Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 7- Evans tries an O – level Word meaning

 

NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English

Vistas

Chapter 7- Evans tries an O – level

Word meaning

 

 

 

Amiable: friendly

Apprehensive: worried, anxious

Authentication: verify

Awash: flooded, covered 

Awkward: uneasy

Battered: worn out

Belated: late, overdue

Bewilderment: confusion

Blither: long-winded talk with no real substance

Bobble: small ball attached to a hat

Bother: concerned about

Bug: a small microphone

Bunk: narrow bed attached to the wall

Burly: large and strong man

Card: a witty or eccentric person

Cell: lockup 

Chisel: a long bladed hand tool

Chuckled: laughed quietly

Clambered: climb

Clanging: make a sound

Conceal: hide

Conceded: admit

Concert: Musical Performance

Congenital: Natural, inherited

Contemptuous: disrespectful

Cackled: crack, sizzle

Cradled: rested, placed back

Crescendo: the loudest point of a sound

Curtly: short, brief

Danke Schon: German language word for ‘Thank you very much’ or ‘Thank you kindly’

Darted: moved quickly

Demeanour: manner, attitude

Despair: hopelessness

Desperately: hopeless

Distempered: painted with distemper

Distinguished: differentiate

Dredge: clear 

Drip: drop

Drizzle: light shower of rain

Embarrass: unease, awkward

Erupt: flare up

Escape: run away, get free

Feeble: weak

Fiddling: petty annoying thing

Filthy: dirty

Fishy: doubtful thing

Foster: support

Frisk: check, search

Frowned: make a face

Gagged: stopped

Gnawed: chew

Good for a giggle: for a laugh

Gorgon: fierce 

Grim: distant

Grin: smile

Groggy: weak

Grubby: dirty

Gullible: over trustful

Guten gluck: German language word for ‘good luck’

Haemorrhoids: a swollen vein or a group of veins

Handcuffed; shackled

Haystack: a packed pile of hay (dried grass)

Herr: German language word for ‘mister

Hitherto: earlier, previous

Hoax: prank

Impersonating: pretend to be another person

Incommunicado: not able to or allowed to communicate with other people

Invigilate: supervise

Jack-knife: a large knife with a folding blade

Kleptomania: a very strong wish to steal that you cannot control 

Kleptomaniac: a person suffering from kleptomania

Laddy: referred to boy

Lathering: to form foam with soap

Leered: watched, stared

Loathe: hate

Manicured: well cared, tidy

Meticulously: carefully

Muddle: confuse, jumble

Nagging: here, irritation

Paraded: here, lined

Paraphernalia: things, stuff

Parky: cold

Parson: churchman

Parsons: Churchman, priest

Peep hole: keyhole, opening

Perplexed: puzzled

Persistent: continuous

Pints: unit of liquid

Pleasantry: joke, a stuff to laugh

Ramrod: here, a strict supervisor

Recreation: relaxation, fun

Recruited: appointed

Reiterated: repeated

Reluctant: unwilling

Reverend: a member of the church

Revert: return to

Riffle: turning pages quickly

Rivet: here, fixed

Ruefully: sorrow

Ruffled: disarrange

Scathing contempt: severe disrespect

Scheduled: planned or fixed

Scots: another term for scottish

Scraping: to remove unwanted covering, here shaving

Scraping: the sound of an action of rubbing

Seeping: flowing

Semi inflated: half filled with air

Semi profile: partly turned

Shaken: disturbed

Shirley temple: An actress famous for her wavy hair

Shrugged: disregarded, dismiss

Smouldered: here, glowed with anger

Smuggle: to take someone or something illegally

Sorely: with a great intensity, strongly

Spanner: a sharp tool

Spattered: splash, spray

Splash: A dashing sound of liquid

Sprang: past of spring

Sprawl: lie back

spurt: spray

Squeal: cry, scream

Squelchy: a soft sucking sound made when pressure is applied to liquid or mud

St. Mary Mags: St. Mary’s Magdalene, a church in England

Staccato: a short musical note

Stammer: mumble

Stare: gaze

Streaked: lined

Strident: harsh

Stroll: walk

Suffocate: breathless

Superimpose: place over another

Superintendent: supervisor, manager

Swath: a broad strip or area of something

Swung: wave

Tarnished: stained

Tempted: have an urge to do something

Thrust: push

Thudded: strike something with a heavy sound

Trailed: stream

Tucked: push

Tufted: bunch

Twang: a strong ringing sound

Unwittingly: unknowingly

Vanish: disappear

Veiled: face covering

Vigorously: strongly

Whiplash: sudden movement

Wreckage: remains