Class 10 English (Hornbill) POETRY Word Meanings

Chapter 4 From the Diary of Anne Frank

1	Musings	a period of reflection or thought	सोच	thinking, brooding, consideration
2	Adorable	lovable, cute	अति आकर्षक	asthore, Idol, love worthy
3	Confide	to tell personal things privately to a person that one trusts	विश्वास करना	believe, give credit to, rely
4	Contrary	opposite in nature, direction, or meaning	विपरीत	against, adverse, antagonistic
5	Enhance	intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.	बढ़ाना	Enlarge, develop, Eke
6	Farewell	an act of parting or of making someone’s departure	बिदाई	goodbye, adieu, hooray
7	Intended	planned	प्रयोजन रखने का	deliberate, intentional, calculated
8	Listless	with no energy or interest	उदासीन	indifferent, nostalgic, effortless
9	Not to lose heart	not be discouraged	हतोत्साहित न हों	fearless, indomitable, steadfast.
10	Old fogey	an old fashioned person	पुरानी प्रसिद्धि	pensioner, elderly person, old-timer.
11	Quaking	shake or tremble	बुझाना	quiver, shiver, shudder
12	Roared	laughed (here)	दहाड़े मार कर हंसना	loud, prospering, thrifty
13	Annoyed	slightly angry; irritated	नाराज	disgruntled, indisposed, shirty
14	Assigned	gave crammed	नियत	Fixed, stipulated, prescribed
15	Celebration	festivity	उत्सव	fete, feast, function
16	Chatterbox	a person who likes to chatter; talkative	गप्पी	telltale, peddler, blab
17	Convincing	capable of causing someone to believe that something is true or real; powerful	समझानेवाला	cogent, persuasive, potent
18	Dedication	commitment	निष्ठा	enthusiasm, zeal, diligence
19	Depressed	sad	उदास	dreary, gloomily, crest fallen
20	Dummies	an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one	पुतली	imbecile, dullard, moron
21	Emigrated	leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.	स्वदेश त्यगना	relocate, resettle, defect
22	Exhausted	completely used up	थका	tired, aweary, spun
23	Fault	mistake	दोष	blame, defect, flaw
24	Forthcoming	imminent	आगामी	next, ensuing, future
25	Get along	deal with	तरक़्की करना	progress, succeed, flourish
26	Glances	take a brief or hurried look	झलक	glimpse, peep, flash
27	Grandama	grandmother	दादी	granny
28	Incorrigible	not able to be changed	असुधार्य	inveterate, incurable, unreformable
29	Ingenuity	the quality of being clever, original and inventive	कौशल, सरलता	simplicity, ingenue, dexterity
30	Inherited	derived genetically from one's parents or ancestors.	वंशागत	assume, take over, come into
31	Jotted	write (something) quickly	संक्षेप में लिख देना	note down, put on paper
32	Liable	likely (here)	संभाव्य	probable, imaginable, plausible
33	Mistress	a woman in a position of authority or control	मालकिन	captain, woman-leader, chief.
34	On the surface	apperently	सतह पर	evidently, ostensibly, presumably
35	Outbursts	a sudden release of strong emotion	प्रकोप	eruption, explosion, flare-up.
36	Pleading	to make an emotional appeal	सानुरोध याचना	petition, supplicate, importune
37	Plunge	jump or dive quickly	डुबकी लगाना	submersion, dipping, diving
38	Proceeded	to begin a course of action	प्रवृत्त होना	progress, carry on, press on
39	Prompted	provoke	उसकाना	stimulate, spur
40	Ramble	to talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential ways	असंबंद्ध बात करना	chatter, babble, prattle
41	Ridiculous	deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd	बेहूदा	fibbertigibbet, inept, Laputan
42	Several	many	कई, विविध	various, sundry, divers
43	Solemn	characterised by deep sincerity	संस्कारपूर्ण	dignified, ceremonial, stately
44	Staked	bet, chanced	दाँव लगाना	controvert, impugn, make a match
45	Trait	quality	विशेषता	specialty, characteristic, predominance
46	Unpredictable	not able to be predicted; changeable	अप्रत्याशित	incalculable, uncertain, unsure
47	Verse	writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme	श्लोक	poetry, Parnassus, poesy