Vocabulary on September 18, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #EXTANT, 2. #WITHER, 3. #OVERAWE, 4. #OUTLAWED]

 

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Word Meanings:

1. EXTANT= বিদ্যমান; still in existence; surviving; surviving; remaining; abiding; enduring; undestroyed; present; existent; living; alive;

2. WITHER= নির্জীব করা; কটান, fade; বিবর্ণ হত্তয়া; pale, grow pale, discolour, discolor, tarnish; নির্জীব হত্তয়া; প্রাণশক্তি হারান; হ্রাস পাত্তয়া; diminish, subside, slack, slacken, wane; হ্রাস করা; reduce, minimize, decrease, lessen, diminish; ক্ষয়প্রাপ্ত হত্তয়া, decline, droop, decay, consume, crumble; ক্ষীণ হত্তয়া; give out, become weak, dwindle, grow feeble, languish; বিনষ্ট হত্তয়া; perish, collapse; become dry and shriveled; wilt; become limp; droop; fade; shrivel (up); dry up; die; perish;

3. OVERAWE= ভয়ে বা সশ্রদ্ধ বিস্ময়ে অভিভূত করে ফেলা; intimidate; daunt; cow; take someone’s breath away; awe; disconcert; bling someone with something; unnerve; discourage; subdue; abash; dismay; frighten; alarm; scare; deter; terrify; terrorize; browbeat; bully;

4. OUTLAWED= বেআইনি; made illegal; অবৈধ করা; banned, নিষিদ্ধ;

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Sentences:

1. Remember that we’re talking averages here. The trend doesn’t mean that no companies currently EXTANT will get to their first century.

2. But most companies WITHER or are gobbled up long before they qualify for a telegram from the president.

3. With that thought in mind, let us examine the giant tech corporations that now straddle the globe and OVERAWE our legislators. Apple is 46 years old; Amazon is 28; Microsoft is 47; Google is 24; Meta (née Facebook) just 18.

4. Looming over all this, though, is the realisation that if liberal democracies are to survive, they will eventually realise that surveillance capitalism is such a danger to democracy that it will have to be OUTLAWED.