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Vocabulary on 31st August 2025 (Words: 1. #FLOTILLA; 2. #SIEGE; 3. #WAR-RAVAGED)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. FLOTILLA = ছোট ছোট নৌযানের বহর , ক্ষুদ্র জাহাজবহর ; a small fleet of ships or boats; fleet, convoy, squadron, armada, group of vessels 2. SIEGE = অবরোধ , ঘেরাও , অবরোধ অবস্থা ; military blockade of a place to force surrender 3. WAR-RAVAGED = যুদ্ধবিধ্বস্ত , যুদ্ধে ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত ; destroyed or heavily damaged by war; war-torn, devastated, shattered, ruined, demolished, blasted, wrecked, damaged  >>> Sentences: 1. A “ FLOTILLA ” carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is due to leave from Barcelona on Sunday to try to “break the illegal " SIEGE " of Gaza”, organisers said. 2. The flotilla is expected to arrive at the “ WAR-RAVAGED ” coastal enclave in mid-September.    

Vocabulary on 29th August 2025 (Words: 1. #SOVEREIGNTY; 2. #BUFFER ZONE; 3. VOID)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. SOVEREIGNTY = সার্বভৌমত্ব , স্বাধীন ক্ষমতা ; Supreme authority, autonomy, independence, self-rule, dominion, jurisdiction, control, self-governance, supremacy, freedom 2. BUFFER ZONE = অন্তর্বর্তী অঞ্চল , সুরক্ষামূলক এলাকা ; neutral area, demilitarized zone, safety zone, protective area, dividing area, no-man’s land, peace zone, security belt 3. VOID = বাতিল , শূন্য , অকার্যকর ; invalid, null, empty, ineffective, useless, worthless, canceled, abolished, non-binding; [(v.) বাতিল করা , অকার্যকর করা ;   cancel, annul, revoke, invalidate, abolish, repeal, nullify, quash, rescind, terminate]  >>> Sentences: 1. The Syrian foreign ministry condemned the strikes, calling them a violation of international law and a breach of the country’s “ SOVEREIGNTY ”. 2. Syria and Israel have technically been at war since 1948 and do not have diplomatic relations. In 1974, the two countries signed a UN agreement that created a “ BUFFER Z...

Vocabulary on 27th August 2025 (Words: 1. #UNLAWFUL; 2. #DOUBLE-TAP; 3. #IMPUNITY; 4. #FREQUENTLY; 5. #DEADLIEST; 6. #PROVOKED; 7. #INTOLERABLE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. UNLAWFUL = বেআইনি , অবৈধ ; illegal, illegitimate, illicit, forbidden, prohibited, wrongful, criminal, unauthorized, against the law, unlawful 2. DOUBLE-TA P= পুনরায় আক্রমণ , একই স্থানে দ্রুত ধারাবাহিক আঘাত ; repeat strike, follow-up attack, second strike, successive hit, repeated bombing 3. IMPUNITY = শাস্তিহীনতা , দণ্ডমুক্তি ; exemption from punishment, immunity, freedom from penalty, non-liability, liberty, protection 4. FREQUENTLY = ঘন ঘন , বারবার ; often, repeatedly, regularly, constantly, habitually, many times, commonly, usually 5. DEADLIEST = সবচেয়ে প্রাণঘাতী , সবচেয়ে মারণাত্মক ; most fatal, most lethal, most dangerous, most destructive, most life-threatening, most murderous 6. PROVOKED = উস্কে দেওয়া , উত্তেজিত করা , রাগানো , প্ররোচিত করা ; incited, stirred up, instigated, aggravated, angered, irritated, aroused, triggered, annoyed, inflamed; (V. provoke → to incite, to stimulate to action or anger) 7. INTOLERABLE ...

