21/07/20(princeton,rc,drill2) Flashcards
tumultuous
ADJECTIVE
1. full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar
a tumultuous celebration
2. raising a great clatter and commotion; disorderly or noisy
a tumultuous crowd of students
3. highly agitated, as the mind or emotions; distraught; turbulent
He was re-elected four times during one of the most tumultuous periods of the 20th century.
medley
adj
পাঁচমিশালী
melange
NOUN
a mixture or medley; hodgepodge
The air was hazy violet with a clashing mélange of the incenses burned in the prayers and rites of cleansing.
preoccupation
NOUN
নিবিষ্টচিত্তা
1. a preoccupying or being preoccupied, esp. mentally
2. something, as an idea, which preoccupies one
Social mobility - up or down - is the great recurring preoccupation of our fiction.
flair
NOUN
1. Obsolete
sense of smell; hence, keen, natural discernment
2. a natural talent or ability; aptitude; knack
3. a sense of what is stylish and striking; dash
It adds little new to its chosen film-making style, but it does not lack visual flair.
exuberance
NOUN
1. the state or quality of being exuberant; great abundance; luxuriance
2. an instance of this; esp., action or speech showing high spirits
What they lack in technical skill they more than make up in sheer exuberance and joy.
tint
NOUN
1. a color or a variety of a color; hue
2. a color diluted with white; a color of less than maximum purity or saturation
3. a delicate or pale color
4. any of various commercial dyes for the hair
5. Engraving
a uniform shading, as that produced by a series of fine parallel lines
6. Also called: tint block Printing
a faintly or lightly colored background upon which an illustration or the like is to be printed
TRANSITIVE VERB
7. to apply a tint or tints to; color slightly or delicately; tinge
She went on to talk about skincare and how she tinted her hair.
encompass
VERB TRANSITIVE
1. to shut in all around; surround; encircle
2. to contain; include
3. to bring about; achieve; contrive
to encompass its destruction
The symptoms of an allergy vary from individual to individual and can literally encompass the whole body.
termite
ঘুণ
rhesus macaques
old monkey
account for
verb
কৈফিয়ত দেওয়া
panoply
NOUN
Word forms: plural -plies
গাত্ররক্ষণী
1. a wide-ranging and impressive array or display
the dazzling panoply of the maharaja’s procession
the panoply of European history
2. a complete suit of armor
3. a protective covering
4. full ceremonial attire or paraphernalia; special dress and equipment
There is a full panoply of options under the convention to get to a resolution.
eurocentric
ADJECTIVE
centering on Europe or emphasizing the values, history, perspective, etc. of the European tradition
plague
NOUN
1. anything that afflicts or troubles; calamity; scourge
2. any contagious epidemic disease that is deadly; esp., bubonic plague
3. Informal
a nuisance; annoyance
4. Bible
any of various calamities sent down as divine punishment: Ex. 9:14, Num. 16:46
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: plagued or ˈplaguing
5. to afflict with a plague
6. to vex; harass; trouble; torment
SIMILAR WORDS: anˈnoy
The distrust this woman voiced will plague this city long after the news cameras stop rolling.
falsifiable
ADJECTIVE
Philosophy
designating or of a statement, theory, etc. that is so formulated as to permit empirical testing and, therefore, can be shown to be false
This was so easily falsifiable it was almost painful.
comport
verb উপযুক্ত হত্তয়া VERB TRANSITIVE 1. to behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified manner VERB INTRANSITIVE 2. to agree or accord (with) SIMILAR WORDS: beˈhave I did not bring you up to comport yourself in such a manner.
enumerate
TRANSITIVE VERB
Word forms: -ated, -ating
1. to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list
Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis
2. to ascertain the number of; count
There is nothing that Anna’s father likes to do more than enumerate, at length, my many failings — particularly when I am within earshot.
beset
verb বিজড়িত করা VERB TRANSITIVE Word forms: beˈset or beˈsetting 1. to cover or set thickly with; stud 2. to attack from all sides; harass or besiege 3. to surround or hem in SIMILAR WORDS: atˈtack The deal has been beset by problems with bureaucracy.
