They decided the adventure was getting too risky.
treacherous
Road conditions were treacherous in the thick fog.
unsafe
The bridge was rotten and unsafe to cross.
ANTONYM: safe
dark ADJECTIVE
When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly.
black
The night was black and stormy.
dim
They could hardly see in the dim hallway.
gloomy
Rooms in the old castle were damp and gloomy.
murky
The submarine moved slowly in the murky depths of the ocean.
shadowy
A shadowy figure emerged from the misty woods.
unlit
It looked as if no one was home as all the rooms were unlit.
delicious ADJECTIVE
Food that is delicious tastes or smells very nice.
mouthwatering
At the village fair, the smell of frying onions was mouthwatering.
scrumptious INFORMAL
When we got home from school, Mum made us a scrumptious apple pie.
tasty
Andrew enjoyed a tasty snack on his way home from football training.
ANTONYM: horrible
demonstrate (1) VERB
If someone demonstrates something, they show you how to do it.
explain
Jamie explained how to separate the yolks and whites of eggs.
illustrate
Our music teacher illustrated how to play the violin.
demonstrate (2) VERB
If people demonstrate, they hold a public meeting or march to show they are strongly for or against something.
march
Sometimes thousands of people march in the capital to make their feelings known to the government.
protest
When people protest, they often meet to carry banners and shout slogans.
deserted ADJECTIVE
If a place is deserted, there are no people there.
abandoned
In the middle of the wood, the boys came upon an abandoned cottage.
empty
They saw a farmhouse and ran towards it to ask for water, but it was empty.
destroy VERB
To destroy something means to damage it so much it cannot be mended.
crush
The cottages were crushed under the feet of the angry giant.
damage
A tree fell in the storm and damaged our garden shed.
demolish
Builders demolished an empty house to make space for a new theatre.
ruin
People complained that the new building ruined their view.
smash
The jetty was smashed when a motorboat went out of control.
wreck
Many ships used to be wrecked on rocks around the coast before lighthouses were built to signal warnings.
different (1) ADJECTIVE
Something that is different from something else is not like it in one or more ways.
assorted
I like boxes of assorted biscuits best.
changed
He seemed changed somehow. Perhaps it was the short hair.
mixed
Alex had mixed feelings about going up a grade at school.
opposite
Mum’s quite opposite to me. She likes my room to be tidy and I like it to be a mess.
various
He had various excuses for being late.
different (2) ADJECTIVE
Something different is unusual and out of the ordinary.
bizarre
Have you seen Polly’s new hairstyle? It’s really bizarre!
extraordinary
The magician at the party performed some extraordinary tricks.
peculiar
There was something peculiar about the expression on his face.
special
I wanted to do something special for my seventh birthday.
unusual
The baby had an unusual cry.
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dig VERB
When people or animals dig, they break up a surface.
burrow
Rabbits keep
