Manhattan Prep 500 Essential GRE Words

default (noun, verb)

(n) failure to do act; neglect - অনুপস্থিতি, অভাব, অক্ষমতা (v) fail to fulfill an obligation, especially a financial one - অক্ষম হওয়া, অর্থাদি প্রদানে অক্ষম হওয়া Fault is mistake and due to a mistake the person loses by default When you forgot to fill up the required parts the default settings are set. The government is cracking down on for-profit colleges where a large percentage of the graduates cannot use their degrees to gain employment and end up defaulting on their student loans. / You must elect a new health plan by December 31st or by default you will be re-enrolled in the plan you selected last year.

spectrum (noun)

A broad range of nevertheless related qualities or ideas, esp. those that overlap to create a continuous series (as in a color spectrum, where each color blends into the next in a continuous way) colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism বর্ণালী, বর্ণচ্ছটা A test showed she was partially colorblind—she did see blues and greens, but was unable to perceive some other colors on the spectrum. / A "dialect continuum" is a spectrum of dialects of a language where speakers in different dialect groups can understand some, but not all, of the other groups—for instance, people in the west can understand people in the middle, and people in the middle can understand people in the east, but people in the west and the east cannot talk to one another.

metamorphosis (noun)

A complete change or transformation (in biology, a change such as a caterpillar becoming a pupa and then a butterfly) change of form রুপান্তর, আকৃতির পরিবর্তন, রুপান্তরিত আকৃতি 1. meta ..means many + morp(..derived from morphic)means shape or form.. Many reality show competitions are based on the idea of a contestant undergoing a metamorphosis, such as through dieting, exercise, life coaching, rehab, or plastic surgery—or all of the above.

lampoon (noun, verb)

A harsh satire (noun); ridicule or satirize (verb) ridicule ব্যক্তিগত ব্যঙ্গ-কবিতা 1. LAMPOON- if you pour oil for a LAMP with a SPOON ppl will ridicule cos for a lamp you should pour a lot of oil!!! 2. ---kuch langoor jaisa lgta hai.aisa art jis se kisiki achi bhali shakal ko langooron jaisi bna denalampoon---A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way "As a Democrat," said Bob, "I can't say I appreciated watching that comedian in the Obama mask lampoon the State of the Union address."

slew (noun)

A large number or quantity As soon as we switched software packages, we encountered a whole slew of problems.

layperson

A person who is not a member of the clergy or not a member of a particular profession (such as medicine, law, etc.) The actress Jenny McCarthy has written a book about autism. While her experience as a parent is interesting to anyone in a similar situation, it's still important to remember that McCarthy is a layperson, not a doctor.

disposition (noun)

A person's general or natural mood; tendency স্বভাব, মেজাজ, চরিত্র She was possessed of a kind and helpful disposition—she wouldn't just help you move, she'd bring home-baked muffins to the affair. / I could really use some help in the kitchen, if you are so disposed.

gradation (noun)

A progression, a process taking place gradually, in stages; one of these stages ক্রমবিননাশ, ধাপে ধাপে উন্নতি The hill's gradation was so gradual that even those on crutches were able to enjoy the nature trail. / The short story's language graded from the vernacular to the erudite so gradually that you practically didn't realize until the end that the speaker had become educated almost before your eyes.

hierarchy (noun)

A ranked series; a classification of people according to rank, ability, etc.; a ruling body body divided into ranks যাজকতন্ত্র, দেবদূতগণ, পুরোহিতগণকর্তৃক শাসন, ক্রমোচ্চ শ্রেণীবিভাগ 1. hierarchy: we can memorize as, high + rank i.e. ranking high to low The activist, accustomed to groups ruled by consensus, was quite surprised to find that the Eco-Action Coalition was led by a strict hierarchy—members followed orders from district leaders, district leaders from regional leaders, and regional leaders from the national head.

nuance (noun)

A subtle difference in tone, meaning, expression, etc. shade of difference in meaning or color অতি সূক্ষ্ম তারতম্য, সামান্য পার্থক্য 1. nuance = new + ounce.. and ounce is a very small unit for weight.. hence a very small difference.. 2. Once checking the company with no special nuance after a disaster, the manager proceeds a business conti-nuance plan People with certain cognitive disabilities cannot understand the nuances of nonliteral speech. For instance, "You can come if you want to, but it's really going to be mostly family" means that you shouldn't try to come.

dogma (noun)

