Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 8 Memories of Childhood Word meaning

 

NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English

Vistas

Chapter 8 Memories of Childhood

 Word meaning

 

 

 
Story 1- The Cutting of My Long Hair by Zitkala – Sa

Anguish: pain, agony

Bedlam: uproar, unrest

Belfry: part of a bell tower

Braid: Hairs bind into a plait

Clatter: bang, sound of heavy objects

Clinging: tight (dress)

Crashing: break through

Fate: destiny, god’s will

Gnaw: here, cut

Herder: a person who looks after the live stock (herd of sheep)

Huddled: holding arms and legs closely

Indignities: shame, humiliation

Moan: cry, wail

Moccasins: slipper or shoe

Mourners: a person at a funeral

Mutterings: privately explained complaints

Paleface: yellow face

Peered: try to see

Puppet: a wooden resemblance of humans or animals controlled with the help of strings

Rear ranks: last

Reasoned: here, discussed

Shingled: cutting of hair

Shuddering: shiver, shake

Spied: notice, spot

Squeaking: making high pitched sound

Stare: gaze

Venture: here, a risky task

Whither: where

 
Story 2 – We too are human Beings by Bama

Amused: finding something funny

Dawdle: waste time, idle

Disgusting: unpleasant

Double up: laugh out loud

Errands: task, job

Frenzy: madness, mania

Gaze: look

Harangue: to give lecture

Humiliated: insulted

Iced lollies: piece of flavored ice on stick

Indignities: humiliate, disrespect

Infuriate: anger

Irrigation Tank: water pond made for watering fields

Ledge: shelf

Lemur: an animal

Meekly:  quietly, submissively

Muzzled: a covering used to cover the mouth of an animal

Novelties: newness, freshness

Oddities: strange things

Payasam: sweet dish made with rice and milk

Provoked: evoke, arouse

Reverently: with deep respect

Sack: bag

Savoury: a salty or spicy dish

Scraped: here, saved

Shriek: burst out

Snake Charmer: an entertainer who appears to make snakes move by playing music.

Spur: encouragement

Strings: thread

Tether: tie up

Threshing floor: A specially flattened outdoor surface to separate the grain from straw.

Tread:  walk

Tumbler: Jug

Wrap: cover

Wretched: miserable, sad