Class 10 English (Hornbill) POETRY Word Meanings

Chapter 3 Two Stories About Flying

S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	Synonyms
1	Ascending the sky	the act of rising up through the air	आकाश पर चढ़ना	flying in sky, rise up
2	Beckoning	gesture	इंगित	signal, wave, motion
3	Beneath	under	नीचे	down, below, underneath
4	Compass	instrument for telling direction	दिशा सूचक यंत्र	scope, range, extent
5	Flapped	(of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly	फड़फड़ाया	flutter, agitate, swing
6	Frightened	terrified	डरा हुआ	fearful, afraid, scared
7	Herring	a soft-finned sea fish	एक प्रकार की मछली	amphioxus, cavally, Eel
8	Monstrous	horrible	राक्षसी	demonic, infernal
9	Runway	a strip of hard ground along which aircraft take off and land	मार्ग	route, path, passage
10	Shrieking	making a high-pitched piercing cry or sound	ज़ोर से चिल्लाना	howl, squeak, scream
11	Strangely	in a strange manner	अजीब तरह से	prodigiously, quizzically, rummily
12	Brink	the extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body or water	किनारा	strand, edging, confines
13	Cackle	laugh in a loud, harsh way	खिलखिलकर हंसना	guffaw, chuckle, giggle
14	Cawed	utter a caw	जगाया हुआ	cackle, hoot, screech.
15	Commended	praised	प्रशस्त	expansive, smashing, nifty
16	Courage	boldness	साहस	adventure, daring, spunk
17	Cowardice	lack of bravery	कायरता	effeminacy, recreancy, poltroonery
18	Curvetting	perform a series of jumps on the hind legs	घटता हुआ	bounding, hopping, leaping,
19	Derisively	in a manner expressing contempt or ridicule.	उपहासपूर्वक	disdainful, insulting, mocking.
20	Desperate	full of disappointment	निराश	frustrated, hopeless, despondent
21	Devour	eat quickly	निगलना	ingest, swallow, ingulf
22	Expanse	a wide continuous area of something	चौड़ा क्षेत्र	stretch, sweep, tract
23	Followed	chased	पीछा करना	ensue, pursue, chevy
24	Glad	happy	प्रसन्न	cheery, complacent, hilarious
25	Halted	stopped	रुका हुआ	cease, finish, discontinue
26	Headlong	with the head foremost	लंबे समय तक	reckless, precipitate, rash
27	Hump	a rounded raised mass of earth or land	उभार	protuberance, lump, bump
28	Immediately	at once	तुरंत	instantly, quick, forthwith
29	Ledge	a narrow horizontal shelf projecting from a wall (or here) a cliff	पहाड़ से निकली चट्टान	shelving, projection, protrusion
30	Looking forward to	waiting eargerly	प्रतीक्षा करना	anticipating, awaiting, expecting,
31	Muster	gather	एकत्र होना	forgather, close up, congregate
32	Obedient	one who obeys	आज्ञाकारी	compliant, dutiful, meek
33	Plaintively	sad	शोकपूर्ण ढंग से	agonizingly, bitterly, dolefully
34	Plunge	jump or dive	डुबकी लगाना	dip, submersion
35	Preening	to clean its feathers	संवारना	tidy, arrange, plume
36	Ridges	a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed	पर्वत पृष्ठ	mound, knoll, pimple
37	Scrapped	discard	फेंकना	emit, shove, plunk
38	Seagull	a bird that lives near the sea and has short legs, long wings, and white and grey feathers	सीगल	…..............
39	Seized	grab	छीनना	snatch, shear, pillage
40	Shrilly	with a high pitched and piercing voice or sound	तीव्र कर्कश आवाज से	acute, high-pitched, loud.
41	Skim	touch lightly	हल्के से स्पर्श करें	cream, glide, move lightly
42	Soaring	flying or rising high in the air	उड़नेवाला	flying, volatile
43	Swooped	(especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air	झूलकर उतरना	descend, sweep, pounce
44	Taunting	mocking	मज़ाक करना	droll, jest, poke fun
45	Twisted	shook	मुड़ गया	perverted, warped, deviant
46	Upbraiding	scold	फटकार	reprimand, castigation, Invective
47	Uttered	make a sound with one’s voice	मुंह से उत्पन्न करना	emit, let out, produce
48	Vast	big	विशाल	massive, cyclopean, decuman