Class 9th English English Moments Word Meanings
Unit 3 : Iswaran the Storyteller
1 | Supervisor | a person whose job is to check the work of all the other people | पर्यवेक्षक | manager, director, administrator |
2 | Bachelor | a person who is unmarried | अविवाहित | celibate, loner, stag |
3 | Makeshift | temporary | अस्थायी | changeable, mutable, streaky |
4 | Quarry | mine | खोदना | dig, etch, sculpt |
5 | Asset | advantage | संपत्ति | blessing, distinction, treasure. |
6 | Anecdote | A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | किस्सा | story, tale, narrative |
7 | Desolate | uninhabited, empty | उजाड़ देना | lorn, godforsaken, unlooked-for |
8 | Conjure up | to gather or create with magic | जादू | contrive, create, evoke. |
9 | Zinc sheet shelter | a temporary place to live with the roof made of metallic sheets | जस्ता शीट आश्रय | …………… |
10 | Muttering | speaking in a low voice | गुनगुन | effervescence, gabbing |
11 | Dozing off | falling asleep | झपकी लेना | catnap, doze, drowse. |
12 | Narrative flourishes | detailed descriptions | कथा पनपती है | historical story |
13 | In thrall | The state of being in someone's power | रोमांच में | power, clutches, control |
14 | Arched | curved | धनुषाकार | domed, rounded, bowed |
15 | Gesture | A movement of hands for head to indicate something | इशारे से | pointing, signal, sign |
16 | Handed his papers | resigned | उसके कागजात सौंप दिए | withdraw, abdicate, renounce |
17 | Enormous | huge | बहुत बड़ा | immeasurable, hulking, prodigious |
18 | Timber | wood that has been processed for commercial purposes | इमारती लकड़ी | stick, lumber, fire wood |
19 | Hauled | transported | ढोना | tote, carry, put across |
20 | Prologue | an introductory speech | प्रस्तावना | preface, introduction, foreword |
21 | Elaborate | detailed | विस्तृत करें | extensive, elaborate, comprehensive |
22 | Tusker | an elephant | हाथी | boar, mammoth, mastodon. |
23 | Roam about | move around | घूमते हैं | bat, cruise, drift |
24 | Stamping | hitting with force | मुहर लगाना | seal, deface |
25 | Emulation | Effort to match or surpass a person by imitation or copying | अनुकरण करना | pursuance, chase, emulation |
26 | Outskirts | outer area | सरहद | vicinity, environs, propinquity |
27 | Helter skelter | here and there | इधर - उधर | scatteringly, sometimes, everywhere |
28 | Panic | sudden fear causing unthinkable behaviour | घबड़ाहट | terror, consternation, dread |
29 | Grunted | Made a loud sound | बड़बड़ाया हुआ | groan, cry, squawk. |
30 | Depredations | Attacks which are made to destroy something | लूट-पाट | robbery, despoilment |
31 | Hypnotize | to influence, control or direct completely as by personal charm, words or domination | सम्मोहित करना | mesmerize, put under |
32 | Mastering | putting together | संचालन करना | mastermind, superintend, drive up |
33 | Whacked | hit noisily | ज़ोर से मारना | beat, strike, punch |
34 | Collapsed | fell | ढह गया | be destroyed, tumble down, crash down |
35 | Rapt attention | completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing or hearing | पूरी तरह से मोहित जो कोई देख रहा है | ………….. |
36 | Veterinary doctor | a doctor who specializes in treating animals | पशु चिकित्सक | ……………….. |
37 | Summoned | called | बुलवाना | send for, convene |
38 | Shrug | to raise one's shoulders slightly and momentarily to express doubt, ignorance, or indifference | कंधे उचकाने की क्रिया | beckon, flourish, wave. |
39 | Credible | able to be believed; convincing | विश्वसनीय है | reliable, authentic, Dependable |
40 | Inimitable | Unique Auspicious: good | अव्दितीय | unique, distinctive, individual |
41 | Delicacies | tasty food | स्वादिष्ट भोजन | delight, transparency, smoothness |
42 | Spirits | souls of the dead | आत्मा | life, psyche, vitality |
43 | Ancestors | elders of the family | पूर्वज | manes, elders, forefathers |
44 | Culinary skills | related to cooking | पाक कला | appetizing, comestible, culinary. |
45 | Garish | something which is too colourful and fancy that it is disliked | दिखावटी | lurid, over-bright, glaring |
46 | Supernatural | related to ghosts and spirits | अलौकिक | uncanny, superhuman, psychic |
47 | Reverie | a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream | सपना | trance, fantasy, vision |
48 | Shrivelled | wrinkled and shrunken | मुरझाया हुआ | sere, drowsy, dopy |
49 | Foetus | unborn baby | अजन्मा शिशु | embryo, unborn vertebrate |
50 | Figment | production | उत्पादन | invention, creation, concoction |
51 | Sulk | be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment | उदास होना | yearn, sadden |
52 | Vicinity | nearby area | आसपास का | neighbourhood, local area |
53 | Moan | crying sound | विलाप | lament, mourning, wail |
54 | Prowling | searching | तलाशी करना | slink, steal |
55 | Guttural | sound produced in the throat; harsh sounding | कण्ठस्थ | throaty, husky, gruff |
56 | Resolving | deciding | हल करना | solve , compromise, extricate |
57 | Feline | relating to cats or other members of the cat family | बिल्ली के समान | catlike, cattish |
58 | Panting | breathing heavily | दम घुटना | throttle, choke, stifle |
59 | Ghastly | causing horror and fear | भयंकर रूप से | terrible, frightful, horrible |
60 | Grinned | smiled broadly | मुसकुराना | chuckled, laughed, simpered |
61 | Spine | back bone | रीढ़ की हड्डी | pedestal, dado, verso |
62 | Haunted place | visited by ghosts | प्रेतवाधित स्थान | ghost house, house of horror. |
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