Class 12 English Vistas (Supplementary Reader) Word Meanings

Chapter 4 Journey to the End of the Earth

1	Haori	a loose outer garment worn over the kimono.	किमोनो के ऊपर पहना जाने वाला ढीला बाहरी वस्त्र।	…………….
2	Kimono	a traditional Japanese garment.	कीमोनो	…………….
3	Heedlessly	carelessly	लापरवाही बरतते हैं	forgetful, Hasty, inaccurate.
4	Staggered	walk unsteadily as if about to fall	लड़खड़ाहट	stumble, trip, wobble
5	Leaned	bent forward	झुक जाना	diverge, careen
6	Spiked	covered with sharp points	नुकीला	peaked, edgy, piled
7	a stain of red	blood stain	खून का धब्बा	………..
8	Tended	cared for, looked after	ध्यान देना	pay attention, reck, vouchsafe
9	Solemn	serious and concerned	गंभीर	grave, deep, sedate
10	Stanch	stop or restrict (a flow of blood) from a wound.	रोकना	slowdown
11	Sea moss	a kind of seaweed	सागर काई	…………..
12	Strewed	to be scattered untidily over a place or area	बिखेरना	spread
13	Moaned	a low cry in pain	विलाप करना	deplore, moan, repine
14	Stupor	a state of unconsciousness	मूर्छा	delirium, swoon
15	Repulsion	a strong dislike	घृणा	hate, disgust, aversion
16	Inert	motionless	निष्क्रिय	inactive, passive, idle
17	Battered	torn and worn out	फटा हुआ और पहना हुआ	…………
18	Distress	sadness	परेशान करना	trouble, upset, distemper
19	Pallor	an unhealthy pale appearance	पीलापन	……………
20	Influenza	a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever	एक तरह का बूखार	………….
21	Pulse	heartbeat	दिल की धड़कन	…………..
22	Vitality	energy, life	जीवन शक्ति	spirit, vital breath
23	Menace	danger, threat	खतरा	hazard, peril
24	Bluntly	in a straight – forward manner	रुखाई से स्पष्टतया	………..
25	Courteously	politely	विनयपूर्वक	affably, compliantly, pleadingly
26	Superstitious	irrational beliefs	अंध विश्वासी	valetudinarian
27	Stubbornness	firm determination	दृढ़ता	persistence, tenacity, fixture
28	Fierce	dangerous	भयंकर	awful, horrid, frightful
29	Resistance	the refusal to accept or comply with something	विरोध	resist, protest, opposition
30	Dignity	respect	इज़्ज़त	graces, reverence, veneration
31	Sustained	continued	निरंतर	unremitting, uninterrupted
32	Conviction	firm belief	धारणा	concept, comprehension
33	impulsively	to do something suddenly without thinking	आवेगपूर्वक	spontaneous.
