Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 3 – Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues (A.R. Williams) Word Meaning

 

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Hornbill

Chapter 3 – Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues (A.R. Williams)

Word Meaning

1.    Adorned – decorated

2.    Adornments – ornaments

3.    Aftermath – after-effects of an unpleasant event

4.    Amulet – an ornament or small piece of jewellery thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease.

5.    Anatomy – the branch of science which deals with the bodily structure of humans, animals or other living beings

6.    Antiquity – age, oldness

7.    Astonishing – amazing

8.    Blazing – very hot

9.    Budged – moved or shifted; a slight movement

10. Casket- a small ornamental box or chest for holding jewels, letters, or other valued objects.

11. Cemetery- a large burial ground

12. Chiselled away – to cut something with a chisel

13. Computed Tomography – Also called a CT scan, it is a three-dimensional scan of a body with the help of hundreds of X-Rays in cross-section together

14. Concealed- hid

15. Cramped – very small to fit into

16. Death rattle – the gurgling sound produced in the throat of a person who is about to die

17. Demise – death

18. Descended – moved or gathered

19. Eerie detail – strange image of Tut’s head as visible with the help of CT scan

20. Forensic Reconstruction – the process of recreating the face of an individual

21. Forensics – the application of the scientific method to investigate a crime

22. Funerary Treasures – the valuable things with which the king was buried 

23. Garlands of willow – a wreath of flowers and leaves

24. Gilded – covered with a thin sheet or coating of gold 

25. Glided – quite, continuous motion

26. Iconic – something or someone who is a symbol or it represents some other thing

27. Inlaid – a decorative pattern on a surface

28. Intervening – occur in the time between events

29. Intriguing – to arouse one’s curiosity

30. Legitimate – reasonable

31. Lingering – long-lasting

32. Murals – a painting or other artwork executed directly on the wall

33. Pallbearers – a person who helps to escort a coffin at a funeral

34. Pharaoh- a ruler in ancient Egypt

35. Pondering – think about something carefully

36. Probe – to investigate, find out

37. Ransacked – raid; go through a place to steal or damage something

38. Resting place- here, the grave

39. Resurrection – restoration to life

40. Ritual – here, the resins used in the ceremony of mummification

41. Scudded across – moving quickly; it refers to the movement of the dark-bellied clouds

42. Sheaths – a close-fitting cover 

43. Shrine – holy place

44. Shroud – a length of cloth in which a dead person is wrapped

45. Speculated- form a theory without evidence

46. Sprinted – ran at a high speed

47. Spun – to turn around

48. Startling – unexpected or surprising

49. Stirred – move or cause to move slightly

50. Striking- prominent

51. Swirling – to spin or twist

52. Tomb- an enclosure to bury the dead

53. Veiling – to cover something

54. Vertebrae – series of small bones which form a backbone

55. Wacky –amusing in a slightly odd way