Vocabulary Booster

Correct answer: Having the power to make one's own decisions.

Autonomous (adjective)
- English Meaning: An autonomous organization, country, or region is independent and has the freedom to govern itself.
- Bangla Meaning: (রাষ্ট্র/প্রতিষ্ঠান সম্বন্ধে) স্বশাসিত; স্বায়ত্তশাসিত; স্বাধীন।

Example sentence:
1. The country now has 17 autonomous regions, each with a distinct culture.
2. The partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Cheerful.

Morose (adjective)
- English meaning: Unhappy or annoyed and unwilling to speak, smile, or be pleasant to people.
- Bangla meaning: গোমড়া; খিটখিটে; কটুস্বভাব; অসামাজিক।

Cheerful (adjective)
- English meaning: happy and positive.
- Bangla meaning: প্রফুল্ল ও তুষ্ট; আগ্রহী।

Other options:
ক) Grumpy
- English meaning: easily annoyed and complaining.
- Bangla meaning: বদমেজাজী; রুষ্ট।

খ) Hostile
- English meaning: unfriendly and not liking something.
- Bangla meaning: শত্রু ভাবাপন্ন।

ঘ) Unsociable 
- English meaning: not liking to meet people or to spend time with them.
- Bangla meaning: অসামাজিক

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Amenable.

Tractable (adjective)
- English meaning: Easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded.
- Bangla meaning:  সহজে নিয়ন্ত্রণযোগ্য।

Amenable (adjective)
- English meaning: willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion.
- Bangla meaning: নমনীয়।

Other options:
ক) Obstinate 
- English meaning: unreasonably determined, especially to act in a particular way and not to change at all, despite what anyone else says.
- Bangla meaning: একগুঁয়ে; জেদি।

 খ) Defiant 
- English meaning: proudly refusing to obey authority.
- Bangla meaning: স্পর্ধিত; অবজ্ঞাপূর্ণ; অবাধ্য।

গ) Delineate
- English Meaning: To describe something completely, including details.
- Bangla Meaning: (আনুষ্ঠানিক) চিত্র বা বর্ণনার সাহায্যে দেখানো; চিত্রিত/বর্ণিত/অঙ্কন করা।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: diatribe.
Complete sentence: The journalist’s latest article was a bitter diatribe against the corruption of the government.
- সাংবাদিকের সাম্প্রতিক নিবন্ধটি ছিল সরকারের দুর্নীতির বিরুদ্ধে একটি তিক্ত ও তীব্র সমালোচনা।

Diatribe (noun)
- English Meaning: An angry speech or piece of writing that severely criticizes something or someone.
- Bangla Meaning: তীব্র ও তীক্ষ্ণ ভাষায় ভর্ৎসনা; প্রচণ্ড নিন্দামূলক বক্তৃতা।

Other options:
ক) Commendation
- English Meaning: praise, or an official statement that praises someone.
- Bangla Meaning: প্রশংসা; অনুমোদন।

খ) Propitiate
- English Meaning: To please and calm a god or person who is annoyed with you.
- Bangla Meaning: (আনুষ্ঠানিক) ক্রোধ উপশমের জন্য কিছু করা; প্রসাদিত/প্রসন্ন করা: offer sacrifice to propitiate the gods.

ঘ) Compliment
- English Meaning: a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect.
- Bangla Meaning: প্রশংসা, তারিফ, গুনকীর্তন।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Penurious.

Penury (noun)
- English Meaning: a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money), especially severe poverty.
- Bangla Meaning: দারিদ্র্য; দীনতা।

Penurious (adjective)
- English meaning: marked by or suffering from penury.
- Bangla meaning: দরিদ্র; ক্লিষ্ট; স্যাঁতসেঁতে; করুণ।

Other Forms:
গ) Penuriously (adverb);
- English meaning: in a penurious manner.
- Bangla meaning: দরিদ্র; ক্লিষ্ট; করুণ।

ঘ) Penuriousness (noun)
- English meaning: the quality or state of being penurious.
- Bangla meaning: ব্যয়কুণ্ঠতা, কৃপণতা, বা চরম অভাব।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: pretending to be someone or something you are not.   

• In/under the guise of
- English Meaning: by saying or acting as if something is other than what it really is.
- Bangla Meaning: ভান করে / ছদ্মবেশ ধরে।

Example Sentence:
1. She swindles people under the guise of friendship.
2. The spy entered the country under the guise of a tourist.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: বেশি তাড়াহুড়ো করলে কাজের খুব বেশি অগ্রগতি হয় না।

Other options:
ক) গুজব খুব দ্রুত ছড়ায়।
- Rumor is a great traveler.

গ) উঠতি মূল পত্তনেই বোঝা যায়।
- Morning shows the day.

ঘ) টাকায় টাকা আনে।
- Money begets money.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: to make someone continue to work.