Vocabulary on 25th August 2025 (Words: 1. POUND; 2. RAZE; 3. TAKE OVER; 4. DEVASTATED; 5. EXPONENTIALLY; 6. STARVATION)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. POUND = প্রচণ্ড আঘাত করা , বোমাবর্ষণ করা , জোরে প্রহার করা ; hit hard, strike, bombard, batter, smash, thrash, assault, beat, hammer, attack 2. RAZE = মাটির সাথে মিশিয়ে ফেলা , ধ্বংস করা , ভেঙে ফেলা ; demolish, destroy, tear down, flatten, level, wreck, annihilate, obliterate, dismantle 3. TAKE OVER = দখল নেওয়া , নিয়ন্ত্রণ গ্রহণ করা , কর্তৃত্ব করা ; seize, capture, occupy, conquer, gain control, assume, dominate, annex, usurp 4. DEVASTATED = ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত , বিপর্যস্ত , বিধ্বস্ত ; (v) destroy, ruin, wreck, shatter, demolish, ravage, obliterate, lay waste, desolate 5. EXPONENTIALLY = ক্রমবর্ধমান হারে , গুণোত্তরভাবে দ্রুত বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া ; increasingly, rapidly, dramatically, at an accelerating rate, progressively, geometrically 6. STARVATION = অনাহার , ক্ষুধামৃত্যু , খাদ্যের অভাবে মৃত্যু ; hunger, famine, deprivation, malnutrition, destitution, famishment, inanition  >>> Sentences: Israeli aircraft and tanks have “ POUNDED ” t...

Vocabulary on 24th August 2025 (Words: 1. BUSTLING; 2. HYPERTENSIVE; 3. RIFE; 4. THYME)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. BUSTLING = কর্মচঞ্চল , ব্যস্ত , কোলাহলপূর্ণ ; lively, busy, crowded, vibrant, active, noisy, energetic, thriving, animated, hectic (V. to bustle= to move energetically or busily; hurry, rush, scurry) 2. HYPERTENSIVE = উচ্চরক্তচাপজনিত , হাইপারটেনশন-সম্পর্কিত ; having high blood pressure, suffering from hypertension 3. RIFE = ব্যাপক , প্রচলিত , ছড়িয়ে পড়া ; widespread, prevalent, common, rampant, ubiquitous, extensive, universal, endemic, pervasive, overflowing 4. THYME = থাইম ( একটি সুগন্ধি ভেষজ গাছ/মসলা ); a fragrant herb used in cooking; spice, seasoning, herb  >>> Sentences: 1. On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for a declaration of famine had been met in the once “ BUSTLING ” commercial and administrative hub. 2. “I do not have the strength to stand in ...

Vocabulary on 20th August 2025 (Words: 1. #ENVISAGED; 2. #SPECULATION; 3. #AVERT; 4. #VACILLATING; 5. #LURCHED; 6. #COVERTLY; 7. #SCATHING; 8. #PRECIPITATE; 9. #AVALANCHE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. ENVISAGED = কল্পিত , প্রত্যাশিত , অনুমানকৃত ; imagined, anticipated, expected, predicted, contemplated, foreseen, projected (v. envisage= কল্পনা করা ) 2. SPECULATION = অনুমান , জল্পনা , ধারণা ; guesswork, assumption, conjecture, supposition, theory, suspicion, prediction, rumor, forecast, hypothesis 3. AVERT = ঠেকানো , প্রতিহত করা , এড়ানো ; prevent, avoid, stop, ward off, preclude, hinder, deter, stave off 4. VACILLATING = দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত , অস্থিরচিত্ত , দোদুল্যমান ; indecisive, wavering, hesitant, fluctuating, faltering, uncertain, irresolute; (v. vacillate= দোদুল্যমান হওয়া ; দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত হত্তয়া ) 5. LURCHED = হঠাৎ ঝাঁকুনি খাওয়া , হঠাৎ মোড় নেওয়া ; staggered, swayed, reeled, faltered, wobbled, shifted abruptly, lurched forward (v. lurch= ঝুঁকে পড়া ) 6. COVERTLY = গোপনে , গোপনীয়ভাবে , আড়ালে ; secretly, clandestinely, stealthily, surreptitiously, privately, undercover, furtively, in disguise 7. SCATHING = তীব্র সমালোচনামূলক , কড়া...

