Class 12 English (Hornbill) POETRY Word Meanings

Chapter 4 A Thing of Beauty

S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	Synonyms
1	Bower	A shady place under the tree	कुटी	pavilion, canopy
2	Morrow	The following day	सवेरा	daybreak, morn
3	Wreathing	surround, encircle	घेरना	zone, limit
4	Despondence	depressed	निराशा	gloom, dejection
5	Brink	edge	किनारा	strand, brim, confines
6	Boon	blessing	वरदान	bonus, godsend
7	Rills	a small stream	एक छोटी सी धारा	arroyo, beck, bourne
8	Brake	a process to slow down	ब्रेक	declerate, slow
9	Grandeur	high rank or socially important	शान	magnificence, state, scintillation
10	Mighty	enormous	विशाल	giant, spacious, gigantic
11	Immortal	never dying	अमर	undying, deathless

Chapter 5 A Roadside Stand

S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	Synonyms
1	Sped	Crossing with high speed	तेज दौड़	dash, speed
2	Pathetically	Earnestly	आग्रहपूर्वक	sincerely, intently
3	Pled	Pleaded, Requested	निवेदन करना	submit, tender, address
4	Dole	Gift, Free of cost	बांटना	dispense, distribute
5	Sinking	Drowning	डुबकी	dip, plunge, submersion
6	Withering	Decay, Getting Bad	नष्ट होते	destroy, ruin
7	Faint	Unconscious	मूर्च्छित होना	ill-defined
8	Polished	Beautiful	विनीत	respectful, gentle
9	Landscape	Scenery	परिदृश्य	Topography, View
10	Marred	Disturbed	आघात	aggression
11	Artless	Ugly	अनाड़ी	clumsy, talentless, awkward
12	Wild berries	Berries grown in jungle	जंगली जामुन	………………
13	Quarts	Container	पात्र	character, vessel, personage
14	Crook-necked	Having long neck	क्रूक गर्दन	………….
15	Mean	Selfish	तुच्छ	insignificant, measly
16	Hurt	Insult, Disappointed	चोट	crista, dint, concussion
17	Crossly	Being angry	गुस्सा होना	violently.
18	Trusting	Believing	विश्वास करना	rely, realize
19	Expand	Grow, Become rich	बढ़ना	proceed, increase, surmount
20	Pitiful	Showing pity	रहमदिल	merciful, clement, soft-hearted
21	Kin	Family members	रिश्तेदार	relative
22	Gas	Fuel	ईंधन	combuatible
23	Beneficent	Charitable, Helping	दयालु	compassionate, Benignant, accommodating
24	Swarm	To make a group	दल	party, batch, gang
25	Soothe	Reduce the problem	पीड़ा कम करना	conciliate
26	Wits	Being alert and active	सक्रिय होना	intelligent, cleverness
27	Bear	Tolerate	सहना	endure, suffer, last
28	Longing	Desire, Wish	मुराद	purport, object, tenor
29	In vain	Not successful	बेकार	waste, worthless
30	Lurks	Spreads, Moves close by	घूमता है	travel
31	Squeal	A sharp sound	चिल्लाहट	outcry, shouting, scream
32	Plow up	to turn	मुँह फेरना	break, furrow

Chapter 6 Aunt Jennifer_s Tiger

S.No.	Word	Meanings	Meanings (in hindi)	Synonyms
1	Prance	Walk or run energetically	उछल-कूद	bounce off, frisk, pulsate
2	Topaz	A gem of yellow colour	पीले रंग का एक रत्न	………….
3	Denizens	Resident, Inhabitant	निवासी	occupant, population
4	Beneath	Under	नीचे	down, below
5	Pace	Move	चाल	gait, ploy, movement
6	Sleek	Slender, Gentle	सज्जन	noble, gently born
7	Chivalric	Polite and kind behaviour	शिष्टता	gentleness
8	Fluttering	Shaking	फहराता	Tremble
9	Ivory	Colour similar to white	हाथी दांत	cream-colored, off-white
10	Hard	Difficult	कठिन	arduous, uphill, stiff
11	Wedding Band	weddding ring	शादी का बैंड
12	Sits heavily	Great burden	बोझ उठाना	load, cargo
13	Terrified	Frightened	भयाकुल	scared, horrified
14	Ordeals	Troubles	परख	difficulties
15	Mastered by	Used to	द्वारा हस्तमैथुन किया गया	familiar with, habituated