Vocabulary on July 17, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #PREFECT, 2. #APOCALYPTIC, 3. #PARCHED]

 


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Word Meanings:

1. PREFECT= কর্তা; master, doer, authority, performer, governor; সর্দার; monitor, head boy, নায়ক; prince, protagonist, leader, captain, master, অধ্যক্ষ; principal, curator, manager, president, speaker, a chief officer, magistrate, or regional governor in certain countries; প্রধান কর্মকর্তা, ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট; আঞ্চলিক গভর্নর

2. APOCALYPTIC= describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world.

3. PARCHED= শুকনো; dried out with heat; বিশুষ্ক; morose, wizened, wizen; শুষ্ক; dry, arid, uninteresting, husky, dull; দগ্ধ; burnt, roasted, scorched, unlucky, disgraced, দগ্ধা; burnt, scorched, roasted, afflicted, distressed; ষৎ ভর্জিত; রৌদ্রদগ্ধ; sunburnt, arid, adust, তপ্ত অত্যন্ত শুল্ক;

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Sentences:

1. “We have a fire that will continue to spread as long as it is not stabilised,” said Vincent Ferrier, deputy PREFECT for Langon in Gironde.

2. One resident living near La Teste-de-Buch in Gironde described the conditions as “post-APOCALYPTIC”.

3. Fire season has hit parts of Europe earlier than usual this year after an unusually dry, hot spring that left the soil PARCHED.

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