Glossary | Story | 8. Devil Deer | by Rudolfo Anaya | NEB Grade XII | Major English

 

Story

8. Devil Deer

by Rudolfo Anaya

 

 Glossary

adobe	a brick or building material of sun-dried earth and straw	इट्टा
arthritis	painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints	वाथ रोग
aspen	a poplar tree with rounded, long-stalked and coarsely toothed leaves	रुखको प्रकार
bile	secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder and discharged into the duodenum	पित्त
cleansing	cleaning or purifying from dirt, sin or moral guilt	सफाई
clinging	hold on tightly to	टाँसिएको
clutched	grasped or seized tightly	समातिएको
deformed	not having the normal or natural shape or form	विकृत
eerie	strange and frightening	विचित्र
emanation	proceeding, arising, or emergence	उत्सर्जन
fetish	an object believed to have supernatural or magical powers	जादुमय
gnarled	knobbly, rough and twisted	गाँसिएको
grunt	a low, short guttural sound	घुर्नु
haze	fog caused by water, smoke, or dust	तुवालो
heave	produce a sigh	लामो श्वास फेर्नु
hum	a low, steady continuous sound	लामो श्वास
immemorial	originating in the distant past; very old	अनादि
lasers	a device that produces a beam of light	लेजरहरू
lichen	grey or yellow plant	लाइकेन विरुवा
lumber	timber sawn into rough planks	काठ
mangy	dirty	फोहर
moaned	groan, wail, sob	विलाप गरे
mottled	marked with spots or smears of color	चिल्लो
mumbled	murmur, mutter	गनगन गरे
obsessed	preoccupied	आकर्षित
ominous	showing a sign of evil; threatening	अशुभ
pampered	treated with extreme or excessive care and attention	प्यारो
pinon	any of various small pines	रुख
pueblo	village (Spanish word)	गाँउ
radioactivity	spontaneous emission of radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction	रेडियोधर्मिता
receded	went or moved back	घट्यो
recoil	to pull back, especially in disgust, or horror	पछि हट्नु
resolve	will power	समाधान
ripped	torn or split apart or divided	च्यातिएको
riztras	strings (Spanish word)	तार
scouted	watch	हेर्नु
seeping	ooze, drip, flow	चुहिएको
shudder	to tremble convulsively, shiver, quiver	थरथर
slumped	sat, leaned	ढल्क्यो
smashers	violent breaker	टुत्र्mयाउनु
sniffed	draw up air audibly through the nose to detect a smell	सुँघ्यो
spook	frighten	डरायो
startle	cause to feel sudden shock or alarm	चकित
toppled	to overturn or throw over	ढालियो
veil	cover, screen or covering	पर्दा
Venison	meat of a deer	मासु
wheezing	a high-pitched whistling sound made while breathing	घरघराहट