1. thrash (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: move or stir about violently
Context: Then I heard Timothy's frightened roar, “Sharks,”
and he was thrashing about near me.
2. scornful (part of speech: adj)
Meaning: expressing extreme contempt
Context: Timothy answered scornfully, “Dere, look, mahn,
look ... ”
3. lurch (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: move abruptly
Context: another few minutes, the raft lurched and I knew
it had grounded.
4. fetch (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: go or come after and bring or take back
Context: Timothy said, “’Ere, young bahss, on my shoulders
an’ I’ll fetch you to dlan’.”
5. discouraged (part of speech: adj; verb)
Meaning: less hopeful or enthusiastic
Context: He could tell I was discouraged because we had
come to the island and there were no people on it.
1. thrash (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: move or stir about violently
Context: Then I heard Timothy's frightened roar, “Sharks,”
and he was thrashing about near me.
2. scornful (part of speech: adj)
Meaning: expressing extreme contempt
Context: Timothy answered scornfully, “Dere, look, mahn,
look ... “
3. lurch (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: move abruptly
Context: another few minutes, the raft lurched and I knew
it had grounded.
4. fetch (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: go or come after and bring or take back
Context: Timothy said, “’Ere, young bahss, on my shoulders
an’ I’ll fetch you to dlan’.”
5. discouraged (part of speech: adj; verb)
Meaning: less hopeful or enthusiastic
Context: He could tell I was discouraged because we had
come to the island and there were no people on it.
6. terror (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Context: brushed against my arm, and I yelled out in terror.
6. terror (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Context: brushed against my arm, and I yelled out in terror.
7. frond (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
Context: was making a hut of dried palm fronds.
7. frond (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
Context: was making a hut of dried palm fronds.
8. smolder (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: burn slowly and without a flame
Context: always keep a small fire smoldering up by the hut
and if an airplane came near, he’d take a piece of burning
wood from our small fire to ignite the big one.
8. smolder (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: burn slowly and without a flame
Context: always keep a small fire smoldering up by the hut
and if an airplane came near, he’d take a piece of burning
wood from our small fire to ignite the big one.
9. anguish (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: extreme distress of body or mind
Context: There was a silence until Timothy broke it with
anguish.
9. anguish (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: extreme distress of body or mind
Context: There was a silence until Timothy broke it with
anguish.
10. murmur (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: speak softly or indistinctly
Context: He kept murmuring, “Ah-huh, ah-huh,” as if making
sure I was spelling it correctly.
10. murmur (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: speak softly or indistinctly
Context: He kept murmuring, “Ah-huh, ah-huh,” as if making
sure I was spelling it correctly.
11. arrange (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: put into a proper or systematic order
Context: Then he happily arranged the rocks on the sand,
following my lines.
11. arrange (part of speech: verb)
Meaning: put into a proper or systematic order
Context: Then he happily arranged the rocks on the sand,
following my lines.
12. superior (part of speech: adj)
Meaning: of or characteristic of high rank or importance
Context: I felt superior to Timothy that day, but I let him
play his little game, pretending not to know that he really
couldn’t spell.
12. superior (part of speech: adj)
Meaning: of or characteristic of high rank or importance
Context: I felt superior to Timothy that day, but I let him
play his little game, pretending not to know that he really
couldn’t spell.
13. trough (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: a long narrow shallow receptacle
Context: He had taken more boards from the top of the raft
and had made a large trough that would catch the rain.
13. trough (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: a long narrow shallow receptacle
Context: He had taken more boards from the top of the raft
and had made a large trough that would catch the rain.
14. squall (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: sudden violent winds, often accompanied by
precipitation
Context: The squall wind was in the tops of the palms and I
could imagine how they looked in the night sky, thrashing
against each other high over our little cay.
14. squall (part of speech: noun)
Meaning: sudden violent winds, often accompanied by
precipitation
Context: The squall wind was in the tops of the palms and I
could imagine how they looked in the night sky, thrashing
against each other high over our little cay.
15. rancid (part of speech: adj)
Meaning: having a rank smell or taste
Context: Big, fat green coconuts. When we’d landed, there
were a few dried ones on the ground, but the meat in them
was not very tasty. In a fresher one, there was still some
milk, but it was rancid.
15. rancid (part of speech: adj)
Meaning: having a rank smell or taste
Context: Big, fat green coconuts. When we’d landed, there
were a few dried ones on the ground, but the meat in them
was not very tasty. In a fresher one, there was still some
milk, but it was rancid.