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Vocabulary on 29th November 2024 (Words: 1. #DOVISH, 2. #PREEN, 3. #PRUNE)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. DOVISH = advocating peace, compromise, or a conciliatory national attitude; one who takes a conciliatory(সমঝোতামূলক/ শান্তিজনক/ বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ) attitude and advocates negotiations and compromise 2. PREEN = পরিপাটি করা (trim; decontaminate); গর্ব জাহির করা; to pride (oneself ) on an achievement, personal quality, etc. 3. PRUNE = ছাঁটাই করা; to reduce especially by eliminating superfluous matter; >>> Sentences : 1. Netanyahu has not suddenly turned  DOVISH  peacemaker. He can redeploy his troops or abandon the peace deal at any time. 2. Joe Biden is making the most of the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that he helped to broker. “It reminds us that peace is possible,” he declared in the White House Rose Garden, where US presidents habitually PREEN rather than PRUNE .

Vocabulary on 28th November 2024 (Words: 1. THRONG)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. THRONG = ভিড় করা; crowd; rush; mob; skit; swarm; >>> Sentences: On Wednesday, Lebanon’s motorways were THRONGED with packed vehicles carrying families and their belongings returning south despite warnings from the Israeli military that they should stay away while its forces remained in the area.

Vocabulary on 26th November 2024 (Words: 1. #ENVISAGED, 2. #ENVOY)

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Word meanings: 1. ENVISAGED = পরিকল্পিত; (envisage=foresee; predict; forecast; foretell; anticipate; expect; think likely; envision; intend; propose; mean; imagine; contemplate; visualize; picture; see in one’s mind’s eye; conceive of; think of; understand; grasp; appreciate; apprehend; contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event. 2. ENVOY = দূত; ambassador; apostle; courier; consul; mercury; কূটনীতিক মন্ত্রী; a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission; delegate; deputy; agent; intermediary; mediator; negotiator; proxy; surrogate; liaison; broker; accredited messenger; courier; spokesperson; spokesman; spokeswoman; mouthpiece; stand-in;  >>> Sentences: 1. The immediate Israeli response was to oppose French membership of the five-nation monitoring committee ENVISAGED by the ceasefire agreement, despite France’s historic ties and longstanding involvement in Lebanon. 2. US Middle East ENVOY Brett McGurk will be i...

Vocabulary on 24th November 2024 (Words: 1. #INEXTRICABLY, 2. #HAVOC, 3. #FAECAL)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. INEXTRICABLY =অবিচ্ছিন্নভাবে; in a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate. 2. HAVOC = সর্বনাশ; widespread destruction; ব্যাপক ধ্বংস; devastation; destruction; damage; desolation; depredation; despoliation; ruination; ruin; disaster; ravagement; waste; catastrophe; 3. FAECAL = মল; consisting of, contained in, or relating to the solid waste passed out of the body of a human or animal through the bowels.  >>> Sentences: 1. Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are INEXTRICABLY linked to tackling the climate crisis. 2. Israeli military forces have killed tens of thousands of people in the region while wreaking HAVOC on infrastructure and ecosystems. 3. When environmentalists including Butmeh tested water from the Gaza Strip, they found dangerous levels of FAECAL coliforms present, she said.

Vocabulary on 23rd November 2024 (Words: 1. #MOMENTOUS, 2. #BRAZEN, 3. #UNPUNISHED)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. MOMENTOUS = গুরুত্বপূর্ণ; important; significant; serious; great; main; আবশি্যক; compulsory; প্রয়োজনীয়; necessary; required; requisite; constituent; needful; 2. BRAZEN = নির্লজ্জ; cheeky(ধৃষ্টতাপূর্ণ); immodest; pert; brassy; barefaced;   3. UNPUNISHED = শাস্তিহীন; not receiving a penalty or sanction as retribution for transgression.  >>> Sentences : 1. Hungary’s illiberal prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said he will invite the Israeli terrorist, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit in defiance of an international criminal court arrest warrant, as world leaders split over the ICC’s MOMENTOUS decision. 2. Orbán, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency and who has previously said he would not arrest the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who is also wanted by the ICC, called the court’s decision “outrageously BRAZEN ” and “cynical”. 3. The Spanish labour minister, Yolanda Díaz, said on Thursday that Madrid was “al...

