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; steadfast in loyalty or principle; watertight, sound; strongly built; substantial;

7. QUEASINESS= অস্থিরতা; বমন; vomit, puke, ejection; বমি; spew, vomit, ejection; ন্যক্কার; abhorrence, retching, vomit, nausea, disgust; সামান্য অসুস্থতা; অসুখবোধ; illness,

8. CAPITULATE= আত্মসমর্পণ করা; surrender, submit, give up oneself, give in, yield; সর্তাধীনে আত্মসমর্পণ করা;

9. PURGE= শুদ্ধ করা; বিশোধিত করা; purify, refine,

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Sentences:

1. As Russia has pursued its war with Ukraine, it has held parallel negotiations with Kyiv OSTENSIBLY seeking a peace deal from its own invasion of a neighbouring country.

2. “Some chances are there but I’m pretty SCEPTICAL that a negotiated solution will be achieved in those talks,” said Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center.

3. Using highly charged rhetoric, Putin likened the west to Nazi Germany by accusing it of launching an economic “BLITZKRIEG” against Russia in order to “demoralise our society, to bulldoze us”.

4. And in Ukraine, he said that Russia would achieve its goals of Kyiv’s “demilitarisation” and of a political purge that he has termed “DENAZIFICATION”.

5. It was a VINTAGE performance from the Russian leader that seemed to ignore his military’s early setbacks in the war, which had led to an apparent softening in the Russian negotiating position.

6. Ukraine’s STAUNCH defence of key cities such as Kharkiv and Kyiv and mounting economic pressure from western sanctions have seen Russia tone down some of its most aggressive demands, including signals it would seek regime change in Ukraine.

7. And those mounting costs on Russia, including some clear signs of QUEASINESS inside the system, may influence a key decision-maker that a pause to the violence may be in his interest, if not a lasting settlement.

8. Inspired by its early successes on the battlefield, Ukraine has also indicated that it will not CAPITULATE to Russian demands.

9. So could the Russian demands, repeated in an aggressive Putin speech on Wednesday, for Ukrainian “demilitarisation” and a political PURGE.