Vocabulary on 14th August 2025 Words: 1. #STARVATION; 2. #INCOHERENT; 3. #PRECLUDED; 4. #ANNEXATION; 5. #PLEDGING; 6. #STATEHOOD

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. STARVATION = অনাহার , ক্ষুধামৃত্যু ; hunger, famine, malnutrition, deprivation, undernourishment, destitution 2. INCOHERENT = অসংগত , অযৌক্তিক , অগোছালো ; illogical, inconsistent, irrational, muddled, disjointed, unclear, rambling 3. PRECLUDED = প্রতিরোধ করা , বাধা দেওয়া , রোধ করা ; prevented, hindered, stopped, barred, obstructed, impeded, excluded, prohibited 4. ANNEXATION = সংযুক্তিকরণ , দখল , ভূখণ্ড দখল ; seizure, occupation, takeover, appropriation, acquisition, incorporation 5. PLEDGING = প্রতিশ্রুতি দেওয়া , অঙ্গীকার করা ; promising, vowing, committing, undertaking, guaranteeing, swearing 6. STATEHOOD = রাষ্ট্রের মর্যাদা , রাষ্ট্রের স্বীকৃতি ; nationhood, independence, sovereignty, self-governance, autonomy Sentences: The United Nations special rapporteur for the occupied territories has warned that moves to recognise a Palestinian state should not distract member states from stopping mass death and “ STARVATION ” in Gaza. “O...

Vocabulary on 13th August 2025 (Words: 1. #CUMBERSOM; 2. #RAVAGE; 3. #OFFENSIVE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. CUMBERSOME = কষ্টকর ; difficult; hard; painful; troublesome; grievous; অসুবিধাজনক ; adverse; awkward; দুর্বহ ; weighty; overwhelming; ponderous; 2. RAVAGE = ধ্বংস করা ; destroy; shatter; annihilate; obliterate; demolish; 3. OFFENSIVE = আক্রমণ ; attack; invasion; onslaught; foray; raid;  >>> Sentences: 1. Speaking from Jerusalem, Peeperkorn said Gaza had run out of more than half of medicines and the WHO was able to bring in fewer supplies than it wanted “due to the CUMBERSOME procedures” and products “still denied” entry – a topic of constant negotiation with the Israeli authorities. 2. “The overall health situation remains catastrophic,” he said. “Hunger and malnutrition continue to RAVAGE Gaza”. 3. Israel’s OFFENSIVE in Gaza has now killed a total of 61,599 Palestinians and injured 154,088 since 7 October 2023.

Vocabulary on 12th August 2025 (Words: 1. #UNIMAGINABLE; 2. #OUTCRY)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. UNIMAGINABLE = অকল্পনীয় ; anecdotal; unthinkable; improbable; implausible; 2. OUTCRY = হৈচৈ ; চীত্কার ; exclamation; clamor; call; bellow;  >>>   Sentences: 1. The foreign ministers of 25 countries including the UK, Australia, France, Spain, Japan and others have released a joint statement saying that “humanitarian suffering in Gaza has reached UNIMAGINABLE levels” and calling for the government of Israel to let in aid shipments and allow essential humanitarian actors to operate in Gaza. 2. Israel has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global OUTCRY over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day.

Vocabulary on 11th August 2025 (Words: 1. #UNLEASH; 2. #EXACERBATE; 3. #MALNUTRITION; 4. #SEEK; 5. #DISARM)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. UNLEASH = ছাড়িয়া দেত্তয়া ; মুক্ত করা ; let off( যাইতে দেত্তয়া ); unchain; relinquish; 2. EXACERBATE = অধিকতর খারাপ বা তীব্রতর করা ; make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. 3. MALNUTRITION = অপয্র্যাপ্ত খাদ্যগ্রহণ ; অপুষ্টি ; lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat. 4. SEEK = খোঁজা বা সন্ধান করা ; attempt to find; look for; search; look up; demand; look after; 5. DISARM = নিরস্ত্র করা ; unarm; take a weapon or weapons away from (a person, force, or country).  >>> Sentences: 1. Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his plan to take control of Gaza City in the face of widespread international outrage, even as senior UN officials warned that the move risked UNLEASHING “another calamity” on a territory already experiencing “starvation, pure and simple”. 2. But during an emergency weekend session of...