Vocabulary on 21st November 2024 (Words: 1. #RIP_OFF, 2. #MAXILLOFACIAL, 3. #SEPSIS)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. RIP OFF’ = ছিঁড়ে ফেলা'; defrost; defreeze; 2. MAXILLOFACIAL= relating to the jaws and face. 3. SEPSIS= পচন; rot; putrefaction; পচানি; decomposition; a serious condition resulting from the presence of harmful microorganisms in the blood or other tissues and the body’s response to their presence, potentially leading to the malfunctioning of various organs, shock, and death. >>> Sentences: 1. Mazyouna, whose face was ‘RIPPED OFF’ by Israeli missile, allowed to leave Gaza 2. Mazyouna requires specialised MAXILLOFACIAL surgery, which is not available in Gaza. 3. “We recently evacuated Elia to Jordan but she now has SEPSIS and is lying in an ICU in Amman,” said Nasser. “Doctors warn she might not make it – all this could have been avoided if she had just been allowed to evacuate sooner.”

Vocabulary on 20th November 2024 (Word: 1. #UNLEASH, 2. #BARRAGE)

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   >>> Word Meaning: 1. UNLEASH = ছাড়িয়া দেত্তয়া; give; abandon; let off; unchain; relinquish (ছাড়িয়া দেত্তয়া); লাগাম থেকে ছেড়ে দেওয়া; লেলিয়ে দেওয়া; নিয়ন্ত্রণমুক্ত করা; 2. BARRAGE = গোলাগুলির বেড়াজাল; a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area; bombardment; gunfire, cannonade, battery; blast; broadside; salvo; volley; fusillade; storm; hail; shower; cascade; rain; stream; blitz; shelling;  >>> Sentence: 1. On Sunday night and early morning, Russia UNLEASHED a BARRAGE of more than 210 missiles and drones aimed at electricity generation and transmission targets around the country.

Vocabulary on 19th November 2024 (Words: 1. #BLUNDER, 2. #HUDDLE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. BLUNDER = a stupid or careless mistake; সাঙ্ঘাতিক ভুল; howler; গুরুতর ভুল করা; error; gaffe(অসমীচীন কাজ); fault; slip; oversight; inaccuracy; botch; debacle; fiasco; faux pas(ভুল পদক্ষেপ / কৌশলশূন্যতা); blooper, impropriety, indiscretion, 2. HUDDLE = আবদ্ধ; crowd together; nestle closely; গাদাগাদি করা; throng; flock; herd; pile; bunch; cluster; collect; group; congregate; press; pack; squeeze; cram; jam;  >>>   Sentences: 1.   Frustrated US officials blamed “logistical issues” for the BLUNDER which meant that Biden missed out on the shot, along with the Canadian and Italian prime ministers. 2. The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, also missed the picture. She, Biden and Trudeau formed a separate HUDDLE .

Vocabulary on 16th November 2024 (Words: 1. #TEPID, 2. #MINUSCULE, 3. #BESIEGED, 4. CAVE, 5. #DISDAIN, 6. #EGREGIOUS, 7. #SQUANDER, 8. #LEGACY, 9. #COMPLICIT, 10. FLOUT)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. TEPID =ঈষৎ উষ্ণ; কোমল; showing little enthusiasm; unenthusiastic; apathetic; halfhearted; indifferent; cool; lukewarm; uninterested; unconcerned; offhand; perfunctory; desultory; limp; listless; 2. MINUSCULE = অণুমাত্র; extremely small; tiny; insignificant; small; very small; 3. BESIEGED = অবরোধ; surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender; obstructed; confined; bolted; halted; closed; enclosed; inclosed; shut in; surrounded; 4. CAVE =পরাজয় স্বীকার করা; give in; knuckle; climb down; 5. DISDAIN = অবজ্ঞা; contempt; scorn; neglect; disregard; peeve(অনাদর); antipathy(বিদ্বেষ/বিরাগ); arrogance; aversion; derision(উপহাস); dislike; hatred; pride; ridicule; scorn(ঘৃণার পাত্র); 6. EGREGIOUS =জঘন্য; মর্মান্তিক; grievous; cutting; caustic; গুরুতর; heavier; very serious; major; grave; great; outstandingly bad; outrageous; atrocious; deplorable; extreme; flagrant; glaring; grievous; heinous; intolerable; nefarious; scandalous; sho...

