Vocabulary on December 12, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #PURGE, 2. #PRETEXT, 3. #COGNITIVE, 4. #FURORE, 5. #TIGHTROPE]

 

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Word Meanings:

1. PURGE= [noun] বিশোধন; refining, refinement, purification, catharsis, correction; [Verb] রেচন করা, loosen; পরিষ্কার করান; রেচন করান, evacuate; হাগান; বিশোধিত করা; purify, refine; অভিযোগমুক্ত করা; অবাঞ্ছিত পদার্থ বা ব্যক্তিবর্গ হইতে বিমুক্ত করা;

2. PRETEXT= অজুহাত; plea, salvo, pretense, cause, pretence; ছুতা; excuse, plea, pretense, pretence; বায়না; advance, pledge, imprest; ব্যাজ; badge, simulation, hindrance, interest; অছিলা; instrumentality, pretense, plea, excuse, means; ধুয়া; chorus, refrain, platitude, fashion; দোহাই; plea, appeal, call, oath, cause; মিথ্যা ওজর;

3. COGNITIVE= জ্ঞানীয়; জ্ঞান সম্বন্ধীয়; cognitional;

4. FURORE= ক্ষোভ; উন্মাদনা, furor, rage; প্রচণ্ড উত্সাহ, furor; সোৎসাহ সম্বর্ধনা; হৈচৈ; uproar, hurly, kerfuffle, rumpus; উন্মত্ততা; distraction, manhood; খ্যাপামি; Fad, lunacy,

5. TIGHTROPE= a rope or wire stretched tightly high above the ground, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.

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Sentences:

1. Joseph Wu says that communication with China has become more difficult after a PURGE of some factions within the Communist party.

2. Taiwan’s government believes China is preparing to find another “PRETEXT for practising their future attack” on the island, its foreign minister has said, after a record-breaking year of military threats and incursions.

3. The minister said it was not just China’s military efforts that were ramping up, but a “combination of pressures”, including economic coercion, cyber-attacks, COGNITIVE and legal warfare, and diplomatic efforts to have Taiwan isolated internationally.

4. The FURORE over Pelosi’s visit prompted some debate about whether it had in fact escalated tensions, despite Taiwan’s insistence she had been gratefully received.

5. China remains an important partner to many western nations, and governments are walking a TIGHTROPE.