Glossary | Story | 11. Autobiography: A Self-Recorded Fiction | by John Barth | NEB Grade XII | Major English

 

Story

11. Autobiography: A Self-Recorded Fiction

by John Barth

 

Glossary

alleged	said or thought to be the stated bad or illegal thing	आरोप
ante	stake	दाउ, मुल्य
apt	appropriate or suitable	उपयुक्त
ardently	in a way that shows strong feelings, very enthusiastically or passionately	उत्साहपूर्वक
Basket case	a person or thing regarded as useless	रद्धि
begot	past of beget meaning to be the father of	जन्मियो
betimes	early	चाँडै
brunch	feast	खाजा
Buzzards	blood sucker, vampire, predator	दरिन्दा
climacteric	a critical period or event	गम्भिर अवस्था
conceived	become pregnant with a child	गर्भाधान
conjoined	being, coming, or brought together so as to meet, touch, overlap, or unite	जोडिएको
conventional	conservative, straight	परम्परागत
crippledness	imperfect, lame, disable	अपाङ्गता
crised 'identite	identity crisis	संकटग्रस्त पहिचान
dallied	had a casual romantic or physical relationship with	डल्लिएको
Decadence	moral or cultural decline	पतन
deus ex machina	an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation	दैवी शक्ती
ergo	therefore, hence	कारण
fabricator	creator	निर्माता
feebs	feebleminded person, foolish, stupid	मूर्ख
folly	lack of good sense, foolishness	मूर्खता
foreshadow	indicate, foretell	भविष्यवाणी
formaldehyde	a colorless pungent gas in solution made by oxidizing methanol	ग्याँस
freakish	bizarre, abnormal, very unusual, unexpected	विचित्र
freaks	bizarre, abnormal, very unusual, unexpected	पागल
fugitive	running away or escaping	फरार
gibbeted	hanged up on a gibbet	झुण्ड्याउनु
halt	a suspension of activity	रोक्नु
heterodoxical	different from an acknowledged standard or traditional, unconventional	अपरम्परागत
impish	mischievous, rascally	चकचके
inclinations	affection, bias, impulse	झुकाव
infatuation	an intense but short-lived passion or admiration	मोह
mercies	compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone	दया
narcissism	excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance	नार्सिसिज्म
Nauseous Danaid	an imaginary sculpture that can create vomit	वाकवाकी दानाइड
obscene	offensive or disgusting	अश्लील
persistently	tirelessly	लगातार
petering out	to gradually stop or disappear	बाहिर उभतभचष्लन
posthumous	occurring or happening after a person's death	मरणोपरान्त
pusillanimity	lack of courage or determination; timidity	पुसिलोनिटी
Radicalism	belief in radical ideas and principles	कट्टरपन्थी
respite	a short period of rest of relief from something difficult or unpleasant	राहत
sans	without	बिना
solipsism	the principle that the self is all that can be known to exist	कयष्उिकष्कm
spawned	produced	जन्मेको
squeak	to make a short, very high cry or sound	चीख
substantive	having a separate existence	सान्दर्भिक
Surrogate	a person or thing acting as a substitute	सरोगेट
truculence	self-assertion	निर्दयता
utero	womb, where child grow	गर्भाशय
vengeance	the act of harming somebody in return for what they have done	बदला
warped	twisted out of a natural shape	विकृत