Vocabulary on 20th April 2024 from The Guardian [ Words: 1. #DEPLORE, 2. #HELLSCAPE, 3. #FLOTILLA, 4. #UPEND, 5. #STUNT]

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Word Meanings:

1. DEPLORE= দু:খ প্রকাশ করা; regret; wail; bewail; mourn;

2. HELLSCAPE= অত্যন্ত অপ্রীতিকর জায়গা বা দৃশ্য, an extremely unpleasant place or scene.

3. FLOTILLA= ক্ষুদ্র জাহাজসমূহের বহর; a fleet of ships or boats.

4. UPEND= alter; পরিবর্তন করা; backtrack; পরিত্যাগ করা; capsize; উলটাইয়া যাত্তয়া; change; convert evert; flip; flip-flop; introvert; modify; overturn; renege; ফিরাইয়া লত্তয়া; ফিরাইয়া লত্তয়া; প্রতিজ্ঞা ভঙ্গ করা; revert; tip; transpose; turn; upset;

5. STUNT=কঠিন ও লোক দেখান করর্মানুষ্ঠান বা কর্মপ্রচেষ্টা; an action displaying spectacular skill and daring.

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Sentences:

1. “We DEPLORE all losses of civilian lives,” G7 ministers said at a meeting on the Italian island of Capri.

2. At the UN on Thursday, the secretary general, António Guterres, told the security council that only limited progress had been made in getting aid into Gaza and that six and a half months of war had created “a humanitarian HELLSCAPE”.

3. This week a group of international activists said they planned to sail from Turkey to Gaza in the coming days on a FLOTILLA of three ships carrying aid, advocates and journalists in a reprisal of an effort from 2010 that resulted in the death of nine activists and UPENDED Turkish relations with Israel.

4. Arraf called the aid drops and floating pier “publicity STUNTS”.