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Vocabulary on March 27, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #CLIMBDOWN, 2. #ABYSMAL, 3. #LULL, 4. #MANGLE, 5. #MAXIMALIST]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. CLIMBDOWN = পরাজয়; licking, defeat, loss, frustration, discomfiture( অস্বস্তি, ছত্রভঙ্গ অবস্হা) , reverse 2. ABYSMAL = অতল ; bottomless, unfathomable, fathomless; ভয়ঙ্কর ; awesome, horrible, terrific, horrific, fearsome, ভয়ানক ; terrible, outrageous, frightening, grim, dire, ভীষণ ; tremendous, terrible, dire, horrendous, horrible, অতলস্পর্শী ; 3. LULL = বিরতি ; pause; a temporary interval of quiet or lack of activity; respite; interval; break; hiatus; suspension; cessation; interlude; intermission; breathing space; moratorium( স্থগিত) ; lacuna( ফাঁক ; গর্ত ); caesura; calm( শান্ত ); calmness; stillness; quiet; quietness; tranquility; peace; peacefulness; silence; hush; 4. MANGLE = ছিন্ন করা; interrupt, cut, break, tear, separate; ছেদন করা; nip, mutilate, কর্তন করা; carve, cut, detruncate, obtruncate, hash, 5. MAXIMALIST = সর্বাধিকবাদী; extreme opinion; a person who holds extreme views and is not prepared to compromise; ...

Vocabulary on March 26, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #MUTINOUS, 2. #DISGRUNTLED; 3. #BOTCHED]

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>>> Word Meanings : 1. MUTINOUS= বিদ্রোহী; Contumacious; bolshie; Rebellious; insubordinate; subversive; seditious; insurgent; insurrectionary; insurrectionist; rebel; revolutionary;  2. DISGRUNTLED= অসন্তুষ্ট; dissatisfied; unsatisfied; discontented; displeased; frustrated; disappointed; sad; bored; depressed;  3. BOTCHED = বিশৃঙ্খলাভাবে সম্পন্ন; Carried out badly or carelessly;  >>> Sentences :  1. Western officials have said they believe a Russian commander was run over by MUTINOUS forces during the fighting in Ukraine, in a sign of what they described as the “morale challenges” faced by the invading forces. 2. Corroborating evidence for the claim made by western officials that the colonel had died was limited to the headline of a report on the MailOnline website, which said: “Russian commander who was deliberately run over with a tank driven by his own DISGRUNTLED soldiers in protest at the huge death toll in his unit has DIED.” 3. Weste...

Vocabulary on March 25, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: #STAKE]

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  Word Meaning:   STAKE = পণ ; betting, bet, dowry, price, resolve; খুঁটি ; pillar, peg, prop, patron, upholder; বাজি ; bet, wager, betting, feat, legerdemain; Sentence: Joe Biden raised the STAKES with Russia over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by warning that Nato would be forced to respond if the Kremlin resorted to using chemical weapons.

Vocabulary on March 24, 2022 from The Guardian [Words #SCANT]

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 >>> Word Meaning: 1. SCANT = অপ্রচুর; meager, short, low,  নিতান্ত অপ্রতুল; scare; অত্যল্প; Exiguous; little; minimal; hardly any; limited; negligible; barely sufficient; insufficient; too little; not enough; inadequate; deficient;  >>> Sentence : 1. Many of Ukraine’s industrial areas in the east have been heavily damaged by the war. It is long-term damage, which, judging by the SCANT regard Moscow has shown for civilian casualties, was probably partly deliberate.

Vocabulary on March 23, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #XENOPHOBIA, 2. #CONDIMENT]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. XENOPHOBIA = বিদেশীদের সম্বন্ধে অহেতুক ভয়; racism, racialism, racial hatred, ethnocentrism, ethnocentricity, nationalism, jingoism, isolation, prejudice; intolerance, bigotry; bias; dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries. 2. CONDIMENT = মসলা ; spice, flavoring, flavouring; আচার ; conduct, pickles, rite, seasoning, ceremonial;  >>> Sentences: 1. But that doesn’t mean everything is helpful. Since the invasion began, we’ve been seeing some reactions that come across less as solidarity and more as empty symbolism, if not outright XENOPHOBIA . 2. Last week, Wisconsin’s National Mustard Museum replaced its Russian mustard with a sign promising the CONDIMENT ’s return “once the invasion of Ukraine is over and Russia recognizes and respects the sovereign nation of Ukraine”.

