Glossary | Compulsory English XII | ESSAYS | 5. Human Rights and the Age of Inequality | by Samuel Moyn

 

Unit 3: ESSAYS

5. Human Rights and the Age of Inequality

Samuel Moyn

 

Glossary

accommodated	to provide somebody with a room or place to sleep, live or sit	समायोजित
ascendancy	the position of having dominant power or control	आरोहण
aspirations	a strong desire to achieve something high or great	आकांक्षाहरू
assertion	insistent and positive affirming, maintaining, or defending	दावी
atrocities	an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury	अत्याचार
belatedly	in a way that comes or happens late	ढिलो गरी
benevolent	kind, charitable	दयालु, परोपकारी
canonically	conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure	प्रामाणिक रूपमा
condemned	declared to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil	निन्दनीय, गलत, वा दुष्ट घोषित
consensus	a general agreement about something	सहमति
consent	agreement to do something, give permission	सहमति
countercyclical	opposing the trend of a business or economic cycle	प्रतिचक्रीय
Croesus	Croesus was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC.	क्रोएसस राजा
Declaration	an official or formal statement	घोषणा
decolonization	the process of a colony becoming independent	उपनिवेशीकरण
destitution	lack of sth	विपन्नता
devastated	brought to a state of ruin or destruction	ध्वस्त
Doppelganger	alter ego	अहंकार बदल्नु
ecumenical	relating to, representing the whole of a body churches	विश्वव्यापी
egalitarian	showing or holding a belief in equal rights, benefits and opportunities for everybody	समतावादी
egalitarianism	showing or holding a belief in equal rights, benefits and opportunities for everybody	समतावाद
elevated	prominent	प्रमुख
enlightened	having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook	तर्कसंगत, आधुनिक, प्रबुद्ध
entitlements	the official right to have or do something	अधिकारहरू
enumenical	relating to, or representing the whole of a body churches	संख्यात्मक
epoch-making	of major importance; likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time	युग निर्माण
excessive	greater than what seems reasonable or appropriate	अत्यधिक
flawed	having a defect or imperfection	त्रुटिपूणर्
foreordained	destined or ordained in advance	पूर्वनिर्धारित
fundamentalism	a movement in 20th century Protestantism emphasizing the literally interpreted Bible as fundamental to Christian life and teaching	कट्टरवाद
generosity	kindness	दया, उदारता
genocide	the deliberate killing of a nation or race of people	नरसंहार
ginger	exciting	रोमाञ्चक, अदुवा
guises	a way in which somebody/something appears, often in a way that is different from usual or that hides the truth about them/it	बहाना
harmony	a pleasing combination or arrangement of different things	संयोजन, सद्भाव
indigence	a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking, very poor	अशक्तता
lore	traditional belief	परम्परागत विश्वास, विद्या
magnanimous	generous in forgiving an insult	उदार
melioration	enhance, improve	सुधार
menace	threat	खतरा
outrage	an act of violence	आक्रोश
outstrips	to become larger, more important, than sb/sth	महत्वपूणर्
parable	a story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth	दृष्टान्त
peg	nail, pin	कील, पिन
placated	to soothe, appease, pacify	सन्तुष्ट
polestar	a directing principle, guide	सिद्धान्त
portended	indicate, signify	संकेत गर्नु
preamble	a statement or introduction that comes before sth spoken or written	प्रस्तावना
predecessor	ancestor	पुर्खा
prevailed	to defeat an opponent especially in a long or difficult contest	प्रबल
privileges	a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others	विशेषाधिकारहरू
proclaimed	to declare publicly	घोषणा गर्नु
provoke	to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect	उक्साउने
reigning	to rule	शासन गर्नु
relinquishment	give up	हार मान्नु
repression	the action of forcing desires	दमन
restraining	to prevent from doing, exhibiting, or expressing something	रोक लगाउने
smokescreen	disguise, a cloud of smoke created to conceal military operations	भ्रमित पार्नु
socialism	a system of society or group living in which there is no private property	समाजवाद
span	an extent, stretch, reach, or spread between two limits	पहुँच
spawned	to cause something to develop or be produced	विकास गर्नु
Staggeringly	astonishing, overwhelming	अचम्मको
stark	strong	बलियो, कडा
stereotype	a fixed idea or image that many people have of a particular type of person or thing, but which is often not true in reality	रुढीवादी
stigmatized	to describe or consider sb/sth as sth very bad, worthy or of extreme disapproval, etc.	कलंकित
toppled	overthrown, defeat	परास्त, हार
totalitarian	of or relating to centralized control by an autocratic leader or hierarchy	अधिनायकवादी
triumph	victory, achieve	विजय
trivialize	minimize	घटाउनु, तुच्छ मान्नु
tweaked	twist or pull sharply	तीव्र रूपमा तान्नु
unprecedented	never done or known before	अभूतपूर्व
upkeep	preserve, running	मर्मतसम्भार
utopia	an ideal and perfect state	आदर्श राज्य
utter destitution	complete poverty	विपन्नता, गरिबी