SYNONYMS

The whole family was laughing at his cowardice.

• lack of bravery/timidity

• bravery

• strength

• courage

His parents circled around raising a proud cackle.

• sharp noise

• blunt noise

• high pitch

• shout

The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath.

• higher

• below

• above

• inferior

The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath.

• large space

• narrow space

• small space

• deep area

The young bird kept calling her mother plaintively.

• happily

• sadly

• rigorously

• vainly

Scraping his beak now and again to whet it.

• clean

• blunt

• sharpen

• wet

The little seagull even gnawed at the dried pieces of eggshell.

• chewed

• cackled

• swallowed

• craved

The mother seagull swooped upwards.

• leap

• rush

• move very quickly

• ascend

The young seagull was in a desperate condition.

• hopeful

• fortunate

• hopeless

• vigorous

The seagull had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it.

• swallow

• smell

• destroy

• bury