Glimpses of the Past Class 8 Word Meaning Difficult Words and their Meaning from Class 8 English 3rd Chapter Glimpses of the Past.
Word Meaning with examples:
(1.) The Martyrs ;
- Countrymen (N) peasants
- Recall (v) remember याद आना , करना
- Sacrifices (N) immolation
- Martyrs (N) शहीद Example. My countrymen ,let your eyes fill with tears as you recall the sacrifice of India’s Martyrs .
(2.) The Company’s Conquests (1757-1849)
- Short-sighted (adi ) purblind
- Upstart (N) snob अंहकारी , घमंडी
- Extend (v) Example. With the superior weapons , the British East India Company was extending its power in 18 century India.
- Constant (N) excess
- Fight (N) Example. The people had no peace due to such constant fights .
- Subdue (v) Example. The rivalries helped the East India Company and it could subdue Indian princes one by one .
- Link (v) जोड़ना Example. Our destiny is linked with them .
- Dethrone (v) Example. The white man has killed or dethroned our kings.
- Foreigner (N) Example. We have become slaves of foreigners.
(3.) BRITISH RULE :-
- Preach (v) deliver sermons
- Self-respect (N) आत्मसम्मान
- Scorn (v) despise इन्कार करना
- Incapable (adj ) Example. The natives are unworthy of trust, incapable of honesty .
- Ruin (v) नष्ट करना , बरबाद करना
- Famine (N) अकाल
(4.) Ram Mohan Roy (1772-1833)
- Understand (v) समझ लेना Example. A learned man from Bengal understood what was wrong with the country .
- Despise (v) scorn उपेक्षा करना
- Achievement (N) Example. We are capable of greater achievements .
- Reform (v) Amend
- Superstition (N) blind faith Example. We must first reform our society, superstitions have been running us .
- Subjects (N) प्रजा Example. We accept you as rulers and you must accept us as subjects.
- Owe (v) एहसानमंद होना Example. But you must remember the responsibility a ruler owes to his subjects.
(5.) Oppression (1765-1835 )
- Oppress (v) दमन करना Example. The British continued to oppress Indians.
- Draw (v) कमाना 2. लेना Example. All the time British officers in India drew big salaries and also made fortunes in private business.
- Fortune (N) भाग्य
- Prosper (v) succeed
(6.) Dissatisfaction (1835 – 36)
- Petty (N) small छोटा मोटा
- Incidentally (adv) संयोग से
- Intellectual (N) प्रज्ञावान Example. British education produced clerks to whom the British gave petty jobs under them . Incidentally , it also produced a new generation of intellectuals .
- Educate (v) Example. We must educate our brothers .
- Convey (v) ले जाना
- Grievances (N) Example. For that we must convey our grievancesto the British Parliament.
- Conquer (v) vanquish Example. By 1856, this British had conquered the whole of India.
- Convert (v) transform बदलना Example. They are converting our brothers.
(7.) The sparks (1853- 57)
- Taxes (N) कर Example. Taxes continued to ruin the peasants .
- Peasants (N) citizen
- Massacred (v ) कड़ी पराजय देना Example. They rose in rebellion and massacred Europeans and their supporters alike .
- Mansion (N) कोठी , हवेली
- Pittance (N) allowance
- Revolt (v) mutiny
- Strip (v) Example. Thousands of other sepoys revolted. They were stripped of their uniforms .
- Regiment (N) सैन्य दल Example. Sepoy Mangal Pande attacked the adjutant of his regiment and was executed.
(8.) Revolt (1857)
- Outbreak (N) explosion प्रकोप Example. There was a violent outbreak at Cochin.
- Landlord (N) जमींनदार Example. Many landlords had lost their lands because of the British policies .
(9.) The fight for freedom (1857).
- Bitter (N) कठोर 2. कड़वा
- Upsurge (N) लहर Example. They joined the upsurge against the foreigner .
- Pounce (v) claw पंजा मारना
- Fight (v) combat.
- Battles (N) conflict लड़ाई , युद्ध Example. The Patriots pounced upon the British and fought pitched battles all over North India.