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
