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Collins Primary Thesaurus

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2019
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Mrs Kray had a trying time with Class 6 and their spellings.

uncooperative

Uncooperative people never work well in a team.

difficulty NOUN

A difficulty is a problem.

complication

The biggest complication for Brunel was that his tunnel kept flooding.

dilemma

Karen faced a dilemma. Should she play with her friends or help her mum?

hitch

After a hitch with the curtains, the play began five minutes late.

obstacle

The star encountered many obstacles on the road to fame.

plight

“Your plight is indeed a sorry one,” said the knight to the damsel in the tower.

snag

Progress on the house was smooth, until they hit a snag when they found a hole in the roof.

dig VERB

If you dig, you make a hole in earth or sand, especially with a spade or shovel.

burrow

Rabbits create warrens by burrowing into hillsides.

delve

The diggers delved deeper, looking for a glimmer of gold.

excavate

Rescue workers excavated the rubble to free the trapped people.

hollow out

We hollowed out a dip in the sand in which to build our camp fire.

scoop out

The squirrel scooped out a hole in the early snow to reach the acorns beneath.

dim ADJECTIVE

Something that is dim is lacking in brightness and badly lit.

faint

As they neared Mordor, faint lights shone in the hills beyond.

gloomy

The gloomy passages of the castle were lit by flaming torches on the walls.

shadowy

I had trouble finding my way across the shadowy room to reach the light switch.

vague

Ben Nevis was just a vague outline seen through the morning mist.

ANTONYM: bright

dinosaur NOUN

Dinosaurs are large animals that lived millions of years ago.

Some types of dinosaur:

apatosaurus

diplodocus

iguanodon

pterodactyl

stegosaurus

triceratops

tyrannosaurus
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