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Vocabulary on 14th September 2025 (Words: 1. FAMINE; 2. SUIT; 3. APARTHEID; 4. RECTOR; 5. OUTRAGE; 6. DISRUPTIVE)

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>>> Word meanings: 1. FAMINE = দুর্ভিক্ষ ; extreme scarcity of food, widespread hunger; starvation, scarcity, dearth, shortage, want, destitution 2. SUIT (in context: "follow suit")= অনুসরণ করা , একইভাবে কাজ করা ; to imitate, to do the same as others; imitate, emulate, copy, replicate, mirror, echo, follow, pursue 3. APARTHEID = বর্ণবৈষম্য , জাতিগত বিভাজন ; system of segregation or discrimination based on race; racial segregation, discrimination, separation, exclusion, racism 4. RECTOR = বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের প্রধান/প্রধান অধ্যক্ষ ; head of a university or academic institution; principal, head, chancellor, president, provost, director 5. OUTRAGE = ক্ষোভ , প্রবল রাগ ; strong anger or shock caused by something offensive or unjust; indignation, fury, anger, resentment, wrath, disgust, dismay, shock; as verb (to outrage) প্রবল ক্ষুব্ধ করা , অপমান করা ; offend, shock, insult, appall, provoke, scandalize 6. DISRUPTIVE = বিঘ্নসৃষ্টিকারী , পরিবর্তনশীল ; causing distur...

Vocabulary on 13th September 2025 (Words: 1. TAKE THE GLOVES OFF; 2. ABANDON)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. TAKE THE GLOVES OFF = কঠোর পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া , নরমভাব বাদ দিয়ে কঠিন / নির্মম আচরণ শুরু করা , Act harshly; Be ruthless; Get tough; Show no mercy; Be aggressive; Stop being gentle; Take a hard line; Be severe; to act ruthlessly; to get tough; 2. ABANDON = ত্যাগ করা , ছেড়ে যাওয়া , পরিত্যাগ করা , Leave; Forsake; Desert; Quit; Relinquish; Renounce; Give up; Withdraw from; Vacate; Discard; (v) To abandon কোনো কিছু বা কাউকে ছেড়ে দেওয়া বা ত্যাগ করা। >>>  Sentences: 1. “This isn’t a gentle war. We “ TOOK THE GLOVES OF F” from the first minute. Sadly not earlier,” Halevi said, suggesting the Israel should have taken a tougher line in Gaza before the 7 October attack. 2. Many of the 40 Palestinian victims of Friday’s (12th September 2025) Israeli strikes appeared to have been people who were unable to move south, or unwilling to “ ABANDON ” their homes or shelters to risk of going somewhere in Gaza where there was no shelt...

Vocabulary on 12th September 2025 (Words: 1. INESCAPABLE; 2. STRANGLE; 3. COLLECTIVE; 4. CLEANSE; 5. PALLET; 6. EXODUS; 7. IMPOSE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. INESCAPABLE = অবশ্যম্ভাবী , অনিবার্য ; unavoidable, inevitable, certain, sure, ineluctable, compulsory, fated, inescapably bound 2. STRANGLE = গলা টিপে হত্যা করা , দমন করা , শ্বাসরোধ করা ; choke, suffocate, throttle, stifle, smother, suppress, repress, asphyxiate, stranglehold (n.), curb 3. COLLECTIVE = সমষ্টিগত , যৌথ ; communal, joint, shared, group, common, mutual, united, cooperative 4. CLEANSE = নির্মূল করা ; eradicate,  পরিষ্কার   করা ,  শুদ্ধ   করা ,  purify, purge, wash, sanitize, disinfect, expel, absolve, scrub, rid 5. PALLET = মালামাল বহনের কাঠের প্ল্যাটফর্ম , খাটিয়া বা তক্তা ; platform, skid, baseboard, crate, flat transport structure, wooden frame 6. EXODUS = ব্যাপক প্রস্থান , গণপালায়ন ; mass departure, migration, evacuation, flight, withdrawal, diaspora, emigration, escape 7. IMPOSE = চাপিয়ে দেওয়া , আরোপ করা , বলপূর্বক কার্যকর করা ; enforce, inflict, dictate, decree, establish,...

