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Meanings of the difficult words from the lesson "The Midnight Visitor":
S.No | Words | Meanings |
1 | Description | Something that tells you what something or someone is like |
2 | Musty | Smelling unpleasantly old and slightly wet |
3 | Corridor | A long passage in a building, especially with rooms on either side |
4 | Gloomy | Dark in a way that is unpleasant and makes it difficult to see |
| 5 | Scarcely | Almost not |
6 | Accent | The way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words |
7 | Passably | In a way that is satisfactory but not excellent |
8 | Shoulder | The upper joint of each of a person's arms and the part of the body between this and the neck |
9 | Espionage | The practice of spying or the use of spies, often by governments to gather political and military information |
10 | Prosaic | Ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual |
11 | Frustrate | Feeling annoyed or less confident because you cannot achieve what you want |
12 | Disillusion | Disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected |
13 | Authentic | Being what it is claimed to be; genuine |
14 | Blink | To close and open the eyes quickly, once or several times |
15 | Pistol | A small gun that is held in and fired from one hand |
16 | Automatic | A machine or device can operate independently of human control |
17 | Slender | Thin or delicate |
18 | Menacing | Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening |
19 | Countenance | A person's face or facial expression |
20 | Missile | A flying weapon that has its own engine and can travel a long distance before exploding at the place at which it has been aimed |
21 | Management | The group of people responsible for controlling and organising a company |
22 | Nuisance | Something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble for you |
23 | Irritation | The feeling of being angry or annoyed, or something that makes you feel like this |
24 | Passkey | A key to the door of a restricted area, given only to those who are officially allowed access |
25 | Balcony | An area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level |
26 | Gesture | A movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling |
27 | Knock | To repeatedly hit something, producing a noise |
28 | Doorknob | A handle on a door that is turned to release the latch |
29 | Stammer | Speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words |
30 | Hesitate | Pause in indecision before saying or doing something |
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