Glossary | Compulsory English XII | ESSAYS | 4. Humility | by Yuval Noah Harari

 

Unit 3: ESSAYS

4. Humility

Yuval Noah Harari

 

Glossary

 

annihilated	to destroy sb/sth completely	पूणर्रूपमा नष्ट गर्नु
ascribe	give something as a cause, assign	लेख्नु, दिनु
Aztecs	The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521	मेसोअमेरिकन संस्कृति
barbarous	cruel or wild	बर्बर
chutzpah	extreme self-confidence, audacity	चरम आत्म-विश्वास, साहस
concubines	in countries a man can legally have more than one wife	बहु पत्नी प्रथा
crass	thoughtless and vulgar	विचारहीन र अश्लील
debunks	expose	पर्दाफास
disintegrate	to break or cause sth to break into small parts or pieces	विघटन
egotism	the practice of thinking and talking too often or too much about oneself	अहंकार
embedded	to fix sth. deeply and firmly in a mass of sth.	दृढतापूर्वक
fringe	the front part of sb’s hair, cut so that it hangs over the forehead	किनारा, जुल्फि
genesis	origin of sth	उत्पत्ति
grandiose	more elaborate than necessary	भव्य
linchpin	the most important thing	सबैभन्दा महत्त्वपूणर् कुरा
ludicrous	ridiculous, absurd	हास्यास्पद, बेतुका
nativists	an indigenous inhabitant	आदिवासी
Orthodox Jews	Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism	यहूदी धर्म
rabbis	religious master in Judaism	यहूदी धार्मिक गुरु
retort	make a quick reply to an accusation or a challenge	प्रतिवाद
revelation	information revealed, a surprising thing	प्रकटीकरण
revolve	rotate	घुम्ने
Secular	non-religious	धर्मनिरपेक्ष
spectacular	impressive	प्रभावशाली, दर्शनीय
Talmud	Jewish religious book	यहूदी धार्मिक पुस्तक
wellspring	source	मुहान, कुवा
wilful	knowingly	जानाजान, इच्छाशक्ति