Hatchet Practice Quiz 1

What does "drone" mean?

• humming or buzzing sound

• unclear or indefinite

• not clear or cloudy

• to withdraw or become more distant

What does "wincing" mean?

• to withdraw or become more distant

• desperate or wild with fear, pain, or excitement

• drawing back or tensing the body in pain

• for a brief time

What does vague mean?

• in a mournful, sad, or regretful way

• lessened or diminished, reduced

• humming or buzzing sound

• unclear or indefinite, as an idea or feeling

What does "momentarily" mean?

• unclear or indefinite, as an idea or feeling

• for a brief time

• in a mournful, sad, or regretful way

• to withdraw or become more distant

What does "abated" mean?

• in a mournful, sad, or regretful way

• drawing back or tensing the body in pain

• lessened or diminished, reduced

• humming or buzzing sound

What does "murky" mean?

• not clear or cloudy, particularly because of sediment

• for a brief time

• drawing back or tensing the body in pain

• unclear or indefinite, as an idea or feeling

What does "frantic" mean?

• in a mournful, sad, or regretful way

• drawing back or tensing the body in pain

• desperate or wild with fear, pain, or excitement

• humming or buzzing sound

What does "ruefully" mean?

• for a brief time

• not clear or cloudy, particularly because of sediment

• desperate or wild with fear, pain, or excitement

• in a mournful, sad, or regretful way

What does "receded" mean?

• lessened or diminished, reduced

• to withdraw or become more distant

• unclear or indefinite, as an idea or feeling

• drawing back or tensing the body in pain