NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English
Flamingo
Poets and
Pancakes
(Asokamitran)
word meaning
Affluent: wealthy
Anglo-Burmese:
The Anglo-Burmese people, also known as the Anglo-Burmans, are a community of
Eurasians of Burmese and European descent, who emerged as a distinct community
through mixed relations between the British and other European settlers and the
indigenous peoples of Burma from 1826 until 1948 when Myanmar gained its
independence from the United Kingdom.
Averse: having a
strong dislike of or opposition to something
Bafflement:
confusion
Barge in: to walk
into a room quickly, without being invited
Broadcasting:
the transmission of programmes or information by radio or television
Catapulted:
move suddenly or at great speed
Cold logic:
logic that fails to consider human factors such as culture, language, social
dynamics, personality and emotion
Communism:
collectivism, socialism
Compunction: reluctance
Conjugal: relating to
marriage or the relationship between a married couple
Countermovement: a
movement or other action made in opposition to another.
Covertly: secretly
Crimson hue:
deep red colour
Critic: a person who
judges the merits of literary or artistic works
Cubicle: a small
partitioned-off area of a room
Deftly: effortlessly
Deliberately:
on purpose
Demeanour:
manner; attitude
Devadasis:
In South India, a devadasi is a girl “dedicated” to worship and serve a deity
or a temple for the rest of her life. The system was outlawed in all of India
in 1988.
Diction: the style of
enunciation in speaking or singing
Direst: terrible
Drudge: a person made
to do hard menial or dull work.
Dwarfed: cause to seem
small or insignificant in comparison
Enlightened:
having or showing a rational, modern and well-informed outlook
Epics: an
exceptionally long and arduous task or activity
Fiery: red-hot;
scorching
Filial: relating to
or due from a son or daughter.
Forbidden:
not allowed; banned.
Forthcoming:
about to happen or appear
Foul: bad
French window:
each of a pair of glazed doors in an outside wall, serving as a window and
door, typically opening onto a garden or balcony
Having a hand in:
to be involved with something
Hideous: extremely
ugly
Hierarchy: A
system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to
relative status or authority
Homilies:
sermon; lecture
Hues: complexion
Ignazio Silone:
An Italian writer, who was the founder member of the Italian communist party in
1921, and is known for the book. The God That Failed, authored by him.
Ignominy: public shame
or disgrace
Improvident: a
person who does not plan his expenses and ends up wasting money
Incandescent:
emitting light as a result of being heated; burning
Incriminating:
making someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.
Integration:
unification
Khadi: an Indian
homespun cotton cloth
Leisure: time when one
is not working or occupied; free time
Literati:
well-educated people who are interested in literature.
Louis Fischer: A
well known American journalist and a writer of Mahatma Gandhi’s biography
entitled
Madras Indian Christian:
– a particular caste in Indian Christians of people from Madras who have been
converted to Christianity religion
Manuscript: an
author’s handwritten or typed text that has not yet been published
Mess: a building or
room providing meals
Persevering:
continuing in a course of action despite difficulty or delay in achieving
success.
Perverts: a
person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.
played into their hands –
to do something that one does not realize will hurt oneself and help someone
else
Potions: a liquid
mixture
Prerequisite: a
thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or
exist
Pursuit: hobby,
activity
Refrain: lines that
are repeated in poetry
Richard Wright:
An American writer, known for his novel Native Son and his autobiography Black
Boy.
Sneaking into:
doing something in a secretive or stealthy way
Sprawling:
spreading over a large area, detailed
Stephen Spender:
An English poet essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and
class struggle.
Struck dumb:
shocked
Subsidiary:
secondary, supporting
Surmise: guess; suspect
Sycophant: a
person who acts obsequiously (excessively obedient) towards someone important
in order to gain advantage
Tempramental:
liable to unreasonable changes of mood.
Tirade: a long, angry
speech of criticism or accusation
Trapeze: a horizontal
bar hanging with two ropes and free to swing, used by acrobats in a
circus
Unwittingly:
unknowingly
Vaguely: in a way that
is uncertain
Virtue: behaviour
showing high moral standards; here, good luck
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