Vocabulary on 15th November 2024 (Words: 1. #GENOCIDE, 2. #STARVATION, 3. #APARTHEID, 4. #EN_MASSE, 5. #STILLBIRTH, 6. #LIKEN)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. GENOCIDE = গণহত্যা ; the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group; racial killing; massacre; wholesale slaughter; mass slaughter; wholesale killing; indiscriminate killing; mass murder; mass homicide; mass destruction; annihilation; extermination; elimination; liquidation; eradication; decimation; butchery; bloodbath; bloodletting; pogrom; ethnic cleansing; holocaust; 2. STARVATION = অনাহার ; suffering or death caused by hunger; extreme hunger; lack of food; famine; undernourishment; malnourishment; deprivation of food; death from lack of food; 3. APARTHEID = জাতিবিদ্বেষ ; race hatred; a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race; বর্ণবাদ ; 4. EN MASSE = ব্যাপকভাবে ; in a group; all together; সার্বজনীনভাবে ; দল বাঁধিয়া ; as a group; in a body; as a whole; in a mass; wholesale; all at once; at the same time; 5. S...

Vocabulary on 14th November 2024 (Words: 1. #CRUMBLE, 2. #FLAGRANTLY)

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  >>>  Word Meanings: 1. CRUMBLE = চূর্ণবিচূর্ণ হত্তয়া; cut up; fragment; kibble; ক্ষয়প্রাপ্ত হত্তয়া; wither(শুকিয়ে যাওয়া); decline; droop(ঢলে পড়া); decay; 2. FLAGRANTLY = স্পষ্টভাবে; in a conspicuously or obviously offensive way; conspicuously offensive  >>> Sentences: 1. No matter how depraved the atrocity, or overwhelming the evidence, or confessed-to the crime, the fortress will not CRUMBLE . 2. In fact, even when Israel FLAGRANTLY insults its main sponsor, the US, as it did this week, nothing changes.          

Vocabulary on 13th November 2024 (Words: 1. #GARNER, 2. #DEMOLISH, 3. #IMMINENT, 4. #ECHELON, 5. #REDEMPTION, 6. #RENUNCIATION, 7. #GRANDIOSE, 8. #ONSLAUGHT, 9. #CARNAGE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. GARNER = সংগ্রহ করা; ভাণ্ডারজাত করা; stock; stow; গুদামজাত করা; hive; 2. DEMOLISH = ধ্বংস করা; destroy; shatter; annihilate; obliterate; kill; চূর্ণ করা; pull down; tear down; dismantle; grind; pound; ভূমিসাৎ করা; 3. IMMINENT = আসন্ন; Forthcoming; impending; oncoming; ensuing; approximate; approaching; 4. ECHELON = স্তর; class, level; পর্যায়; stage; generation; 5. REDEMPTION = খালাস; release; মুক্তি; salvation; উদ্ধার; পুনরুদ্ধার; reclamation; 6. RENUNCIATION = ত্যাগ; sacrifice; giving up; abandonment; forsaking; divorce; 7. GRANDIOSE = বিশাল; সুবিশাল; vast; আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ; stylish; gorgeous; filly; gala; pompous; 8. ONSLAUGHT = আক্রমণ; attack; invasion; foray; offensive; raid; প্রবল আক্রমণ; fierce attack; 9. CARNAGE = গণহত্যা; হত্যাকাণ্ড; killing; massacre; bloodshed; battle; ব্যাপক হত্যালীলা;  >>> Sentences: 1. The army hastened to distance itself from Cohen’s comments after they GARNERED the attention of the interna...

Vocabulary on 7th November 2024 (Words: 1. #EXACERBATE, 2. #GRIEVOUS)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. EXACERBATE = অধিকতর খারাপ করা; make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse; aggravate; make worse; worsen; inflame; compound; intensify; increase; heighten; magnify; add to; amplify; augment; make matters worse 2. GRIEVOUS =দুঃখজনক; মর্মান্তিক; (of something bad) very severe or serious; smashing; egregious; মারাত্মক; dangerous; breakneck; get the fright of one’s life; withering; পীড়াদায়ক; distressing; pinching; galling; ponderous; angry; অসহ্য; unbearable; hideous; biting; faint; insufferable; সাংঘাতিক; deadly; outrageous; appalling;  >>> Sentences: 1. Unrwa said the new laws – due to come into effect within three months – will cause the supply chain of aid to Gaza to “fall apart”, EXACERBATING an already dire humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s terrorism on the territory. 2. Last week, Al Jazeera Media Network said journalists in Gaza have received “ GRIEVOUS threats” as they continue to report on Isr...

