Class 9th English Beehive Poetry Word Meanings

Unit 10 : Kathmandu

1	Proclaims	make known publicly or officially	घोषणा करना	declare, promulgate, announce
2	Febrile confusion	hurried activity	मलबे का भ्रम	complete chaos, delirium, frenzy.
3	Saffron - clad westerners	foreigners dressed as sadhus	विदेशियों ने साधुओं के रूप में कपड़े पहने	…………….
4	Corpse	dead body	लाश	carrion, cadaver, stiff
5	Wilted	dry and withered	मुरझाया हुआ	droop, sag, shrivel
6	Shrine	a place of worship	पवित्र स्थान	sanctuary, pagoda, fane
7	Protrudes	comes out	निकालना	enucleate, empty, inarm
8	Immigrants	a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.	आप्रवासियों	non-native, foreigner, outsider
9	Haven	a safe place	शरण	refuge, shelter, hideaway,
10	Deities	gods and goddesses	देवताओं	immortal, creator, demiurge
11	Cows low	the ‘moo’ sound made by cows	गायों की आवाज	…………….
12	Marzipan	a sweet made with grated almonds	बादाम की मिठाई	apple pie, banana split, caramel
13	Brazier	open stove	अंगीठी	canister, scuttle, vat.
14	Wash down	to drink something after a meal to digest it	पीना	taste, inhale
15	Nauseating	sickening	वमनकारी	anacathartic, Emetic
16	Propelled	drive or push something forward	चालित	moved, incited, motivated,
17	Per se	by itself	दर असल	essentially, virtually, factually
18	Meditatively	thoughtfully	ध्यानपूर्वक	contemplative, melancholy, pensive
19	Offhanded	casual; not showing much interest in something	तुरत-फुरत शेर कहा हुआ	indifferent, careless, uninterested
20	Fingering	way of placing the fingers to play different notes	स्पर्श	touch, contact, tig
21	Compass	here, range	दिशा सूचक यंत्र	periphery, Circumference, Epicycle
22	Enjoy	take pleasure in	आनंद लें	revel, delight, relish
23	Cheap	not costly	सस्ता	inexpensive, uncostly, threepenny
24	Sign	notice	संकेत	indication, hint, clue
25	Entrance	place for entry	प्रवेश	admission, penetration, access
26	Atmosphere	environment	वातावरण	aerosphere, climate
27	Roam	wander	इधर-उधर भटकना	meander, prowl, ramble.
28	Priest	clergyman	पुजारी	adorer, pontiff, worshipper
29	Motive force	the power behind	प्रेरक बल	power source, initial force.
30	Royal	kingly	शाही	aristocratical, majestical
31	Clad	dressed in	कपड़े पहने हुए	clothed, costumed, wearing
32	Screaming	crying	चिल्ला	blare, roar, shout.
33	Cremated	burnt	अंतिम संस्कार	incinerate, scorch, incremate.
34	Offerings	gifts	प्रसाद	contribution, donation, benefaction
35	Vivid	clear	सुस्पष्ट	glaring, palpable, conspicious
36	Mercenary	business minded	व्यावसायिक दिमाग	money-oriented, grasping, acquisitive
37	Utensils	pots	बर्तन	dishes, apparatus, knife
38	Antiques	relics	प्राचीन	heirloom, treasure, curio
39	Blare out	sing loudly	जोर से गाओ	shout, shriek, toot.
40	Stray	wandering	भटका हुआ	diffuse, unpicked, unplaced
41	Vendors	hawkers	विक्रेता	salesman, dealer, monger
42	Wares	things for sale	माल	cargo, stock, property
43	Roasted	baked	भुना हुआ	grill, spit-roast, broil
44	Pavement	side of the road	फुटपाथ	footpath, pedestrian way, walkway
45	Rubbed	buffed	चमकदार करना	knead, stroke, pat
46	Enthusiam	zeal	उत्साह	prompting, zeal, rapture
47	Homesick	yearning for home	घर के बाहर रहने से खिन्न	wistful, hankering, heartsick.
48	Quills	long thorns	मोड़ना	recurve, turn, divert
49	Occasionaly	from time to time	कभी कभी	sometimes, infrequently, rare
50	Reed	a type of wood	सरकंडा	stick, nib, quill.
51	Drawn	attracted	अनिर्णीत	undecided, unresolved, non committal
52	Specific	special	विशिष्ट	particular, specified, certain
53	Mankind	humanity	मानवता	people, human beings