Class 9th English Beehive Poetry Word Meanings

Unit 6 : My Childhood

1	Erstwhile	former	भूतपूर्व	ex, late, quondam
2	Innate	inborn, (a quality or feeling) in one’s nature	जन्मजात	inbred, inherent
3	Generosity of spirit	his soul sought to help others who were needy	आत्मा की उदारता	iberal, munificent, princely
4	Undistinguished	ordinary or common	मामूली	average, commonplace
5	Austere	simple, strict and severe	सीधा-सादा	straightforward, unsophisticated
6	Secure	safe	सुरक्षित	keeping, unbroken
7	Tamarind seeds	kind of fruit	इमली के बीज	……………
8	Princely sum	generous amount (here, ironic)	राजसी राशि	grand, Lavish, magnificent.
9	Anna	an old Indian coin, worth about six paise	एक प्रकार की मुद्रा	…………..
10	Dinamani	a tamil daily newspaper.	एक तमिल अखबार	…………..
11	Isolated	Lonely, cut-off	अलग	separate, distinct
12	Allied Forces	the armies of U.K., U.S.A. and Russia during the Second World War	संबद्ध बल	…………
13	Casualty	loss	आपद	victim, fatality, mortality
14	Suspension	end	निलंबन	adjournment, interruption, delay
15	Halt	stop	विराम	pause, discontinuation, period
16	Filled the slot	fit into a place easily	एक जगह पर आसानी से फिट	………………..
17	Pride	sudden increase in the feeling of satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements.	गौरव	hubris, aplomb, vanity
18	Igures of authority	a person who has the power to give orders or make decisions.	प्राधिकरण के आंकड़े	commanding, imposing, masterful
19	Orthodox	strict	कट्टर	staunch, hard boiled, austere
20	Could not stomach	could not tolerate	बर्दाश्त नहीं कर सका	not accept, not endure.
21	Downcast	sad or depressed	उदास	gloomy, melancholy, sullen
22	Summoned	called	बुलवाना	convene, invite, bid
23	Bluntly	speaking in a direct and honest way, even if this offends or upsets people.	दो टूक	gruffly, flatly, blankly
24	Apologise	seek pardon	क्षमा मांगना	regret, excuse, atone
25	Quit	to leave	छोड़ना	miss, discard, renounce
26	Conviction	a strong opinion or belief	धारणा	notion, concept, comprehension
27	Convey	communicated	पहुंचाना	deliver, carry, cause
28	Optimism	hope, cheer	आशावाद	confidence, buoyancy
29	Segregation	separation	पृथक्करण	dissociation, segregation, severance
30	Longing	desire	लालसा	lust, impulsiveness, passion
31	Conservative	traditional	अनुदार	moderate, reactionary, timid
32	Rebel	in opposition	विद्रोही	insurgent, defiant, insurrectionary
33	Mingle	interact with each other.	संयुक्त होना	commingle, fuse, merge
34	On par	at the same level	उसी स्तर पर	equivalent, identical
35	Ritually pure	kept protected from all outside influences for the observances of religion	पूरी तरह से शुद्ध	decent, clean, apropos.
36	Perturbed	upset	व्याकुल	uneasy, addled, restless
37	Hesitation	doubt	संकोच	delay, puzzlement, bashfulness
38	Confronted	faced, tackled	सामना करना	encounter, front
39	Imminent	about to happen	आसन्न	adjacent, impending, proximate
40	Unprecedented	never done or know before.	अभूतपूर्व	unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched
41	Island	a piece of land	द्वीप	peninsula, reef, haven.
42	Formal	customary	औपचारिक	figurative, ceremonious, regular
43	Disadvantages	shortcomings	नुकसान	loss, harm, deficit
44	Ideal	model	आदर्श	fanciful, fictitious, dreamy
45	Helpmate	helper	सहायक	assistant, subsidiary, auxiliary
46	Recall	remember	याद	memorize, retrace, keep in mind
47	Ancestral	inherited from forefathers	पैतृक	paternal, heritable
48	Limestone	white powder stone	चूना पत्थर	chalkstone, chemical sedimentary rock.
49	Inessential	unnecessary	अनावश्यक	redundant, needless, Immaterial
50	Luxuries	items of excessive comfort	विलास-वस्तुएं	grandeur, splendour, magnificence
51	Materially	economically	वास्तव में	really, indeed, virtually
52	Broke out	started	शुरू	arise, begin, commence.
53	Erupted	came at once	फूटना	fulminate, rupture, dehisce
54	Provision shop	groceries shop	प्रावधान की दुकान	bodega, corner store, food mart.
55	Fetch	Bring	लाना	get, contribute, take
56	Attempt	try	प्रयास	strive, aim, venture
57	Trace	Search	पता लगाना	detection, ascertain, Investigate
58	Emegency	state of crisis	आपातकालीन	crisis, urgent situation, extremity
59	Characteristics	Qualities	विशेषताएँ	features, highlights
60	Specifics	particular	बारीकियों	details, facts, points.
61	Self-disciplane	self-resistant	आत्म अनुशासन	self-control, self-mastery, firmness
62	Upbringing	breeding	लालन - पालन	care, upkeep, cultivation
63	Catering	supply of provisions	खानपान प्रबन्ध	feed, serve, regale
64	Contractor	One who work on a contract	ठेकेदार	erector, fabricator, framer.
65	Prophet	messiah	पैगंबर	fortune teller, clairvoyant, prognosticator
66	Sacred Thread	holy yarn worn around the neck	पवित्र धागा	holy, revered, sanctified
67	Ranking	positions	पद	term, status, chair
68	Shifted	went	बदलना	change, commute, switch
69	Lasting	Parmanent	टिकाऊ	durable, lasting, endurable
70	Respective	own	अपने-अपने	personal, particular, individual
71	Ultimately	in the end	अंत में	eventually, finally
72	Varying	different	बदलना	commute, alter, shift
73	Refused	denied	मना कर दिया	decline, ignore, protest.
74	Seagull	a seabird	समुद्री गल	……………