Class 12 English Flamingo Going Places (A.R. Barton) Word meaning

 

NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English

Flamingo

Going Places  

(A.R. Barton)

Word meaning

Abruptly: suddenly

Apparently: seemingly, evidently

Applause: clapping

Apprentice: learner

Approbation: Approval, acceptance

Arcade: Gallery

Cape: wrap, stole

Chastened: subdue, humble

Chuffed:  cheerful

Cluttered: untidy, litter

Crooked: bent

Crumbling: broken

Despondent: disheartened

Disdain: scorn, disrespect

Distractions: diversion, disturbance

Dragged: pull 

Ecstatic: joyful excitement

Envisage: predict

Exotic: foreign, non native

Exposing: uncover

Exultant: overjoyed

Fascination: captivation

Forbade: ban, prohibit

Freckled: pale/brown spot on skin

Frowned: angry

Frowning: annoyed

Gawky: graceless

Gazelle: An Asian-African antelope

Glared: stare angrily

Grimaced: angry

Grimy: dirty, soiled

Grunt: a low rough noise

Hovered: fly

Hushed: quiet

Incongruity: inappropriate

Inquisition: questioning

Instinctively: without conscious thought

Jeered: tease someone

Kneeling: be in a position in which body is supported by knees.

Melancholy: sad

Momentarily: briefly

Muffed: messed up

Outlying: distant place

Pangs: sharp pain

Pilgrimage: religious journey

Prodigy: a young person with exceptional qualities

Reddening: blush

Reverently: with deep respect

Solitary elm: single tree (elm is a tall tree)

Startled: sudden shock

Stooped: shoulder bent forward

Strings: here, group

Tinkering: repairing

Unlikeliest: unexpected, doubtful

Wharf: dock

Wriggled: twist, turn

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