Vocabulary Booster

• Halcyon (adjective)
English Meaning: A very happy or successful period in the past.
Bangla Meaning: শান্ত; দুর্যোগহীন: halcyon days/weather.

Other Forms: (Noun) Halcyon.

Example Sentence: 
1. So I can totally understand why someone would want to recapture this halcyon period.
2. The halcyon, a mythical bird, is said to have laid its eggs in the nautilus' shell.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Jocose (adjective)
English Meaning: Characterized by jokes and good humor.
Bangla Meaning: (আনুষ্ঠানিক) রসিক; রসিকতাপূর্ণ; তামাশাপূর্ণ; হাসিখুশি।

Synonyms: Funny (মজার), Humorous (হাস্যরসাত্মক), Playful (কৌতুকপূর্ণ), Comic (হাস্যরসাত্মক), Amusing (আনন্দদায়ক)।  

Antonyms: Dull (ম্যাড়মেড়ে), Boring (বিষন্ন), Tedious (ক্লান্তিকর), Dumb (নীরব, বাকশক্তিহীন), Serious (গম্ভীর)।

Example Sentence: 
1. But behind the jocose mood was a serious determination that farmers were sticking to their protest.
2. Some moralists have classified the jocose lie as a venial sin.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer is - A pale, sickly look.

• Pallid (adjective) 
English Meaning: Of a person, their face, etc.) pale, especially because of illness.
Bangla Meaning: ফ্যাকাসে; মলিন; রুগ্ণ দেখায় এমন।

Example Sentence:
1. She found him on the bed, pallid and shivering.
2. His Pallid face easily caught in the eyes of the Headmistress.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Cognizant (adjective)
English Meaning: having knowledge or understanding of something.
Bangla Meaning: জ্ঞাত; অবগত।

Synonyms: Conscious (সচেতন), Informed (জ্ঞাত), Acquainted (সুপরিচিত), Aware (সচেতন), Mindful (মননশীল)।

Antonyms: Ignorant (অজ্ঞাত), Unaware (বেখবর), Unfamiliar (অপরিচিত), Strangers (অপরিচিত), Incognizant (অজ্ঞাত)।

Example Sentence:
1. He refused to embrace any of the fashionable nostrums then current in development economics.
2. He was cognizant of his opponent's hostility.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer is - The right to participate in elections, especially through voting.

• Suffrage (noun)
English Meaning: the right to vote in political elections.
Bangla Meaning:
(১) [countable noun] (আনুষ্ঠানিক) ভোট; নির্বাচন।
(২) [uncountable noun] ভোটাধিকার; বরণাধিকার: In many countries’ women had to agitate for their suffrage.

Example Sentence:
- There has never been a time since universal suffrage when establishment politics has been so cut off.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Doggerel (noun) [uncountable noun] (adjective)
English Meaning: Poetry that is badly written or silly, sometimes because the writer has not intended it to be serious.
Bangla Meaning: অনিয়মিত ছন্দের মূল্যহীন বা হালকা মেজাজের কবিতা।

Example Sentence:
1. Afterwards, he sits on the city hall steps reciting doggerel verses on the vagaries of the day's decisions.
2. He had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Sordid [Adjective]
English Meaning: not moral or honest
Bangla Meaning:
(১) (অবস্থা) শোচনীয়; মলিন ও জীর্ণ; নোংরা: a sordid slum. These men and women are all living in sordid poverty.
(২) (ব্যক্তি, আচরণ) ঘৃণ্য; স্বার্থ বা হীন উদ্দেশ্য প্রণোদিত: sordid motives.

Synonyms: Disreputable (কলঙ্কিত, অসম্মানজনক), Nasty (বিদ্বেষপূর্ণ, জঘন্য), Shameful (লজ্জাস্কর), Vile (দুশ্চরিত্র), Cruddy (জঘন্য)।

Antonyms: Clean (পরিচ্ছন্ন, নির্মল), Nice (সুন্দর), Respectable (সম্মানজনক), Decent (মার্জিত), Reputable (সম্মানজনক, সুখ্যাতিপূর্ণ)।

Example Sentence:
1. ‘I didn't want to hear the sordid details of their relationship.
2. The bodybuilding lifestyle as portrayed by these publications is sordid and distasteful.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Turbid (adjective)
English Meaning: (of a liquid) not transparent because a lot of small pieces of matter are held in it.
Bangla Meaning: (১) (তরল) ঘন, ঘোলাটে; ঘোলা; আবিল, কর্দমাক্ত; পঙ্কিল; the turbid floodwaters of the river.
(২) (লাক্ষণিক) বিশৃঙ্খল; ঘোলাটে; অস্বচ্ছ: a turbid imagination; turbid thoughts.

Synonyms: Polluted (দূষিত), Thick (পুরু), Dense (ঘন), Dark (অন্ধকার), Impure (অশুদ্ধ)।

Antonyms: Clear (পরিষ্কার), Transparent (স্বচ্ছ), Bright (উজ্জল), Neat (পরিষ্কার), Light (হালকা)।

Example Sentence:
1. Several different species of fish inhabit these turbid shallow waters.
2. Here, the shoreline can be obvious, if you realize that the water is very turbid.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer is - A strong sense of regret.

