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Essay

3. The Case for Xanthippe

by Robert Graves

 

Glossary

 

acquiescing	accepting or agreeing to something, often unwillingly	स्वीकार गर्दै
allies	collaborators, combine, merge	सहयोगीहरू
aniline	a colourless oily liquid present in coal tar	तारकुल
antiquated	old-fashioned or outdated	पुरातन
apologists	a person who supports a particular belief or political system	क्षमावादीहरू
artifice	trickery, deception, cheating, craft	कला
ascensions	the act or process of ascending	आरोहण
avail	assist, profit, utilize	लाभ
axiom	saying	भनाई
belittled	dismiss as umimportant	अपमानित
blunted	become less sharp	भुत्ते
cannon-fodder	soldiers regarded merely as material to be expended in war	बस्तुको रुपमा हेर्नु
catastrophe	disaster	प्रकोप
Catholic	of the western Christian church - Roman catholic	क्याथोलिक
cellars	basement, vault	तहखाना
commensurate	match, equal	अनुरूप
commodities	a raw material	कच्चा पदार्थ
conscience	a person's moral sense of right and wrong	विवेक
corpus	collection	कोष
crude	in a natural or raw state; unprocessed or unrefined	कच्चा
Crusaders	a Christian who fought in one of the religious wars of the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th centuries, mostly against Muslims in Palestine	क्रुसेडरहरू
culminating	reach in a climax	समापन गर्दै
cult	a particular system of religious worship	संकार
cypher	code, a secret way of writing	सांकेतिक
devilish	wicked, evil	शैतानी
disavowed	deny	अस्वीकार
dispense	distribute, provide	वितरण
dogma	a doctrine, a belief to be something absolutely true	सिद्धान्त
encroachments	the act of gradually taking away someone else's rights	अतिक्रमण
engrossed	absorb, soak up, engage	तल्लीन
ensued	arise, follow	उत्पन्न हुनु
epithet	an adjective or phrase describing quality or features of a person or thing	विशेषण
epoch	era, period, span	युग
equipoise	a situation in which things are perfectly balanced	सन्तुलन
Euclid	third century Greek Philosopher	युक्लिड
excess	lack of moderation in an activity	अतिरिक्त
extemporize	to speak or perform without any preparation or thought	फतफताउनु
hallowing	deifying, glorifying	परिभाषित गर्दै
halts	bring or come to an abrupt stop	रोकिनु
heresies	belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious especially Christian doctrine	पाखण्ड
heretical	believing in or practising religious heresy, unorthodox	विधर्मी
hitherto	previously, formerly	अहिलेसम्म
homilies	a piece of spoken or written advice about how someone should behave	सल्लाह
hordes	Mass	भीड
inexhaustible	existing in very great amounts that will never be finished; limitless	अपरम्पार
ingenious	clever	चतुर
insensate	lacking sense or understanding	बेहोस
intuitive	instinctive	सहज
isotopes	form	रुप
keel	overturn	पल्टनु
Kekule	Friedrich August Kekule, German organic chemist	केकुले
lance	a long pointed stick	भाला
loggerheads	a state of quarrelsome disagreement	मतान्तर
maladjustment	poor, faulty, or inadequate adjustment	गलत समायोजन
malaise	malady, problem	अस्वस्थता
meagre	very small or not enough; inadequate	अल्प
mettle	a person's ability to cope well with difficulties	सहन क्षमता
missionaries	a person who has been sent to a foreign country to teach their religion	पादरीहरु
mob	mass	भीड
mortised	join securely by using a mortise and tenon	गाँसिनु
obsession	a compulsive or irrational preoccupation	जुनून
obsessional	a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling, compelling motivation	जुनूनी
ominous	giving the impression that something bad is going to happen; threatening	अशुभ
pagan	relating to a religion that worships many gods	मूर्तिपूजक
parthenogenesis	reproduction by development of an unfertilized usually female gamete that occurs especially among lower plants and invertebrate animals	पुनर्उत्पादन
philanthropic	seeking to promote the welfare of others by donating money; generous and benevolent	परोपकारी
pilloried	humiliate	अपमानित
predicament	a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation	दुर्दशा
prerogative	privilege	विशेषाधिकार
privilege	advantage, freedom	विशेषाधिकार
promulgated	promote or make widely known-an idea or cause	जारी गरियो
pursuit	chasing, tracking	खोज
Pythagoras	sixth century Greek philosopher	पाइथागोरस
quaternions	the quaternion number system extending the complex numbers	जटिल संख्या
ratiocinate	form judgments by a process of logic	अनुपात
rational	based on logic	तर्कसंगत
reconcilable	consistent, compatible	मिल्ने
Reformation	a 16th century religious movement marked ultimately by rejection or modification of some Roman Catholic doctrine and practice and establishment of the Protestant churches	सुधार
reproaches	criticism	निन्दा गर्नु
repulsive	arousing intense distaste or disgust	घृणित
resurrections	revival	पुनरुत्थान
rhetoricians	a person who is good at speaking in public, especially someone who is able to influence people	वक्तृत्वविद
Rowan Hamilton	Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician	रोवन ह्यामिल्टन
salvation	life line, preservation	मुक्ति
sanctity	purity, sacredness	पवित्रता
Sappho's	Greek poetess	ग्रिक कवयित्री
semblance	apparent form, resemblance, similarity	झलक
serf	an agricultural worker working on his lord's estate only for food	दास
shrew	an animal like a small mouse but with a longer pointed nose and small eyes	मुसा जस्तो जन्तु
shrug	to express uncertainty, motion	चाल
smothers	kill someone by suffocating, closing nose and mouth	निसास्यिाउनु
subterranean	underground	भूमिगत
tacit	understood or implied without being stated	मौन
temperament	nature, character	स्वभाव
Theologians	one who studies theology	धर्मशास्त्री
theology	the study of god	धर्मशास्त्र
trance	a half-conscious state	अर्धचेत
unassailable	unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated	अगम्य
untrod	not previously explored or investigated	नहिडिएको
vernacular	local languages	स्थानीय भाषा
void	a completely empty space	शून्य
wretched	in a very unhappy or unfortunate state	अभागी
wriggling	movement in a twisting or wormlike fashion	घुमाउरो