The Explorer Chapter 9

Sardines (p90-100)

Word Definition (Collins COBUILD) Synonymscoax(p.90)

If you coax a machine or device into doing something, you make it work by operating it very slowly and gently.

cajole, wheedle

bank(p.90)

The banks of a river, canal or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge.

conveniently(p.90)

If a way of doing something is convenient, it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose.

suitable, fitting, useful, handy (informal)

mooring(p.90)

A mooring is a place where a boat can be tied so that it cannot move away, or the object is tied to.

jutting(p.90)

If something juts out, it sticks out above or beyond a surface. stick out, protrude, extend from

trickster(p.92)

A trickster is a person who deceives or cheats people, often in order to get money from them.

joker, cheat, fraud

havoc(p.92)

Havoc is great disorder or confusion. wreck, mayhem, chaos, shambles, disruption

embers(p.92)

The embers of a fire are small pieces of wood or coal that remain and glow with heat after the fire has finished burning.

cinders, ashes

bellows(p.92)

A bellows is a device used for blowing air into a fire in order to make it burn more fiercely.

rekindled(p.92)

To rekindle is to set alight or start to burn again. If something or someone rekindles an interest, feeling or thought that you used to have, it makes you think about it or feel again.

renew, revive, revitalise, inflame, kindle

rust(p.93)

Rust is a brown substance that forms on iron or steel, for example when it comes into contact with water.

corrosion, oxidation

ruins(p.94)

The ruins of something are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened.

wreckage, debris, rubble, remnants, wreck

radiated(p.94)

If you radiate an emotion or quality or if it radiates from you, people can see it very clearly in your face and in your behaviour.

show, display, demonstrate, emanate, exhibit

crook(p.95)

The crook of your arm or leg is the soft inside part where you bend your elbow or knee.

bend, curve, bow

telegram(p.95)

A telegram is a message that is sent electronically and then printed and delivered to someone’s home or office. In the past, telegrams were sent by telegraph.

outpost(p.95)

An outpost is a small group of buildings used for trading or military purposes, either in a distant part of your own country or in a foreign country.

civilisation(p.95)

A civilisation is human society with its own social organisation and culture.

society, people, community

expedition(p.95)

An expedition is an organised journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.

journey, emission, voyage, quest, trek

The Explorer Chapter 9

Sardines (p90-100)

generation(p.96)

A generation is all the people in a group or country who are of a similar age, especially when they are considered as having the same experiences or attitudes.

peer group

memorise(p.96)

If you memorise something, you learn it so that you can remember it exactly.

remember, learn

reddening(p.96)

If someone reddens or their face reddens, their face turns pink or red, often because they are embarrassed or angry.

flush, colour, blush, suffuse

palpably(p.97)

You describe something as palpable when it is obvious or intense and easily noticed.

obviously, blatantly, visibly

termite(p.97)

Termites are small insects which live in hot countries in homes made of earth. Termites do a lot of damage by eating wood.

berth(p.97)

If you give something a wide berth you keep clear of it.

tapestry(p.97)

A tapestry is a large piece of heavy cloth with a picture sewn on it using coloured threads. You can refer to something as a tapestry when it is made up of varied types of people or things.

serrated(p.98)

A serrated object such as a knife or blade has a row of V-shaped points along the edge. Something that is serrated has a notched or saw-like edge.

notched, tooth, saw-like, toothed

gash(p.98)

A gash is a long, deep cut in your skin or in the surface of something.

cut, tear, wound, laceration

wrenched(p.99)

If you wrench something that is fixed in a particular position, you pull or twist it violently, in order to move or remove it.

force, pull, jerk, twist, tug