On Saying Please

Meaning of the difficult words

Acutely hurt = intensely hurt, कमालीचे दुखावणे

redress = to set right, remedy, कारवाई, निवारण

refuse = rebuff, नकार

vanity = pride, स्वाभिमान

declined = नकार देणे

Discourtesy = indignity, indelicacy, अनादर, असभ्यता

assalt and battery = प्राणघातक हल्ला

assailant = attacker, हल्लेखोर

legislate = कायदा

sanction = मंजूर

violence = oppression , constraint, हिंसा

recognize = endorse , ओळखणे, मान्यता देणे

to box = fight

scowl = frown , भांडण , कपाळावर आट्या

gutter = sewer, गटारी

 2 para

uncivil = असभ्य

violence = हिंसक

retaliation = revenge, बदला

haughty = Proudy, गर्विष्ठ

boorish = rustic, बढाईखोर, गावंढळ

penalty = दं ड

laceration = Section, छेद

3 rd para

slur = निंदा

kick on the shins = a thoraghly delasting

vanity = the quality of being too proud, घमंड

brooding over = think moodily / anxiously

equilibrium = balance

bullied = धमकावणे

 employer = नोकरीस ठेवणारा मालक

henpecked = being controlled by and frightened of one’s wife

insolent = उद्धट, rude

morose = unhappy, चिडलेला , संतापी

Decalogue = The Ten commandments

4 th para

endorse = express support, निर्णय

Verdict = judgement, निर्णय

sacred = पवित्र

requirement = आवश्यकता

civility = सभ्यता

courtesies = शिष्टाचार

inter course = dealing and communication of the people

co-operation = सहकार्य

inferior = निकृष्ट

superior = उत्कृष्ट

Vulgar = अश्लिल, obsence

command = order, आदेश

resentment = anger, राग

5 para

discriminating = discret, भेदभाव

rebuke = lash, खरडपट्टी काढणे, दोष देणे

ordeal = दिव्य –

aggresive = combative, आक्रमक

to insist on = चा आग्रह धरणे

tribute = something that you say or do to show that you respect or admire, श्रद्धांजली, सलाम

knave = a dishonest person, लबाड

6 th para

stray = भटके

 penniless = having no money, कफल्लक

assume = to accept or believe, गृहीत धरणे

cheerfully = gaity, happily, आनंदाने

para 7

 sensitive = conscious to understand people ‘s feeling,

                     संवेदनशिल

 trampled = to walk on somebody, पायदळी तूडविने

 countenance = face, मुद्रा

trod on = walked on, stepped on, तुडविले जाणे

treading = walking, चालने

assured = made certain, ठासुन सांगणे

inexhaustible = unlimited, अफाट

solicitious = caring, काळजीवाहू

peculiarly = special, विशेष

merry jest = आनंदी

 irradicate = destroy, निर्मूलन

 para 8

 diffiused = spread, पसरविणे

drab = causing dejection, निरस

panegyric = a speech or piece of writing that praises someon स्तुतिपर भाषणे

good – tempered = चांगल्या स्वभावाचा

dignified = behaving calm and serious that makes people respect you

para 10

tolerable = सहनशील

invoke = कळकळीची विनंती, आवाहन करणे

 lower than the angles = न पुढारलेला

moral affront = a deliberate offence, नैतिक अपमान

revenge = retaliate, बदला

elaborate = intricate, विस्तृत, गुंतागुंतीचा

victory = sucess, triumph, विजय

boor = a rude, उद्धट

 spiritual = concerning deep thoughts, आध्यात्मिक

pavements= footpaths