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What does teetered mean? Ex. "He balanced on the log with the limbs and teetered out past murky water."
def: move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.
What type of plane was Brian flying in?
A Cessna 406
What is the definition of stout, in context with the sentence? Ex. "The head was in a stout leather case that had a brass-riveted belt loop."
def: dependable
What does drone mean? Ex. "But in five minutes they had leveled off at six thousand feet and headed northwest and from then on the pilot had been silent, staring out the front, and the drone of the engine had been all that was left."
def: make a monotonous low dull sound
What was Brian's flight plan? (starting where and ending where)
Hampton, New York - Canadian oil fields
What is a tundra? Ex. "He was working in the oil fields of Canada, up on the tree line where the tundra started and the forests ended."
def: a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
What does abate mean? ex. "When he opened them again it was evening and some of the sharp pain had abated—there were many dull aches—and the crash came back to him folly."
def: become less in amount or intensity
What was he dreaming about when the porcupine attacked him?
He was dreaming about how to make a fire with the hatchet.
What is the meaning of wither? Ex. "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."
def: shrink, as with a loss of moisture
What is the definition of slewed? Ex. "The plane slewed suddenly to the right."
def: move sideways, usually in an uncontrolled way
What color was the black bear's nose?
Cinnamon
What is the definition of rivulet? Ex. "Soon the sand outside was drenched and there were rivulets running down to the lake."
def: a small stream
What does lurch mean? Ex. "Now the plane lurched slightly to the right and Brian looked at the pilot He was rubbing his shoulder again and there was the sudden smell of body gas in the plane."
def: move haltingly and unsteadily
Why did Brian want to continue thinking about the searchers?
Brian felt if he stopped thinking about them, they would stop thinking about him; he knew he needed to continue hoping.
What is the definition of eddied? Ex. "The mists from the river eddied round the banks."
def: (of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way