Glossary | Story | 10. Leaving | by Moyez G. Vassanji | NEB Grade XII | Major English

 

Story

10. Leaving

by Moyez G. Vassanji

 

 Glossary

adulating	praise excessively	चाप्लुसी गर्नु
arbitrary	based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason	मनमानी
archetypal	standard, conventional, typical	पुरातात्विक
assorted	of various sorts put together; miscellaneous	मिश्रित
briskly	in an active, quick, or energetic way	द्रुत रूपमा
bursary	a scholarship to attend a college or university	छात्रवृत्ति
bustle	excited activity and movement	हलचल
culling	to choose or collect something from a source	सोर्दै
cursorily	the way of doing quickly without attention	सरसरी
Dar es Salaams	city in Tanzania	दार एस सलाम्स
dash	run, tear	च्यात्नु
desolate	without people, deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness	उजाड
distracted	unable to concentrate because one's mind is preoccupied	विचलित
distraught	upset and anxious	निराश
dither	indecisive behavior	हिचकिचाउनु
elated	extremely happy and excited	उत्साहित
façades	front part of the building	अग्रभाग
frowning	grim	भ्रामक, मलिन
glossy	shiny and smooth	चम्किलो
horde	mass	भीड
illumination	lighting or light	रोशनी
incredulous	unwilling or unable to believe something	अविश्वसनीय
intermittent	irregular	अनियमित
jovially	in a very friendly and pleasant way	आनन्दित रूपमा
lush	fertile	रसीला
monuments	a building that is built to remind historical importance	स्मारकहरू
nonchalantly	calmly and in relaxed way	बेवास्ता गर्दै
nylon pachedi	an ancient traditional form of textile art dedicated to the goddesses	नायलन पछेडी
offspring	children	सन्तान
prospect	the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring	सम्भावना
puffed	swollen	फुलेको
racket	unpleasant noise	हल्ला
sagged	to bend down in the middle, especially of weight or pressure	लत्रेको
sequins	a small circular shiny disc sewn onto clothing as decoration	चक्र
slump	slouch, sit	मन्दी
sterner	serious, frowning, grim	कडा
stiffly	in a manner that is not relaxed or friendly	कडा रूपमा
stroll	a slow relaxed walk	टहल्नु
stupefied	made unable to think or feel properly	स्तब्ध
sturdy	strongly and solidly built	बलियो
tantalising	causing excitement, interest, and desire	चिन्तित
tumultuous	making a loud, confused noise	अशान्त
wooers	to sue for the affection of and usually marriage with	मुद्दा हाल्नु