Vocabulary on March 20, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DEEPFAKE, 2. #BONA_FIDE, 3. #PROVENANCE, 4. #DISCERNIBLE, 5. #REBUT]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. DEEPFAKE = একটি রেকর্ডিং যা কাউকে ভুলভাবে উপস্থাপন করার জন্য ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে; an image or recording that has been convincingly altered and manipulated to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said; 2. BONA FIDE = অকৃত্রিম ; genuine; আসল ; real; প্রকৃত ; true, factual, authentic, undeniable, substantive; বিশ্বস্ত ; faithful, loyal, trustworthy, reliable, 3. PROVENANCE = উত্পত্তি; origin, ancestry, origination, paternity, spring; উত্স; 4. DISCERNIBLE = উপলব্ধিযোগ্য; perceptible; আপাত; apparent, external; স্পষ্টভাবে প্রতীয়মান; apparent, 5. REBUT = মিথ্যা প্রমাণ করা ; claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false; খণ্ডন করা ; refute, disprove, confute, cut, divide,  >>> Sentences: 1. The one-minute clip is a DEEPFAKE , the term for a sophisticated hoax that uses artificial intelligence to create a phoney image, most commonly fake videos of people. 2...

Vocabulary on March 19, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: #APHORISM]

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  >>> Word Meaning: APHORISM = নীতিবচন; saying, maxim; বাণী; message, word, dictum, axiom, adage; precept; epigram; epigraph; dictum; gnome; pearl of wisdom; proverb; saw; tag;   motto; expression; phrase;  >>> Sentence: 1. Beijing’s readout of the call did not suggest any Chinese role in ending the war. It quoted Xi as referring to a favourite APHORISM , “Let he who tied the bell on the tiger’s neck take it off”, a seeming reference to China’s position that the US and Nato are ultimately to blame for Vladimir Putin’s actions.

Vocabulary on March 18, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ATTRITABLE, 2. # KAMIKAZE, 3. #INFANTRY]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. ATTRITABLE =   low cost with expendable systems;   Able to undergo attrition; [ATTRITION= wearing down; wearing away; weakening; বলক্ষয়কর; debilitation; enfeebling; sapping; attenuation; harassment; harrying;] 2. KAMIKAZE = জাপানী বিমান; an airplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide crash on a target; 3. INFANTRY = পদাতিক সৈন্যবাহিনী; soldiers marching or fighting on foot; foot soldiers collectively.   >>> Sentences: 1. So even for a high-end military, like the US the basic concept of using in an ATTRITABLE , cheap platform to strike a superior force has inherent value.” 2. Biden’s “unprecedented assistance” includes 100 drones, which officials have said are the Switchblade or “ KAMIKAZE drone” that explode on impact. 3. The missiles weigh only 12.5kg and are just over 1 metre long, making them easy for INFANTRY to use.

Vocabulary on March 17, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #OSTENSIBLY, 2. #SCEPTICAL, 3. #BLITZKRIEG, 4. #DENAZIFICATION, 5. #VINTAGE, 6. #STAUNCH, 7. #QUEASINESS, 8. #CAPITULATE, 9. #PURGE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. OSTENSIBLY = দৃশ্যত; visibly; বাহ্যত ; apparently, আপাতদৃষ্টিতে ; outwardly; seemingly; on the face of it; to all appearances; on the surface; to all intents and purposes; superficially; allegedly; professedly; supposedly; purportedly; 2. SCEPTICAL = সংশয়বাদী;   সন্দেহপ্রবণ;   skeptical, suspicious, অবিশ্বাসী ; unbelieving, infidel, faithless, incredulous, diffident; নাস্তিক্যপূর্ণ ; skeptical, atheistic, atheistical, সন্দেহবাদিতাপূর্ণ ; skeptic, skeptical, সংশয়ী ; unbelieving, সন্দেহপ্রেবণ ; not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations; dubious; doubtful; 3. BLITZKRIEG = ঝটিকা অভিযান ; an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory; ঝটিকা অভিযান ; 4. DENAZIFICATION = নাৎসিবাদ এবং এর প্রভাব থেকে মুক্তি দিতে; to rid of Nazism and its influence; 5. VINTAGE =high-quality; উচ্চগুণ ; quality; prime; choice; select; superior; best; 6. STAUNCH = কট্টর; of strong or firm construction; steadfa...

