Key learning points

1. 'Treacherous' is an adjective which means dangerous or unsafe; like terrifying rapids.
2. 'Murky' is an adjective which means dark, muddy or cloudy; like water that’s so dirty you can barely see through it.
3. 'Stagnant' is an adjective which means stale or lifeless; like a dirty pond where nothing is living or moving.
4. 'Choppy', 'frothy' and 'shimmering' are other rich vocabulary associated with water.

Keywords

• Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

• Adjective - a word that describes a noun

• Synonym - a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

• Word pair - words that often appear together

Common misconception