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Vocabulary on 29th June 2025 Words: 1. #MICROCOSM, 2. #APOCALYPTIC, 3. #FIEFDOM,

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. MICROCOSM = ক্ষুদ্র বিশ্ব ; a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger. 2. APOCALYPTIC = রহস্য-উন্মোচক ; describing or prophesying the COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD . 3. FIEFDOM = জমিদারি ;  >>> Sentences: 1. The incident, described to the Guardian by medical staff and local residents, was a MICROCOSM of the new violence and anarchy in Gaza after almost 21 months of war. 2. “You have [these] gangs fighting and the Israeli airstrikes or troops shooting people, and Hamas still there, while there are miles and miles of ruins where desperate people are cooking on fires and living in tents and very hungry,” one humanitarian official said. “It’s like some kind of post- APOCALYPTIC sci-fi film.” 3. The result is that Gaza is fragmenting into individual FIEFDOMS .

Vocabulary on 27th June 2025 (Words: 1. #OUTSPOKEN; 2. #CONFLICT)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. OUTSPOKEN = স্পষ্টভাষী ; frank; plain; round; স্পষ্টবাদী ; broad; blunt; bluff; plain-spoken; 2. CONFLICT = সংঘর্ষ ; confrontment; fray; friction; impingement; incident; বিবাদ ; strife; contentation; quarrel; fighting; সঙ্ঘাত ; percussion; bump; jar; friction; >>>  Sentences: 1. Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister and an OUTSPOKEN critic of Israel’s offensive, on Thursday became the most prominent European leader to describe the situation in Gaza as a “genocide”. 2. The overall death toll in Gaza in the 20-month CONFLICT has now reached 56,259, mostly civilians.

Vocabulary on 22nd June 2025 (Words: 1. #GRAPPLE, 2. #BOO, 3. #ENSNARE, 4. #IMPEACHMENT)

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>>>  Word Meanings: 1. GRAPPLE = কুস্তি করা , wrestle; engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; struggle; tussle; brawl; fight; scuffle; clash; combat; battle; close; engage; ঝাঁপিয়ে পড়া ; সংগ্রাম করা ; লড়াই করা ; 2. BOO = অবজ্ঞাসূচক ধ্বনি ; an utterance of “boo” to show disapproval or contempt; টিটকারি দেত্তয়া ; sneer; ridicule; hoot; booh; 3. ENSNARE = ফাঁদে ফেলা ; circumvent; complicate; entangle; decoy; gin; জালে ফেলা ; ফাঁদে আটকান ; trap; entrap; trepan; 4. IMPEACHMENT = অভিশংসন ; অপবাদ ; a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office; the action of calling into question the integrity or validity of something; calumny; defamation; ill repute;  >>> Sentences: 1. American politicians reacted to the news of the US bombing of nuclear targets in Iran with a mix of cheering support and instant condemnation, reflecting deep divisions in the country that cross party lines as Washington GRAPPLES with yet...

Vocabulary on 20th June 2025 (Words: 1. #GRIMLY, 2. #INTERCEPTOR, 3. #DETERRENCE, 4. #UNRAVELLING)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. GRIMLY = ভয়াবহভাবে , ক্ষমাহীনভাবে , cruelly; unmercifully; mercilessly; hard-heartedly; 2. INTERCEPTOR = আটককারী ; a person or thing that stops or catches (someone or something) going from one place to another; detainer 3. DETERRENCE = প্রতিরোধ ; discouraging or preventing something ; discouragement ; prevention ; dissuasion ; restraint ; disincentive ; 4. UNRAVEL = স্পষ্ট করা ; উন্মোচন করা ; investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling) ; clear up; puzzle out; find an answer to; get to the bottom of;  >>> Sentences: 1. The heavy targeting by Israel of launch sites in western Iran, in underground bases such as at Kermanshah – coupled with Israel’s GRIMLY effective targeted killing of Iran’s top military commanders – have left Iran struggling to respond militarily and presenting a significant threat. 2. A key question, however, is how many INTERCEPTORS does Israel’s military have available ...

Vocabulary on 16th June 2025 (Words: 1. #OFFENSIVE, 2. #KINETIC)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. OFFENSIVE = আক্রমণাত্ম ; actively aggressive; attacking ; Invading; incursive; combative;   threatening; martial; warlike; belligerent; bellicose; antagonistic; 2. KINETIC = গতিশীল ; গতিময় ; relating to or resulting from motion.  >>>   Sentences: 1. Reuters reported that the instruction came from French authorities after Israeli companies failed to comply with a direction from a French security agency to remove OFFENSIVE or KINETIC weapons from the stands.

