Glossary | Poem | 10. Lord ! Make Me a Sheep by Laxmi Prasad Devkota | NEB Grade XII | Major English

 

Poem

10. Lord! Make Me a Sheep

by Laxmi Prasad Devkota

 

Glossary

 

abode	a place of residence	निवास
abused	ill treated	दुर्व्यवहार गरेको
anguish	pain	पीडा
a sword of Damocles	a bad or unpleasant thing that makes frightened	तर्साउने बस्तु
bane	something that causes trouble and make people unhappy	दुख दिने
bass bleat	cry of a sheep	भेडाको रोदन
blaspheme	to speak in a way that shows irreverence for God	निन्दा
blemish	mark	दाग
cat	lured	लोभ्याउनु
crunch	crush with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound	टुक्रयाउनु
deception	cheating	धोका
distorted	twisted, or changed	विकृत
ecstatic	overjoyed	उत्साहित
enkindle	to set on fire	जलाउने
ewes	female sheep	भेडा
fraternal	friendly	भाइचारा
incline	slope	झुकाव
magnificent	impressively beautiful	भव्य
mire	swamp, trouble	हिलाम्मे
pious	devoutly religious	धार्मिक
pomp	ceremony and splendid display, especially at a public event	धूमधाम
pyre	a pile or heap of wood rise high or done it to excess	चिता
rag bits	something unimportant	महत्वहीन
Raurab	a hell explained in Garuda Purana	रौरब
shriek	a high-pitched piercing cry or sound, a scream	चिच्याउदै
Shrodding	garment, shroud	बस्त्र
Shukabahattars	a book that needs historical reference let’s wait	शुकाबहत्तर
snot-filled	mucus, offensive things	सिगान भरिएको
soar	rise high	उकालो
sting	hurt	डंक, डस्नु
stoop	bend	झुक्नु
succulent	tasty	रसीला
surfeit	cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed	अघाउनु
tattered	old and bad or torn condition	बिग्रिएको
variegated	having differently coloured sports	विविधरंगी
vines	grapes	बेलहरू
virtues	behaviour showing high moral standards	गुणहरू
void	completely empty	शून्य
witch	a woman with magic power	बोक्सी
worn-out	exhausted	थकित
yoking	combining or connecting two things	जुवा गर्दै