Quiz # 1- 8 (A) Flashcards

(69 cards)

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ABASH

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to make ashamed; to embarrass

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ABATE

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to subside; to reduce

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ABDICATE

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to step down from a position
of power or responsibility

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ABERRATION

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বিপথগািমতা , something not typical; a deviation from
the standard

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ABHOR

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to hate very, very much; to detest

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ABJECT

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শোচনীয় ,অধম
hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated

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ABNEGATE

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to deny oneself things; to reject; to
renounce

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ABORTIVE

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নিষ্ফল unsuccessful

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ABRIDGE

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to shorten; to condense

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ABSOLUTE

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total; unlimited

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ABSOLVE

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বাধ্যবাধকতা থেকে মুক্তি
to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation

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ABSTINENT

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voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant
that is bad for you or has a bad reputation

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ABSTRACT

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theoretical; impersonal

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ABSTRUSE

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দুর্বোধ্য ,hard to understand

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ABYSMAL

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extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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ACCOLADE

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সাধুবাদ ,
an award; an honor

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ACCOST

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to approach and speak to someone
aggressively

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ACERBIC

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sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood,
or tone

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ACQUIESCE

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to comply passively; to
accept; to assent; to agree

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ACRID

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harshly pungent; bitter

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ACRIMONIOUS

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full of spite; bitter; nasty

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22
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ACUMEN

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keenness of judgment; mental sharpness

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ACUTE

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sharp; shrewd

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ADAMANT

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stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible

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ADDRESS
to speak to; to direct one's attention to
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ADHERENT
follower; supporter; believer
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ADMONISH
to scold gently; to warn
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ADROIT
skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
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ADULATION
তোষামোদ ,wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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ADULTERATE
to contaminate; to make impure
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ADVERSE
unfavorable; antagonistic
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AESTHETIC
having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
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AFFABLE
easy to talk to; friendly
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AFFECTATION
unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
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AFFINITY
sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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AFFLUENT
rich; prosperous
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AGENDA
program; the things to be done
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AGGREGATE
sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
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AGNOSTIC
অজ্ঞেয়বাদী , one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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AGRARIAN
relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
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ALACRITY
আকুলতা , ব্যগ্রতা cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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ALLEGE
to assert without proof
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ALLEVIATE
to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
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ALLOCATE
to distribute; to assign; to allot
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ALLOY
a combination of two or more things, usually metals
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ALLUSION
পরোক্ষভাবে উল্লেখিত বিষয় an indirect reference
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ALOOF
উদাসীন uninvolved; standing off; keeping one's distance
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ALTRUISM
পরার্থপরতা selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
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AMBIENCE
atmosphere; mood; feeling
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AMBIGUOUS
unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
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AMBIVALENT
পরস্পরবিরোধী ,দোদুল্যমান ,অনিশ্চয়তাময় undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously
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AMELIORATE
উন্নয়নসাধন করা to make better or more tolerable
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AMENABLE
অনুকূল obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
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AMENITY
pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
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AMIABLE
friendly; agreeable
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AMNESTY
রাজক্ষমা, ব্যাপক ক্ষমা an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
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AMORAL
অনৈতিক lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings
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AMOROUS
প্রেমময় feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love
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AMORPHOUS
নিরাকার, shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike
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ANACHRONISM
একযুগের বস্তু, ব্যক্তি, ঘটনা ইত্যাদিকে ভুল করে অন্য যুগের সংগে জড়িয়ে ফেলা something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
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ANALOGY
সাদৃশ্য a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
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ANARCHY
absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
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ANECDOTE
কোনো ব্যক্তি বা ঘটনাকে কেন্দ্র করে ছোটোখাটো আকর্ষণীয় বা মজার গল্প a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
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ANGUISH
যন্ত্রণা agonizing physical or mental pain
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ANIMOSITY
শত্রুতা resentment; hostility; ill will
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ANOMALY
an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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ANTECEDENT
পূর্ববর্তী someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it
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ANTIPATHY
বিতৃষ্ণা firm dislike; a dislike
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APARTHEID
বর্ণবিদ্বেষ he former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the