NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English
Hornbill
Chapter 4 – The
Adventure (Jayant Narlikar)
Word Meaning
- Amok – to behave uncontrollably
- Armour – shell
- Astute – smartness;
quick-witted
- Avidly – with great interest
- Bifurcation – division
- Converged – met
- De facto – existing in fact
with or without any lawful authority
- Determinism – a doctrine that
all the events are caused by the external will
- Dismay – shock
- Disparity – difference
- Doctored accounts – manipulated
accounts related to history
- Dumbfounded – amazed
- Expansionist – a follower of
the policy of territorial or economic expansion
- Figurehead – a carving; image
- Flourishing – to grow
successfully
- Frugal – less costly and simple
- Hostile – unfriendly
- Ignoramus – an ignorant person
- Impetus – the force with which
body moves
- Imposing – Impressive
- Inadvertently – unintentionally
- Manifestation – the action of
showing something; demonstration
- Marshall – to gather something
- Morale booster – anything which
boosts self- confidence
- Outpost – a small military camp
used as a guard
- Permits – authorize to do
something
- Political acumen – political
smartness
- Proclaimed – to announce
something officially
- Quantum theory – a theory of
matter and energy based on quantum mechanics.
- Relegated to – assigned to a
lower rank
- Riddle – mystery or puzzle
- Rout – a defeat
- Sacrilege – disrespect
- Shoved – to push someone
roughly
- Smugly – to show excess
satisfaction
- Speculating – wondering
- Startling – surprising
- Stroll – to wander
- Supremacy – the condition of
being superior to others
- Swarmed – move somewhere in a
large number
- Throng – a large pack of crowd
- Trajectory – the path followed
by a projectile flying
- Valiantly – bravely
- Valour – great courage in
battle
- Ventured – to say something
that might be considered as an apology
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