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

 

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 নেওয়া;

5. RENEGE = প্রতিজ্ঞা ভঙ্গ করা; violate; কথার খেলাপ করা; break one's word; দান ছেড়ে দেওয়া; go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract; default on; fail to honor; go back on; break; back out of; pull out of; withdraw from; retreat from; welsh on; backtrack on; repudiate; retract; go back on one’s word; break one’s promise; do an about-face;  

 

Sentences:

1. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wrote that western firms leaving the country were ‘MORONIC for dancing to the tune of Washington and Brussels’.

2. Outlining the Kremlin’s response to its increasing international isolation, Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president, said it was using a “SYMMETRICAL response” to the sanctions imposed by the west, “including the seizure of foreign assets and their possible nationalisation”.

3. Russia announced plans on Thursday designed to EXERT pressure back on the west through economic sanctions, including through an export ban on timber, electronic and telecoms equipment.

4. Moscow also passed laws to IMPOUND $10bn (£7.6bn) of jets leased to Aeroflot and other Russian airlines by western organisations.

5. Fitch downgraded Russia’s sovereign rating further into “junk” status earlier this week, warning that the government was increasingly likely to RENEGE on its payment commitments.