Class 11 English Flamingo (Word Meanings)

Chapter 2 Lost Spring

S.N Meanings (in
Word Meanings Synonyms
o. hindi)
1 Scrounging searching for look around
2 Amidst in the middle of betwixt, mid.
3 Mutters to speak in a low voice speak in hushed tones
speaking in a confident way, but without
4 Glibly ably, neatly
careful thought
preposterous, futile,
5 Hollow meaningless
insignificant
sheepish, abashed,
6 Embarrassed feeling ashamed
apologetic

7 abound exist in large numbers proliferate, superabound

8 bleak empty open, windswept

9 barefoot wearing nothing in the feet shoeless, unshod.
10 Shuffles slides them over each other stumble, lumber, stagger
11 excuse a reason to justify a fault defend, pretext, diffuse,
perpetual state
12 never ending condition of being poor hardship, penury
of poverty
aloneness, loneliness,
13 Desolation the state of being empty
private
14 Panting taking short and quick breathes gasp, pant, puff
introduction,
15 Acquaintance contact
familiarization, knowledge,
16 periphery outer area exterior, boundary, border
figuratively, illustratively,
17 metaphorically symbolically
analogously
a person who unlawfully occupies an homesteader, trespasser,
18 squatters
uninhabited building land illegal tenant
presumably, presume,
19 To dare do something courageous
venture
20 tarpaulin heavy-duty waterproof cloth awning, canvas, tarp
21 Permits legal documents licence
22 Tattered torn musty, raw-boned
23 Transit homes a temporary home ए kaccha house
24 Lighting up show joy and happiness brighten, flash
25 Content satisfied contented, acquiescent
throw out, get rid of,
26 Discarded thrown away
abandon

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27 Bother worry tension, harassment, ado
28 Baggage burden encumber, load
glass-blowing
29 industry related to making glass …………..
industry
a closed room or container where heat is
30 furnaces boiler, heater.
produced
the process of joining metal or glass pieces
31 welding , join, attach
by heating them
32 Dingy dark, dim somber, dusky, unlit, ebon
33 Slog work hard labour, struggle, effort
light of day, sunshine,
34 Daylight hours hours of the day when there is sunlight
sunrise
Brightness of
35 here, refers to the power to see vision, sight
their eyes
36 Beam shine brightly sparkle, glister, glow
37 Volunteers freely offers to do something participant
38 Stinking bad smell noisome, nifty, ramose
39 Hovels slums often dirty house, hut.
40 Crumbling falling down topple, fall apart
unstable, shaky,
41 Wobbly unsteady
changeable
42 Coexisting present at the same time and place cohabit, coincide
ancient, earliest,
43 Primeval prehistoric
antediluvian
44 Bangs hits beat, thump
45 Shack a roughly built hut , cottage, shebang, shanty
46 Thatched covered with dry grass booth, roof
47 Vessel container for cooking food dishes, kitchen utensil, pots
make a hissing sound when frying or
48 Sizzling flaming, blazing
cooking
49 Platters large plates salver, server, tray
50 Chopped cut finely sliced, shredded
51 Frail thin, weak lean, svelte, emaciated
52 Withdraws goes back stand out, stray, draw off
53 Impoverished very poor needy, poverty-stricken
54 Imposed forced upon foist, force, thrust
improve, retouch,
55 Renovate repair
ameliorate
56 Destiny fate luck, fortune, destination
57 Yard the open area at the back of the house workshop, factory
58 Mounds heaps pile, stack, mass
59 Unkempt not taken care of careless, neglectful
60 Piled kept one on top of the other peaked, edgy, spiked

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 a town that is full of small, roughly built
61 Shanty town blighted area.
huts
62 Drab faded, colourless dim, tame, tasteless
63 Soldering joining adjoin, unify, affix
an instrument with two moveable arms
64 Tongs extractor, pliers, pincers,
joined at one end
purity inviolability,
65 Sanctity the state of being sacred or holy
sainthood
66 Auspiciousness good omen good fortune, welfare
67 Bureaucrats government officials mandarin
68 Reaped received as a benefit gain
69 Rings a sound which is repeated toll
encore, gemination,
70 Echo repeat
iteration
71 Lament complaint entreaty, plight
exertion, Diligence,
72 Toil physical hard work done to earn a living
assiduousness
cunning, roguish,
73 Vicious cruel
mischievous
74 Hauled up dragged, taken away fetch up.

75 Spiral here, a never-ending continuous process coil, twist

dumps, disinterest,
76 Apathy lack of concern
unconcern
seduction, gluttony,
78 Greed intense and selfish desire for something
allurement
79 Distinct separate isolated, detached, aloof
80 Stigma dishonor insult, disgrace, offense

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