Vocabulary on March 15, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: #CONSCRIPT]

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  >>> Word Meaning: CONSCRIPT = বাধ্যতামূলকভাবে সৈন্যদলে নিযুক্ত; enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services; আইনবলে কাউকে সৈন্যদলে যোগ দিতে বাধ্য করা; call up, enlist; recruit; mobilize; raise; muster; draft; >>> Sentence: The exact timing would depend on how many resources the Kremlin was willing to commit to the campaign, and whether it could risk using raw CONSCRIPTS to supplement soldiers lost during the faltering Russian advance since launching the invasion on 24 February.

Vocabulary on March 14, 2022 from The Guardian [Word: 1. #UNNERVING]

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  Word Meanings: 1. UNNERVING = বিরক্তিকর; causing one to lose courage or confidence; disconcerting; মানসিক শান্তি বা স্থৈর্য নষ্ট করা; to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness; নার্ভাস হওয়ার কারণ; to cause to become nervous;  >>> Sentences: 1. Yet there are important limits to the Russian attack. While the proximity of lethal missile strikes to Nato borders may appear UNNERVING , the US and other allies have taken steps to reinforce and protect Poland’s air defences.

Vocabulary on March 13, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ORCHESTRATE, 2. #PULVERISE, 3. #BARRAGE, 4. #SCURRY]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. ORCHESTRATE = গোপনে ব্যবস্থা করা, arrange surreptitiously; সুষ্ঠুভাবে সমন্বিত করা; সুসংবদ্ধ বা সুসমন্বিত করা; organize, arrange, put together, plan, set up, bring aout, manage, mobilize, সচল করা, mount, stage, stage-manage, mastermind, পরিকল্পনা করা, choreograph, coordinate, direct, engineer, 2. PULVERISE = চূর্ণ করা; to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles; annihilate, cream, decimate, ধ্বংস করা, demolish, desolate, নির্জন করা, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck; 3. BARRAGE = প্রতিবন্ধক ; defenses, obstacle, curb, interruption, barrier; বাঁধ ; dam, embankment, earthwork, causeway, bund; আত্মরক্ষা ; fence, self-defence, self-preservation; গোলাগুলির বেড়াজাল ; 4. SCURRY = দ্রুতবেগে ছোটা ; move hurriedly with short quick steps; হৈচৈ ; outcry, hue, fuss, ado, fluster; দৌড় করানো ; তাড়িয়ে ন...

Vocabulary on March 12, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #HERALD, 2. #TECTONIC, 3. #WEAN]

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  >>> Word Meanings : 1. HERALD = ইঙ্গিত দেত্তয়া ; Signal; be a sign that (something) is about to happen; indicate; announce; point to; spell; presage; augur; portend; promise; prefigure; foreshadow; foretell; usher in; show in; page the way for; open the way for; be a harbinger of [ অগ্রদূত হত্তয়া ]; be a forerunner; be a precursor or; precede; come before; 2. TECTONIC = গঠনাত্মক; having a strong and widespread impact; relating to building or construction. 3. WEAN = মাই ছাড়ানো; accustom (an infant or other young mammal) to food other than its mother's milk; to detach from a source of dependence; to free from a usually unwholesome habit or interest;  >>> Sentences: 1. Versailles declaration says Russia’s war in Ukraine has HERALDED ‘ TECTONIC shift in European history’. 2. EU leaders announce plan to rearm and WEAN off Russian energy.  

