the story
Brian