A system of principles laid down by an authority; established belief positive; arbitrary মতবাদ সংক্রান্ত 1. if you read 'dogmatic' from back to front, you will get 'I am god' the person who think that he is a god is arrogant and stubborn constant to his word 2. dogmatic = dogs + mat ... dogs don't stay constantly on a mat ... they always roam here and there ... dogmatic means constant It is part of the dogma of modern education that there are multiple intelligences that are equally valuable; try to suggest that some people just aren't that smart, and you'll find yourself a pariah. / Dogmatic people will never change their minds, even in the face of evidence.

makeshift (noun, adjective)

A temporary, often improvised, substitute (noun); improvised for temporary use (adj) অস্থায়ী, সাময়িক, ক্ষনস্থায়ী Lost in the woods for over 24 hours, the children were eventually found sleeping under a makeshift tent made from branches and old plastic bags. / I don't have a ladder, but I can stack up some boxes as a makeshift.

malleable (adjective)

Able to be bent, shaped, or adapted capable of being shaped by pounding নমনীয়, ঘাতসহ, মুদ্গরাঘাত দ্বারা প্রসারণীয়, নরম, শিক্ষণীয় 1. relate with meltable; so possible to reshape 2. Many women believe they can mold their MALE (malle) partners into ABLE-bodied husbands. The more malleable the material, the easier it is to bend into jewelry—and the easier it is to damage that jewelry. / My mother is a little too malleable—she said she liked all the things her first husband liked, and now she says she likes all the things her second husband likes.

plastic (adjective)

Able to be shaped or formed; easily influenced নমনীয়, নরম, মূর্তিদানে সক্ষম, মৃন্ময়শিল্পসংক্রান্ত S: flexible, supple, ductile, pliable, soft, tender, mild, limp, mushy, sculptural A: genuine plasticity (adjective) ability to be molded নমনীয়তা 1. Plasticity-plastic-by heating plastic we can mould it to any shape pretty easily without any breakage. A young child's mind is quite plastic, and exposure to violent movies and video games can have a much greater effect on children than they typically do on adults.

intelligible (adjective)

Able to be understood, clear বোধগম্য Intelligentsia (noun) intellectuals; members of the educated elite বুদ্ধিজীবী সম্প্রদায় 1. Intelligent gents of Asia. You are doing a disservice to all music by listening through those horrible speakers! None of the lyrics are even intelligible! I'll bet you have no idea what this song is even about!

aberrant (adjective)

Abnormal, deviant বিপথগামী, নীতিভ্রষ্ট 1. (Tag: Global) ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour. 2. (beer+ant)...ant drank beer and walking abnormal.. The teen's aberrant behavior made his family suspect that he was using drugs. / Losing rather than gaining weight over the holidays is certainly an aberration.

anarchy (noun)

Absence of law or government; chaos, disorder absence of governing body; state of disorder নৈরাজ্য, বিশৃঙ্খলা, অরাজকতা 1. Anarchy-Sounds like 'monarchy' (like tibet was ruled by monarchy)...so, absenceof government 2. Anarchy = A + Narchy -> Narakh (like "hell" in hindi).. and in hell there is complete disorder and lawlessness. Once the dictator was assassinated, the country fell into total anarchy, as none of the opposition groups were strong enough to seize power.

lavish (adjective, verb)

Abundant or giving in abundance; marked by excess (adj); give very generously (verb) liberal; wasteful (verb) অপব্যয় করা (adjective) খরচে, ঢের 1. lavish( read it as love ) in love boy spends money generously s0 generous in spending money 2. love + ish ....to be loved by ish u have to spend liberally...... Anita wanted to live as she imagined Beyoncé lived, and ran up huge credit card bills pursuing a lavish lifestyle she could scarcely afford. / Although her rich banker boyfriend lavished gifts on her, she didn't want to be with someone she didn't really love.

profuse (adjective)

Abundant, extravagant, giving or given freely অমিতব্যায়ী, অপরিমিত, অঢেল, প্রচুর S: inordinate, plentiful, boundless, unlimited, countless, profuse, prodigal, wanton, thriftless, immense, innumerable, much, enormous, unmeasured, overflowing A: scanty profusion (noun) lavish expenditure; overabundant condition প্রাচুর্য, অমিতব্যয়িতা 1. WHERE THERE IS FUSION (EXPLOSION, ABUNDANCE, MUCH) OF MONEY 2. Nuclear fusion release abundant amount of energy...so profusion is something extremely abundant It didn't mean anything at all to me, giving my old microwave to the family next door, but the woman's profuse thanks made me think that maybe the family was having some financial troubles. / She came home on Valentine's Day to an apartment decorated with a profusion of flowers.

