ব্যাংক নিয়োগ প্রস্তুতি ⎯ লং কোর্স

• The synonym of the word 'Quaint' is 'Bizarre '.

• Quaint (adjective)
English Meaning: Attractive because of being unusual and esp. old-fashioned:
Bangla Meaning: অদ্ভুত কিন্তু আকর্ষক; খেয়ালি।
Example sentence:
He was wearing a quaint dress.
In Spain, we visited a cobblestone plaza with quaint little cafés around its perimeter.

• Bizarre (adjective)
English Meaning: Very strange and unusual:
Bangla Meaning: অদ্ভুত; বিচিত্র; উদ্ভট।
Example sentence: That party was too bizarre for me!

• অপশনে উল্লিখিত অন্য শব্দগুলোর অর্থ - 
• Typical (adjective)
English Meaning: Having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing.
Bangla Meaning: নমুনা বা আদর্শস্বরূপ; প্রতিনিধিত্বকারী; বৈশিষ্ট্যসূচক।
Example sentence: He brushed the incident aside with typical good humour

• Prosaic (adjective)
English Meaning: Having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality.
Bangla Meaning: গদ্যময়; গতানুগতিক; বিরস
Example sentence: Prosaic language can't convey the experience.

• Modern (adjective)
English Meaning: Relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.
Bangla Meaning: বর্তমান বা সাম্প্রতিক কাল সম্বন্ধী; আধুনিক; অধুনা; অধুনাতন
Example sentence: We're in the very modern-looking building opposite the station.

Source:
1. Cambridge Dictionary.
2. Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
3. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.

Palpable (adjective)
English meaning: So obvious that it can easily be seen or known, or (of a feeling) so strong that it seems as if it can be touched or physically felt:
Bangla Meaning: যা অনুভব বা স্পর্শ করা যায়; স্পষ্টত বোধগম্য।
Example Sentence:
The tension in the room was palpable during the exam.
The excitement among the fans was palpable as the team scored the winning goal in the last minute of the match.

Source: 
1. Cambridge Dictionary.
2. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.

• Meaning of "Wistful" - Nostalgic.

• Wistful (adjective)
English Meaning: Sad and thinking about something that is impossible or in the past
Bangla Meaning: বিষণ্ণ ও ব্যাকুল; নামহীন অতৃপ্ত বাসনায় তাড়িত।
Example sentence: I thought about those days in Spain and grew wistful.

• Nostalgic (adjective) 
English Meaning: A feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past:
Bangla Meaning: গৃহকাতর; অতীতস্মৃতিবিধুর।
Example sentence: Jenny grew nostalgic for home on Thanksgiving Day.

• অন্য অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে - 
• Ecstatic (adjective)
English Meaning: Extremely happy:
Bangla Meaning: পরমানন্দদায়ক।
Example sentence: The new president was greeted by an ecstatic crowd.

• Hardheaded (adjective)
English Meaning: Practical and realistic; not sentimental.
Bangla Meaning: বাস্তববুদ্ধিসম্পন্ন; ভাবাবেগহীন; ব্যবসাসুলভ।
Example sentence: Akash is a hard-headed businessman.

• Revengeful (adjective)
English Meaning: Eager for revenge.
Bangla Meaning: প্রতিশোধ/প্রতিহিংসাপরায়ণ।
Example sentence: The average Briton is not naturally vindictive and revengeful.

Source:
1. Cambridge Dictionary.
2. Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
3. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.

• Subtlety is synonymous with 'Nuance'.

• Nuance (noun)
English Meaning: A very slight difference in appearance, meaning, sound, etc.:
Bangla Meaning: অর্থ; মতামত বর্ণ ইত্যাদির সূক্ষ্ম তারতম্য; সূক্ষ্ম দ্যোতনা।
Example sentence: 
The painter has managed to capture every nuance of the woman's expression.
Linguists explore the nuances of language.

• Subtlety:
English meaning: the quality of being subtle.
Bnagla meaning: সূক্ষ্মতা; সৌক্ষ্ম্য; সূক্ষ্মদর্শিতা।

• অপশনে উল্লিখিত শব্দগুলোর অর্থ - 
• Coarse (adjective)
English Meaning: Rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces:
Bangla Meaning: মোটা; অসূক্ষ্ম
Example sentence: Linen is a coarse-grained fabric.

