Hatchet Part I Vocab & Roots

skittered

to move in a quick and shaky way

rasping

rough; screeching

pointed

characterized as being sharp and specific

segment

a part of something

wincing

to make a pained expression

glancing

hitting or striking at an angle instead of directly

registered

to recognize something or someone

tendrils

a thin, curly piece of material

painstaking

careful and thorough

quantity

the number or amount

tensed

to make one's muscles tight

flue

a passage through which smoke flows

prefix con-

with, together

prefix mid-

middle

connect

to join together

congregate

to flock together

midafternoon

in the middle of the afternoon

midair

in the middle of the air

concur

to think together

midnight

in the middle of the night