Vocabulary on 14th June 2025 (Words: 1. #TAMP DOWN, 2. #DEFIANCE, 3. #INFLECTION)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. TAMP DOWN = চাপা দেওয়া ; to reduce the amount, level, size, or importance of something ; 2. DEFIANCE = অবাধ্যতা ; resistance; opposition; confrontation; noncompliance; disobedience; insubordination; dissent; open resistance; bold disobedience. 3. INFLECTION = প্রতিবর্তন ; বাঁকাইয়া আনয়ন ; নোয়ানো ; a change of curvature from convex to concave at a particular point on a curve.  >>> Sentences: 1. Interest in the events has risen since Trump sent national guard and US Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles to TAMP DOWN mostly peaceful protests against ramped-up deportations. 2. “We’ve seen hundreds of new events on the No Kings Day map since the weekend,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, one of the groups behind the “day of DEFIANCE ”. 3. While many Americans feel the country is at an INFLECTION point with Trump’s use of troops to quash protests, there have been several inflection points recently, starting with h...

Vocabulary on 13th June 2025 (Words: 1. #HUBRIS; 2. #SILO)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. HUBRIS = অহংকার ; ঔদ্ধত্য ; arrogance; insolence; pride; hauteur; impertinence( ধৃষ্টতা ); অযথা গর্ব ; 2. SILO =isolate (one system, process, department, etc.) from others  >>>   Sentences: 1. Each faculty member has different needs, goals, and competencies, so for me to dictate what should happen would simply be HUBRIS . 2. Unfortunately, at most universities, academic departments tend to operate in SILOS , which is a natural byproduct of subject-matter specialization, methodological and topical research approaches, and professional affiliations.

Vocabulary on 12th June 2025 (Words: 1. #INSCRIPTION; 2. #PREDATE; 3. #UNABATED; 4. #SUFFRAGE;)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. INSCRIPTION = খোদাই ; গ্রন্থভুক্ত করা ; carving; engraving; print; stamp; 2. PREDATE = পূর্বে ; exist or occur at a date earlier than ; শিকার করা ; prey ; 3. UNABATED = অপ্রতিহত ; undeterred; uncrossed; unimpeded; unobstructed; অবিরাম ; 4. SUFFRAGE = ভোটাধিকার ; Vote; মত ; opinion; view; thought; idea;  >>> Sentences: 1. It is said that the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece, built around 650 BC, bore an INSCRIPTION that translates into English as “Know thyself.” 2. However, the human quest for self-knowledge PREDATES this Delphic maxim, appearing in various forms of wisdom literature and philosophical thought from much earlier periods across cultures such as Mesopotamia and India. 3. Indeed, the Israeli military, deploying its most sophisticated weapons—tanks, missiles, and aerial bombings—has already killed over 17,000 Palestinian children, and the killing continues UNABATED . 4. Human civilization has come a...

Vocabulary on 3rd June 2025 ( Words: 1. #STRIP; 2. #ROUNDABOUT; 3. #SHRAPNEL; 4. #PIERCE; 5. #UNCONSCIONABLE; 6. #STARVATION; 7. #TOLL)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. STRIP = দীর্ঘ সংকীর্ণ এলাকা ;   a long narrow area of land; 2. ROUNDABOUT = গোলচত্বর ; circuitous ; 3. SHRAPNEL = ছোঁড়রা ; fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion. 4. PIERCE =   বিদ্ধ করা ; ছিদ্র করা ; go into or through; penetrate; puncture; perforate; prick; spike; transpierce; 5. UNCONSCIONABLE = বিবেকহীন ; unethical; amoral; immoral; unprincipled; wrong; 6. STARVATION = অনাহার ; suffering or death caused by hunger; famine; 7. TOLL = সংখ্যা ; number ; count ; Sentences: 1. At least 27 people were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for food at a distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in Gaza, according to health officials in the STRIP . 2. The Gaza civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told Agence France-Presse: “Israeli forces opened fire with tanks and drones on thousands of civilians who had gathered since dawn near the al-Alam ROUNDABOUT in the a...

Vocabulary on 1st June 2025 (Words: 1. #COMPREHENSIVE, 2. #BLOCKADE, 3. #OFFENSIVE, 4. #RAMP UP)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. COMPREHENSIVE = ব্যাপক , extensive, wide, widespread, mass; expansive, বিস্তৃত ; panorama; patulous; বিস্তীর্ণ ; magnificent; broad, immense; ample; 2. BLOCKADE = অবরোধ ; shutting; enclosure; inclosure; encompass; besiege; confine; occlusion; leaguer; obstruct; অবরোধ করা ; lay siege; beset; 3. OFFENSIVE = আক্রমণ ; attack; invasion, onslaught, foray; raid; 4. RAMP UP = increase the level or amount sharply. তীব্রভাবে মাত্রা বা পরিমাণ বৃদ্ধি করুন।  >>> Sentences: 1. The Hamas statement said: “This proposal aims to achieve a permanent ceasefire, a COMPREHENSIVE withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and ensure the flow of aid to our people and our families in the Gaza Strip.” 2. A leading Hamas official, said on Thursday that the US proposal “does not respond to any of our people’s demands”, including lifting the humanitarian BLOCKADE on the Gaza Strip that has led to famine-like conditions among the population of 2 mil...