Columbus The Explorer Word Search — Hard
Play a free online Columbus The Explorer word search puzzle. Difficulty: Hard. Find all 12 hidden words on the 12×12 grid below.
Words to find
- ENCAMPMENT
- ADVENTURER
- DEPARTURE
- ENDEAVOR
- ENCROACH
- DESERTION
- DECIMATE
- ENDURANCE
Plus 4 hidden bonus words.
Columbus The Explorer word list, defined
- ENCAMPMENT /ɪnˈkæmpmənt/ · noun
- A place where a group of people, especially soldiers or travelers, has set up temporary lodgings such as tents or huts; also the act of settling in such a place. Related: camp, campsite, bivouac, base camp.
- ADVENTURER /ədˈvɛntʃərər/ · noun
- A person who seeks out or engages in exciting, unusual, and often risky experiences, such as exploration or travel. Historically, it also denoted someone who undertakes commercial ventures involving financial risk. Related: explorer, voyager, wanderer, daredevil.
- DEPARTURE /dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/ · noun
- The act of leaving a place, especially to begin a journey. Also, a deviation from what is usual, expected, or established. Related: exit, leave-taking, withdrawal, egress.
- ENDEAVOR /ɪnˈdɛvər/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, an endeavor is a serious or strenuous attempt to achieve something. As a verb, to endeavor means to try hard or make an effort to do something. Related: effort, attempt, undertaking, strive.
- ENCROACH /ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ/ (UK), /ɪnˈkroʊtʃ/ (US) · verb
- To gradually intrude on someone's territory, rights, or property, or to advance beyond proper or usual limits. Related: intrude, trespass, infringe, invade.
- DESERTION /dɪˈzɜːʃən/ · noun
- The act of abandoning a person, cause, or post that one is bound to support, especially the unlawful abandonment of military duty without permission. Related: abandonment, defection, dereliction, forsaking.
- DECIMATE /ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/ · verb
- To kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of something; historically, to kill one in every ten of a group of soldiers as a punishment. Related: devastate, destroy, wreck, obliterate.
- ENDURANCE /ɪnˈdjʊərəns/ (British), /ɪnˈdʊrəns/ (US) · noun
- The ability to withstand hardship, stress, or adversity over a prolonged period; the power of sustaining physical or mental effort without giving way. It can also denote the state of enduring something unpleasant. Related: stamina, fortitude, perseverance, resilience.
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