• Simplicity (adjective)
English Meaning: The fact that something is easy to understand or do
Bangla Meaning: সহজতা; সারল্য।
Example sentence: He spoke with admirable simplicity.

• Bold (adjective)
English Meaning: Not frightened of danger:
Bangla Meaning: সাহসী; দুর্দান্ত; দুর্দমনীয়; প্রবল; দুঃসাহসিক; সপ্রতিভ; উচ্চাভিলাষী
Example sentence: The team made the bold move of trading its star player.

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

• Specious (adjective)

English Meaning: Seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false.
Bangla Meaning: আপাতদৃষ্টিতে যথার্থ বা সত্য বলে মনে হয় এমন; (কিন্তু আসলে তা নয়)

Synonyms: Misleading (বিভ্রান্তিকর), Deceptive (প্রতারণামূলক), Fallacious (বিভ্রান্তিকর; ভ্রান্তিমূলক), Spurious (প্রতারণা মূলক), Gilded (স্বর্ণবৃত্তি করা)।
Antonyms: Aboveboard (অকপট), Forthright (স্পষ্টবাদী; স্পষ্টভাষী), Straightforward (সহজবোধ্য; সহজসাধ্য), Frank (সহজ), Genuine(অকৃত্রিম)। 

Other Forms: 
- Speciously (adverb).
- Speciousness (noun).

Example Sentence: 
1. This is a specious argument that he has been making up.
2. The specious and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility.

• অন্য অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে - 
• Substantial (মজবুত বা দৃঢ়ভাবে নির্মিত),
• Univocal (দ্ব্যর্থহীন)

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

Synonym of "Ominous" is - Foreboding.

• Ominous (adjective)
English Meaning: Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen:
Bangla Meaning:  দুর্লক্ষণযুক্ত; অলক্ষুণে; অশুভ
Example sentence: There was an ominous silence when I asked whether my contract was going to be renewed.

Foreboding (adjective)
English Meaning: Feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon:
Bangla Meaning: আসন্ন বিপদের অনুভূতি, পূর্বানুভব।
Example sentence: There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out.

• অপশনে উল্লিখিত শব্দগুলোর অর্থ  - 
• Propitious (adjective)
English Meaning: Likely to result in success, or showing signs of success:
Bangla Meaning: অনুকূল; সুপ্রসন্ন; শুভ। 
Example sentence: The weather was propitious for their journey.

• Auspicious (adjective)
English Meaning: Suggesting a positive and successful future:
Bangla Meaning: শুভ; অনুকূল; সুপ্রসন্ন; মাঙ্গলিক
Example sentence: They won their first match of the season 5–1 which was an auspicious start/beginning.

• Fortunate (adjective)
English Meaning: Lucky, receiving or bringing a good thing that was uncertain or unexpected.
Bangla Meaning: ভাগ্যবান; সৌভাগ্যপূর্ণ; শুভ; অনুকূল।
Example sentence: You're very fortunate to have found such a nice house.

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

• Tome (noun)
English Meaning: A large, heavy book, especially one dealing with a serious topic.
Bangla Meaning: বৃহৎ; ভারী গ্রন্থ।

Synonyms: Large and Scholarly book (প্রশস্ত, বড় বই), Dissertation (গবেষণা/প্রামান্য গ্রন্থ), Novel (উপন্যাস, বড় গল্প), Publication (প্রকাশনা), Magnum Opus (অসামান্য সৃষ্টিশীল সাহিত্য/ গ্রন্থ)।
Antonyms: Leaflet, Booklet, small book (ছোট পুস্তিকা)।

Example Sentence:
1. The Library of Congress has many precious Tomes in its Archive.
2. She picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used bookstore.

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

The antonym of "quixotic" is: Practical.

• Quixotic (adjective)
English meaning: Having or showing ideas that are different and unusual but not practical or likely to succeed.
Bangla Meaning: উচ্চ অথচ অলীক আদর্শের অনুগামী; খামখেয়ালি; আপন স্বার্থ সম্পর্কে অসচেতন; পরোপকারী।
Example sentence: This is a vast, exciting and some say quixotic project.

