NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English
Snapshot
Chapter 4 – Birth (A. J. Cronin)
Word Meaning
- Asphyxia- a condition arising when the body is deprived
of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation
- Awful – very
- Blind- a screen for a window, especially one on a
roller or made of slats
- Broodingly- preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or
painful memories or thoughts
- Burly- (a person) large and strong; heavily built
- Consternation- a feeling of anxiety or dismay,
typically at something unexcited
- Convulsive- violent; uncontrollable
- Dismal- causing a mood of gloom or depression
- Draggled- dirty or wet, typically from being trailed
through mud or water
- Ebbing- (of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease
- Ether- used as an anaesthetic
- Ewer- a large jug with a wide mouth, formerly used for
carrying water
- Faltered- lose strength or momentum
- Flaccid- lifeless
- Frantic- conducted in a hurried, excited, and
disorganized way
- Fret- be constantly or visibly anxious; worry
- Haggard- looking exhausted and unwell, especially from
fatigue, worry, or suffering
- Heave- produce a sigh
- Hypodermic- relating to the region immediately beneath
the skin
- Idyllic- like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or
picturesque
- Iridescent- showing luminous colours that seem to
change when seen from different angles
- Lethargy- lack of energy and enthusiasm
- Lolled- hang loosely
- Midwife- a person, typically a woman, who is trained to
assist women in childbirth
- Morbidly- (with reference to a disturbing or unpleasant
interest or activity) in an abnormal and unhealthy manner
- Muddled- not arranged in order; untidy
- Overwrought- in a state of
anxiety; tired
- Pallid- (of a person’s face)
pale, typically because of poor health
- Pigmy- little
- Plunging- falling steeply
- Probing- inquiring
closely
- Queer- strange; odd
- Resuscitate- revive someone
from the unconsciousness
- Rustle- make a soft, muffled
crackling sound
- Scullery- a small kitchen or
room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty
household work
- Shrewish- (of a woman)
bad-tempered or aggressively assertive
- Slashed- slit
- Smiled faintly- smiling with
less energy or a smile that lacks spirit
- Sodden- saturated with liquid,
especially water; soaked through
- Sopping- saturated with liquid;
wet through
- Sordidly- meanly selfish,
self-seeking
- Stout- (of a person) rather fat
or heavy build
- Stumbling- tripping or losing
balance while walking; moving with difficulty
- Surgery- a place where a
doctor, dentist or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients
- Tallow- the hard fat of animals
melted and used to make soap, candles etc.
- Unavailing- achieving little
- Unsparingly- generous
- Whimpered- say something in a
low, feeble voice that expresses fear, pain, or unhappiness
- Wince- make a slight
involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or
distress
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