Vocabulary on March 11, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #MORONIC, 2. #SYMMETRICAL, 3. #EXERT, 4. #IMPOUND, 5. #RENEGE]

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  Word Meanings: 1. MORONIC = ক্যাবলা ; very foolish or stupid; idiotic, daffy, idiotical; ক্ষীণবুদ্ধি ; subnormal, foolish, absurd, anile, feeble-minded; ক্ষীণমতি ; subnormal, foolish, absurd, anile, feeble-minded; 2. SYMMETRICAL = প্রতিসম; uniform; ভারসাম্য-সংক্রান্ত; regular; consistent; evenly shaped; aligned; in line; congruous; equal; mirror-image; mirrorlike; well balanced; balanced; well proportioned; proportional; in proportion; even; harmonious; 3. EXERT = প্রয়োগ করা ; apply, use, put to, dispense, put on ; ; জাহির করা ; pose, pretend, assert, show off, advertise; উদ্যম করা ; persevere, endeavor, be earnest, make preparations, splurge; bring to bear; bring into play, exercise; employ; use; make use of; utilize; wield; expend; spend; 4. IMPOUND = বাজেয়াপ্ত করা ; seize, forfeit, confiscate, escheat; অবরুদ্ধ করিয়া রাখা ; keep n custody, আইনসম্মত দখল লত্তয়া ; খোঁয়াড়ে আবদ্ধ করা ; আবদ্ধ করা ; coop, impound, trammel; আইন বা কর্তৃত্বের জোরে দখল ...

Vocabulary on March 10, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #VICE, 2. #AGILE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. VICE = কলঙ্ক ; scandal, reproach, blemish, stain, infamy; অধার্মিকতা ; impiety, viciousness, অনৈতিকতা ; viciousness, অসচ্চরিত্রতা ; incontinence, profligacy, turpitude, viciousness; immoral or wicked behavior. 2. AGILE = কর্মতত্পর ; lively, pragmatic, live, nimble, pragmatical; চট্পটে ; swanky, quick, prompt, swift, nimble, কার্যদক্ষ ; active, stirring, prompt, can-do; চটপটে ; nimble, clever, alert, nifty, prompt; ক্ষিপ্র ; swift, presto, frantic, active, speedy; চঞ্চল ; restless, alert, agog, capricious, changeful; দ্রুত এবং সবলীল ;; সক্রিয় ; keen;  >>> Sentences: 1. In remarks that are largely directed at countries that are most dependent on Russian energy, such as Italy and Germany, she will say: “We must go further on sanctions to keep tightening the VICE – including a full Swift ban, freezing all Russian banking assets, and encouraging more countries to join the effort.” 2. The UK is passing legislation that will ...

Vocabulary on March 9, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #SPIGOT, 2. #ENTREATY, 3. #FRIGID, 4. #CHILLED, 5. #PARIAH]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SPIGOT = ছিপিবিশেষ; the plug of a faucet(tube,) or cock; 2. ENTREATY = সনির্বন্ধ অনুরোধ; insistence, appeal, conjuration, prayer; an earnest or humble request; plea; request; cry from the heart, suit; application; claim; beseeching; pleading; begging; solicitation; importuning; supplication; bidding; exhortation; urge; demand; enjoyment; 3. FRIGID = নির্জীব ; lifeless, languid, languorous, spiritless; নিস্তেজ ; dull, limp, tame, faint, feeble, নিরাবেগ ; passionless, dispassionate, impassible, impassive, insensible; নিরূত্সাহ ; discouraged, disheartened, lackadaisical, dejected; নীরস ; uninteresting, dry, gray, tame, glacial, হিমশীতল ; 4. CHILLED = উদ্যম বা অনুভূতির উষ্ণতার দমন / বাধা ; a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; 5. PARIAH = নীচ জাতি; outcast; সামাজিকভাবে অনুন্নত; persona non grata >>> Sentences: 1. “There was some expectation of a phone call, but it didn’t happen,“ a US official said of a plan fo...

