Vocabulary on August 3, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #UBIQUITOUS, 2. #CRUCIBLE, 3. #FUSS, 4. #UNFURL, 5. #EGREGIOUS]

 

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Word Meanings:

1. UBIQUITOUS= সর্বব্যাপী; encyclopaedic, global, inclusive, thoroughgoing, encyclopedic; সর্বত্র বিদ্যমান; omnipresent; বিশ্বব্যাপী; cosmos, বিশেষ অঞ্চলে বিদ্যমান; সর্বত্রচারী; সর্বগত; universal; present, appearing, or found everywhere;

2. CRUCIBLE= অগ্নিপরীক্ষা; ordeal, baptism of fire; ধাতু গলাবার পাত্র; গলনাধার; গলনপাত্র; a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures; ধাতু গলাইবার পাত্র; কঠোর পরীক্ষা; ordeal, furnace;

3. FUSS= গোলমাল; হইচই; uproar, ballyhoo; হৈচৈ; scurry, outcry, hue, ado (অনর্থক), unprofitable , fluster; তাড়ান্থড়া; লাফালাফি; frisking, ব্যস্তবাগিশি; bustling;

4. UNFURL= প্রসারিত করা; reach out, Extend, splay, উন্মোচিত করা; reveal; মেলে ধরা; unroll, lay bare; ছড়িয়ে দেওয়া; disseminate, ছড়ানো; outstretched, convoluted, outspread, bestrew, scatter,

5. EGREGIOUS=মর্মান্তিক; smashing, grievous, cutting, caustic; গুরুতর; heavier, very serious, major, grave, great, বিশিষ্ট; prominent, great, distinguished, eminent, noted, কুখ্যাত; notorious, infamous, shady, proverbial,  raffish; বিখ্যাত; famous, famed, eminent, celebrated, memorable, শোচনীয়; miserable, deplorable, abject, terrible, dire, outstandingly bad; shocking.

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Sentences:

1. The website of the Taiwan presidential office was hit by a denial-of-service attack, while screens across Taiwan’s UBIQUITOUS 7-11 convenience stores were allegedly hacked to display messages in simplified Chinese calling Pelosi a warmonger.

2. Pelosi, the US’s first female speaker, praised Taiwan’s growth into a leading democracy, now led by its first female president. She said: “Out of a CRUCIBLE of challenge you have created a flourishing democracy.”

3. At the press conference with three selected outlets, Pelosi said China had stood in the way of Taiwan participating in certain meetings, but would not stand in the way of dignitaries coming to visit Taiwan. She said China was making “a big FUSS” about this visit because of her status as speaker. “I don’t know if that’s a reason or an excuse,” she added.

4. In 1991, the Democrat and other lawmakers UNFURLED a pro-democracy banner in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, two years after China crushed protests there.

5. Beijing also summoned the US ambassador to China on Tuesday to rebuke him for Pelosi’s “EGREGIOUS” trip, state media reported.