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, বিদ্ধকারী; harsh, severe, biting, cutting, critical, caustic, scorching, blistering, devastating (v. scathe= বাক্যবাণে জর্জরিত করা)

8. PRECIPITATE= ত্বরান্বিত করা, দ্রুত ঘটানো, প্ররোচিত করা; hasten, accelerate, trigger, cause, provoke, expedite, instigate

9. AVALANCHE= তুষারধস, প্রবল ধস, প্রবল স্রোত; landslide, flood, torrent, cascade, deluge, onslaught, overwhelming force, outpouring

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Sentences:

1. Under reported details of the proposed plan, about half of the remaining living hostages, as well as bodies, would be released in a phased deal in exchange for about 150 Palestinians held in Israeli jails, some serving life sentences, during an “ENVISAGED” 60-day ceasefire.

2. The head of the Mossad, David Barnea, has recently visited Qatar amid “SPECULATION” that talks are more active than officially acknowledged by Israel.

3. While Israel is now letting some supplies into the Gaza Strip, it is not enough to “AVERT” widespread starvation, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday.

4. On Tuesday, Israeli media analysts suggested that a “VACILLATING” Netanyahu, whose position has “LURCHED” abruptly between supporting a partial deal for a ceasefire and rejecting it, would be compelled to choose a course of action, not least if the White House backs the ceasefire terms.

5. “As usual, everything is fluid and flexible: Netanyahu will change his arguments and explanations, and may even “COVERTLY” encourage internal opposition, as long as he can afford to avoid signing a deal.

6. Writing in the centre-right Yedioth Ahronoth, Ben-Dror Yemini was equally “SCATHING” about Netanyahu’s leadership and the consequences of rejection of the new proposal.

7. Because if the talk – and it’s only talk – about conquering Gaza City has already begun to produce increasing calls for sanctions [against Israel], then a military incursion into Gaza will only “PRECIPITATE” an even stronger “AVALANCHE”, he wrote.