Class 9th English Beehive Poetry Word Meanings

Unit 5 : The Snake and the Mirror

1	Meagre	small in quantity.	अल्प	scant, little, diminutive
2	Possessed	had	प्राप्त	obtained, acquired, procured
3	Solitary	single	अकेला	alone, lonely, only
4	Gable	upper part of a wall below a sloping roof	गृहशिखर	ceiling, dome, shelter.
5	Taken time off	to take a day off, take a holiday	समय ले लो	unlax, soften
6	Bachelor	a man who is not and has never been married	अविवाहित	celibate, loner
7	Earth-shaking decision	something very important	धरती हिलने का निर्णय	consequential, historic, major
8	On top of it	to add on to something	उसके ऊपर	atop, high.
9	Paced	walked	रफ़्तार	stride, tread, march
10	Valid	logical, justifiable	वैध	recognized, accepted, estimable
11	Wriggled	crawled	छुटकारा	squirm, writhe, jiggle
12	Simultaneous	happened at the same time	समकालिक	contemporaneous, concomitant,coinciding
13	Slithered	Twisting and crawling motion of the snake	चुप हो गया	coast, cower, glide.
14	Hood	head of the snake.	कनटोप	protector, purdah, hooligan
15	Strike	attack	आक्रमण	rigid, scrupulous, severe.
16	Lurked	hid	दुबका हुआ	take cover, sneak, sidle
17	Feebly	weakly	निर्बलता से	effeminately, impotently, incapably
18	Vermilion spot	red bindi	सिंदूर का निशान	cardinal, crimson, flaming.
19	Closer quarters	to get a closer look	बंद कमरे	close, hard
20	Granite	form of a marble, it’s a stone.	ग्रेनाइट	limestone, sandstone, marble
21	Reedy person	a thing or person resembling a tall, thin – leaved plant of the grass family	रेड्डी व्यक्ति	…………….
22	Smeared	covered with	ढका हुआ	denigrated, aspersed, smirched
23	Rascal	a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child or a man, a naught person	दुष्ट	rogue, scoundrel, roguery
24	Taken with	attracted by	साथ लिया	enamored, infatuated.
25	Coil	wind	कएल	loop, twist, curl
26	Full-bonded	frightening	पूर्ण बंधुआ	alarming, dire, dread
27	Homeopath	a kind of doctor	समाचिकित्सक	pharmacopoeia, Acology
28	Attentively	with attention	ध्यान से	fixedly, searchingly, sharply
29	Meal	food	भोजन	diet, eating
30	Familiar	known	परिचित	acquainted, cognizant, intimate
31	Share	lived together	सहभागी होना	portion, part, division
32	Kerosene	paraffin oil	मिट्टी का तेल	naphtha, petroleum
33	Rented	hired	किराए पर	charter, lease, take
34	Earnings	income	कमाई	gross, receive, get
35	Facing	in front of	सामना	contraposition, deal with, envisagement
36	Yard	open space at the front of the back of the house	आंगन	barnyard, courtyard, garden
37	Beam	rafter	कड़ी	nexus, purlin, shackle
38	Close	near	समीप	nigh, nearby, adjoining
39	Tempted	inclined	प्रवृत्त	entice, persuade, convince
40	Adjusted	set	समायोजित	modify, alter, regulate
41	Moustache	hair on the upper lip	मूंछ	whiskers, tentacle
42	Up and down	from one side to another side	ऊपर और नीचे	uneven, vacillating, vertical.
43	Plenty	Much	बहुत सारे	many, affluence.
44	Silly	foolish	मूर्खतापूर्ण	idiotic, senseless, stupid
45	Resumed	took again	फिर शुरू से करना	restart, start again
46	Dull thud	heavy sound	मंद धमाका	plump, thump, vague.
47	Landed	came	उतारा हुआ	inflict, deal, deliver
48	Tremble	shiver	कंपना	quiver, twitch, palpitate
49	Merely	only	केवल	just, simply, solely
50	Image	statue	प्रतिबिंब	sculpture, bust, effigy
51	Drained of	without	निकासी	depleted, weary.
52	Leaden	made of lead	सीसे का	saturnine, plumbic, plumbeous
53	Molten	turned to liquid with fire	पिघला हुआ	fluid, melted, flowing
54	Crushing	pressing hard	पीसना	mill, pulverise, suppress
55	Rinse	wash	खूब धोना	clean, dip, drench
56	Appreciated	valued	सराहना की	respect, prize, cherish
57	Admiring	praising	प्रशंसा करना	extol, exalt, compliment
58	Unwound	uncoiled	खुला हुआ	unravel, untwine, untwist
59	Sprinter	racer	धावक	runner, jogger, walker
60	Leapt	jumped	जोर से उछले	cavort, bounce, plash
61	Willed	desired	इच्छाशक्ति	decree, order, command