Class 11 English (Hornbill) POETRY Word Meanings

S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	Synonyms
1	Paddling	walking	पानी में चलना
2	Transient	short-term; temporary	अस्थायी	temporary, short-lived, short-term, ephemeral
3	Snapshot	photograph	फ़ोटो	picture, photo, image
4	Silences	a complete absence of sound	शांति	quiet, stillness, soundlessness, peace
5	Still	motionless	शांत	hush, tranquillity, noiselessness
6	Washed	touched	प्रक्षालित	unhinged, deranged
7	Terribly	greatly / at fast speed	बहुत ज़्यादा	very, extremely
8	Wry	sad / disappointed	उदास	annoyed, irritated
9	Sea holiday	an outing for pleasure		journey, boat trip.
10	Holding	having	छुट्टी	possessions, belongings, valuables

S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	SYNONYMS
1	Twitching	sudden jerk movement	झटके से खींचना	spasm, convulse, flutter
2	Chirrup	a bird making repeated high-pitched sounds	चहचहाना	chirp, chitter
3	Startlement	feeling or showing sudden shock	भौंचक्का	spooked, Stunned, surprised.
4	Abrupt	rapid	आकस्मिक	sudden, immediate, instantaneous
5	Chitterings	to make a chattering sound	चहकना	jargoning, peeping
6	Tremor of wings	involuntary vibration of the wings	पंखों का कसाव	quivering, Wobble
7	Trilling	to produce a chirruping sound	कंपित ध्वनि	vibrate, shudder
8	Trembles	to shake	कँपाना	vibrate, tremble, quiver
9	Thrills	a sudden feeling of excitement	उत्तेजना	stimulation, sensation, glow
10	Barred	stripy	बाधित	bolt, lock, secure, block



S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	SYNONYMS
1	Vaguely	not clearly	अस्पष्ट रूप से	ambiguous, Dubious, equivocal.
2	Descend	come down	नीचे आना	sink, subside, dive
3	Lave	wash or bathe	धोना / नहलाना	float, imbue
4	Atomies	small particles	परमाणु	dust , particle
5	Latent	hidden/buried	छिपा हुआ	dormant, quiescent, inactive
6	Eternal	never-ending	अनन्त	unending, timeless
7	Impalpable	which cannot be described	अस्पृश्य	insubstantial, incorporeal
8	Shower	light rain	फुहारा	drizzle, downpour
9	Drought	dry situations	सूखे के लिए	dry weather, lack of rain
10	Dust layers	deposit of fine dust settled on every object of the earth	धूल परतों के लिए	……..

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