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11th Snapshot words Meaning

 

11th English Snap shot words Meaning


Snap shot words Meaning


Chapter 1 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

Alfalfa – a flowering plant

Armenian – official language of Armenia branch

Capricious – inconsistent change of mood

City Dweller – a person who lives in a city

Comical – funny

Consequently – as a result

Dawned – appeared

Daybreak – dawn

Descendant – a system that develops from an earlier simple version

Enormous – huge

Fury – anger

Garoghlanian – an Armenian tribe

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

Leap out – jump out from a place

Longings – an aching desire

Magnificence – extremely beautiful

Orchards – a piece of land of the plantation of fruits

Parlour – a sitting space in a house

Pious – religious

Reared – raised

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

Snorted – breathed out

Streak – race

Surrey – a country in South-East England

Trot – proceed with something

Vagrant – a person without a settled home or work

Vazire – a name

Vineyard – plantation of grapevines used in winemaking

  

Chapter 2 The Address

Acquaintance – stranger or social contact

Beckoned – signaled

Chink – narrow opening

Crick – cramp or spasm in muscles

Cumbersome – unmanageable

Enamel – an opaque or semi-transparent substance that is a type of glass

Endured – suffered

Fleetingly – for a short time

Hanukkah – The Feast of Lights, a Hebrew festival in December

Jamb – side post of a window, fireplace or doorway

Jingling – ringing

Liberation – Liberty or Freeing

Lugging – carry a heavy object with great effort

Midst – middle

Muggy – humid

Musty – stale

Pewter plate – plate made of a gray alloy of tin

Pityingly – feeling sorrow

Reprovingly – critically

Vain – hopeless

   

Chapter 5 Mother’s Day

Aghast- filled with horror or shock

Astounded- shock or greatly surprise

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

Barmy- mad; crazy

Beckons- making a gesture with the hand, arm or head to encourage or instruct someone to approach or follow

Bewildered- perplexed and confused; very puzzled

Briskly- in an active, quick or energetic way

Chuckling- laugh quietly or inwardly

Clot- a foolish or clumsy person

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

Concussion- a violent shock as from a heavy blow

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

Cracking- fast

Dubiously- with hesitation or doubt

Eating out of your hand- be submissive

Far-fetched- unlikely and unconvincing; implausible

Fathead- a stupid person

Flustered- agitated or confused

Fluttering- trembling

Glowering- have an angry look on one’s face

Glumly- moody or unsociable attitude

Grimly- bitter, hard manner

Guffaw- a loud and hearty laugh

Hastily- with excessive speed or urgency; speedily

Incisive- intelligently analytical and clear thinking

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

Laconic- using very few words

Nasty- very bad or unpleasant

Piecan- referring a foolish person

Pompous- affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important

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

Rummy- a card game

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

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

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

Solemn- formal and dignified; characterized by deep sincerity

Staggered- astonish or deeply shock

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

Sulkily- a disagreeable mood

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

Tiddly- slightly drunk

Ushering- showing or guide someone somewhere

  

Chapter 6 The Ghat of the Only World

Abiding- a memory lasting a long time; enduring

Accoutrements- other things that were needed for the activity

Anguished- experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering

Assiduous- taking great care that everything is done as well as it can be

At odds- in conflict or at variance

Brimming- be full of a particular quality, feeling, etc

Buckled- bend and give way under pressure or strain

Calcutta- Kolkata

Cavernous- vast; huge; large; spacious

Conceive- form a plan or idea in the mind

Conviviality- the quality of being friendly and lively

Dour- unfriendly

Ecumenical- involving or uniting members of different religions

Envoy- a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission

Exactitude- the quality of being very accurate and careful

Fanaticism- the quality of being fanatical; extremism

Feigned – simulated or pretended; insincere

Feudal system- Under this system, a peasant or worker received a piece of land in return for serving a lord or king

Fixture- set firmly in place

Foyer- an entrance hall or other open area in a building used by the public

Frosty- freezing; very cold

Gregariousness- fond of the company of others; sociable

Groggier- dazed, weak or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep or a blow

Heeng- asafoetida; a staple ingredient used in Indian cooking

Impede- delay or prevent something by obstructing it; hinder

Imperative- giving an authoritative command

Inextricably- in a way that is impossible to separate

Innocuous- not harmful or offensive

Jocularity- said or done as a joke

Lorca- Garcia Lorca is Spain’s most deeply appreciated and highly revered poet and dramatist

Lucid- understandable

Malignant- uncontrollable; dangerousBereavement- loss; deprivation; grief; sorrow

Metrical- relating to or composed in poetic metre

Minaret- a slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer

Mos-lem- Muslim

Mundane- lacking interest or excitement; dull

Mundane- lacking interest or excitement; dull

Nationalist- a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

Poignance- the quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness

Preambles- a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction

Prefigured- be an early indication or version of (something)

