19/07/2020(barron ) Flashcards
newfangled
ADJECTIVE 1. of a new kind or fashion newfangled ideas 2. fond of or given to novelty This was not a day for modern celebrations or any other newfangled gimmick.
endearment
NOUN
1. an endearing or being endeared; affection
2. a word or act expressing affection,love,caress
It was the first time she had used the endearment, and Rupert responded to it by taking her in his arms.
maiden
NOUN 1. Rare a. a girl or young unmarried woman b. a virgin 2. a race horse that has never won a race 3. [M-] a device like the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals 4. Cricket an over in which no runs are scored \: in full, maiden over ADJECTIVE 5. of, characteristic of, or suitable for a maiden 6. a. unmarried b. virgin now used only of older women 7. inexperienced; untried; unused; new; fresh 8. first or earliest a maiden speech, a maiden voyage 9. a. never having won a race a maiden horse b. for such horses a maiden race No wonder young gels and maiden aunts were prone to fainting back in the day.
esteem
VERB TRANSITIVE
1. to have great regard for; value highly; respect
2. to hold to be; consider; regard
we esteem it an honor to be invited
NOUN
3. favorable opinion; high regard; respect
to be held in high esteem
4. Archaic
an opinion; estimation
SIMILAR WORDS: appreciate, regard
What are the features of a life that warrant great esteem or admiration?
ascertainable
adj নিরূপণযোগ্য ( ascertain VERB TRANSITIVE 1. Archaic to make certain or definite 2. to find out with certainty There should be a public inquiry to ascertain the facts.
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exactitude
NOUN
the quality of being exact; precision; accuracy
The lighthouse beam swept across the sea with the same boring exactitude of all beacons.
relinquish
verb
পরিত্যাগ করা
1. to give up; abandon (a plan, policy, etc.)
2. to renounce or surrender (something owned, a right, etc.)
3. to let go (a grasp, hold, etc.)
Whether the army will really relinquish control again is far from certain.
pile
NOUN
গাদা
1. a mass of things heaped together; heap
2. a heap of wood or other combustible material on which a corpse or sacrifice is burned
3. a large building or group of buildings
4. Informal
a. a large amount or number
b. US
a lot of money; fortune
5. Electricity
a voltaic pile or any other similar device that produces an electric current; battery
6. US, Obsolete
nuclear reactor
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: piled or ˈpiling
7. to put or set in a pile; heap up
8. to cover with a pile; load
9. to accumulate
10. to crash, wreck, etc.
VERB INTRANSITIVE
11. to form a pile or heap
12. to move in a mass; crowd with in, into, out, on, off, etc.
13. to crash (into)
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈbuilding
NOUN
1. a soft, velvety, raised surface on a rug, fabric, etc., produced by making yarn loops on the body of the material and, often, shearing them
2. soft, fine hair, as on wool, fur, etc.
There are some unlikely Cup stars who have finished top of the pile in the past.
sporadic
adj
বিক্ষিপ্ত
1. (of similar things or occurrences)
appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional
sporadic renewals of enthusiasm
2. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease
3. isolated, as a single instance of something; being or occurring apart from others
4. occurring singly or widely apart in locality
the sporadic growth of plants
His sporadic attempts to record solo records were not very successful.
enigmatic
adj
বিভ্রান্তকর
ADJECTIVE
of or like an enigma; perplexing; baffling
: also ˌenigmatical
SIMILAR WORDS: obscure
He could come across as a rather enigmatic figure.
figurative
ADJECTIVE
1. representing by means of a figure, symbol, or likeness
2. having to do with figure drawing, painting, etc.
3. not in its original, usual, literal, or exact sense; representing one concept in terms of another that may be thought of as analogous with it; metaphoric
in “screaming headlines,” the word “screaming” is a figurative use
4. containing figures of speech
The gallery specialises in contemporary figurative and landscape paintings.
parenthetical
ADJECTIVE
1.
a. of or having the nature of a parenthesis
b. placed within parentheses see also parenthesis (sense 2)
2. interjected as qualifying information or explanation
3. using or containing parentheses
Frances, who had noted the parenthetical `of course you know that too ‘, was partially reassured.
erroneous
adj
ভ্রমপূর্ণ
containing or based on error; mistaken; wrong
The US-led coalition has announced investigations into a series of reports of erroneous airstrikes in recent weeks.
persecution
noun
নিপীড়ন
a persecuting or being persecuted
Can we define anyone fleeing war or persecution as an’economic’ refugee?
indignation
NOUN
anger or scorn that is a reaction to injustice, ingratitude, or meanness; righteous anger
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈanger
That was also when the righteous indignation returned.
arouse
TRANSITIVE VERB 1. to stir to action or strong response; excite to arouse a crowd to arouse suspicion 2. to stimulate sexually 3. to awaken; wake up The footsteps aroused the dog INTRANSITIVE VERB 4. to awake or become aroused At dawn the farmers began to arouse There are few food topics that arouse as much emotion as fish and chips.
embargo
noun
নিষেধাজ্ঞা
menace
noun
ভীতিপ্রদর্শন
NOUN
1. something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat
Air pollution is a menace to health
2. a person whose actions, attitudes, or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful
When he gets behind the wheel of a car, he’s a real menace
3. an extremely annoying person
TRANSITIVE VERB
4. to utter or direct a threat against; threaten
5. to serve as a probable threat to; imperil
INTRANSITIVE VERB
6. to express or serve as a threat
By the time he looked back, Costa had turned the moment into something truly menacing.
arrayed
adj সজ্জিত ADJECTIVE 1. set out on display Cartons of Chinese food were arrayed on a large oak table. 2. arranged in order how molecules are arrayed in materials such as plastics and other polymers 3. military formal drawn up; marshalled Napoleon ultimately failed in his plan to defeat the two armies arrayed against him. 4. literary dressed, clad gorgeously arrayed priests 5. be arrayed against
repeal
VERB TRANSITIVE 1. to withdraw officially or formally; revoke; cancel; annul repeal a law 2. Obsolete to call back, as from exile NOUN 3. the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation SIMILAR WORDS: aˈbolish Repeal any laws that protect the unions.
deem
verb
বিবেচনা করা
to think, believe, or judge
The case did not reach court because a judge deemed that a legal time limit had been breached.
perpetrate
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: ˈperpeˌtrated or ˈperpeˌtrating
1. to do or perform (something evil, criminal, or offensive); be guilty of
2. to commit (a blunder), impose (a hoax), etc.
