Class 8 Students' Companion Vocabulary List
Proverbs
1. A book holds a house of gold.
2. A fault confessed is half redressed.
3. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
4. A lie begets a lie.
5. A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
6. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
7. Better to be alone than in bad company.
8. An old fox is not easily snared.
9. Barking dogs seldom bite.
10. Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
11. Great oaks grow from small acorns
12. If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.
13. Let bygones be bygones.
14. Best things in life are free.
15. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Figurative Expressions
1. The apple of discord
2. To backbite a person
3. To keep the ball rolling
4. A wet blanket
5. A bone of contention
6. By leaps and bounds
7. The breadwinner
8. To catch one's eye
9. To square the circle
10. To take up the cudgels
11. To be at daggers drawn
12. To eat one's words
13. At his wit's end
14. In good faith
15. A feather in one's cap
16. A good Samaritan
17. To harp on the same string
18. To eat humble pie
19. The long and short of it
20. In the nick of time
ONE WORD FOR MANY WORDS:
1. Coterie
2. Rabble
3. Hamlet
4. Janitor
5. Costermonger
6. Rhetoric
7. Etymology
8. Gregarious
9. Inflorescence
10. Consignee
11. Infallible
12. Udometer
13. Axiom
14. Soliloquy
15. Hackneyed
16. Verbatim
17. Monopoly
18. Versatile
19. Roster
20. Parsimonious
IDIOMS – 20
1. Rise to the occasion (cope with the circumstance)
2. See eye to eye (to agree)
3. Fair/square deal (a fair bargain)
4. First and foremost (most important duty)
5. Face the music (to meet criticism that follows one’s own actions)
6. Fall out (quarrel)
7. Feather one’s own nest (to make money by dishonest means)
8. From one hand to mouth (to have just enough to live on)
9. From pillar to post (from one place to another in an upsetting way)
10. To grope in the dark (to search in vain)
11. To grease the palm (to bribe)
12. To gain ground (make progress, begin to succeed)
13. To get on one’s nerves (to become a nuisance)
14. To give the cold shoulder (to treat indifferently)
15. Hit the nail on the head (express/guess correctly)
16. Herculean task (difficult work)
17. In the nick of time (at the last moment)
18. To kick up a row (create disturbance)
19. To keep one’s word (to keep one’s promise)
20. To leave no stone unturned (to do one’s utmost)
SYNONYMS:
1. Abandon – desert, forsake, leave, relinquish,
2. Abundant – ample, copious, plentiful
3. Amend – improve, ameliorate
4. Assent – consent, acquiesce, agree
5. Beg – implore, solicit, supplicate, beseech
6. Busy – industrious, assiduous, nimble, active
7. Candid- ingenuous, frank, open, straightforward
8. Clever-versatile, precocious, ingenious
9. Cross-fretful, ill-tempered, crusty, ill-humoured
10. Entice-lure, persuade, allure
11. Cruelty-oppression, tyranny, persecution
12. Emancipate-free, liberate, release
13. Eradicate-exterminate, eliminate, destroy
14. Frugal-thrifty, economical, sparing
15. Hinder-obstruct, impede, thwart
16. Prattle-chatter, jabber, gabble
17. Predict-presage, herald, foretell
18. Quiet-calm, tranquil, serene, placid
19. Recruit-tiro ,novice, apprentice, amateur
20. Rude-insolent, Impolite, offensive
21. Oratory-eloquence, rhetoric
22. Souvenir-momento, memorial, token ,relic
23. Surrender-yield, relinquish, abandon, submit
24. Weak-feeble, infirm, frail ,flimsy
25. Silent-reticent, taciturn, speechless
ANTONYMS:
1. Amateur-Professional
2. Affirmative – Negative
3. Benevolent -Malevolent
4. Bravery- Cowardice
5. Condemn -Exonerate
6. Dainty -Clumsy
7. Dismal-Cheerful
8. Conceal-Reveal
9. Analysis-Synthesis
10. Feeble- Sturdy/Strong
11. Gaiety-Melancholy
12. Hasten- Dawdle
13. Indolent-Diligent
14. Indigenuous-Exotic
15. Lofty- Lowly
16. Harmony-Discord
17. Merry-Mirthless
18. Novice-Veteran
19. Prospective-Retrospective
20. Valour-Cowardice
21. Graceful-Hideous
22. Lazy-Industrious
23. Prudence-Indiscretion
24. Pugnacious-peaceful
25. Obligatory-Voluntary