Vocabulary on 3rd September 2025 (Words: 1. #TERRAIN, 2. #INCLEMENT, 3. #SHROUD, 4. #FAN OUT, 5. #BARELY)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. TERRAIN = ভূমিরূপ , ভূমির গঠন , ভূখণ্ড ; landform, ground, topography, landscape, geography, countryside, territory, soil, surface, tract 2. INCLEMENT = প্রতিকূল (আবহাওয়া) , কঠোর , অনুকূল নয় ; unpleasantly weather; harsh, severe, stormy, rough, unpleasant, bad, unfavorable, wild, intemperate 3. SHROUD = কাফন , মোড়ানো কাপড় ; শবাচ্ছাদনবস্ত্র ; winding-sheet, burial cloth, cover, veil, wrapping, pall, blanket, sheet (v. মোড়ানো , ঢেকে রাখা ; wrap, cover, cloak, envelop, conceal, hide, mask, blanket 4. FAN OUT = ছড়িয়ে পড়া , বিস্তৃত হওয়া , চারদিকে ছড়িয়ে পড়া ; to spread out or disperse over an area; spread out, disperse, scatter, radiate, expand, deploy, distribute, extend, unfold 5. BARELY = কষ্টেসৃষ্টে , সামান্য মাত্র , অল্পমাত্রায় ; মাত্র ; hardly, scarcely, only just; almost not; just, only, narrowly, meagerly, insufficiently, poorly, thinly  >>> Sentences: Many remained trapped under the debris of mud and sto...

Vocabulary on 31st August 2025 (Words: 1. #FLOTILLA; 2. #SIEGE; 3. #WAR-RAVAGED)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. FLOTILLA = ছোট ছোট নৌযানের বহর , ক্ষুদ্র জাহাজবহর ; a small fleet of ships or boats; fleet, convoy, squadron, armada, group of vessels 2. SIEGE = অবরোধ , ঘেরাও , অবরোধ অবস্থা ; military blockade of a place to force surrender 3. WAR-RAVAGED = যুদ্ধবিধ্বস্ত , যুদ্ধে ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত ; destroyed or heavily damaged by war; war-torn, devastated, shattered, ruined, demolished, blasted, wrecked, damaged  >>> Sentences: 1. A “ FLOTILLA ” carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is due to leave from Barcelona on Sunday to try to “break the illegal " SIEGE " of Gaza”, organisers said. 2. The flotilla is expected to arrive at the “ WAR-RAVAGED ” coastal enclave in mid-September.    

Vocabulary on 29th August 2025 (Words: 1. #SOVEREIGNTY; 2. #BUFFER ZONE; 3. VOID)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. SOVEREIGNTY = সার্বভৌমত্ব , স্বাধীন ক্ষমতা ; Supreme authority, autonomy, independence, self-rule, dominion, jurisdiction, control, self-governance, supremacy, freedom 2. BUFFER ZONE = অন্তর্বর্তী অঞ্চল , সুরক্ষামূলক এলাকা ; neutral area, demilitarized zone, safety zone, protective area, dividing area, no-man’s land, peace zone, security belt 3. VOID = বাতিল , শূন্য , অকার্যকর ; invalid, null, empty, ineffective, useless, worthless, canceled, abolished, non-binding; [(v.) বাতিল করা , অকার্যকর করা ;   cancel, annul, revoke, invalidate, abolish, repeal, nullify, quash, rescind, terminate]  >>> Sentences: 1. The Syrian foreign ministry condemned the strikes, calling them a violation of international law and a breach of the country’s “ SOVEREIGNTY ”. 2. Syria and Israel have technically been at war since 1948 and do not have diplomatic relations. In 1974, the two countries signed a UN agreement that created a “ BUFFER Z...