`And how, precisely, do you think I, who am under lock and key myself, could perpetrate such an outrage?
negate
VERB TRANSITIVE Word forms: neˈgated or neˈgating 1. to deny the existence or truth of 2. to make ineffective Its apparent monastic monumentality is negated by cheap materials.
undue
ADJECTIVE
1. not yet due or payable, as a debt
2. not appropriate or suitable; improper
3. excessive; immoderate
But she said claims of a whitewash were insulting and said she came under’no pressure or undue influence ‘.
veiled
adj আবরিত ADJECTIVE 1. wearing a veil 2. covered with or as with a veil 3. concealed, hidden, disguised, obscured, etc. 4. not openly expressed a veiled threat Only the eyes, veiled with a wary blankness, might give an observer pause.
contempt
noun
অবজ্ঞা,hate,insult
conscripted
বাধ্যতামূলকভাবে
ADJECTIVE
enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
Stories about the drabness and brutality of the life of conscripted troops considerably tarnished the army’s image.
The Black Sea canal was constructed by conscripted labourers.
annexation
noun
আত্মসাৎ
1. the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed
2. something annexed
The two annexation ordinances will be considered at tonight’s council meeting.
acquaintances
noun
অবগতি,জানাশোনা
propriety
NOUN
Word forms: plural -ties
1. conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners
2. appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability
3. rightness or justness
4. See the proprieties
5. obsolete
a property
6. obsolete
a peculiarity or characteristic of something
Constitutional propriety is not exhausted by the demands of the law.
perpetuate
verb
চিরস্থায়ী করা
to make perpetual; cause to continue or be remembered; preserve from oblivion
Too many cruel people who survived to perpetuate their cruelty.
glided
VERB INTRANSITIVE
Word forms: ˈglided or ˈgliding
1. to flow or move smoothly and easily, as in skating
2. to move by or pass gradually and almost unnoticed, as time
3. Aeronautics
a. to fly in a glider
b. to descend with little or no engine power, using airflow to control lift
4. Music and Phonetics
to make a glide
VERB TRANSITIVE
5. to cause to glide
NOUN
6. the act of gliding; smooth, easy flow or movement
7. US
a small disk or ball, as of nylon, attached to the underside of furniture legs, etc. to allow easy sliding
8. Music; Loosely
a slur, portamento, or the like
9. Phonetics
a. an intermediate sound produced in the transition of the speech organs from the position for one sound to that for another
b. the nonsyllabic vowel in a diphthong
see also off-glide, on-glide
efface
verb
মুছিয়া ফেলা
1. to rub out, as from a surface; erase; wipe out; obliterate
time effaced the memory
2. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) from notice
SIMILAR WORDS: eˈrase
Try as he would, he had never been able to efface a disposition in the furniture of the room to arrange itself like a schoolroom.
miniaturist
ক্ষুদ্র চিত্রাঙ্কনে পারদর্শী
a person who paints miniature portraits
satirical
adj বিদ্রুপাত্মক ADJECTIVE 1. of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire satirical novels 2. indulging in or given to satire a satirical poet Its collection of entwined stories is brilliantly constructed, moving between satirical comedy and unforced pathos.
acquiesce
VERB INTRANSITIVE
Word forms: ˌacquiˈesced or ˌacquiˈescing
to agree or consent quietly without protest, but without enthusiasm
often with in
to acquiesce in a decision,consent
Smith hesitated, then decided to acquiesce with fair grace.
stifle
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: ˈstifled or ˈstifling
1. to kill by cutting off the supply of air from; suffocate; smother; choke
2. to suppress or repress; hold back; check, stop, inhibit, etc.
to stifle a sob, to stifle protests
VERB INTRANSITIVE
3. to die from lack of air
4. to suffer from lack of fresh, cool air
NOUN
the kneelike joint above the hock in the hind leg of a horse, dog, etc.
: also stifle joint
The person who ran it was almost incomprehensible and we had difficulty stifling our giggles.
denigration
TRANSITIVE VERB
Word forms: -grated, -grating
1. to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame
to denigrate someone’s character
2. to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage
to denigrate someone’s contributions to a project
3. to make black; blacken
rain clouds denigrating the sky
It was normally considered bad manners to denigrate the dead, on the theory that they could not defend themselves.
niche
যথাযোগ্য স্থান
assertion
noun
বিবৃতি
NOUN
1. the act of asserting
2. something asserted; positive statement; declaration
There is no scientific evidence to support the assertions.
imperceptible
ADJECTIVE
not plain or distinct to the senses or the mind; esp., so slight, gradual, subtle, etc. as not to be easily perceived,অপ্রত্যক্ষ
She was hurt and insulted and angry but at the same time an imperceptible, almost subliminal lightness had begun to form around her heart.
probe
সূক্ষ্ম তদন্ত
বিদ্ধ করিয়া ঢোকান বা ঢোকা
discover a mystery