• Practical (adjective)
English Meaning: Relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination
Bangla Meaning: প্রায়োগিক; ব্যবহারিক; ফলিত, ব্যবহারপটু; ব্যবহারজ্ঞ; ব্যবহারপ্রবণ; প্রয়োগবুদ্ধিসম্পন্ন; প্রয়োগপ্রবণ
Example sentence: Qualifications are important but practical experience is always a plus.

• অন্য অপশনগুলর মধ্যে - 
খ) Toxic (adjective)
English Meaning: Poisonous; very unpleasant or unacceptable.
Bangla Meaning: বিষাক্ত; বিষসংক্রান্ত।
Example sentence: These substances can be toxic to humans.

গ) Idealistic (adjective)
English Meaning: Believing that very good things can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to other people:
Bangla Meaning: ভাববাদী।
Example sentence: When I was young and idealistic I believed it was possible to change the world.

ঘ) Benevolent (adjective)
English Meaning: kind and helpful:
Bangla Meaning: দয়ালু; সদাশয়।
Example sentence: He was a benevolent old man and wouldn't hurt a fly.

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

• Yokel (noun)
English Meaning: An uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside.
Bangl Meaning: সাদাসিধা গ্রাম্য মানুষ।

• Zealot (noun)
English Meaning: A person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too.
Bangla Meaning: কোনো বিশেষ আদর্শ দল, গোষ্ঠী বা ধর্মমত বিষয়ে প্রবল ও আপসহীন আগ্রহ-উদ্দীপনা প্রকাশ করে এমন ব্যক্তি; অন্ধ সমর্থক; গোঁড়া মৌলবাদী।

• Skeptic (noun)
English Meaning: A person who doubts the truth or value of an idea or belief.
Bangla Meaning: যে ব্যক্তি কোনো দাবি, তত্ত্ব ইত্যাদির সত্যতা সম্বন্ধে সংশয় পোষণ করে; যে ব্যক্তি ধর্মের সত্যতা সম্বন্ধে সংশয় পোষণ করে, সংশয়াত্মা, সংশয়ান, সংশয়বাদী।

• Pragmatic (adjective)
English Meaning: Solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules.
Bangla Meaning: ব্যবহারিক ফল ও মূল্য সম্বন্ধীয়; সবকিছু প্রয়োগসিদ্ধতার দিক থেকে বিবেচনা করে এমন; কার্যসিদ্ধিমূলক; কার্যসাধনাত্মক; প্রয়োগবাদী; ব্যবহারবাদী।

Source: 
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.
3. Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
4. Live MCQ Lecture.

Somatic (adjective)
English Meaning: Part of or relating to the body of an organism.
Bangla Meaning: দৈহিক; শারীরিক।

Synonyms: Bodily, (কায়িক), Physical (শরীর সম্বন্ধিয়), Fleshly (ইন্দ্রিয়গত), Personal (ব্যক্তি সম্বন্ধীয়)। 
Antonyms: Bodiless (অশরীরী, দেহহীন), Formless (আকৃতিহীন), Spiritual(আধ্যাত্মিক), Emotional (আবেগময়)। 

Other Forms:
-  Somatically (adverb)

Example Sentence: 
1. Somatic symptoms like headaches and fatigue generally resolve themselves quickly.
2. A somatic disorder that was once thought to be “all in the patient's head.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Usury (Uncountable noun)

English Meaning: the practice of lending money to people at unfairly high rates of interest
Bangla Meaning: সুদখোরি; সুদের কারবার; কুসীদ ব্যবহার; চড়া সুদ। a usury transaction; a usury rate of interest.

Synonyms: Moneylending (টাকা ধার ধেয়া), Interest (সুদ), Exploitation (শোষণ করা), Stealing (আত্মসাৎ করা)।
Antonyms: Generosity (উদারতা), Unselfishness (নি:স্বার্থ), Honest (সৎ), Benevolent (পরোপকারী), Righteous (ন্যায়পরায়ণ)। 

Other Forms: 
- Usurer (Noun) চড়া সুদে ঋণ প্রদান করা মহাজন।
- Usurious (Adjective) চড়া সুদযুক্ত।  

Example Sentence: 
1. He used to practice usury frequently.
2. Delaware wasted no time in trashing its usury law as well.

