The Explorer Chapter 10

Abacaxi (p102-112)

Word Definition (Collins COBUILD) Synonymsbarrelling (p.104)

If a person or vehicle is barrelling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction.

dashing, racing, shooting, flying

rounding (on)(p.104)

If someone rounds on you, they criticize you fiercely and attack you with aggressive words.

cedar(p.104)

A cedar is a cedar tree is a large evergreen tree with wide branches and small thin leaves called needles.

flowering(p.107)

When a plant or tree flowers, its flowers appear and open. bloom, mature, flourish,

snout(p.107)

The snout of an animal such as a pig is its long nose.

cawed(p.108)

When a bird such as a crow or a rook caws, it makes a loud harsh sound.

screech, hoot, crow, cry, yelp

perched(p.108)

If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it.

sit, rest, balance

mewling(p.108)

To mewl means to cry weakly, like a baby. whimper, whine, cry

awe(p.108)

Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.

wonder, amazement, astonishment, admiration

bludgeoned(p.110)

To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.

club, batter, beat, strike, belt

unpredictable (p.110)

If you describe someone or something as unpredictable, you cannot tell what they are going to do or how they are going to behave.

changeable, unstable, erratic, variable

retracting(p.110)

If you retract something that you have said or written, you say that you did not mean it. When a part of a machine or a part of a person’s body retracts or is retracted, it moves inwards or becomes shorter.

withdraw, revoke, renounce, rescind, recall