Class 11 English Snapshot Chapter 5 – The Tale of Melon City (Vikram Seth) Word Meaning

 

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Chapter 5 – The Tale of Melon City (Vikram Seth)

Word Meaning

1. Against the Crown- questioning the power, integrity and honesty of the state
2. Arch- a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.
3. Counsel- advice, especially that given formally
4. Decree- an official order that has the force of law
5. Edify- instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually
6. Frown- a facial expression indicating disapproval, displeasure, or concentration, characterized by a furrowing of one’s brows.
7. Gallows- a structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals
8. Just- based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair
9. Laissez faire- the policy of leaving things to take their own course, without interfering
10. Masons- a person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings
11. Mused- say to oneself in a thoughtful manner
12. Noose- a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and used to trap animals or hang people 
13. Ordain- order (something) officially
14. Placid- calm
15. Proclaim- announce officially or publicly
16. Quivering- trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion
17. Rejoice- feel or show great joy or delight
18. Reverently- with deep and solemn respect 
19. Saw red- became angry
20. Scaffold- a raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals. 
21. Span- Celebrating or commemorating a victory
22. Thoroughfare- a main road in a town
23. Triumphally- Celebrating or commemorating a victory
24. Unruly- disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control

Class 11 English Snapshot Chapter 4 – Birth (A. J. Cronin) Word Meaning

 

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Chapter 4 – Birth (A. J. Cronin)

Word Meaning

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

Class 11 English Snapshot Chapter 3 – Mother’s Day (J. B. Priestley) Word Meaning

 

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Chapter 3 – Mother’s Day (J. B. Priestley)

Word Meaning

1)    Aghast- filled with horror or shock

2)    Astounded- shock or greatly surprise

3)    At sixes and sevens- in a state of total confusion and disarray

4)    Barmy- mad; crazy

5)    Bewildered- perplexed and confused; very puzzled

6)    Briskly- in an active, quick or energetic way

7)    Chuckling- laugh quietly or inwardly

8)    Clot- a foolish or clumsy person

9)    Complacently- showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements

10) Contempt- the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration

11) Cracking- fast 

12) Eating out of your hand- be submissive

13) Far-fetched- unlikely and unconvincing; implausible

14) Fathead- a stupid person

15) Flustered- agitated or confused

16) Fluttering- trembling

17) Glowering- have an angry look on one’s face

18) Grimly- bitter, hard manner

19) Guffaw- a loud and hearty laugh

20) Incisive- intelligently analytical and clear thinking

21) Indignantly- in a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair 

22) Laconic- using very few words

23) Nasty- very bad or unpleasant

24) Piecan- referring a foolish person

25) Resent- feel bitterness or indignation at a circumstance, action or person

26) Rummy- a card game

27) Settee- long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms

28) Sinister- giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

29) Snooker- a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six coloured) in a set order

30) Solemn- formal and dignified; characterized by deep sincerity

31) Staggered- astonish or deeply shock

32) Stout- a kind of strong, dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley

33) Sulkily- a disagreeable mood

34) Thoughtless- (of a person or their behaviour) not showing consideration for the needs of other people

35) Tiddly- slightly drunk

36) Ushering- showing or guide someone somewhere

Class 11 English Snapshot Chapter 2 – The Address (Margo Minco) Word Meaning

 

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Chapter 2 – The Address (Margo Minco)

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1. Acquaintance – stranger or social contact
2. Beckoned – signaled
3. Chink – narrow opening
4. Crick – cramp or spasm in muscles
5. Cumbersome – unmanageable
6. Enamel – an opaque or semi-transparent substance that is a type of glass
7. Endured – suffered
8. Fleetingly – for a short time
9. Hanukkah – The Feast of Lights, a Hebrew festival in December
10. Jamb – side post of a window, fireplace or doorway
11. Jingling – ringing
12. Lugging – carry a heavy object with great effort
13. Midst – middle
14. Muggy – humid
15. Musty – stale
16. Pewter plate – plate made of a gray alloy of tin
17. Pityingly – feeling sorrow
18. Reprovingly – critically
19. Vain – hopeless

Class 11 English Snapshot Chapter 1 – The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (William Saroyan) Word Meaning

 

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Chapter 1 – The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (William Saroyan)

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1.    Alfalfa – a flowering plant

2.    Capricious – inconsistent change of mood

3.    Comical – funny

4.    Dawned – appeared

5.    Daybreak – dawn

6.    Descendant – a system that develops from an earlier simple version

7.    Fury – anger

8.    Garoghlanian – an Armenian tribe

9.    Irrigation ditches – manmade channel used to deliver water to homes, industries and other uses

10. Leap out – jump out from a place

11. Magnificence – extremely beautiful

12. Orchards – a piece of land of the plantation of fruits

13. Parlour – a sitting space in a house

14. San Joaquin Valley – one of the long interior valleys of California

15. Snorted – breathed out

16. Streak – race

17. Surrey – a country in South-East England

18. Trot – proceed with something

19. Vagrant – a person without a settled home or work

20. Vineyard – plantation of grapevines used in winemaking

Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 5 – Silk Road (Nick Middleton) Word Meaning

 

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Chapter 5 – Silk Road (Nick Middleton)

Word Meaning

1. Accumulated – gathered
2. Arid – having little or no rain
3. Billowed – filled with air; swelled out
4. Bounding – jump; hop; bounce
5. Brackish – slightly salty water
6. Brook – a small stream
7. Careered down – sinking the slope
8. Cavernous – vast
9. Clambered – move or climb in an awkward way
10. Clung – hold tightly onto something
11. Confinement – detention; captivity
12. Daubed – spread a thick sticky substance on a surface carelessly
13. Derelict – ruined
14. Devout – deep
15. Drokba – Shepherd
16. Ducking Back – going inside and then coming out
17. En masse – in a group
18. Encrusted – decorated with a hard surface layer
19. Envisaged – predicted
20. Evasive – slippery
21. Ferocious – cruel or violent
22. Festooned – decorated
23. Flanks – sides
24. Fling – throw
25. Flocks – a group of birds
26. Forge – put together; build-up
27. Frown – to disapprove of something
28. Gazelles – an African or Asian mammal with large eyes that moves quickly and hoofs
29. Glinting – sparkle or twinkle  
30. Heaps – loads
31. Incongruous – strange
32. Kora – meditation performed by Buddhist believers
33. Lichen – a slow-growing plant which grows on walls, trees or rocks
34. Lurching – listing
35. Manoeuvres – military exercises
36. Mastiffs – a dog who is a strong breed with dropping ears saggy ears
37. Meanders – to follow a winding course of a river or road
38. Nibbling – take a small bite from
39. Nocturnal – night time
40. Paraphernalia – miscellaneous articles
41. Pellets – shots
42. Petered out – to diminish gradually and stop
43. Plumes – Trails
44. Pockmarked – disfigured with a scar
45. Propping – to hold up
46. Prostrating – lying down
47. Rickety – unstable
48. Rudimentary – basic or primary
49. Salt flats – thatched roof covered with snow
50. Shaggy – bushy or hairy
51. Slither – to move smoothly over a surface
52. Stark – plain
53. Stout – firm
54. Swathe – a long strip of land
55. Swerve – change direction suddenly
56. Throb – pulsate
57. Transpired – leaked
58. Veering – to change direction suddenly
59. Venerated – respected
60. Vestiges – a trace of something that is disappearing
61. Well-trodden – much frequented by travellers
62. Wisp – a small amount of something
63. Wreathed – twisted