Vocabulary on 27th August 2025 (Words: 1. #UNLAWFUL; 2. #DOUBLE-TAP; 3. #IMPUNITY; 4. #FREQUENTLY; 5. #DEADLIEST; 6. #PROVOKED; 7. #INTOLERABLE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. UNLAWFUL = বেআইনি , অবৈধ ; illegal, illegitimate, illicit, forbidden, prohibited, wrongful, criminal, unauthorized, against the law, unlawful 2. DOUBLE-TA P= পুনরায় আক্রমণ , একই স্থানে দ্রুত ধারাবাহিক আঘাত ; repeat strike, follow-up attack, second strike, successive hit, repeated bombing 3. IMPUNITY = শাস্তিহীনতা , দণ্ডমুক্তি ; exemption from punishment, immunity, freedom from penalty, non-liability, liberty, protection 4. FREQUENTLY = ঘন ঘন , বারবার ; often, repeatedly, regularly, constantly, habitually, many times, commonly, usually 5. DEADLIEST = সবচেয়ে প্রাণঘাতী , সবচেয়ে মারণাত্মক ; most fatal, most lethal, most dangerous, most destructive, most life-threatening, most murderous 6. PROVOKED = উস্কে দেওয়া , উত্তেজিত করা , রাগানো , প্ররোচিত করা ; incited, stirred up, instigated, aggravated, angered, irritated, aroused, triggered, annoyed, inflamed; (V. provoke → to incite, to stimulate to action or anger) 7. INTOLERABLE ...

Vocabulary on 25th August 2025 (Words: 1. POUND; 2. RAZE; 3. TAKE OVER; 4. DEVASTATED; 5. EXPONENTIALLY; 6. STARVATION)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. POUND = প্রচণ্ড আঘাত করা , বোমাবর্ষণ করা , জোরে প্রহার করা ; hit hard, strike, bombard, batter, smash, thrash, assault, beat, hammer, attack 2. RAZE = মাটির সাথে মিশিয়ে ফেলা , ধ্বংস করা , ভেঙে ফেলা ; demolish, destroy, tear down, flatten, level, wreck, annihilate, obliterate, dismantle 3. TAKE OVER = দখল নেওয়া , নিয়ন্ত্রণ গ্রহণ করা , কর্তৃত্ব করা ; seize, capture, occupy, conquer, gain control, assume, dominate, annex, usurp 4. DEVASTATED = ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত , বিপর্যস্ত , বিধ্বস্ত ; (v) destroy, ruin, wreck, shatter, demolish, ravage, obliterate, lay waste, desolate 5. EXPONENTIALLY = ক্রমবর্ধমান হারে , গুণোত্তরভাবে দ্রুত বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া ; increasingly, rapidly, dramatically, at an accelerating rate, progressively, geometrically 6. STARVATION = অনাহার , ক্ষুধামৃত্যু , খাদ্যের অভাবে মৃত্যু ; hunger, famine, deprivation, malnutrition, destitution, famishment, inanition  >>> Sentences: Israeli aircraft and tanks have “ POUNDED ” t...

Vocabulary on 24th August 2025 (Words: 1. BUSTLING; 2. HYPERTENSIVE; 3. RIFE; 4. THYME)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. BUSTLING = কর্মচঞ্চল , ব্যস্ত , কোলাহলপূর্ণ ; lively, busy, crowded, vibrant, active, noisy, energetic, thriving, animated, hectic (V. to bustle= to move energetically or busily; hurry, rush, scurry) 2. HYPERTENSIVE = উচ্চরক্তচাপজনিত , হাইপারটেনশন-সম্পর্কিত ; having high blood pressure, suffering from hypertension 3. RIFE = ব্যাপক , প্রচলিত , ছড়িয়ে পড়া ; widespread, prevalent, common, rampant, ubiquitous, extensive, universal, endemic, pervasive, overflowing 4. THYME = থাইম ( একটি সুগন্ধি ভেষজ গাছ/মসলা ); a fragrant herb used in cooking; spice, seasoning, herb  >>> Sentences: 1. On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for a declaration of famine had been met in the once “ BUSTLING ” commercial and administrative hub. 2. “I do not have the strength to stand in ...

