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Meanings of difficult words from the lesson "A Short Monsoon Diary":
No | Words | Meanings |
1 | mist | a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface that limits visibility |
2 | melancholy | a feeling of sadness |
3 | blanket | to cover completely with a thick layer of something |
4 | privacy | a state in which one is not observed or disturbed |
5 | imprecation | a spoken curse |
6 | bloodletting | withdrawal of blood |
7 | deathly | resembling death |
8 | scarlet minivet | a small bird found in tropical southern Asia |
9 | flitting | move swiftly and lightly |
10 | drongo | a song bird with glossy black plumage found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia |
11 | insectivorous | feeding on insects, worms, and other invertebrates |
12 | drumming | the sound or feeling of continuous beating |
13 | corrugated | having parallel rows of folds that look like a series of waves when seen from the edge |
14 | thrush | a small or medium-sized songbird |
15 | ravine | a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides |
16 | soggy | very wet and soft |
17 | bobbing | make a quick, short movement up and down |
18 | suffused | gradually spread through |
19 | drenched | wet thoroughly |
20 | Landour | a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie |
21 | orchid | a plant with complex flowers that are often showy or bizarrely shaped |
22 | crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack |
23 | menace | something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat |
24 | hushed | (of a place) very quiet and still |
25 | caress | touching or holding lovingly |
26 | conceal | to hide something |
27 | genuine | real and exactly what it appears to be |
28 | rears | brings up |
29 | paradise | an ideal place |
30 | heralded | be a sign that something is about to happen |
31 | contrive | arrange for something to happen |
32 | dearth | a scarcity or lack of something |
33 | downpour | it is a heavy rainfall |
34 | disconsolately | unhappily or sadness |
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