Rendezvous with Ray Complete Vocabulary
Here it is given a complete vocabulary (glossary) for the topic "Rendezvous with Ray" for class 10 English. If a child is able to find all these 60 words' meanings he/she will understand the text better. Hope this will help the child. To download the pdf file click on the link given below.
| Word | Meaning |
| unique friendship | unparalleled frindship (There is no ther friendship is compared with theirs) |
| singular impact | a powerful effect that something, especially something new, has on a situation or person |
| enroute | n the way to or from somewhere |
| stopover | a short stay in a place that you make while you are on a longerjourney to somewhere else |
| acquinted with | to make someone or yourself familiar with something |
| trilogy | a series of three books, plays, etc. written about the same situationor characters, forming a continuous story |
| fascinating | extremely interesting |
| longstanding | having existed for a long time |
| compilation | a book that has been made from several separate parts |
| publisher | an organization that publishes text or music |
| scholarly | containing a serious, detailed study of a subject |
| insight | (the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes suddenunderstanding of a complicated problem or situation |
| artist | someone who creates things with great skill and imagination |
| astiste | a skilled performer, especially a dancer, singer, or actor |
| portal | a large, important entrance to a building |
| harsh | unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than is necessary |
| brought out | to make a particular quality or detail noticeable |
| reassurance | words of advice and comfort intended to make someone feel lessworried: |
| fortunate | lucky |
| endorse | to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone |
| accusation | a statement saying that someone has done something morallywrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone |
| detractors | someone who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly |
| reputatin | the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or somethingreceives, based on past behaviour or character |
| depicted | to represent or show something in a picture or story |
| material poverty | Material poverty is the lack of sufficient material means to meet basic needs. The lack of sufficient material means could include a lack of food, drinking water, shelter, clothing, or medicine. |
| spiritual poverty | not to help the poor and powerless in some way is spiritual poverty |
| enormous | extremely large |
| deplorable | very bad |
| arrogance of the West | The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them |
| quest | a long search for something that is difficult to find, or an attempt toachieve something difficult |
| convert | to (cause something or someone to) change in form or character |
| muster up | If you muster up a feeling of courage or energy, you try hard to findthat quality in yourself because you need it in order to do something |
| living meseum piece | One that is worth keeping or showing in a museum |
| worthwhile | useful, important, or good enough to be a suitable reward for themoney or time spent or the effort made |
| discreet | clearly separate or different in shape or form |
| aloof | not friendly |
| intimidating | making you feel frightened or nervous |
| anuassuming | Someone who is unassuming is quiet and shows no wish for attentionor admiration: |
| subtle | not noticable |
| screenings | a test or examination to discover if there is anything wrong with someone |
| cemented | to make something such as an agreement or friendship stronger (or) If you cement an agreement or relationship, you make it unlikely to change |
| elegance | graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour |
| screenplay | the text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actors andinstructions for the cameras |
| manuscripts | the original copy of a book or article before it is printed |
| humane | showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especiallythose who are suffering |
| colossus | a person or thing of great size, influence, or ability |
| immortal | very special and famous and therefore likely to be remembered for a long time |
| dictum | a short statement, especially one expressing advice or a general truth |
| analogy | a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea |
| critics | someone whose job is to give their opinion about something,especially films, books, music, etc. |
| didactic | intended to teach people a moral lesson |
| verbose | using or containing more words than are necessary |
| impulse | a sudden strong wish to do something |
| easthetics | An aesthetic object or a work of art is one that shows great beauty (or) relating to the study of beauty |
| no ine is a prophet in one's own country | no one is a prophet in one's own country means that it is very difficult for people whoknow us closely to acknowledge our greatness |
| agnostic | someone who does not know, or believes that it is impossible to know, if a god exists |
| deathbed | the bed that someone dies in or is dying in |
| fallout | as a result |
| establishment | a business or other organization, or the place where anorganization operates |
| reservations | a doubt or feeling of not being able to agree with oraccept something completely |
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