Class 6 NCERT Honeysuckle Book Chapter wise difficult word meanings
Here, the difficult words and their meanings of all the Chapters of CBSE Class 8 English Honeysuckle Book have been compiled for the convenience of the students. This is an exhaustive list of the difficult words and meanings of all the Chapters from the Honeysuckle book for NCERT Class 6 English. The difficult words’ meanings have been explained in an easy language so that every student can understand them easily.
- Chapter 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework
- Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself a New Master
- Chapter 3 Taro’s Reward
- Chapter 4 An Indian – American Woman in Space
- Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School
- Chapter 6 Who I Am
- Chapter 7 Fair Play
- Chapter 9 Desert Animals
- Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree
Chapter 1 Who Did Patrick’s Homework
- Amazed: surprised
- Attitude: a feeling about someone or something
- Bleary.: looking dull because of tiredness
- Britches: breeches, or short trousers. The writer here spells it, for fun, to rhyme with the word ‘witch’s’.
- Cursed: ill fated
- Dishcloth: a cloth used for washing dishes
- Drag (an informal word): something dull and uninteresting
- Elf: a super -natural creature
- Glitch (an informal word): a fault in a machine that prevents it from working properly;
- rabbed: caught
- Grimaced, scowled, pursed his lips: his face had these expressions, showing disgust, anger and disapproval
- hamper: a basket with a lid
- here, hitch or problem
- Ignoramus: an ignorant person, who lacks education
- kid (an informal word): a child chores: work that must be done everyday, often boring
- Lucky: fortunate
- nag: one who troubles someone all the time by complaining or asking them to do something
- Nintendo: a video game
- problems: difficulties
- semester: a half or quarter term in school or university
- shrieked: gave a short, high-pitched cry
- slyly: secretively
- squeaked: cried aloud
- tiniest: smallest
- Weary: extreme tiredness
- Wrinkled: slight folds on skin because of old age
Chapter 2 How the Dog Found Himself a New Master
- Bare: unclothed
- Beast: animal
- Behind: at the back side of something
- Cliff: a steep, high rock (often at the edge of the sea)
- dared: to be brave enough to do something
- Darted: moved quickly
- Fierce: violent; frightening
- Freedom: liberty, without any constraints,
- Frightened: afraid of
- Hastily: hurriedly
- Herd of cows: a group of cows
- Ill pleased: old fashioned way of saying not happy
- In a panic: a strong feeling of fear
- Kinsman: (old fashioned word for) a relative
- Loyal: tried and true, faithful
- Master: owner, ruler, sovereign
- Mooing: sound made by cows
- Offend: upset or annoy
- Servant: attendant, helper, who works for others
- Sniffed: draw up air audibly through the nose to detect something
- Suddenly come over you: affected you
- Take up service with: become the servant of
- Terrible: horrible
- Wandering: to move here and there aimlessly
Chapter 3 Taro’s Reward
- Chopped: cut into pieces
- Climbed: to come up
- Cracks: narrow gaps/openings
- Cupped a little in his hands: took some water in his hands (as if in a cup)
- Delicious: very tasty
- Delighted: to feel happy
- Direction: the position towards which someone or Something moves or faces
- Dropped out: left
- Encourage: to motivate
- Expensive: costly
- Greedily: as if desiring more
- Hidden: concealed, being out of sight
- Intended: planned
- Kneeling: to bent
- Lonely: isolated, remote
- Made his way to: went to
- Muttering: speaking unclearly, whisper, murmur
- Pitcher: a pot usually made of mud
- Politely: softly
- Procession: a march as a part of the ceremony a number of people or moving forward in an orderly fashion
- Remember: have in or be able to bring to one’s mind an Awareness of something
- Rushing: moving with urgent haste
- Saké: a popular Japanese drink (‘sa’ is pronounced like ‘fa’ In ‘father’ and ‘ke’ rhymes with ‘way’)
- Sent for: called
- Shivering: shaking slightly
- Swallow: to gulp down
- Take off: put off suddenly
- Thirsty: feeling a need to drink
- Thoughtful: caring
- Tricked: deceived
- Usual: routine
- Waterfall: an area where water flows over a vertical drop
- Whistled through: passed through with a whistling sound
Chapter 4 An Indian – American Woman in Space
- Aboard: on an aircraft or spacecraft
- Aeronautical: science of building aircrafts
- Allowed: permitted
- Astronaut: a person trained to serve as a crew member of a spacecraft
- astrophysics: branch of astronomy that studies physical nature of celestial bodies (stars etc.)
- Awe-inspiring: stunning, astonishing, amazing, remarkable
- Besides: apart from
- Blast off: take off from a launching site
- Broke apart: crashed
- Disaster: a sudden accident or natural calamity that causes damage or loss of life
- Disbelief: lack of belief
- Encyclopedic: comprehensive, complete
- Enormous: huge
- Gliders: fixed- wing aircraft
- Glued: sticked
- On board: on or in aircraft
- Pollinating: the process of taking pollen from one place to another for fertilization.