implication (noun)

Act of implying or that which is implied; close connection, esp. in an incriminating way that which is hinted at or suggested তাৎপর্য, ইঙ্গিত, সংশ্লেষ, জট, প্রকাশিত অর্থ, নিহিতার্থ, অর্থপ্রকাশ, দ্যোতন 1. Sounds like INDICATION which has a similar meaning. 2. We write IMPLY symbol to show something is true. Here, we are imply for suggesting someone is guilty. When the boss said, "Times are tight around here, I just think you should know," the implication was that maybe we should start looking for new jobs. / She implicated her boyfriend in the robbery after less than 20 minutes of interrogation.

capricious (adjective)

Acting on impulse, erratic fickle; incalculable খামখেয়ালী, ছিটগ্রস্ত, অব্যবস্থিতচিত্ত, আবদারে 1. ca(CAR) + PRIC(PRICE)...PRICE OF cars nowadays is becoming unpredictable with the launch of Tata's 1 lakh car. 2. CAPRICONS(SUN SIGN) ARE GENERALLY IMPULSIVE N UNPREDICTABLE PEOPLE The headmaster's punishments were capricious—break the rules one day, you get a warning; break them another day, you get expelled. / Who needs a plan? A date is more fun with a little caprice—let's just start driving and see what we find!

orthodox (adjective)

Adhering to a traditional, established faith, or to anything customary or commonly accepted traditional; conservative in belief স্বধর্মপরায়ণ, ধর্মমতে দৃঢ়বিশ্বাসী, গোঁড়া, নৈষ্ঠিক, শাস্ত্রবিশ্বাসী 1. Orthodox sounds like Orthodontist which helps makes your teeth straight or right, which is commonly accepted to have straight teeth. 2. earth odor I appreciate that the new dentist thinks that my oral health can be improved through yoga, but I really prefer a more orthodox approach to dental care.

counterintuitive (adjective)

Against what one would intuitively expect অনির্দিষ্ট Although it seems counterintuitive, for some extreme dieters, eating more can actually help them to lose weight, since the body is reassured that it is not facing a period of prolonged starvation.

dismiss (verb)

Allow to disperse or leave; fire from a job; put aside or reject, especially after only a brief consideration eliminate from consideration; reject বরখাস্ত করা, বিদায় দেওয়া, বাদ দেওয়া Dis(these) miss(girls) are careless drivers, they eliminate from CONSIDERATION the traffic around and so are REJECTED "Before I dismiss class," said the teacher, "I want to remind you of the importance of dismissing biases in your research by ruling out or adjusting for factors other than the variable you are testing that may have led to your results."

likewise (adverb)

Also, in addition to; similarly, in the same way অনুরূপভাবে, একইভাবে, সমভাবে, অধিকন্তু Chip was baffled by all the silverware set before him, so when his host began eating salad with the smallest, leftmost fork, Chip did likewise.

rescind (verb)

Annul, repeal, make void রদ করা, বাতিল করা, কাটিয়া ফেলা 1. rescind reminds us of "resign", where resign is to cancel your appointment and rescind is to cancel an agreement. 2. chodd na RESEND kon karega cancel kar de The governor rescinded his proclamation making September 10th "Pastafarian Day" once someone told him it wasn't a real religion.

artifact (noun)

Any object made by humans, especially those from an earlier time, such as those excavated by archaeologists products of primitive culture হস্তনির্মিত The archaeologists dug up countless artifacts, from simple pottery shards and coins to complex written tablets. / The girl's room was full of the artifacts of modern teenage life: Justin Bieber posters, Twilight books, and a laptop open to Facebook.

savor (noun, verb)

Appreciate fully, taste or smell with pleasure enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality (v) নির্দিষ্ট স্বাদযুক্ত হত্তয়া, নির্দিষ্ট গন্ধযুক্ত হত্তয়া, স্বাদুগন্ধযুক্ত হত্তয়া, উপস্থিতির ইঙ্গিত দেত্তয়া, গন্ধযুক্ত করান, আস্বাদন করা, ঘ্রাণ লত্তয়া, উপলব্ধি করা (n) গন্ধ, স্বাদ, সুস্বাদ, তার, স্বাদুগন্ধ, তীব্র গন্ধ, রস 1. SAVOR and FLAVOR are rhyming words. You savor (feel the taste) the flavor (taste) of the food you eat. 2. focus on SAVe+or.if you save your money IN youNG AGE YOU can ENJOY LATER IN FUTURE LIFE- A CLICH.. As a parent, it's important to take a step back and really savor the special moments—those children will grow up sooner than you think!

