Class 11 English (Hornbill) Prose Word Meanings

Chapter 3 Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues

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No Word Meanings Meanings (in hindi)
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1 Heir Inheritor, successor
2 Laden loaded
3 Speculated form a theory without evidence
4 Tomb an enclosure to bury the dead
Forensic
Reconstructio
5 n the process of recreating the face of an individual

6 Pharaoh a ruler in ancient Egypt

7 Stirred move or cause to move slightly
8 Ghostly eerie and unnatural; unreal
9 Resting place here, the grave
10 Cemetery a large burial ground
11 Dark-bellied dark in colour
Scudded moving quickly; it refers to the movement of the dark-bellied
12 across clouds
13 Veiling to cover something
a small ornamental box or chest for holding jewels, letters, or
14 Casket other valued objects.
15 Glided quite, continuous motion
16 Probe to investigate, find out
17 Lingering long-lasting
18 Descended moved or gathered
19 Cramped very small to fit into
20 Rock-cut made in a rock by cutting it
21 Gazed to look in surprise or in admiration .
22 Murals a painting or other artwork executed directly on the wall
23 Striking prominent
24 Whisper to speak in a low voice
25 Pondering think about something carefully
26 Futile pointless; incapable of producing the result of something
27 Hastily fast; swiftly
28 Ransacked raid; go through a place to steal or damage something

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29 Antiquity age, oldness
30 Resurrection restoration to life
Funerary
31 Treasures the valuable things with which the king was buried
32 Adorned decorated
Garlands of
33 willow a wreath of flowers and leaves
34 Ritual here, the resins used in the ceremony of mummification
35 Resins a sticky flammable substance that is insoluble in water
36 Legitimate reasonable
37 Blazing very hot
38 Budged moved or shifted; a slight movement
39 Chiselled away to cut something with a chisel -
40 Inlaid a decorative pattern on a surface
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a protective garment worn over the front of one's clothes and
41 Apron tied at the back.
42 Sheaths a close-fitting cover
something or someone who is a symbol or it represents some
43 Iconic other thing
44 Adornments ornaments
45 Concealed hid
46 Intervening occur in the time between events
47 Intriguing to arouse one’s curiosity
48 Startling unexpected or surprising
49 Demise death
50 Wacky amusing in a slightly odd way
the gurgling sound produced in the throat of a person who is
51 death rattle about to die
52 Aftermath after-effects of an unpleasant event

Eerie detail strange image of Tut’s head as visible with the help of CT scan
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54 Forensics the application of the scientific method to investigate a crime
the branch of science which deals with the bodily structure of
55 Anatomy humans, animals or other living beings -
56 Burial burying the dead
57 Shrine holy place
58 Pallbearers a person who helps to escort a coffin at a funeral
59 Swirling to spin or twist
a lift that uses a machine to lift or move heavy objects with a
60 Hydraulic lift pressure
61 Sprinted ran at a high speed
62 Astonishing amazing
63 Pixels a pixel is a single point in a graphic image
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64 Spun to turn around
65 Vertebrae series of small bones which form a backbone

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