Keep (someone) at it
- English Meaning: to force or cause (someone) to continue doing something.
- Bangla Meaning: কাউকে কিছু করতে জোর করা

Example Sentence:
1. The coach kept us (hard) at it until late afternoon.
2. We need to keep her at it if she's going to pass the final exam.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: কারো পৌষ মাস, কারো সর্বনাশ।

• Other options:
ক) বিপদ এর মধ্যেই গুণের পরীক্ষা হয়।
- Virtue thrives best in adversity.

খ) Beggars must not be choosers.
- ভিক্ষার চাল কাঁড়া আর আকাঁড়া।

গ) মড়ার উপর খাড়ার ঘা।
- Flogging a dead horse; adding insult to injury.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Something that is harmless.

Benign (adjective)
- English Meaning: having no significant effect : harmless.
- Bangla Meaning: (১) (ব্যক্তি) সদয়; সহৃদয়; নম্র; ভদ্র।

Example sentence:
1. The biopsy results indicated that the tumor was benign.
2. The old man had a benign smile that made everyone feel at ease.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Rhetorical.

Bombastic (adjective)
- English Meaning: Marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means.
- Bangla Meaning: আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ।

Rhetorical (adjective)
- English meaning: marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.
- Bangla meaning: অলংকারবহুল; বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ।

Other options:
খ) Arduous
- English Meaning: Difficult and tiring, or needing a great deal of effort.
- Bangla Meaning: (১) (কাজ সম্বন্ধে) দুঃসাধ্য; কষ্টকর।

গ) Eloquent
- English meaning:
- Bangla meaning: বাকপটু, বাগ্মী।

ঘ) Simple
- English meaning:
- Bangla meaning: অনলংকৃত, অনাড়ম্বর।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Thrift.

Bounty (noun)
- English Meaning: Something that is given generously.
- Bangla Meaning: অকৃপণ দান; উদারতা।

Thrift (noun)
- English meaning: careful management, especially of money.
- Bangla meaning: মিতব্যয়িতা; ব্যয়সংকোচ।

Other options:
ক) Generosity
- English meaning: the quality or fact of being generous.
- Bangla meaning: উদারতা। 

গ) Indict
- English Meaning: To accuse someone officially of a crime.
- Bangla Meaning: (আইন সম্বন্ধীয়) (কাউকে) অভিযুক্ত করা।

ঘ) Philanthropy
- English meaning: the activity of helping the poor, especially by giving them money.
- Bangla meaning: মানবপ্রেম। 

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Competency.

Competent (adjective)
- English Meaning: Having requisite or adequate ability or qualities. proper or rightly pertinent.
- Bangla Meaning: উপযুক্ত; সক্ষম; দক্ষ। (গুণ সম্বন্ধে) পর্যাপ্ত।

Competency (noun)
- English meaning: possession of sufficient knowledge or skill.
- Bangla meaning: পারদর্শিতা; সক্ষমতা; কর্মদক্ষতা।

Other options:
গ) Competently
- English meaning: in a competent manner.
- Bangla meaning: দক্ষতার সাথে বা যোগ্যতার সাথে।

ঘ) Incompetent
- English meaning: lacking the qualities needed for effective action: lacking necessary ability or skills.
- Bangla meaning: অযোগ্য; যোগ্যতাহীন; অনুপযুক্ত; অনধিকারী।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Cambridge Dictionary.

Correct answer: candid.
Complete sentence: He was candid about his recent divorce from his wife.
- তিনি তাঁর স্ত্রীর সাথে সাম্প্রতিক বিবাহবিচ্ছেদ বিষয়ে অকপট ছিলেন।

Candid (adjective, noun)
- English Meaning: honest and telling the truth, especially about something difficult or painful.
- Bangla Meaning: অকপট; মনখোলা; সরল।

Other options:
ক) Contention
English Meaning: Disagreement resulting from opposing arguments.
Bangla Meaning: তর্ক; যুক্তিপ্রদর্শন; কলহ।

গ) Desiccate
- English Meaning: Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.
- Bangla Meaning: সংরক্ষণের উদ্দেশ্যে বিশেষত শক্ত খাবারের সব আর্দ্রতা শুকিয়ে ফেলা; শুষ্ক করা: desiccated fruit.

ঘ) Ephemeral
- English Meaning: Lasting for only a short time.
- Bangla Meaning: স্বল্পজীবী; স্বল্পস্থায়ী।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Cambridge Dictionary.

Correct answer: To stop someone from doing something.

Keep off
- English Meaning: to stop or prevent (someone or something) from being on (something)
- Bangla Meaning: রোধ করা / বিরত রাখা / সরে থাকা

Example Sentence:
1. Keep your hands off your hair once it's styled.
2. Keep your dirty hands off the furniture!