Prefigured- be an early indication or version of something

Prowess- skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

Quizzical- indicating mild or amused puzzlement

Rapture- a feeling of intense pleasure or joy; ecstasy; bliss

Repartee- conversation or speech characterised by quick witty, comments or replies

Sorcerer- a person who claims or is believed to have magical powers; wizard

Subdued- quiet and rather reflective or depressed

Sutures- a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision

Swoon- be overcome with admiration, adoration or other strong emotion

To speak in a bardic register- A poetic style

Transmute- change in form, nature or substance

Transmute- change in form, nature or substance

Trivial- of little value or importance

Unmitigated- absolute; unqualified

Voyage- a long journey involving travel by sea or in space

Wildean- relating to or characteristic of Oscar Wilde or his works, especially in being witty and epigrammatic

 

Chapter 7 Birth

Asphyxia- a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation

Awful – very

Bach- used as a term of endearment, often after a personal name

Blind- a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats

Broodingly- preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts

Burly- (a person) large and strong; heavily built

Cinder- a small piece of partly burnt coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it

Consternation- a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexcited

Convulsive- violent; uncontrollable

Dismal- causing a mood of gloom or depression

Draggled- dirty or wet, typically from being trailed through mud or water

Driller- someone who works at the drilling controls on the rig floor

Ebbing- (of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease

Ether- used as an anaesthetic

Ewer- a large jug with a wide mouth, formerly used for carrying water

Faltered- lose strength or momentum

Flaccid- lifeless

Frantic- conducted in a hurried, excited, and disorganized way

Fret- be constantly or visibly anxious; worry

Giddy- weak

Haggard- looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering

Haste- excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry

Hastily- with excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly

Heave- produce a sigh

Hypodermic- relating to the region immediately beneath the skin

Idyllic- like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque

Iridescent- showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles

Lethargy- lack of energy and enthusiasm

Lolled- hang loosely

Midwife- a person, typically a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth

Morbidly- (with reference to a disturbing or unpleasant interest or activity) in an abnormal and unhealthy manner

Muddled- not arranged in order; untidy

Overwrought- in a state of anxiety; tired

Pallid- (of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health

Pallida – suffocation or unconscious condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, accompanied by paleness of the skin, weak pulse, and loss of reflexes

Pigmy- little (here)

Plunging- falling steeply

Probing- inquiring closely

Queer- strange; odd

Resentful- feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly

Resuscitate- revive someone from the unconsciousness

Rustle- make a soft, muffled crackling sound

Scullery- a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work

Shrewish- (of a woman) bad-tempered or aggressively assertive

Slashed- slit

Smiled faintly- smiling with less energy or a smile that lacks spirit

Snatch- manage to take (here)

Sodden- saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through

Sopping- saturated with liquid; wet through

Sordidly- meanly selfish, self-seeking

Stark- complete

Stout- (of a person) rather fat or heavy build

Stumbling- tripping or losing balance while walking; moving with difficulty

Surgery- a place where a doctor, dentist or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients

Tallow- the hard fat of animals melted and used to make soap, candles etc.

Unavailing- achieving little

Unsparingly- generous

Whimpered- say something in a low, feeble voice that expresses fear, pain, or unhappiness

Wince- make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress

Ye- an old written form of the word ‘the’

  

Chapter 8 The Tale of Melon City

Against the Crown- questioning the power, integrity and honesty of the state

Amendments- a minor change or addition designed to improve something

Arch- a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

Architect- a person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction

Counsel- advice, especially that given formally

Customary- according to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances

Decree- an official order that has the force of law

Edify- instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually

Frown- a facial expression indicating disapproval, displeasure, or concentration, characterized by a furrowing of one’s brows.

Gallows- a structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals

Halt- bring or come to an abrupt stop

Heralds- an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry official messages, and oversee tournaments

Just- based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair

Laissez faire- the policy of leaving things to take their own course, without interfering

Masons- a person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings

Mused- say to oneself in a thoughtful manner

Noose- a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and used to trap animals or hang people

Ordain- order (something) officially

Placid- calm

Pondered- think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion

Proclaim- announce officially or publicly

Proclaimed- announce officially or publicly.

Quavering- (of a person’s voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion

Quivering- trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion

Rejoice- feel or show great joy or delight

Reverently- with deep and solemn respect

Saw red- became angry

Scaffold- a raised wooden platform used formerly for the public execution of criminals.

Span- Celebrating or commemorating a victory

Spectators- onlookers

Summon- order someone to be present

Thoroughfare- a main road in a town

Triumphally- Celebrating or commemorating a victory

Unruly- disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control