forewarn
verb পূর্বেই সতর্ক করা VERB TRANSITIVE to warn beforehand She may as well forewarn him that other people were interested in this project.
detrimental
adj
causing detriment; harmful
SIMILAR WORDS: pernicious
The detrimental effects of such solitude on health are well documented.
adversary
NOUN
Word forms: plural ˈadverˌsaries
1. a person who opposes or fights against another; opponent; enemy
ADJECTIVE
2. of or characterized by opposing parties, as the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit
SIMILAR WORDS: opˈponent
She was viewed as a formidable adversary and a staunch defender of the underprivileged.
surmise
in American English
(verb sər mīzˈ, noun sər mīzˈ, sûrˈmīz) (verb -mised, -mising)
TRANSITIVE VERB
1. to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
INTRANSITIVE VERB
2. to conjecture or guess
NOUN
3. a matter of conjecture
4. an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely
5. a conjecture or opinion
We can surmise that one of his commanders must have stumbled upon our plan.
comet
ধূমকেতু
magnetosphere
NOUN
the region surrounding a planet, such as the earth, in which the behaviour of charged particles is controlled by the planet’s magnetic field
incinerate
VERB TRANSITIVE, VERB INTRANSITIVE
Word forms: inˈcinerˌated or inˈcinerˌating
to burn to ashes; burn up; cremate
If nothing else, he could use wizard’s fire and incinerate the entire city.
reorient
দৃষ্টিভঙ্গির পরিবর্তন ঘটানো
VERB (transitive)
to adjust or align (something) in a new or different way
We study our sacred texts and reorient ourselves in the light of their timeless values.
ostensibly
ADVERB
(sentence modifier)
apparently; seemingly
This show is ostensibly tales about that, but he has a tendency to wander off down other routes.
stem
NOUN
1. the main upward-growing axis of a plant, having nodes and bearing leaves, usually extending in a direction opposite to that of the root and above the ground, and serving to support the plant and to transport and store food materials; specif., the main stalk or trunk of a tree, shrub, or other plant, from which leaves, flowers, and fruit develop
2.
a. any stalk or part supporting leaves, flowers, or fruit, as a pedicel, petiole, or peduncle
b. a stalk of bananas
3. a piece or part like a stem; specif.,
a. the slender part of a tobacco pipe between the bowl and the bit, esp. the part between the shank and the bit
b. a narrow supporting part between the foot and the bowl, as of a wineglass
c. the cylindrical shaft projecting from a watch, with a knurled knob at its end for winding the spring, setting the hands, etc.
d. the rounded rod in some locks, about which the key fits and is turned
e. the main or thick stroke of a letter, as in printing
f. the vertical line forming part of a musical note (other than a whole note)
g. the shaft of a feather or hair
4.
a. the upright piece to which the side timbers or plates are attached to form the prow of a ship
b. the forward part of a ship; prow; bow
5. main line of descent of a family; ancestry; stock
6. Linguistics
the part of a word, consisting of a root or a root with one or more affixes, to which inflectional endings are added or in which inflectional phonetic changes are made
the present stem “bring” is the base to which -s may be added to form “brings”
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: stemmed or ˈstemming
7. to remove the stem or stems from (a fruit, etc.)
8. to provide ( artificial flowers, etc.) with stems
9. to make headway or progress against
to row upstream, stemming the current
VERB INTRANSITIVE
10. to originate, derive, or be descended
SIMILAR WORDS: rise
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: stemmed or ˈstemming
1. to stop or check; esp., to dam up (a river, etc.), or to stop or check as if by damming up
2. to stop up, plug, or tamp (a hole, etc.)
