Lost Spring word meaning

Word Meaning 

Lesson -Lost Spring -

 Stories of Stolen Childhood

Story 1 'Sometimes I find a Rupee in the garbage'

Abound 

-exist in large numbers

Acquaintance

 - contact

Amidst

 in the middle of

barefoot 

- wearing nothing in the feet

Bleak

 - empty

Bother

 - worry

Content

 satisfied

Desolation

 the state of being empty

Discarded 

thrown away

Embarrassed

 - feeling ashamed

Excuse

 a reason to justify a fault

Glibly 

speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without care

He would have a hard time believing it

 - it would be difficult for meant 'the Lord of the Universe'

Hollow 

meaningless

Lighting up 

show joy and happiness

Metaphorically

-symbolically

Mutters 

to speak in a low voice

Panting 

- taking short and quick breathes

Periphery

- outer area

Permits 

legal documents

Perpetual state of poverty

 never ending condition of being po

Scrounging 

searching for

Shuffles 

slides them over each other

Squatters 

a person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited b

Tarpaulin

- heavy-duty waterproof cloth

Tattered 

torn

Transit homes

 a temporary home

Wilderness

- a wasteland

Story 2 "I want to drive a car"

Amidst

 in the middle of

Apathy 

lack of concern

Auspiciousness

 - good omen

Baggage 

burden