Vocabulary Booster

• The required answer is - To suggest using extensive resources for trivial pursuits..

• To break a butterfly on a wheel.
- এটি একটি proverb.
- Bangla Meaning: মশা মারতে কামান দাগা।

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Mendicant (noun)
English Meaning: (especially of members of religious groups) living by asking people for money and food
Bangla Meaning: ভিক্ষুক; ভিক্ষারত; ভিখারিসুলভ।

Synonyms: Monk (ভিক্ষু), Vagabond (যাযাবর, জিপসী), Beggar (ভিক্ষুক, ফকির), Friar (খ্রিষ্টান ভিক্ষু), Drifter (যাযাবর, জিপসী, অসহায়)।

Antonyms: Rich(ধনী), Wealthy (সম্পদশালী), Affluent (প্রচুর ধনসম্পদ প্রাপ্ত), Moneyed (ধনী), Prosperous (সমৃদ্ধশালী)।

Example Sentence:
1. You will enjoy the life much better when you have an attitude of a mendicant.
2. There is the law of alternation, which a mendicant knows, but others do not.

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• The required answer - To refer to a public outcry or uproar.

• Clamor (Verb) 
English Meaning:
- [Intransitive, transitive] (formal) to demand something loudly.
- [Intransitive] (of many people) to shout, especially in a confused way.
Bangla Meaning: শোরগোল করা, হট্রগোাল বাধানো, কোলাহল করা।

Example Sentence:
1. People began to clamor for his resignation.
2. He clamored for justice and tolerance.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Avuncular (adjective) 
English Meaning: Behaving in a kind and friendly way towards young people, like the way a kind uncle treats his nieces or nephews.
Bangla Meaning: কৌতুকাত্মক) চাচাসংক্রান্ত বা চাচাসুলভ; পিতৃসুলভ; পৈতৃব্যিক।

Other Forms:
- Uncle (Noun),
- Avuncularity (Noun),
- Avuncularly (Adverb).

Example Sentence:
1. An avuncular African doctor had the time to be reassuring and overflowing with human kindness.
2. He was very helping and supported me in an avuncular attitude.

Source:
1. Live MCQ Lecture.
2. merriam-webster.

• Glib (adjective)
English Meaning: (of speakers and speech) using words that are clever, but are not sincere, and do not show much thought
Bangla Meaning: (ব্যক্তি, তার কথা বা তার বলার ধরন) অতি তৎপর; অতি মসৃণ কিন্তু আন্তরিক নয়: glib excuse; have a glib tongue.

Synonyms: Artful (চতুর, ছলনাময়, শৈল্পিক), Talkative (বাচাল), Shallow (অগভীর কথা), Superficial (অগভীর), Hollow (ফাঁপা)।

Antonyms: Silent, Thoughtful (চিন্তা ভাবনা করে কথা বলা), Serious(গম্ভীর), Genuine (অকৃত্রিম), Sincere (আন্তরিক, খাঁটি, একনিষ্ঠ)।

Example Sentence:
1. He had assumed that his glib explanations would convince us.
2. It was a glib response to a complex question.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

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

Example Sentence:
1. Chicken served with a piquant wild mushroom sauce.
2. A piquant face with large appealing eyes.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer - Affectionate teasing.

• The siblings' banter often turned into a friendly competition, showcasing their ability to tease each other without taking offence.
- sibling বা, ভাই-বোনদের মধ্যে "ঠাট্টা বা পরিহাস" (banter) সাধারণত - Affectionate teasing রূপেই হয়।

• Banter (verb-transitive), (verb intransitive) 
English Meaning: Friendly remarks and jokes.
Bangla Meaning: ঠাট্টা বা পরিহাস করা।।

Example Sentence:
1. He enjoyed exchanging banter with the customers.
2. He prefers marital banter with his wife on the phone to talking about measurements and ingredients.

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।

- Noun: The poem was a piece of doggerel.
- Adjective: He wrote doggerel verses.

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:
1. Live MCQ Lecture.
2. merriam-webster.

• Impassive (adjective)
English Meaning: Not showing any feeling or emotion
Bangla Meaning: নির্বিকার; নিরাবেগ।

Synonyms: Emotionless (আবেগহীন), Serene (নিরুত্তাপ), Phlegmatic (শান্ত), Passionless (ঠান্ডা, নিরুত্তাপ), Peaceful (প্রশান্তিময়)।

Antonyms: Excited (উত্তেজিত), Agitated (বিক্ষুব্ধ), Emotional (আবেগী), Passionate (নিরাবেগ), Enthusiastic (অত্যন্ত আগ্রহী/ উদ্যমী)।

Example Sentence:
1. The two men remained impassive throughout the trial.
2. He remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer - Relating to a state of perfect happiness.

• 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.

• Sodden (adjective)
English Meaning: extremely wet.
Bangla Meaning:
(১) সিক্ত।
(২) যোগ্যতাসম্পন্ন।
(৩) সীমিত: He gave a qualify approval to the plan.

Synonyms: Soaked (ভেজা), Wet (ভেজা), Water-logged (জলাবদ্ধতা), Drenched (ভিজে যাওয়া), Saturate (সিক্ত করা)।

Antonyms: Dry (শুকনো), Waterless (পানি/জলহীন), Droughty (শুকনো), Bone dry (হাড়শুষ্ক), Parched (শুকনো)।

Example Sentence:
1. We arrived home completely sodden.
2. This drawing near in solidarity was the fruit of his mendicant, contemplative poverty.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• The required answer is - Someone is celebrating a promotion but is also feeling stressed about new responsibilities..

• There are less to every wine.
- এটি একটি proverb.
- Bangla Meaning: চাঁদেরও কলঙ্ক আছে।

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• Fiat [noun] [countable noun]
English Meaning: An official order given by somebody in authority.
Bangla Meaning:
(১) শাসক কর্তৃক প্রদত্ত হুকুম বা আদেশ।
(২) রায়।
(৩) ক্ষমতা প্রদান।

Synonyms: Decree (আদেশ), Proclamation (আনুষ্ঠানিক ঘোষণা), Order (আদেশ), Edict (আদেশ), Announcement (ঘোষণাপত্র)।

Antonyms: Request (অনুরোধ), Appeal (আপীল, দরখাস্ত), Petition (আবেদন), Disapproval (অসমর্থন), Veto (নিষেধ)।

Example Sentence:
1. Prices have been fixed by government fiat.
2. The march was led by a contingent of Fiat car workers who are fighting redundancies.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• 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.

• Heterodox (adjective) 
English Meaning: Not following the usual or accepted beliefs and opinions.
Bangla Meaning: (বিশেষত ধর্মে) প্রচলিত মত থেকে আলাদা মতালম্বী; ভিন্নমতালম্বী; বৈধর্মিক।

Example Sentence:
- We are soliciting contributions from heterodox economists.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.