COMPLETE WORD MEANING, Class-VI
THE NEW DOLL, Rabindranath Tagore
1. accorded – respected, honoured
2. annoy – irritate, disturb
3. approaching – coming
4. artisans – artist, skilled person
5. brave – courage
6. chase – send away
7. countless – unending
8. couple – two
9. craftsman – artist
10. crowd – gathering
11. dictate – tell, orders
12. engrossed – occupied, absorbed, immersed, fully into
13. ferried – carried
14. gazing – looking at
15. heartbroken – very sad
16. impudence – rudeness
17. mohur – gold coin (old use)
18. palace – fort
19. patch – cover, (here) ground
20. realize – understood
21. royal – noble, grand, kingly
22. scared – frightened
23. wistfully – eagerly, with interest
THREE DAYS TO SEE, Helen Keller
24. birch – bark of a tree, plant
25. dawn – before morning
26. delicate – graceful, fine, amazing, wonderful
27. descended – coming back, arrived
28. detect – discover
29. embarrassed – feeling shy, humiliation
30. embrace – hug, hold tight
31. fortunate – lucky
32. haunts – places commonly visited
33. intoxicate – fill oneself with, over excited
34. morsel – a small piece of food
35. obvious – clear
36. occasionally – from time to time
37. pageant – an exhibition showing a succession of events
38. quiver – shiver, tremble, shake
39. recently – just a few day ago
40. relish – a deep sense of enjoyment
41. revealed – shown, expressed
42. shaggy – hairy, having rough surface
43. stricken – hit, attacked
44. symmetry – balanced proportions
45. tactile sense – sense of touch
46. workaday – ordinary
47. worthy of note – important
TOOMAI OF THE ELEPHANT, Rudyard Kipling
48. clean caress – the touch of clean water
49. forest affairs – the activities of animals in the jungle
50. lairs – home of animals
51. masterless – free from a human owner
52. picket stake – a wooden post to which animals are tied
53. snap – break
54. untainted kiss – the feel of pure, clean air
55. wood-folk – people who live in the forest
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE, Oscar Wilde
56. all tears and tatters – clothes that are old and badly torn
57. apologies – sorry
58. battered – shabby, damaged
59. blushing – modest, timid
60. charming – happy, delightful
61. coarse – rough
62. conquest – win, victory
63. dreadful – awful, shocking
64. duffer – foolish person
65. easel – stand, support
66. extravagance – wasteful or careless spending
67. falling to bits – in a very bad condition because of being used over a long time
68. fascinating – very interesting, charming
69. flung – thrown
70. fond of – interested
71. forlorn – sad and lonely
72. freckled face – face with many small, brownish spots
73. guineas – old British coins, each worth 21 shillings
74. profile – details about someone
75. ragged – dirty, shabby
76. rare – uncommon, difficult to find
77. realised – understood
78. reckless – careless
79. relentless – strict and stubborn
80. remark – comment
81. sought after – in demand; everyone’s favourite
82. stammered – not able to say clearly, falter
83. sulkily – in an angry but quiet manner
84. took his leave – said good bye to someone and left
85. worse – bad
86. wretch – miserable, unhappy
87. wretched – very unhappy
THE PRAYING HANDS
88. abused – provoke, scold, injured, ill treated
89. ambition – goal
90. chore – small or odd job
91. commissioned work – paid word
92. eager – interested
93. financed – support with money
94. glanced – look
95. goldsmith – a person who makes or sells things of gold
96. homage – to give respect
97. lawn – yard, garden
98. merely – simply
99. pact – deal, contract, agreement
100. pale – sad
101. pursue – study
102. seemingly – apparently, looks like
103. sensation – emotional, sentiment
104. sobbed – cried
105. stretched – extended
106. take a second look – examine closely
107. the odds are great – it is likely
108. tribute – to give respect
109. triumphant – successful, jubilant
THE STATUE, James Reeves
110. alter – change, adjust
111. foreign – strange, unknown
112. solemn – serious
113. tongue – language
RIP VAN WINKLE, Washington Irving
114. abandoned – left by the owner
115. addled – confused
116. affirmed – supported, confirmed
117. aversion - dislike
118. bristled – (here) stiffened so that hair stood on the end
119. clamour – noisy shouting
120. composition – making, (here) personality
121. dale – a broad valley
122. dinning – making a loud noise
123. flagon – container that usually has a handle, spout and lid for storing liquids
124. fowling piece – a shotgun for shooting birds
125. glen – a narrow valley
126. grizzled – (here) greyish hair
127. jerkin – a short jacket that has no sleeves
128. keg – a barrel for holding liquor
129. knoll – a small round hill
130. lording it over – standing high above
131. mortals – humans
132. of great antiquity – (something) that is there for a long time
133. on the contrary – the opposite of what has been said before
134. outlandish – strange; old
135. perseverance – strong will power to do something
136. playthings – toys and games
137. rambles – long walks for pleasure
138. shingle – a kind of building material used for making roofs
139. singular – unusual
140. toil – hard work
141. tottered – walked in a slow and unsteady way
142. trudging – walking slowly and heavily
143. winging – flying
THE STAR AND THE LILY
144. alighted – landed
145. amusements - entertainment
146. ascertain – find out
147. assume – take on
148. beasts - wild animals
149. begged - requested
150. beneath - below
151. blazing - shining
152. braves - courageous, not afraid
153. brethren – (in old English) brothers
154. buried - covered
155. bush - wood
156. canoe - tiny boat
157. carpeted - covered, buried
158. chieftain - village chief