Vocabulary on 20th August 2025 (Words: 1. #ENVISAGED; 2. #SPECULATION; 3. #AVERT; 4. #VACILLATING; 5. #LURCHED; 6. #COVERTLY; 7. #SCATHING; 8. #PRECIPITATE; 9. #AVALANCHE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. ENVISAGED = কল্পিত , প্রত্যাশিত , অনুমানকৃত ; imagined, anticipated, expected, predicted, contemplated, foreseen, projected (v. envisage= কল্পনা করা ) 2. SPECULATION = অনুমান , জল্পনা , ধারণা ; guesswork, assumption, conjecture, supposition, theory, suspicion, prediction, rumor, forecast, hypothesis 3. AVERT = ঠেকানো , প্রতিহত করা , এড়ানো ; prevent, avoid, stop, ward off, preclude, hinder, deter, stave off 4. VACILLATING = দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত , অস্থিরচিত্ত , দোদুল্যমান ; indecisive, wavering, hesitant, fluctuating, faltering, uncertain, irresolute; (v. vacillate= দোদুল্যমান হওয়া ; দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত হত্তয়া ) 5. LURCHED = হঠাৎ ঝাঁকুনি খাওয়া , হঠাৎ মোড় নেওয়া ; staggered, swayed, reeled, faltered, wobbled, shifted abruptly, lurched forward (v. lurch= ঝুঁকে পড়া ) 6. COVERTLY = গোপনে , গোপনীয়ভাবে , আড়ালে ; secretly, clandestinely, stealthily, surreptitiously, privately, undercover, furtively, in disguise 7. SCATHING = তীব্র সমালোচনামূলক , কড়া...

Vocabulary on 14th August 2025 Words: 1. #STARVATION; 2. #INCOHERENT; 3. #PRECLUDED; 4. #ANNEXATION; 5. #PLEDGING; 6. #STATEHOOD

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. STARVATION = অনাহার , ক্ষুধামৃত্যু ; hunger, famine, malnutrition, deprivation, undernourishment, destitution 2. INCOHERENT = অসংগত , অযৌক্তিক , অগোছালো ; illogical, inconsistent, irrational, muddled, disjointed, unclear, rambling 3. PRECLUDED = প্রতিরোধ করা , বাধা দেওয়া , রোধ করা ; prevented, hindered, stopped, barred, obstructed, impeded, excluded, prohibited 4. ANNEXATION = সংযুক্তিকরণ , দখল , ভূখণ্ড দখল ; seizure, occupation, takeover, appropriation, acquisition, incorporation 5. PLEDGING = প্রতিশ্রুতি দেওয়া , অঙ্গীকার করা ; promising, vowing, committing, undertaking, guaranteeing, swearing 6. STATEHOOD = রাষ্ট্রের মর্যাদা , রাষ্ট্রের স্বীকৃতি ; nationhood, independence, sovereignty, self-governance, autonomy Sentences: The United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied territories has warned that moves to recognise a Palestinian state should not distract member states from stopping mass death and “ STARVATION ” in Gaza. “O...

Vocabulary on 13th August 2025 (Words: 1. #CUMBERSOM; 2. #RAVAGE; 3. #OFFENSIVE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. CUMBERSOME = কষ্টকর ; difficult; hard; painful; troublesome; grievous; অসুবিধাজনক ; adverse; awkward; দুর্বহ ; weighty; overwhelming; ponderous; 2. RAVAGE = ধ্বংস করা ; destroy; shatter; annihilate; obliterate; demolish; 3. OFFENSIVE = আক্রমণ ; attack; invasion; onslaught; foray; raid;  >>> Sentences: 1. Speaking from Jerusalem, Peeperkorn said Gaza had run out of more than half of medicines and the WHO was able to bring in fewer supplies than it wanted “due to the CUMBERSOME procedures” and products “still denied” entry – a topic of constant negotiation with the Israeli authorities. 2. “The overall health situation remains catastrophic,” he said. “Hunger and malnutrition continue to RAVAGE Gaza”. 3. Israel’s OFFENSIVE in Gaza has now killed a total of 61,599 Palestinians and injured 154,088 since 7 October 2023.