• অন্য অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে - 
- Doubtful (সংশয়গ্রস্থ)।
- Determined (দৃঢ়চিত্ত),
- Gritty (অকুতোভয়),

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The antonym of 'Zest' is - Monotony.

• Zest (adjective)
English Meaning: great enthusiasm and energy.
Bangla Meaning: প্রবল উৎসাহ ও আনন্দ, উচ্ছ্বাস:
Example sentence: She has no dearth of zest to join the party.

• Monotony (adjective)
English Meaning: A situation in which something stays the same and is therefore boring:
Bangla Meaning: একঘেয়েমি; বৈচিত্র্যহীনতা; একসুর।
Example sentence: The monotony of motorway driving can cause accidents.

• অন্য অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে - 
• Enthusiasm (adjective)
English Meaning: a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it:
Bangla Meaning: প্রবল উৎসাহ।
Example Sentence: One of the good things about teaching young children is their enthusiasm.

• Euphoria (Noun)
English Meaning: An extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement that usually lasts only a short time
Bangla Meaning: রমরমা; কুশল এবং আনন্দ-চঞ্চল অবস্থা। 
Example Sentence: The government’s current euphoria over the exchange rate is unlikely to last.

• Piquant (adjective) 
English Meaning: 
1. Having a pleasantly strong or spicy taste;
2. Exciting and interesting
Bangla Meaning: ঝাঁজালো কিন্তু সুস্বাদু: (লাক্ষণিক) মনের জন্য উত্তেজক কিন্তু সুখকর।

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

• Tirade (noun)

English Meaning: A long, angry speech expressing strong disapproval. 
Bangla Meaning: দীর্ঘ, ক্রোধোদ্দীপ্ত বা তিরস্কারপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা।

Synonyms: Violent speech (সহিংসতা উদ্রেক করা বক্তব্য), Dispute (বিতর্ক), Angry statement (রাগান্বিত বক্তব্য), Jeremiad (বিষাদগ্রস্ত অনুযোগ), Philippic (কুৎসাপূর্ণ বক্তৃতা)।
Antonyms: Panegyric (প্রসংসা, স্তুতি জ্ঞাপক বক্তব্য), Harmony (সম্প্রীতি), Peaceful speech, Recommendation (অনুমোদন), Eulogy (প্রশংসা পত্র)।  

Example Sentence: 
1. She launched into an angry/furious tirade about how she had been unfairly treated.
2. The coach directed a tirade at the team after the loss.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The antonym of "Rapacious" is - Restrained.

• Rapacious (adjective)
English Meaning: aggressively greedy or grasping.
Bangla Meaning: লোভী; লোলুপ (বিশেষত অর্থলোলুপ); অন্য প্রাণী শিকারের মাধ্যমে জীবনধারণকারী; হিংস্র।
Example sentence: She is badmouthed for her rapacious appetite for fame.

• Restrained (adjective)
English Meaning: Acting in a calm and controlled way.
Bangla Meaning: (বিশেষ করে) নিরাবেগ; নিয়ন্ত্রিত।
Example sentence: I was expecting him to be furious but he was very restrained.

• অন্য অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে - 
• Greed (noun)
English Meaning: A very strong wish to continuously get more of something, especially food or money
Bangla Meaning: লোভী; লোভাতুর
Example sentence: I don't know why I'm eating more - it's not hunger, it's just greed!

• Reverent (adjective)
English Meaning: Showing great respect and admiration.
Bangla Meaning: শ্রদ্ধাভাবাপন্ন; শ্রদ্ধান্বিত; শ্রদ্ধাশীল।
Example Sentence: I was not very reverent or respecting of myself in the early days.

• Whimsical (adjective)
English Meaning: Unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying.
Bangla Meaning: বাতিকগ্রস্ত; খেয়ালি; অদ্ভুত।
Example Sentence: The question is whimsical, but perhaps it illustrates something.

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

• Surreptitious (adjective)
English Meaning: Done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing
Bangla Meaning: (কাজ) গুপ্তভাবে কৃত; চোরাগোপ্তা।
Example sentence: 
She seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn't help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock.

Source: 
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.