159. concluded - came to conclusion, ended
160. crier – one who makes public announcements
161. deputed – appointed
162. disaster - damage
163. forefathers - people lived long years ago
164. gliding - slip, sliding
165. herbs - medicine available from plants
166. in want – to lack something; to feel the need
167. inhabitants - people living
168. location - place, area
169. maiden - lady
170. mystery - unsolved
171. omen - sign, warning
172. phenomenon - fact, event, happening
173. plumage - feather covering a bird's body
174. prairie – a wide area of flat land without trees in America
175. precursor – a person or thing that goes before and indicates the approach of something else
176. rejoiced - enjoyed
177. residences - people's dwelling place
178. slumber – (in old English) sleep
179. tame - to bring under control
180. wigwam – a cone-shaped tent of native Americans
181. wilderness - forest
182. yielded – to produced food
183. yonder – over there, far away
LAUGHING SONG, William Blake
184. chorus – a part of a song is repeated by a group of singers
185. dimpling – (here) making waves of ripples as it flows
186. lively - active
187. meadows – green fields
188. merry - happy
189. spread - placed everywhere, scattered
190. stream - fountain
191. wit – ability to be funny and clever
192. woods – forests
LIFE WITH UNCLE KEN, Ruskin Bond
193. annoyed – irritated, not happy
194. appetite – desire, taste, greed
195. appreciated – valued, recognized, supported
196. bright – too much of light, shiny, flashing, glowing
197. casting – post, throwing or projecting upon something
198. concerned – anxious, worried
199. eccentric – strange, odd, unconventional and slightly strange
200. edge – corner, border, side
201. exercise – work, drill, practice, rehearse
202. fabulous – very good
203. fudge – chocolate
204. giant – big, huge, enormous
205. glad – happy, cheerful, pleased
206. including – putting together, incorporating, adding
207. nervous – hesitate, worried, tensed
208. outhouse – a small building that is separated from the main building
209. outhouse – outside the house
210. rage – anger
211. rambling – pleasure walk, words of confusion
212. revenge – retaliate, payback
213. settled – solved, fixed, resolved
214. stuffed – filled, loaded, packed
215. tremendous – great, extremely, vast
216. unusual – not normal, uncommon
217. variety – different, kinds
THE FESTIVAL OF EID, Musshi Premchand
218. ailed – become unwell
219. assault – a sudden, violent attack
220. blisters – wound
221. bravely – with courage, daring
222. crestfallen – very sad and disappointed
223. crowded – populated, gathered
224. cymbals – musical instrument
225. delicious – tasty
226. descended on – arrived at a place, came to a place
227. embrace – hugged
228. excited – happy, overjoyed
229. expensive – costly, required lot of money, worth
230. gathers – coming at a common place
231. hovel – a small poorly built house
232. imagination – dream, thinking
233. injured – wounded, suffering
234. laughs – burst out with smile
235. mendicants – people who live be begging
236. moustaches – beard, whiskers
237. mustard – a kind of tiny seed
238. pale – dull, sad
239. plummeting down – falling straight from a high place
240. relish – enjoy, cherish
241. sacksful – filled into sack
242. stretches – extends, spreads
243. suspects – doubts
244. tambourine – musical instrument
245. temper – behaviour, anger
246. treasure – precious, valuable
247. watches – looking, seeing
DRAGONFLY DILEMMA, Padma Ganapati
248. acrobatics – physical art or exercise
249. amazed – surprised extremely
250. barely – hardly
251. bid – ordered, commanded, (here) suggested
252. consoled – pacify
253. dawned – began
254. distressed – upset, worried
255. efforts – attempts, trying
256. enquired – investigated, finding out
257. exhausted – tired
258. heady – exciting
259. inhabited – lived in
260. intoxicated – trance of excitement, affected, charmed
261. laboriously – with great pain
262. lethargy – a state of having no energy and feeling very to tired, tired, fatigued
263. lies – exists, remains
264. metamorphosis – a complete change
265. puzzled – tricked
266. recollected – remembered
267. rejoiced – celebrated, enjoyed
268. scurried – moved about quickly or hurriedly
269. shirking – remove, darting
270. slippery – smooth and cannot be climbed
271. spied – noticed secretly
272. stalk – stem, soft and thin stick
273. terribly – too much
274. tranquil – calm
275. transformation – a complete change
276. vain – loss, waste
THE ADVENTURE OF ROBIN HOOD
277. arrived – came
278. beasts – wild animals
279. behold – look at or see somebody or something
280. blend – mixed
281. broken the law – committed a crime
282. cautious – careful
283. clad – dressed
284. concerned – thoughtful
285. creaking – breaking
286. disposal – removal
287. doffs his cap – takes off his cap as a sign of respect
288. escaping – run away
289. escort – accompany, support
290. goal – jail
291. guise – disguise
292. gurgle – babble
293. handsomely – generously
294. imitating – copying
295. in vain – failed, without any success
296. merrie – happy, cheerful
297. nary – not a single
298. offal – the inner parts of an animal
299. outlaws – people who have broken the law and have not been arrested
300. profit – earning
301. quibble – objection
302. rickety – shaky, unstable
303. rotting – spoiled, damaged
304. rumoured – gossip, spoken about
305. scoundrel – a person who is cruel or dishonest
306. starry – full of star
307. strangers – unknown
308. towering – tall, high
309. unpleasant – not comfortable, odd
310. venison – meat from a deer
311. yonder – over there
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