Vocabulary on 12th August 2025 (Words: 1. #UNIMAGINABLE; 2. #OUTCRY)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. UNIMAGINABLE = অকল্পনীয় ; anecdotal; unthinkable; improbable; implausible; 2. OUTCRY = হৈচৈ ; চীত্কার ; exclamation; clamor; call; bellow;  >>>   Sentences: 1. The foreign ministers of 25 countries including the UK, Australia, France, Spain, Japan and others have released a joint statement saying that “humanitarian suffering in Gaza has reached UNIMAGINABLE levels” and calling for the government of Israel to let in aid shipments and allow essential humanitarian actors to operate in Gaza. 2. Israel has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global OUTCRY over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day.

Vocabulary on 11th August 2025 (Words: 1. #UNLEASH; 2. #EXACERBATE; 3. #MALNUTRITION; 4. #SEEK; 5. #DISARM)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. UNLEASH = ছাড়িয়া দেত্তয়া ; মুক্ত করা ; let off( যাইতে দেত্তয়া ); unchain; relinquish; 2. EXACERBATE = অধিকতর খারাপ বা তীব্রতর করা ; make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. 3. MALNUTRITION = অপয্র্যাপ্ত খাদ্যগ্রহণ ; অপুষ্টি ; lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat. 4. SEEK = খোঁজা বা সন্ধান করা ; attempt to find; look for; search; look up; demand; look after; 5. DISARM = নিরস্ত্র করা ; unarm; take a weapon or weapons away from (a person, force, or country).  >>> Sentences: 1. Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his plan to take control of Gaza City in the face of widespread international outrage, even as senior UN officials warned that the move risked UNLEASHING “another calamity” on a territory already experiencing “starvation, pure and simple”. 2. But during an emergency weekend session of...

Vocabulary on 10th August 2025 (Words: 1. INDISCRIMINATE; 2. #CONVOY; 3. #OUTRAGEOUS; 4. #RICOCHET; 5. #DRENCH)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. INDISCRIMINATE = নির্বিচারে , বিচারহীন , unjust; blind; 2. CONVOY = পাহারা দেবার জন্য অনুগমন ; a group of ships or vehicles traveling together, typically accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection. 3. OUTRAGEOUS = ভয়ানক ; shockingly bad; জঘন্য ; scandalous; nasty; blinking; fearful; 4. RICOCHET = ধাক্কা লেগে লাফিয়ে ওঠা বা ঠিকরে আসা ; অভিঘাতজনিত প্রতিক্ষেপণ ; (of a bullet, shell, or other projectile) rebound one or more times off a surface. 5. DRENCH = ভিজিয়ে দেওয়া ; wet thoroughly; soak( ভিজিয়ে রাখা ; সিক্ত করা ); saturate;  >>> Sentences: 1. Palestinians, like Nuor, who travel to GHF sites have come under systematic and INDISCRIMINATE Israeli gunfire. 2. According to the UN, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed since 27 May while seeking food, with 859 killed in the vicinity of GHF sites and 514 along the routes of food CONVOYS . 3. The British weapons expert Chris Cobb-Smith, c...

Vocabulary on 9th August 2025 (Words: 1. #OUTRAGE; 2. #ENTAIL; 3. #RIFT; 4. #QUAGMIRE)

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 >>> 1. OUTRAGE = ক্ষোভ ; an extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation ; 2. ENTAIL = ফলস্বরূপ ঘটা ; involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence ; necessitate( আবশ্যক করা ); make necessary; require; need; demand; call for; presuppose; assume; be grounds for; 3. RIFT = ফাটল ; a crack, split, or break in something; 4. QUAGMIRE = জলাবদ্ধতা ; a soft boggy ( পাঁকে-ভরা ) area of land that gives way underfoot.  >>> Sentences: 1. The future of 1 million Palestinians hangs in the balance after Israel’s security cabinet approved a new ground offensive aimed at taking complete illegal control of Gaza’s largest city in a decision that has triggered global OUTRAGE . 2. The plan put forward by Benjamin Netanyahu for Gaza City would ENTAIL a further escalation in the 22-month war and mean more mass displacements of an exhausted and starving population. 3. The proposal is also reported to have opened a deep RIFT betw...