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Vocabulary on 21st March 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #DREAD, 2. #CHAPLAIN, 3. #PONTIFICATE, 4. #DEPOSITION, 5. #BEHOLDEN]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. DREAD = ভয় করা ; be afraid, fear; আশঙ্কা করা ; apprehend, suspect, misdoubt; ভীত হত্তয়া ; be afraid, be timid, funk, lose one's nerve; 2. CHAPLAIN = ধর্মগুরু; কোন প্রতিষ্ঠানের যাজক; a member of the clergy attached to a private chapel, institution, ship, branch of the armed forces, etc. 3. PONTIFICATE = express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic; এগিয়ে রাখা; hold forth; ব্যাখ্যা করা; expound; 4. DEPOSITION = জবানবন্দি , attestation; এজাহার , statement; সাক্ষ্য ; testimony, witness, testament, attestation, vestige; প্রত্যায়ন ; attestation; 5. BEHOLDEN = কৃতজ্ঞতাদিপাশে আবদ্ধ; বাধিত; resisted, obliged, obstructed, thankful, grateful; indebted, obligated; under an obligation; bound; duty-bound; honor-bound; owing a debt of gratitude; appreciative; in someone’s debt; owing someone thanks; owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service.  >>> Sentence...

Vocabulary on 20th March 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #PRAGMATISM, 2. #HEGEMONY, 3. #DESPOTISM, 4. #PARIAH, 5. #STATESMAN]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. PRAGMATISM = বাস্তববাদ ; a pragmatic attitude or policy; প্রয়োগবাদ ; empiricism, humanism; an approach that assesses the truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application. 2. HEGEMONY = আধিপত্য ; authority; command; leadership; power; predominance; কর্তৃত্ব ; authority, dominance, domination, dominion, mastery; নেতৃত্ব ; leadership, lead, leading, command, direction; 3. DESPOTISM = স্বৈরতন্ত্র ; dictatorship, absolutism, autocracy; শাসন ; regime, rule, governance, regimen, government; স্বেচ্ছাতন্ত্র ; the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way. 4. PARIAH = জাতিচু্যত ব্যক্তি ; castaway; leper; outsider; persona non grata; vagabond; an outcast; 5. STATESMAN = রাষ্ট্রনায়ক ; কূটনীতিজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি ; a skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure. >>>  Sentences: 1. Xi in turn published an article in Rossiiskaya Gazeta, a da...

Vocabulary on 19th March 2023 from The Guardian: Words: 1. #SALVATION, 2. #MOLESTATION, 3. #PEDOPHILE, 4. #BRAZEN, 5. #ENIGMA, 6. #CULT,

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. SALVATION = পরিত্রাণ ; rescue, escape, relief; উদ্ধার ; rescue, deliverance, recovery, saving, reclamation; নিস্তার ; rescue, deliverance, exemption, release, acquittal; মুক্তি ; release, redemption, deliverance, relief, liberty; রক্ষা ; save, saving, protection, defense, safeguard, অপবর্গ ; salvation, liberation; ত্রাণ ; succor, rescue, deliverance, saving, protection; মোক্ষ ; rescue, beatitude, saving; মোচন ; redemption, extrication, clearance, preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss. 2. MOLESTATION= শ্লীলতাহানি ; উত্পীড়ন , oppression, distress, vexation, maltreatment, pinch; sexual assault or abuse of a person, especially a woman or child. 3. PEDOPHILE = a person who is sexually attracted to children. 4. BRAZEN = নির্লজ্জ ; cheeky, immodest, pert, brassy, barefaced; বেহায়া ; perky, cheeky, impudent, shameless, brassy; bold and without shame; 5. ENIGMA = ধাঁধা ; puzzle, maze, riddle, conundrum, poser; প্রহেলিকা ; riddl...

Vocabulary on 17th March 2023 from The Guardian [ Words: 1. #APPARENT, 2. #ANODYNE, 3. #IMPLICITLY]

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  >>>  Word Meanings: 1. APPARENT = স্পষ্ট ; clearly visible or understood; obvious; প্রতীয়মান ; evident, palpable, obvious, overt, patent; স্পষ্টভাবে প্রতীয়মান , discernible; দৃষি্টগোচর ; visual, observable, overt; 2. ANODYNE = বেদনানাশক ; analgesic, রোগনাশক ; analgesic, বেদনানাশক ঔষধ ; analgesic, assuagement; not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so; 3. IMPLICITLY = অন্তর্নিহিতভাবে ; পরোক্ষভাবে ; round; in a way that is not directly expressed; tacitly.  >>> Sentences : 1. China’s president is to visit Russia next week in an APPARENT show of support for Vladimir Putin, the Chinese foreign ministry has said. 2. Last month Xi published a 12-point “position paper” on the crisis, which was widely dismissed as ANODYNE . 2. It IMPLICITLY blamed Nato for provoking the conflict.

Vocabulary on 1st March 2023 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #AT_ODDS]

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. AT ODDS = মতভেদ ; in conflict or at variance; অনৈক্য ; ; disunity, dissonance, variance, discord, inconsistency, discrepancy; বৈষম্য ; variance, contraposition, dissimilarity, imparity, relief; বিবাদ ; conflict, strife, contention, quarrel, contest, variance; অমিল ; discrepancy, coolness, clash, imbalance, variance; বিরোধ ; conflict, controversy, friction, antagonism, variance;  >>> Sentences: 1. Washington and Beijing are AT ODDS over myriad issues including trade, computer chips and other technology, national security and Taiwan, along with the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US and its shooting down earlier this month.