• Savant (noun) 
English Meaning: 
1. a person with great knowledge and ability
2. a person who has an unusually high level of ability in a particular skill, for example in art or music, or in remembering things, but who has serious learning or social difficulties in other areas
Bangla Meaning: অত্যন্ত পণ্ডিতব্যক্তি; পণ্ডিতপ্রবর।.

Synonyms: Scholar (জ্ঞানী), Intellectual (বুদ্ধিজীবী), Sage (পন্ডিত), Thinker (চিন্তাবিদ), Erudite (পন্ডিত)
Antonyms: Amateur (অদক্ষ), Ignoramus (অজ্ঞ), Jackass (অথর্ব), Fool (বোকা, অপেশাদার), Chump (মাথামোটা)।

Example Sentence: 
1. But there's no real-life pianist savant here, no cutesy romance, no saving grace.
2. He is a man possessed by his calling, a savant given to seeking refuge in his own mind from the slings and arrows of life in the 16th century.

• অন্য অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে - 
• Delinquent (অপরাধী)।
• Kind (দয়ালু, শান্তশিষ্ট, নিরীহ)।

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Raffish (adjective)
English Meaning: (of somebody’s behavior, clothes, etc.) Not very acceptable according to some social standards, but interesting and attractive.
Bangla Meaning: নিন্দিত; কুখ্যাত; ইতর; উচ্ছৃঙ্খল এবং অসৎ বিলাসব্যসনে লিপ্ত।

Synonyms: Careless (নির্বিকার), (Callous) উদাসীন, Wild (বন্য), Vulgar (খোলামেলা) Cavalier (সাহসী)।
Antonyms: Conservative (রক্ষণশীল), Modest (বিনয়ী), Elegant (বিনয়ী, নম্র), Graceful (প্রসন্ন), Careful (যত্নশীল)।

Other Forms:
- Raffishly (adverb)

Example Sentence:
1. He had a cosmopolitan, slightly raffish air.
2. I can see mostly raffish young man in our surrounding.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Wile (noun) 
English Meaning: Skill and ways of tricking people into doing what you wantskill and ways of tricking people into doing what you want
Bangla Meaning: (সাধারণত plural) কূটকৌশল; চাতুরী; শয়তানি: 

Synonyms: Trickery (ছলচাতুরী করা), Cunning (কূটকৌশল), Cheating (ধান্দাবাজি), Artifice (চালাকি), Betraying (প্রতারণা করা)।
Antonyms: Frankness (নির্ভীকতা), Honesty (সততা), Openness (স্বচ্ছতা), Candidness (সরলতা), Straightness (অকপটতা) Sincerity (আন্তরিকতা; সততা) Ingenuousness (নিষ্কাপট্য; অকপটতা; সরলচিত্ততা; সারল্য)

• Example Sentence:
- He’ll need to use all his unusual methods and screwball wiles to complete his mission. 
- His wit and wile has made him one of the sharpest politicians in the Cabinet.
- The wiles of the Devil. She fell a victim to the wiles of that unscrupulous rogue.

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

• The synonym of the word 'Yearn is 'Ardour'.

• Yearn (verb intransitive)
English Meaning: Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.
Bangla Meaning: আকুল আকাঙ্ক্ষা অনুভব করা।
Example sentence: He yearned for his homeland.

• Ardour (noun)
English Meaning: Very strong feelings of enthusiasm or love.
Bangla Meaning: উষ্ণ আবেগ; আকুলতা; উৎসাহ।
Example Sentence: His revolutionary ardor was an example to his followers.

• অন্য অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে - 
Abhor: 
English Meaning: to hate a way of behaving or thinking, often because you think it is not moral.
Bangla Meaning: ঘৃণা বা অবজ্ঞা করা; ঘৃণাভরে পরিহার করা।
Example sentence: I abhor all forms of racism.

• Candour (Noun)
English Meaning: The quality of saying what you think openly and honestly.
Bangla Meaning: সরলতা; অকপটতা;
Example Sentence: A human being, but a professional, he answers questions with generosity, intelligence, and candour.

• Vex (verb transitive) 
English Meaning: To annoy or worry somebody.
Bangla Meaning: বিরক্ত/উত্যক্ত/জ্বালাতন/হয়রান করা।
Example Sentence: The memory of their conversation still vexed him.

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