3. to turn (a ski) in stemming
VERB INTRANSITIVE
4. to stop or slow down in skiing by turning one ski (single stemming) or both skis ( double stemming) with the heel thrust outward and the tip of the ski(s) turned in
NOUN
5. an act or manner of stemming on skis
We see evolution as a tree with many branches but with one single stem.
tangible
adj
বাস্তব
ADJECTIVE
1. that can be touched or felt by touch; having actual form and substance
2. corporeal and able to be appraised for value
tangible assets
3. that can be understood; definite; objective
NOUN
4. [pl.]
property that can be appraised for value; assets having real substance; material things
SIMILAR WORDS: perceptible(প্রত্যক্ষ)
So there are tangible benefits from looking more closely at the specifics of this thing called cloud.
wage
verb
engage
noun
salary,reward
rationale
NOUN
1. the fundamental reasons, or rational basis, for something
2. a statement, exposition, or explanation of reasons or principles
Most economists say there is no economic rationale behind such targets, which would inevitably hit growth.
cogent
অকাট্য
ADJECTIVE
1. convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling
2. to the point; relevant; pertinent
There were cogent artistic reasons why his work looked as it did.
overlay
verb
আচ্ছাদন
painstaking
NOUN
1. the act of taking pains; great care or diligence
ADJECTIVE
2. taking pains; very careful; diligent
3. characterized by great care
This riveting two-part documentary follows her painstaking investigation.
undifferentiated
ADJECTIVE not having any distinguishing features an undifferentiated mass নির্বিকার,unspoken There was only darkness, an undifferentiated darkness as black and seamless as deep space.
evince
স্পষ্ট প্রদর্শন করা
Nor did she evince any surprise at seeing him again strolling with Alathea.
predate
VERB TRANSITIVE
Word forms: preˈdated or preˈdating
1. to put a date on (something) that is earlier than the current date
2. to come before in time
Granivorous animals may prefer to predate or cache seed of certain plant species over others.
augmented
adj
উদ্দীপ্ত
ADJECTIVE
1. music
(of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
C to G is a perfect fifth, but C to G sharp is an augmented fifth
Compare diminished (sense 2)
2. music
a. denoting a chord based upon an augmented triad
an augmented seventh chord
b. denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a major third and an augmented fifth
c. (postpositive)
(esp in jazz) denoting a chord having as its root the note specified
D augmented
3. having been increased, esp in number
an augmented orchestra
This app uses augmented reality technology to show you how a shade will appear in situ.
deconstruct
VERB TRANSITIVE
1. to analyze (a text) by using deconstruction
2. to subject to rigorous analysis, as to reveal weakness or error
3. to take apart(আলাদা করা), disassemble
You have to work them out, spot the clues — like a crime novel — or deconstruct them like a piece of prac.
vested interest
- an established right that cannot be eliminated, as to some future benefit
- close involvement in promoting personal advantage
- [pl.]
a number of groups cooperating or competing in pursuing selfish goals and exerting controlling influence, esp. the powerful persons and groups that own and control industry, business, etc.
কায়েমি স্বার্থ
The vested interests lobbying for money for their pet projects.
quo
স্থিতাবস্থা
archetype
NOUN
1. the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype
2. (in Jungian psychology)
a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches
I refer to an archetypal imperative unfortunately of great phylogenetic antiquity, the aggressive archetype.
skyscraper
গগনচুম্বী
disprove
verb
refute,ভুল প্রমাণ করা
thorough
adj
পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ
overturn
verb
উল্টে দেওয়া
abolish
overt
adj
প্রত্যক্ষ
expound
verb
উদ্ভাসিত করা
wearisome
ADJECTIVE
causing weariness; tiring, tiresome, or tedious
The antidote to a wearisome meeting can be as simple as a brisk walk.
trait
বৈশিষ্ট্য NOUN 1. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, as of personality 2. character (sense 15) 3. Rare a stroke, trace, or touch SIMILAR WORDS: ˈquality Though the two are sick of being compared there are common traits between father and son.
tract
NOUN
1. Archaic
a. duration or lapse of time,বিস্তার
b. a period of time
2. a continuous expanse of land or of water, mineral deposit, etc.; stretch; extent; area
3. US Chiefly West
a housing development
see also development (sense 4)
4. Anatomy and Zoology
a. a system of parts or organs, or an elongated region, having some special function
the genitourinary tract
b. a bundle of nerve fibers having the same origin, termination, and function
5. Roman Catholic Church
in the former Latin Mass, one or more penitential verses said, as in Lent, after the Gradual
NOUN
1. Obsolete
a treatise
2. a propagandizing pamphlet, esp. one on a religious or political subject