Correct answer: Necessity knows no law.
Bangla meaning: অভাবে স্বভাব নষ্ট।

• প্রবাদ বাক্যের ক্ষেত্রে শব্দের পরিবর্তন করা যায় না বা কোন শব্দের পরিবর্তে তার সমার্থক শব্দ ব্যবহার করা যায় না।
- তাই যেটি প্রচলিত প্রবাদ সেটিই সঠিক হবে।

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: To remain happy and hopeful.

Keep one’s pecker up (idiom)
- English Meaning: to stay happy or hopeful.
- Bangla Meaning: মনোবল অটুট রাখা / নিরুদ্যম না হওয়া

Example sentence:
1. Don't worry about the rain ruining our picnic, keep your pecker up!
2. I know things are rough at home, but keep your pecker up— better days will come.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: No pain, no gain.
- কষ্ট করলেই কেষ্ট মেলে।

Other options:
খ) কারণ বিনা কার্য হয় না।
- No smoke without fire.

গ) মানুষ মাত্রই ভুল হয়।
- None but a fool is always right.

ঘ) অকারনে কিছুই ঘটে না।
- Nothing can come out of nothing.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: to have no limits.

• Know no bounds (idiom)
- English Meaning: have no limits.
- Bangla Meaning: কোন সীমা নেই / সীমাহীন।

Example Sentence: 
1. His generosity knows no bounds.
2. A mother's love for her children knows no bounds.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Fresh and clean as new.

• Pristine (adjective)
- English Meaning: Original and pure; not spoiled or worn from use.
- Bangla Meaning: (আনুষ্ঠানিক) আদিম; আদি; আদি-অকৃত্রিম।

Example Sentence:
1. Even after ten years, he kept his classic car in pristine condition.
2. The hotel room was absolutely pristine when we checked in.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Appeasing.

Conciliatory (adjective)
- English Meaning: intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate.
- Bangla Meaning: সৌহার্দ্য অর্জন করে এমন; বিরোধ দূর করে এমন; আপোসমূলক।

Appeasing (verb)
- English meaning: to bring to a state of peace or quiet: calm.
- Bangla meaning: তুষ্টিকর, তুষ্টিজনক।

Other options:
খ) Antagonistic
- English meaning: showing dislike or opposition: marked by or resulting from antagonism.
- Bangla meaning: শত্রুভাবাপন্ন; বিরোধী; বিপরীত।

গ) Combative
- English meaning: marked by eagerness to fight or contend.
- Bangla meaning: দ্বন্দ্বমূলক।

ঘ) Persistent
- English meaning: existing for a long or longer than usual time or continuously.
- Bangla meaning: একই অবস্থা বজায় থাকা।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: Invectively.

Invective (noun)
- English Meaning: Criticism that is very forceful, unkind, and often rude.
- Bangla Meaning: দুর্বাক্য; দুরুক্ত; কটুকাটব্য; গালিগালাজ।

Invectively (adverb)
- English meaning: in an invective manner.
- Bangla meaning: গালিগালাজ, অপমানজনক ভাষা, তীব্র নিন্দা।

Other options:
খ) Inveigh (verb)
- English meaning: to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently: rail.
- Bangla meaning: আক্ষেপ/অবক্ষেপ করা; বিষোদ্গার করা; বাক্যবাণ হানা।

ঘ) Invectiveness (noun)
- English meaning: insulting or abusive language : vituperation: an abusive expression or speech.
- Bangla meaning: দুর্বাক্য; দুরুক্ত; কটুকাটব্য; গালিগালাজ।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Cambridge Dictionary.

Correct answer: Stagnation  

Metamorphosis (noun)
- English Meaning: change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means.
- Bangla Meaning: রূপান্তর; আকারের বা চরিত্রের পরিবর্তন।

Stagnation (noun)
- English meaning: a situation in which something stays the same and does not grow and develop.
- Bangla meaning: স্থির; বদ্ধ; নিশ্চল।

Other options:
ক) Transformation 
- English meaning:
- Bangla meaning: রূপান্তর।

খ) Evolution
- English meaning:
- Bangla meaning: বিবর্তন। 

ঘ) Embezzle
- English meaning: to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
- Bangla meaning: আত্মসাৎ করা।

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: to deceive or cheat someone.

Dupe (noun /verb)
- English Meaning: 1. one that is easily deceived or cheated: fool. or 2. to deceive or cheat easily.
- Bangla Meaning: প্রতারণা করা; বোকা বানানো।

Example Sentence: 
1. The scammers managed to dupe the elderly couple out of their savings.
2. She felt foolish after being duped by the phony email.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.

Correct answer: to have food and money to survive.

Keep body and soul together (idiom)
- English Meaning: stay alive, especially in difficult circumstances.
- Bangla Meaning: কোনোরকমে (সাধারণত কষ্টেসৃষ্টে) প্রাণধারণ করা

Example sentence:
1. His wages are barely enough to keep body and soul together.
2. She managed to keep body and soul together by selling her crafts at the local market.

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
3. Live MCQ Lecture.