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The Explorer Chapter 14-15
On the River (p164-p176)At the top of the cliff (p178-p185
Word Definition (Collins COBUILD) Synonymsashore(p.164)
Someone or something that comes ashore comes from the sea onto the shore.
reassuring(p.166)
If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them stop worrying about something.
encouraging, comforting, heartening, bolstering
tense(p.166)
If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.
nervous, apprehensive, anxious, on edge
thrum(p.166)
When something such as a machine or engine thrums, it makes a low beating sound.
drum, reverberate,
speculative(p.168)
A piece of information that is speculative is based on guesses rather than knowledge. Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.
uncertain, conjectural, risky, tentative
battered(p.169)
Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
damaged, broken-down, wrecked, dilapidated
huffed(p.169)
If you huff, you indicate that you are annoyed or offended about something, usually by the way that you say something.
puff, blow, exhale
beckoning(p.169)
If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you. gesturing, signing, waving, calling, summoning, motioning
lavishly(p.170)
If you say that someone is lavish in the way they behave, you mean that they give, spend, or use a lot of something.
extravagantly, excessively, liberally, freely, effusively, bountifully
nocturnal(p.171)
Nocturnal means occurring at night. Nocturnal creatures are active mainly at night.
sprightly(p.172)
A sprightly person, especially an old person, is lively and active.
lively, spirited, active, energetic, active, animated
hordes(p.172)
If you describe a crowd of people as a horde, you mean that the crowd is very large and excited and, often, rather frightening or unpleasant.
crowd, mob, swarm, throng
extension(p.178)
Something that is an extension of something else is a development of it that includes or affects more people, things, or activities.
expansion, continuation, broadening, widening
territory(p.180)
Territory is land with a particular character. An animal's territory is an area which it regards as its own and which it defends when other animals try to enter it.
district, area, land, terrain
agonisingly(p.181)
If you agonise over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
painfully, excruciatingly, tortuously
The Explorer Chapter 14-15
On the River (p164-p176)At the top of the cliff (p178-p185
retreated(p.181)
If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. recoil, withdraw, recede
hewn(p.185)
If you hew stone or wood, you cut it, for example with an axe. cut, chop, hack, axe, carve, sculpt