34	Ebbing	decreasing gradually	क्षय	ruin, atrophy
35	Rose	stood up	खड़ा हुआ	………..
36	Chilled	freeze due to cold weather	ठंडा	…………
37	Sterilized	disinfected	कीटाणुरहित किया हुआ	sanitize
38	Concise	short	संक्षिप्त	abbreviated, succinct, summary
39	Anesthetic	a substance that induces insensitivity to pain	निश्चेतक	…………….
40	Superficial	existing or occurring at or on the surface.	सतही	outermost
41	Leaped	jumped	कूदना	recoil, gambol, caper
42	Retching	vomiting	उबकाई आना	keck, spew
43	Ruthless	harsh, merciless	निर्मम	unfeeling, unsparing, cruel
44	Nursed him	taken care of him	रोगी की सेवा करना	…………..
45	beginning to stir	gaining consciousness.	होश में लाना।	wake up, arise
46	Dusk	the time of sunset	गीला	moist, damp, humid
47	Slatternly	dirty, untidy	मैला-कुचैला	slovenly, scruffy, slipshod
48	Prejudice	preconceived idea or opinion	पूर्वधारणा	presupposition, Assumption
49	Bitter	unpleasant	द्वेषपूर्ण	spiteful, malicious, despiteful
50	Dereliction	failure to perform one’s duty	कर्तव्य का त्याग	……………
51	Patriotism	love for one’s country	देश प्रेम	……………..
52	Grateful	thankful	आभारी	obliged
53	Prick	slightest amount	मामूली राशि	littlest, lowest, minimal
54	Cardinal	basic, first	आधारभूत	fundamental, underlying
55	Precise	accurate	ठीक	exact, unspoiled
56	Incisions	surgical cuts	सर्जिकल कटौती	laceration
57	Quivered	shivered	कांपना	trembled, shake
58	Suspected	doubted	शक किया	implausible, Inexplicit
59	Guts	informal word for bravery and determination	साहस	courage, adventure, daring
60	Profound	very great or intense	गहन	deeply, abyssal
61	Twilighted	at the time of twilight i.e. sunset or sunrise.	सन्ध्या	evening
62	Feeble	weak	कमज़ोर	cobwebbed, debilitated
63	Hypodermic	needle	सीरिंज	syringe, injection
64	Thrust	pushed	धमाका	blast, crash
65	Raw	uncooked	कच्चा	unripe, unprepared
66	Apologise	feel sorry	क्षमा मांगना	deplore
67	Gasped	to catch one’s breathe due to astonishment	हाँफ़ना	breathe hard
68	Horizon	the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet, skyline	क्षितिज	skyline
69	Moss	a very small soft green plant	काई	lichen, dartre
70	Pine needles	very thin, sharp leaves that grow on pine trees	देवदार की सुई	…………
71	Marred	spoiled	बिगाड़ना	mess, ruin
72	Contemptuously	disrespectfully	तिरस्कारपूर्वक	insultingly, scornfully
73	Wistaria wine	a flowering plant used for decoration	विस्टेरिया वाइन	…………
74	Traitor	a person who betrays his country	देशद्रोही	disloyal, quisling, parricide
75	Runs out	finishes	ठहरना	stop, pause
76	Assuage	decrease, reduce	कम करना	detract, lower, slacken
77	Kerchief	square piece of cloth	रूमाल	sniffer, hanky, doily
78	Dismayed	shocked	हैरान	upset.
79	Mistress	a woman in a position of authority or control	अधिकार की स्थिति में एक महिला	…………
80	Inclined	bent towards one side	झुका हुआ	sloping, slanting, biased
81	Grieving	in a state of sadness	दु: ख	mourn, grieve
82	Briskly	quickly	तेज	rapidly, quickly.
83	Crimson	bright red colour	गहरा लाल	murrey, damson-coloured
84	Indispensable	necessary	अत्यावश्यक	urgent, essential, pressing
85	sentimentality	being emotional	भावुकता	sensitivity, sensibility, susceptibility
86	execution	legal punishment	कानूनी सजा	legal proceeding.
87	peculiar	strange	अजीब	weird, odd, bizarre
88	Overwhelmed	full of emotions	भावना से भरा हुआ	ardent
89	Assassins	professional killers	हत्यारों	murderer, killer
90	Timid	showing lack of courage or confidence	डरपोक	sneaky, fainthearted, timorous
91	Absolute state	a state run by kings having total powers	पूर्ण अवस्था	………..
92	Reason	an idea backed by common sense	तर्क	logic, argument
93	Gaunt	gloomy, weak	दुर्बल	lean, svelte, frail
94	Stubbly	unshaven	थोड़ी बढ़ी हुई दाढ़ी	bearded
95	Flashlight	torch	टॉर्च	………….
96	Gripping	holding tightly	कसकर पकड़ना	………..
97	Rustling	the sound made by footsteps	सरसराहट	scuffling, sough
98	Twig	branch of tree	टहनी	offset, snag
99	Post	pole	खंभा	strut, pillar, pylon
100	Shaggy	hairy	झबरा	hirsute, brushy, mope-headed
111	Refrain	a sound that is repeated time and again	गीत के अन्त के शब्द	abstain, desist
112	Comprehending	understanding	समझना	deem, perceive
113	Partitions	structures dividing a room into parts	विभाजन	division, split, separation
114	Wail	cry loudly	विलाप	moan, lament, mourning
115	Infected	affected	प्रभावित	impressed, Dominance
116	Crept	crawled	रेंगना	slither, slide, wriggle
117	Gay	happy	खुश मिजाज	glad, bright, joyful
118	Washed	bathed	धोया	clean, scrub, wipe
119	Weary	tired	थका	exhausted, fatigued, overtired
120	Strain	stress	तनाव	tension, exertion, tightness
121	Fortifying	putting security at a place	सशक्त करना	intensify, gird
122	Submerged	here, sink into the sea	जलमग्न	immerse, drown, overflow
123	Fathom	a unit of measuring the depth of the sea.	गहराई का माप	divine, search out, measure the depth of