Class 10 || English || First Flight || Word Meaning

A Letter To God

Crest: top of a hill.

Draped: covered

Conscious: an inner sense of right and wrong

Peso: currency of several Latin American Countries

Amiable: friendly and pleasant

Contentment: satisfaction

Entire: whole

Downpour: heavy fall of rain

Solitary: lonely

Nelson Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

Besieged by: to be surrounded closely by

Amphitheatre:  a building without a roof, with many rows of seats rising in steps.

Confer: give

Emancipation: freedom from restriction.

Deprivation: state of not having once rightful benefits

Discrimination: being treated differently or unfavorably.

Spectacular array: an impressive display

Not unmindful of chevron: A pattern in the shape of a V

Despised: had a very low opinion of

Wrought: done, achieved

Profound: deep and strong

Resilience: the ability to deal with any kind of hardship and recover from its effects

Pushed to our limits: pushed to the last point in our pain

Inclinations: natural tendencies of behavior

Inevitably: unavoidably

Illusion: something that appears to be real but is not

Transitory: not permanent

Curtailed: reduced

Prejudice: a strong dislike without any good reason

A Tiger In the Zoo

Snarls: makes an angry, warning sound

Vivid: glaring

Rage: violent anger

Brilliant: very bright

Stalks: to walk

Amanda

Languid: relaxed

Drifting: moving slowly

Pattern: make patterns

Tranquil: calm