Glossary | Compulsory English XII | SHORT STORY | 3. A Devoted Son | by Anita Desai

 

Unit 1: Short Stories

2. A Respectable Woman

by Kate Chopin

 

Glossary

agonized	suffered by great physical pain	दुखित
altered	change	परिवर्तन
Ambassador	an automobile manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India, in production from 1958	राजदूत
arthritis	joint pain	बाथ रोग
awed	filled with awe or wonder	आश्चर्यले भरिएको
bawled	shout	कराउनु
beaming	smiling broadly; grinning	मुस्कुराउँदै
Bedlam	confusion	भ्रम
bolsters	cushion	कुशन
bowel	intestine	आन्द्रा
coaxing	persuasive	प्रेरक
contemptuous	scornful	अपमानजनक
contrived	forced	जबरजस्ती
craved	ask for, feel a powerful desire for	लालसा
croak	cough	खोकी
crossed off	given to	दिइएको
dab	pat, smudge, soak	थोपा, धब्बा, भिजाउनु
dangling out	swing, wave	झुन्ड्याउँदै, लहर
decrepit	old, feeble	जीणर्
delicacy	fine food item	स्वादिष्टता
desolate	feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness	उजाड
dire prophet	grim / serious, a person regarded as an inspired teacher	प्रेरित
distraught	upset	उदास, विचलित
divan	sofa, coach	सोफा
drongo	a singing bird	चरा
encomiums	a piece of writing that praises someone or something highly	उच्च प्रशंसा
enema	a procedure in which liquid or gas is injected into the rectum, to expel its contents or to introduce drugs or permit X-ray imaging	एनीमा, प्रशोधन
exaggeration	overstatement	अतिशयोक्ति
exasperating	intensely irritating and frustrating	आक्रोशित
exemplary	excellent	उत्कृष्ट, उदाहरणीय
fathom	understand	बुझ्नु
filial	dutiful, devoted	कर्तव्यनिष्ठ, समर्पित
frugal	simple and plain and costing little	मितव्ययी
gastroenteritis	a disease triggered by the infection and inflammation of the digestive system	ग्यास्ट्रीक
gaunt	thin	पातलो
gloated	pleased	खुशी
gobbling	gobble, eat hurriedly and noisily, gulp, devour, pile, chunk	हतारमा खानु
gratifying	giving pleasure or satisfaction	सन्तोषजनक
hard-spun	twisted	घुमाइएको
hawking	having food, hunt for food	खाना खोज्नु
hem	edge, border	किनारा, सीमाना
hubbub	a loud confusing noise	भ्रामक आवाज
huddled	disorderly manner	अव्यवस्थित, झुन्डिएको
hypocritical	characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel	कपटी
indulgent	kind, tolerant	दयालु, मनमोहक
jarred	jolt, shake, jerk	झटका, हल्लाउने
let off	forgive, release	माफ गर्नु
martyrdom	suffering, death, agony	पीडा, मृत्यु
medley	combination	संयोजन
peevish	irritable	चिडचिडा
plinth	podium, stand	पोडियम, खडा
plump	fat	गुदी
prophet	a person regarded as an inspired teacher	गुरु
propped up	to stop from falling or slipping by placing something under or against it	माथि उठाइएको
pudding	sweet, dessert	मिठाई
quavered	tremble in speaking	बोल्दा काँप्नु
rancor	bitterness	तीतोपन
rancorous	revengeful	बदला लिने, उग्र
regent	a state administer officer	प्रशासन अधिकारी
reproach	scolding	गाली गर्दै, निन्दा
shot out	came out	बाहिर निस्कनु
shriveling up	shrink, wither	संकुचित हुनु, ओइलाउनु
smirk	grin, smile in an irritatingly silly way	मुस्कान
sparse	thin, bare	पातलो, खाली
sped away	run away	भाग्नु
spittle	saliva, especially as ejected from the mouth	थुक्नु
spry	active	सक्रिय
sterling	excellent	उत्कृष्ट
supplanting	replace, displace	प्रत्यारोपण, विस्थापित
sweetmeats	a small piece of sweet food, made of or covered in sugar	मासु
taunted	provoke or challenge with insulting remarks	अपमानजनक टिप्पणी
tipped out	collecting, pouring	जम्मा गर्ने, खन्याउने
tucked	hide	लुकाउनु, टाँसिएको
tumbler	glass	गिलास
twitching	jerk	झटका, हल्लाउँदै
vistas	a pleasing view	मनमोहक दृश्य
whooped	shout	कराउनु, उफ्रिएको
Wunderkind	a person who achieves great success when relatively young	अपेक्षाकृत सफलता