The Explorer Chapter 8

Maiden Voyage (p78-89)

Word Definition (Collins COBUILD) Synonymsglaring(p.78)

If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face.

scowl, frown, glower, give daggers (informal)

stagnant(p.79)

Stagnant water is not flowing, and therefore often smells unpleasant and is dirty.

stale, still, brackish

hefted(p.81)

If you heft something, you lift it upward. lift, raise, hoist, haul, manhandle

ominously(p.81)

If you describe something as ominous, you mean that it worries you because it makes you think that something unpleasant is going to happen.

foreboding, baleful, threatening, worrying

bucked(p.82)

If a horse bucks, it kicks both of its back legs into the air, or jumps wildly into the air with all four feet off the ground.

jump, start, spring jerk

unison(p.82)

If two or more people do something in unison, they do it at the same time.

simultaneously, together, concurrently

overhanging(p.82)

If one thing overhangs another, it sticks out over and above it.

threatened(p.82)

If a person threatens to do something unpleasant to you, or if they threaten you, they say or imply that they will do something unpleasant to you, especially if you do not do what they want.

intimidate, bully, menace, terrorise

volunteering(p.83)

If you volunteer to do something, you offer to do it without being forced to do it.

offer, step forward

formulae(p.84)

A formula is a group of letters, numbers, or other symbols which represents a scientific or mathematical rule.

blueprints(p.84)

A blueprint of an architect’s building plans or a designer’s pattern is a photographic print consisting of white lines on blue paper. Blueprints contain all of the information that is needed to build or make something.

evaded(p.86)

If you evade something, you find a way of not doing something that you really ought to do.

avoid, escape, dodge, shirk, eschew

undulating(p.87)

Something that undulates has gentle curves or slopes, or moves gently and slowly up and down or side to side in an attractive manner.

wave, ripple, billow, oscillate

jabbing(p.87)

If you jab one thing into another, you push it there with a quick, sudden movement and with a lot of force.

poke, dig, thrust, prod, stab

compliment(p.88)

A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.

praise, admiration, honour, courtesy

jagged(p.89)

Something that is jagged has a rough, uneven shape or edge with lots of sharp points.

uneven, pointed, rough, ragged, ridged