18/07/20(barron ) Flashcards

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partisan

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adj
পক্ষীয়
NOUN
1. a person who takes the part of or strongly supports one side, party, or person; often, specif., an unreasoning, emotional adherent
2. any of a group of guerrilla fighters; esp., a member of an organized civilian force fighting covertly to drive out occupying enemy troops
ADJECTIVE
3. of, like, or characteristic of a partisan
4. blindly or unreasonably devoted
5. of or having to do with military partisans
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈfollower

Does she feel that she has become partisan?

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assessment

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noun
মূল্যায়ন
NOUN
1.  the act or an instance of assessing
2.  an amount assessed
The former chief executive of a rival offered an acerbic assessment.
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conviction

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NOUN
1.  a convicting or being convicted
2.  Rare
the act of convincing
3.  the state or appearance of being convinced, as of the truth of a belief,দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস
to speak with conviction
4.  a strong belief
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈcertainty, oˈpinion
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elevate

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verb
1. to lift up; raise
2. to raise the pitch or volume of (esp. the voice)
3. to raise (a person) in rank or position; promote
4. to raise to a higher intellectual or moral level
5. to raise the spirits of; elate; exhilarate
ADJECTIVE
6. Archaic
elevated
SIMILAR WORDS: lift
Despite the poverty of his means he had been at pains to elevate the hut from a hovel.

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inextricably

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ওতপ্রোতভাবে
ADVERB [ADVERB with verb]
If two or more things are inextricably linked, they cannot be considered separately.
[formal]
Religion was for her inextricably linked with life itself.
Synonyms: inseparably, totally, intricately, irretrievably

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militant

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ADJECTIVE
1.  at war; fighting
2.  ready and willing to fight; esp., vigorous or aggressive in support or promotion of a cause
NOUN
3.  a militant person
SIMILAR WORDS:  aggressive
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attainment

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NOUN
1. an attaining or being attained
2. anything attained, as an acquired skill; accomplishment
These are the schools where pupils’ attainment in English and maths is commonly two years ahead of their age.

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auspices

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noun
পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা
But for the moment, at least, the auspices seem good.

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subsequent

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adj

পরবর্তী

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egalitarian

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adj
সমমাত্রিক
1. of, advocating, or characterized by the belief that all people should have equal political, social, and economic rights
NOUN
2. an advocate or supporter of this belief
This is the most egalitarian approach to a terrible proposition.

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deprecatory

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ADJECTIVE
1. deprecating
2. apologetic or belittling
I heard myself describe my car with the deprecatory affection with which people commonly speak of family curiosities, eccentricities.

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recriminate

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verb
পালটা নালিশ করা
to answer an accuser by accusing that person in return; reply with a countercharge

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reiterate

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verb
to repeat (something done or said); say or do again or repeatedly
But I do reiterate, anyone caught acting in breach of a prohibition order is liable to two years ' imprisonment.
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urge

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VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: urged or ˈurging
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a. to press upon the attention; present or speak of earnestly and repeatedly; plead, allege, or advocate strongly
to urge caution
b. to entreat or plead with; ask, persuade, or solicit earnestly; press; exhort
2. to stimulate or incite; provoke
3. to drive or force onward; press forward; impel
4. to ply ( oars, etc.) vigorously
VERB INTRANSITIVE
5. to make an earnest presentation of arguments, claims, charges, entreaties, etc.
6. to exert a force that drives or impels, as to action
NOUN
7. the act of urging
8. an impulse to do a certain thing; impelling influence or force, esp. an inner drive
We would urge people to refrain from such activity.

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indifference

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NOUN
the quality, state, or fact of being indifferent
; specif.,
a. lack of concern, interest, or feeling; apathy
b. lack of importance, meaning, or worth
This lack of indifference speaks volumes in itself.

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endorsement

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noun
অনুমোদন
NOUN
1. the act of endorsing something
2. something written in endorsing ; specif.,
a. the signature of a payee on the back of a check, note, etc.
b. a change, as of coverage or beneficiary, written on or added to an insurance policy
c. a statement endorsing a person, product, etc., as in an advertisement
And a glamorous life of celebrity appearances and product endorsements lay ahead?

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indispensable

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adj
অপরিহার্য
1. that cannot be dispensed with or neglected
2. absolutely necessary or required
NOUN
3. an indispensable person or thing
They have become as indispensable to 21st century criminals as skeleton keys were to their forebears.

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replenish

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VERB TRANSITIVE
1. to make full or complete again, as by furnishing a new supply
to replenish a stock of goods
2. to supply again with fuel or the like
This makes it great for sporty people who want to replenish energy stores quickly after exercise.

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speculative

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ADJECTIVE
দূরকল্পনামূলক
1. of, characterized by, or having the nature of, speculation or meditation, conjecture, etc.
2. theoretical, not practical
3. of or characterized by financial speculation
4. uncertain; risky
5. indulging in or fond of speculation
They are not speculative investors looking for a quick profit.

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hortatory

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ADJECTIVE
1. serving to encourage or urge to good deeds
2. exhorting; giving advice
What he wrote was not philosophy but a species of hortatory essay.

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exploit

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NOUN
1. an act remarkable for brilliance or daring; bold deed
VERB TRANSITIVE
2. to make use of; turn to account; utilize productively
3. to make unethical use of for one’s own advantage or profit; specif., to make profit from the labor of (others) without giving a just return
4. Advertising
to stir up interest in; promote
to exploit a product
He added that the feature could be exploited to gain access to whole conversations and not only individual messages that were not originally sent.

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diminutive

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ADJECTIVE
1.  much smaller than ordinary or average; very small; tiny
2.  Grammar
expressing smallness or diminution
a diminutive suffix or name
NOUN
3.  a very small person or thing
4. 
a.  a word or name formed from another by the addition of a suffix expressing smallness in size or, sometimes, endearment or condescension, as ringlet ( ring + -let), Jackie ( Jack + -ie), lambkin ( lamb + -kin)
b.  such a suffix
SIMILAR WORDS:  small
The hosts could not cope with the diminutive striker on a boggy pitch.