Vocabulary on 10th August 2025 (Words: 1. INDISCRIMINATE; 2. #CONVOY; 3. #OUTRAGEOUS; 4. #RICOCHET; 5. #DRENCH)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. INDISCRIMINATE = নির্বিচারে , বিচারহীন , unjust; blind; 2. CONVOY = পাহারা দেবার জন্য অনুগমন ; a group of ships or vehicles traveling together, typically accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection. 3. OUTRAGEOUS = ভয়ানক ; shockingly bad; জঘন্য ; scandalous; nasty; blinking; fearful; 4. RICOCHET = ধাক্কা লেগে লাফিয়ে ওঠা বা ঠিকরে আসা ; অভিঘাতজনিত প্রতিক্ষেপণ ; (of a bullet, shell, or other projectile) rebound one or more times off a surface. 5. DRENCH = ভিজিয়ে দেওয়া ; wet thoroughly; soak( ভিজিয়ে রাখা ; সিক্ত করা ); saturate;  >>> Sentences: 1. Palestinians, like Nuor, who travel to GHF sites have come under systematic and INDISCRIMINATE Israeli gunfire. 2. According to the UN, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed since 27 May while seeking food, with 859 killed in the vicinity of GHF sites and 514 along the routes of food CONVOYS . 3. The British weapons expert Chris Cobb-Smith, c...

Vocabulary on 9th August 2025 (Words: 1. #OUTRAGE; 2. #ENTAIL; 3. #RIFT; 4. #QUAGMIRE)

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 >>> 1. OUTRAGE = ক্ষোভ ; an extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation ; 2. ENTAIL = ফলস্বরূপ ঘটা ; involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence ; necessitate( আবশ্যক করা ); make necessary; require; need; demand; call for; presuppose; assume; be grounds for; 3. RIFT = ফাটল ; a crack, split, or break in something; 4. QUAGMIRE = জলাবদ্ধতা ; a soft boggy ( পাঁকে-ভরা ) area of land that gives way underfoot.  >>> Sentences: 1. The future of 1 million Palestinians hangs in the balance after Israel’s security cabinet approved a new ground offensive aimed at taking complete illegal control of Gaza’s largest city in a decision that has triggered global OUTRAGE . 2. The plan put forward by Benjamin Netanyahu for Gaza City would ENTAIL a further escalation in the 22-month war and mean more mass displacements of an exhausted and starving population. 3. The proposal is also reported to have opened a deep RIFT betw...

Vocabulary on 8th August 2025 (Words: 1. #COUNTLESS; 2. #BRACE FOR; 3. #PLACATE; 4. #RATCHET UP)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. COUNTLESS = অগণিত ; innumerable; অসংখ্য ; infinite; myriad; বেশুমার ; 2. BRACE FOR = কঠিন বা অপ্রীতিকর কিছুর জন্য প্রস্তুত থাকা ; to prepare for something difficult or unpleasant that is about to happen. 3. PLACATE = শান্ত করা ; clam; quiet; cradle; soothe; pacify; 4. RATCHET UP = ধীরে ধীরে এবং বারবার কিছু বৃদ্ধি করা ; to increase something gradually and repeatedly;  >>> Sentences: 1. Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel intends to take military illegal control of all of Gaza in defiance of warnings that such a move would lead to COUNTLESS more Palestinian deaths, further mass displacement and endanger Israeli hostages still held in the territory. 2. In Gaza, where Israel’s air and ground war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced most of the population, destroyed vast areas and caused a famine, Palestinians are BRACED FOR further misery. 3. According to Israel’s Channel 12, the prop...

Vocabulary on 6th August 2025 (Words: 1. #FEASIBLE; 2. #ISOLATION; 3. #RESIST; 4. #URGE; 5. #OBLITERATE; 6. #LEGITIMACY)

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>>> Word Meanings: 1. FEASIBLE = সম্ভবপর ; সাধ্য ; possible; practicable; enforceable; কার্যকর ; effective; efficient; useful, workable; 2. ISOLATION = বিচ্ছেদ ; severance ; 3. RESIST = প্রতিরোধ করা ; counteract; dispute; fight back; stand against; stick up to; প্রতিহত করা defend; fend; stave; put back; avert; বিরোধিতা করা ; oppose; combat; contravene; controvert; impede; obstruct; check; clog; stop; 4. URGE = তাগিদ দেত্তয়া ; try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something. 5. OBLITERATE = মুছে ফেলা ; destroy utterly; wipe out; annihilate; exterminate; extirpate; demolish; eliminate; eradicate; decimate; liquidate; wipe off the face of earth; wipe off   the map; 6. LEGITIMACY = বৈধতা ; legality; ন্যায্যতা ; justice; rightness; equity; uprightness;   Sentences: 1. An Israeli security cabinet meeting, which had been expected to discuss Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for the “full illegal occupation” of Gaza, has been postponed amid ...