• Rue (verb-transitive)
English Meaning: Rue something to feel bad about something that happened or something that you did because it had bad results
Bangla Meaning:
1. প্রাচীন প্রয়োগ বা সাহিত্যিক) (কিছুর সম্বন্ধে) অনুতাপ করা, সন্তপ্ত হওয়া; অনুতাপ বা বিষণ্ণতার সঙ্গে ভাব; মনস্তাপে বিজড়িত হওয়া: You will have to rue it.
2. তিক্তস্বাদ পত্রবিশিষ্ট চিরহরিৎ ক্ষুদ্র উদ্ভিদবিশেষ, যা পূর্বকালে রোগনিরাময়ে ব্যবহৃত হতো; ব্রাহ্মী; ব্রাহ্মিকা।

Example Sentence: 
1. He rued the day they had bought such a large house.
2. To his rue, the error cost him the game.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Dross (noun)
English Meaning: Something that has no use or no value.
Bangla Meaning:
(১) ধাতু গলালে যে ময়লা বা গাদ জমে; ধাতুমল; ময়লা।
(২) (লাক্ষণিক) মূল্যহীন বস্তু; আবর্জনা।

Synonyms: Rubbish (আবর্জনা), Garbage (ময়লা, আবর্জনা), Debris (ধ্বংসাবশেষ), Junk (আবর্জনা, মূল্যহীন বস্তু), Trash (জঞ্জাল)।

Antonyms: Asset (সম্পদ), Resource (সম্বল, সম্পদ), Valuable (সম্পদ, মূল্যবান বস্তু), Worthful (মূল্যবান), Significant (গুরুত্বপূর্ণ)।

Example Sentence:
1. We read all the manuscripts, but 95 percent are dross.
2. This movie is not completely without value, but there's a lot of sub-par dross to be sifted through to get to the worthwhile material.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• 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।

Other Forms:
- Euphoric (Adjective).
- Euphorically (Adverb).

Example Sentence: 
1. The government’s current euphoria over the exchange rate is unlikely to last.
2. She had a feeling of euphoria on weekend.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer is - Joyous and idealized, as in a perfect place.

• Elysian (adjective)
English Meaning: Relating to heaven or to a place of perfect happiness.
Bangla Meaning: 
- (Adjective) স্বর্গী(গ্রিক mythology) মৃত্যুর পর পুণ্যবানদের আবাসভূমি; চিরশান্তির দেশ।
- Elysian (noun) [ইলিজিআন্‌] (Adjective) স্বর্গীয়; মঙ্গলময়।

Example Sentence: 
1. That past is forever bathed in golden sunlight, an Elysian paradise where the grass is always greener.
2. I was, of course, too sleepy while up the ladder to call up such Elysian thoughts.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Occlude (Verb)
English Meaning: Occlude something to cover or block something.
Bangla Meaning: বন্ধ করিয়া দেত্তয়া; শুষিয়া লইয়া আত্মসাৎ করা; অন্তর্ধারণ করা; বন্ধ করে দেওয়া।

Synonyms: Choke (অবরোধ করা), Clog (বাঁধা), Hinder (বাঁধা দেওয়া), Obturate (ব্যহত করা), Impede (বাঁধা দেয়া)।  

Antonyms: Advance (অগ্রিম), Support (সমর্থন), Assist (সহায়তা), Clean (পরিষ্কার, বাঁধাহীন), Open (খোলা, মুক্ত)।

Example Sentence: 
1. This can cause the soft tissues of our airways to swell and occlude the passage of air flowing through.
2. He occluded the path deliberately.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer is - A repetitive, uninspired TV show lacking originality.

• Vapid (adjective)
English Meaning: Showing no intelligence or imagination.
Bangla Meaning: নীরস; বিস্বাদ; বিরস; নিস্তেজ; নিস্প্রাণ: Vapid conversation.

Example Sentence: 
- He's attractive but vapid.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Demur (verb intransitive)
English Meaning: (speech) To say that you do not agree with something or that you refuse to do something
Bangla Meaning: (আনুষ্ঠানিক) আপত্তি উত্থাপন করা; ইতস্তত করা; আশঙ্কা প্রকাশ করা: To demur to a proposal; to demur at contributing to a charity fund.

Other Forms: 
- Demur noun) [uncountable noun] দ্বিধা; আপত্তি; সংশয়; (প্রধানত) without demur, নির্দ্বিধায়।

Example Sentence: 
1. I must respectfully demur to the idea that this is in line with traditional farmhouse offerings.
2. He demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Candour [Noun]
English Meaning: The quality of saying what you think openly and honestly.
Bangla Meaning: সরলতা; অকপটতা।

Synonyms: Frankness, Honesty, Openness (সততা, নির্ভীকতা), Outspokenness (স্পষ্টভাষিতা)।

Antonyms: Deception (প্রতারণা), Deceit (ধোঁকা), Insincerity (অসততা, ছলনা, কুটিলতা), Cunning (ধূর্ততা), Flattery (তোষামোদী)।

Example Sentence: 
- A human being, but a professional, he answers questions with generosity, intelligence, and candour.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Belabor (verb)
English Meaning: Repeat an idea, argument, etc. many times to emphasize it, especially when it has already been mentioned or understood.
Bangla Meaning: গুরুতর প্রহার করা।

Synonyms: Rehash (পুরনো কিছুকে নতুন রুপ দেয়া), Repeat (পুনরাবৃত্তি/ কোন জিনিসের গুরুত্বের কারনে বার বার করা), Overwork (অতিরিক্ত করা), Attack (আক্রমন করা), Castigate (নিন্দা করা)।

Antonyms: Lose (ছেড়ে দেওয়া), Disregard (অমান্য করা), Ignore (এড়িয়ে যাওয়া), Pass over, Overlook (উপেক্ষা করা)।

Example Sentence:
1. I don’t want to belabor the point, but it’s vital you understand how important this is.
2. She was belabored by her fellow students.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.