Vocabulary on 6th November 2024 (Words: 1. #PRECEDE, 2. #FREER, 3. #BLANKET, 4. #FRAUGHT, 5. #CONDUIT)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. PRECEDE = পূর্ববর্তী হত্তয়া; come before (something) in time; lead up to; go in advance of; pave the way of; prepare the way for; set the scene for; herald; introduce; usher in; antecede; predate; antedate; সময়ে বা অবস্থান পূর্ববর্তী হওয়া; 2. FREER = আরো স্বাধীন; not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes; on the loose; at liberty; at large; unconfined; unbound; untied; unchained; untethered; unshackled; unfettered; unrestrained; unsecured; 3. BLANKET = সার্বজনীন; universal; global; 4. FRAUGHT = পরিপূর্ণ; full; haunted; teeming; lousy; replete; ভরা; বোঝাই; 5. CONDUIT = নালী; channel; duct; pipe; tube; gutter; groove; furrow; trough; trench; culvert; sluice; spillway; race; flume; chute; ditch; drain; >>> Sentences: 1. Netanyahu’s sacking of Gallant likely to PRECEDE a shake-up of Israel-US relations. 2. The ex-defence minister was close to his US counterpart and his loss will give the prim...

Vocabulary on 5th November 2024 (Words: 1. #APPEASE, 2. #GAG, 3. #DETRACTOR, 4. #FOUNDER, 5. #UNTENABLE, 6. #DOWNPLAY,

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. APPEASE =তুষ্ট করা; শান্ত করা; calm; quiet; cradle; soothe; placate; প্রশমিত করা; assuage; mitigate; extinguish; extenuate; তৃপ্ত করা; fulfil; quench; fill; নিবারণ করা; preclude; inhibit; interdict; ঠাণ্ডা করা; cool down; pacify; cool; ice; মিটিয়ে দেওয়া; acquit; 2. GAG =কণ্ঠরোধ করা; stifle; choke; throttle; silence; 3. DETRACTOR = নিন্দাকারী; অপবাদকারী; asperser(কুত্সাকারী); critic; libellant; libeller; libellist; 4. FOUNDER =ধসে পড়া; ভেঙে পড়া; collapse; 5. UNTENABLE = অসমর্থ; অচল; obsolete; firm; invalid; static; moldy; অগ্রাহ্য; disallowed; 6. DOWNPLAY =কম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ দেখান। make (something) appear less important than it really is. কমানো, কম করা বা হ্রাস করা;  >>> Sentences: 1. Benjamin Netanyahu has long been accused of stalling on a deal as a way to APPEASE his far-right coalition partners. 2. A partial GAG order is still in place, but the case involves a “breach of national security caused by the unlawful provision of cla...

Vocabulary on 4th November 2024 (Words: 1. #INCITE, 2. #VIRULENT)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. INCITE =উত্তেজিত করা; ferment; disturb; whet; buck up; উদ্দীপ্ত করা; enliven, inflame; flare up; enkindle; খেপান; madden; provoke; irritate; annoy; সক্রিয় করা; activate; arouse; actuate; rouse; প্রবর্তনা দেত্তযা; initiate; induce; inspire; প্ররোচিত করা; provisory; set on; 2. VIRULENT = উগ্র; acrid; flashy; তীব্র; violent; deep; drastic; fervent; frantic; অত্যন্ত ক্ষতিকর; অত্যন্ত বিষাক্ত;  >>> Sentences: 1. An ultranationalist Israeli television channel backed by the government is fast emerging as one of the country’s most-watched news sources, despite allegations from liberal groups that it is INCITING war crimes. 2. Last month Channel 14, also known as Now 14, beat Israel’s principal mainstream news outlet, Channel 12, in viewer ratings when 343,000 Israelis watched Channel 14’s “Patriots” talkshow, known for its VIRULENT rhetoric on Gaza.

Vocabulary on 3rd November 2024 (Words: 1. #TERRITORIAL, 2. #ABYSS, 3. #APOCALYPTIC, 4. #LEVERAGE)

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   >>> Word meanings: 1. TERRITORIAL = আঞ্চলিক; relating to the ownership of an area of land or sea; স্থানিক; Local, 2. ABYSS =নরক; heck; hell; inferno; limbo; hades(পাতাল); 3. APOCALYPTIC = describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world; রহস্য-উন্মোচক; 4. LEVERAGE = উদ্দেশ্যসাধনের উপায়; use (something) to maximum advantage; উদ্দেশ্যসাধনের শক্তি;  >>> Sentences: 1. Israel has tightened its siege of northern Gaza in the face of warnings from the UN and other aid agencies that hundreds of thousands of Palestinian lives at are risk, raising questions over whether the Netanyahu government’s ultimate war aims include TERRITORIAL expansion through terrorism. 2. In an emergency statement on Friday, the heads of OCHA and 14 other UN and independent aid agencies raised the alarm that the area was at the brink of an ABYSS . 3. “The situation unfolding in north Gaza is APOCALYPTIC ,” the appeal said. “The entire Palestinian population...