Unit 9
1. bacchanalian (adj.) – pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
Example: For some people New Year’s Eve is an occasion for bacchanalian revelry.
Synonyms: orgiastic, drunken, riotous
Antonyms: sober, restrained
Nepali Meaning: मद्यपान र उन्मादपूर्ण उत्सव सम्बन्धी
Nepali Example: केही मानिसहरूका लागि नयाँ वर्षको पूर्वसन्ध्या मद्यपान र उन्मादपूर्ण उत्सवको अवसर हो।
2. banal (adj.) – commonplace; trite
Example: The writer has a gift for making even the most banal observation seem important.
Synonyms: clichéd, hackneyed, stale
Antonyms: original, fresh
Nepali Meaning: साधारण; घिसारिएको
Nepali Example: लेखकसँग सबैभन्दा साधारण अवलोकनलाई पनि महत्त्वपूर्ण र मौलिक बनाउने प्रतिभा छ।
3. banter (n.) – playful conversation
Example: The governor engaged in some banter with reporters before the serious conference.
Synonyms: repartee, chitchat, raillery
Antonyms: serious talk
Nepali Meaning: रमाइलो कुराकानी
Nepali Example: गभर्नरले समाचार सम्मेलनको गम्भीर विषयमा जानुअघि पत्रकारहरूसँग रमाइलो कुराकानी गरे।
4. bard (n.) – poet
Example: The great bards of English literature mastered verse techniques.
Synonyms: poet, minstrel, versifier
Antonyms: prose writer
Nepali Meaning: कवि
Nepali Example: अंग्रेजी साहित्यका महान कविहरूले छन्द विधामा निपुणता हासिल गरेका थिए।
5. bawdy (adj.) – obscene
Example: Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales contains stories ranging from holy to bawdy.
Synonyms: lewd, ribald, indecent
Antonyms: decent, chaste
Nepali Meaning: अश्लील
Nepali Example: चौसरको क्यान्टरबरी टेल्समा पवित्रदेखि अश्लीलसम्मका कथाहरू समावेश छन्।
6. beatify (v.) – to sanctify; to bless
Example: Pope John Paul II traveled to Fatima to beatify children who saw the Virgin Mary.
Synonyms: canonize, consecrate
Antonyms: curse, damn
Nepali Meaning: पवित्र घोषित गर्नु
Nepali Example: पोप जोन पाउल द्वितीयले १९१७ मा वर्जिन मेरी देखेका दुई बच्चाहरूलाई पवित्र घोषित गर्न फातिमा गए।
7. bedizen (v.) – to dress in a vulgar, showy manner
Example: Paul went to the costume party bedizened as a French aristocrat.
Synonyms: adorn gaudily, deck out
Antonyms: dress simply
Nepali Meaning: भड्किलो र फोहरिएको लुगा लगाउनु
Nepali Example: पलले फ्रान्सेली कुलीनजस्तो भड्किलो लुगा लगाएर भेषधारी पार्टीमा गए।
8. behemoth (n.) – huge creature; anything very large
Example: Foreign companies were becoming commercial behemoths in the 1980s-90s.
Synonyms: giant, monster, colossus
Antonyms: dwarf, pygmy
Nepali Meaning: विशालकाय
Nepali Example: १९८०-९० को दशकमा विदेशी कम्पनीहरू व्यावसायिक विशालकाय बन्दै गए।
9. belie (v.) – to contradict; give false impression
Example: The boxer’s childlike face belies his ferocity in the ring.
Synonyms: misrepresent, disguise, conceal
Antonyms: reveal, expose
Nepali Meaning: झूटो प्रभाव दिनु
Nepali Example: बक्सरको बालुलाग्दो अनुहारले रिङमा उनको निर्दयतालाई झुठो प्रभाव दिन्छ।