Vocabulary on 5th August 2025 (Words: 1. #MINCE WORDS; 2. #AFFRONT; 3. #EMACIATE)

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  >>> Word Meanings: 1. MINCE WORDS = কথা বলার সময় পরোক্ষ , এড়িয়ে চলা , বা ভদ্রভাবে কথা বলা , বিশেষ করে কঠোর বা আপত্তিকর হওয়া এড়ানোর জন্য। to be indirect, evasive, or polite when speaking, especially to avoid being harsh or offensive. মোলায়েম করিয়া বলা ; একবারে অল্প অল্প বলা ; 2. AFFRONT = অপমান করা ; shame; insult; dishonor; be insolent; প্রকাশ্য অপমান ; মুখের উপর অপমান করা ; 3. EMACIATE = ক্ষীণ করা ; অতি রোগা করা ; to make someone or something extremely thin and weak, typically due to illness, starvation, or neglect.  >>> Sentences: 1. “Let’s not MINCE WORDS , the Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza is a policy of ethnic cleansing by way of forced mass starvation,” said Morriah Kaplan, IfNotNow’s interim executive director, during her speech to the crowd. 2. “It is an unbearable, unspeakable, unfathomable AFFRONT to our shared humanity and those who are carrying it out and are deploying our Jewish symbols, language and traditions...

Vocabulary on 4th August 2025 (Words: 1. #DELIBERATE; 2. #RAPPORTEUR; 3. 3. #IMPENDING; 4. #DEPRIVE)

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 >>> Word Meanings: 1. DELIBERATE = ইচ্ছাকৃত ; স্বেচ্ছাকৃত ; wilful; সুচিন্তিত ; well-thought; well-planned; 2. RAPPORTEUR = প্রতিবেদক ; a person appointed by an organization to report on the proceedings of its meetings. 3. IMPENDING =   আসন্ন ; forthcoming; imminent; oncoming; ensuing; 4. DEPRIVE = বঞ্চিত করা ; bereave; debar; despoil; oust; বর্জিত করা ; abandon; divest; কেড়ে নেওয়া ; rivet;  >>> Sentences: 1. The UN expert who first warned that Israel was orchestrating a campaign of DELIBERATE mass starvation in Gaza more than 500 days ago, has said that governments and corporations cannot claim to be surprised at the horror now unfolding. 2. “Israel has built the most efficient starvation machine you can imagine. So while it’s always shocking to see people being starved, no one should act surprised. All the information has been out in the open since early 2024,” Michael Fakhri, the UN special RAPPORTEUR on the right to food, told the ...

Vocabulary on 3rd August 2025 (Words: 1. #UNFOLD; 2. #DEFIANCE)

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   >>> Word Meanings: 1. UNFOLD = উদ্ঘাটিত করা ; open or spread out from a folded position; spread out; stretch out; flatten; unfurl; unroll; unravel; uncoil; unwind; extend; বিস্তৃত হত্তয়া ; be extended; stretch; expand; spread; 2. DEFIANCE = অবাধ্যতা ; open resistance; bold disobedience.  >>>   Sentences: 1. Many protesters carried photos of Palestinians killed or imprisoned by Israel, as well as photos depicting the hunger crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip, where UN-backed experts have warned that a “famine is UNFOLDING ”. 2. The comments follow outrage that far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led a large group to the Al-Aqsa mosque, also revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, to pray, in DEFIANCE of a long-standing convention.  

Vocabulary on 2nd August 2025 (Words: 1. #GENOCIDE; 2. #AVALANCHE; 3. #BESIEGED; 4. #OCCUPATION)

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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; 2. AVALANCHE = বরফের ধ্বস ; snow slide; snow slip; rockslide; icefall; landslide; landslip; 3. BESIEGED = অবরুদ্ধ ; surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture it or force surrender; obstructed; confined; enclosed; inclosed; shut it; surrounded; 4. OCCUPATION = দখল ; grab; possession; occupancy; control; seizure;  >>> Sentences: 1. The award-winning Israeli author David Grossman has described his country’s campaign in Gaza as a GENOCIDE and said he now “can’t help” but use the term. 2. This word is an AVALANCHE : once you say it, it just gets bigger, like an avalanche. And it adds even more destruction and suffering,” he said. 3. G...