- Pursuing: following or continuing
Chapter 5 A Different Kind of School
- Are on their honour: have promised
- At play: playing
- Awful: bad
- Come to talk: who has come to talk
- Cripple: disable
- Crutch: a long stick to support a disabled person
- Frightening: terrifying, making afraid
- Ghastly: causing fear or horror
- Glad: happy
- Gradually: slowly
- Great deal: to a great extent
- Hopeless: unfortunate; without hope
- Hopping: to leap or jump with quick short steps
- In sight: to be seen
- Kindly: friendly
- Lame day: day on which she acts as if she was lame
- Misery: difficulty; unpleasantness
- Misfortune: unfortunate condition; bad luck
- Overlooked: have a view of something from above
- Plump: stout, pleasantly fat
- Responsible: aware of the duties
- Still: without moving
- Their eyes are bandaged: they are blindfolded
- Thoughtless: careless
- Troublesome: annoying, irritating
- Troublesome: difficult
Chapter 6 Who I Am
- Beaches: seaside, seashore
- Borrowed: to take something from someone for oneself
- Climbing: going up
- Comfortably: in a relaxed manner
- Favourite: most liked, dearest
- Find out: to discover or search
- In advance: beforehand
- In the fork: bifurcation (where branch of a tree splits into two parts)
- Interval: gap between two periods of time, break time
- Preserve: to conserve or protect
- Pyramids: a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
- Raft: a flat floating structure to travel across water bodies
- Sensible: responsible
- Spends: to pay for some goods or service
- Spread out: to open or arrange something over a large area
Chapter 7 Fair Play
- Abide by: accept
- Algu’s heart sank: Aglu felt discouraged
- Allowance: some share of money
- Became indifferent: lost interest in or did not care for
- Conscience: moral sense
- Cross-examined: questioned
- Defence: protection
- Deviate: move away from
- Dignity: high rank, respect
- Grudged: gave unwillingly: felt angry/ unhappy about giving
- Looked after: take care
- Make it up: stop quarreling, come to an agreement with
- Mum: quiet/silent
- Nominate: propose/ suggest someone’s name for something
- Obvious: clear
- Opinion: view, thinking
- Proposed; suggested
- Respected: to have a high opinion of, to show regard
- Seeking: asking for, to make a request
- Seldom: rarely
- Swallowed these insults: tolerated
- Tight spot: difficult situation
- Wretched: poor and unhappy
Chapter 8 A Game of Chance
- Encouraged: to inspire, to motivate a trifle: an object of little value
- Far and wide: a large number of distant places
- Leading: giving direction
- Obliged: to do a favour
- Patted: slapped lightly with love
- Pleased: happy, delighted
- Promised: to give one’s word
- Sympathy: feelings of pity
- Tempt: to attract
- Tradesmen: shopkeepers or people who have goods to sell
- Tricks: to dupe or befool
- Trifle: a thing of little value or price
- Warned: to alert
Chapter 9 Desert Animals
- Amusing: interesting; enjoyable.
- Chipmunks: small ground squirrels having light and dark stripes
- Coil: to turn, to make a loop
- Dodge: move quickly to avoid its enemy
- Domesticated: to tame to keep at home or any other place
- Dunes: heaps of sand formed by the wind
- Forage: search for food
- Frightening: scaring
- Gerbils: mouse-like desert rodents with long hind legs
- Hollow log: a piece of wood having a hole in it.
- Mound: heap
- Nuisance: annoyance
- Pebbly: stony
- Pierce: to make hole into
- Predator: an animal naturally preying on others.
- Rattle: sharp knocking sound
- Scarce: meagre, less in quantity
- Scorching: very hot
- Shaggy: covered with long, untidy hair
- Suspicious: doubtful
- Twittering: Sparrow’s sound
- Venom: poisonous toxin
- Vibration: movement
- Voles: small plant-eating rodents
Chapter 10 The Banyan Tree
- Catapult: a forked stick with an elastic band fastened to the two prongs, used by children for shooting small stones.
- Clearing: an open space in a forest where there are no trees
- Clump: bunch
- Collide: come into conflict
- Combatants: participants in a fight
- Crude: primitive, raw
- Dart: move quickly, suddenly
- Defensive: defending, protective
- Defiance: rebellion; resistance
- During the fig season: the time when figs appeared
- Emerged: came out
- Fangs: long sharp teeth (of a snake or dog)
- Gliding: sliding, moving smoothly
- Glistened: shone
- Grandstand view: a clear view from the best position (a grandstand is a large covered space with rows of seats for people to watch sports)
- Grimly: in a very serious manner
- Invasion: invading a country or region with an armed force
- Magnificent: Marvellous, wonderful
- Mesmerise: here, magically persuade a false move: an unwise action
- Morsels: small bits of food
- Outcome: result
- Perch: repose, settle
- Pieces of food delving: going deep into
- Pretended: acted
- Propping myself up: leaning against
- Pull up: here, stop
- Resent: dislike; feel angry about
- Sacs: a part (of an animal or plant) shaped like a bag
- Shrill: high pitched
- Snout: the nose and mouth of an animal
- Spectators: those who watch a show, games, etc.
- Spy: secret agent, watch secretly
- Squabbling: fighting over small things
- To no avail: with no success
- Twisting: twiddle, turn
- Whipped back: moved…back suddenly