Vocabulary on March 8, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #EMBLAZON, 2. #HOSPICE, 3. #INSIGNIA]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. EMBLAZON = চিত্রিত করা; conspicuously inscribe or display a design on; adorn; decorate; ornament; embellish; illuminate; color; paint; 2. HOSPICE = a home providing care for the sick or terminally ill; সন্ন্যাসি সম্প্রদায় কর্তৃক পরিচালিত অতিথিশালা; a lodging for travelers, young persons, or the underprivileged especially when maintained by a religious order; auberge, caravansary (or caravanserai), hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodge, public house, tavern. 3. INSIGNIA = পরিচয়চিহ্ন ; badge; a distinguishing mark or sign; crest; emblem, symbol, sign; seal;  >>> Sentences : 1. As Russia’s invasion began, more military hardware was spotted EMBLAZON ED with Zs, as well as other letters, including O, X, A and V. 2. One image that has been circulating online since Sunday showed terminally ill children from a HOSPICE in the southern city of Kazan forming a Z to support the invasion of Ukraine. 3. On Saturday, the Russian gymnas...

Vocabulary on March 7, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #POUND, 2. #COLOSSAL, 3. #BASTARD, 4. #PULVERIZE, 5. #INTRANSIGENCE]

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. POUND = চূর্ণ করা; strike or hit heavily and repeatedly; আঘাত করা; থেঁতলান; beat; strike; hit; batter; thump; pummel; punch; rain blows on; belabor; hammer;; thrash; 2. COLOSSAL = প্রকাণ্ড ; huge, enormous, gargantuan, vast, immense; বিশাল ; huge, big, large, great, extensive; বৃহত্কায় ; extremely large. 3. BASTARD = জারজ ; illegitimate, wrongful, misbegotten, baseborn, base; অজাত ; unborn, অজন্মা ; without birth, illegitimate; অকুলীন ; hybrid, lowborn, of mixed breed, অপ্রকৃত ; improper, phony, phoney, unreal, hollow, adulterated; impure; inferior; 4. PULVERIZE = চূর্ণ করা; annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, nuke, pull down, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck; 5. INTRANSIGENCE = একগুঁয়েমি; refusal to change one's views or to agree about something; bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obs...

Vocabulary on March 6, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #AKIN, 2. #HYSTERIA, 3. #INTERLOCUTOR]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. AKIN = সদৃশ; duplicate, alike, like, similar, harmonious; of similar character; 2. HYSTERIA = উন্মত্ততা; frenzy; মৃগীরোগ; epilepsy, exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people; wildness; feverishness; irrationality; 3. INTERLOCUTOR = সংলোপ বা কথাপকথনে অংশগ্রহনকারী ব্যক্তি ; a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.  >>> Sentences : 1. Vladimir Putin delivered a chilling warning to the west over the imposition of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, warning that measures designed to cripple his country’s economy were “ AKIN to an act of war”. 2. Later, Russia’s foreign ministry followed up Putin’s warning by specifically singling out the UK for what it called “sanctions HYSTERIA ” and its prominent role in supporting Ukraine. 3. It is understood President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, which has so far refused to impose sanctions on Moscow, is hoping to spea...

Vocabulary on March 4, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #ABREAST, 2. #STAUNCH, 3. #DISCERNIBLE, 4. #NUANCE]

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. ABREAST = লাইনে একে অপরের পাশে ; beside one another in line; side by side and facing the same way, in a row, side by side, alongside, পাশাপাশি , পার্শ্বে , level, abeam, on a level, beside each other, shoulder to shoulder, check by jowl. 2. STAUNCH = কট্টর ; loyal and committed in attitude; stalwart; loyal; faithful; trusty; committed; devoted; dedicated; dependable; reliable; steady; constant; hard-working; vigorous; stable; firm; steadfast; redoubtable; resolute; unswerving; unwavering; unhesitating; unfaltering; steadfast in loyalty or principle; 3. DISCERNIBLE = দৃষ্টিগোচর; visible , বোধগম্য;   perceptible; 4. NUANCE = সূক্ষ্ম প্রভেদ বা তারতম্য; fine distinction; subtle difference;  >>> Sentences: 1. The convoy, which at one stage was reportedly about 40 miles (65km) in length, with vehicles pictured three ABREAST on the P02 road to the immediate north of Kyiv, includes armoured vehicles, tanks, trucks,...