concur (verb)

Approve, agree একমত হত্তয়া, সম্মত হত্তয়া, একসময়ে ঘটা 1. when a king conquers(concur) a state then the people in the state hav to agree with it 2. You can see concur as concurrent.... John Locke wrote that justice is based on the social contract, and I concur—in fact, my latest book is all about contractual justice.

chronological (adjective)

Arranged in or relating to time order সময়ানুক্রমিক Joey, I'm afraid you've done the assignment wrong—the point of making a timeline is to put the information in chronological order. You've made an alphabetical-order-line instead!

dormant (adjective)

Asleep, inactive, on a break sleeping; lethargic; torpid সুপ্ত, অন্তির্নিহিত, ঘুমন্ত 1. DORMant, dorm is a dormitory, a place to sleep ... so if you are sleeping you are inactive or lethargic 2. dormant is like DoorMat which SLEEPS on the floor ... so INAACTIVE Some famous writers' skills have lain dormant until quite late in life; Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't publish Little House on the Prairie until she was 65.

simultaneous (adjective)

At the same time যুগপত, এককালীন, সমকালীন, সমকালবর্তি It is rare in a duel that the two shooters draw their guns simultaneously and actually kill each other in an instant.

canonical (adjective)

Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of accepted rules, standards or artistic works ধর্মসম্মত School boards often start controversies when replacing canonical books in the curriculum with modern literature; while many people think students should read works more relevant to their lives, others point out that Moby Dick is part of the canon for a reason.

presumptive (adjective)

Based on inference or assumption; providing reasonable grounds for belief আনুমানিক, প্রত্যক্ষ প্রমানহীন The dictator's favorite nephew is the presumptive heir to power, but anything could happen. / He's the presumptive winner of the election—we haven't counted all the votes, but at this point it's almost mathematically impossible for the other guy to win.

denote (verb)

Be a name or symbol for Stand as a name or symbol for; indicate (This word contrasts with "connote," which describes what something implies or suggests beyond its literal meaning.) --- meaning; distinguishing by name চিন্হিত করা, অর্থ নির্দেশ করা Denotation means 'meaning' and connotation means 'implied meaning or secondary meaning'. It is easier to remember both together. The company's brand denotes quality; the marketing team has done a fantastic job of associating the company's image with fine service. / There's nothing in the denotation of "crotchety" (grumpy, having strong and irrational preferences) that indicates any particular group of people, but due to the expression "crotchety old man," the word connotes, for many people, an image of an especially unpleasant male senior citizen.

spearhead (verb)

Be the leader of 1. Think about head which theoretically goes front. অগ্রবাহিনী Lisa agreed to spearhead the "healthy office" initiative, and was instrumental in installing two treadmills and getting healthy food stocked in the vending machines.

decorous or decorum (adjective)

Behaving with propriety and good taste; polite Behaving with propriety(সঙ্গতি) and good caste(জাতি, বর্ণ); polite(ভদ্র) propriety (modesty(বিনয়), decency(শালীনতা)), seemliness ভদ্রতা, শালীনতা, উপযুক্ত, সুন্দর Décor um - decorate them to make polite Miss Etiquette writes an advice column about decorum. One writer asked, "What's the most decorous way to tell guests exactly what I want for my wedding?" Miss Etiquette replied, "Young lady, there is no decorous way to solicit gifts, and even asking that question is entirely indecorous of you."

credibility (noun)

Believability, trustworthiness বিশ্বাসযোগ্যতা Many famous "experts" with "Dr." before their names are not medical doctors at all. Any television "doctor" who turns out to have a Ph.D. in botany, for instance, ought to suffer a serious drop in credibility.

plausible (noun)

Believable; having the appearance of truth having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious বিশ্বাসযোগ্য, সম্ভাবনীয় 1. Plausible rhymes with possible "Something that may or may not be possible" true,but open to doubt. 2. plausible(posible):some thing is possible to happen if its reasonable,valid,truthful. so something resonable or valid or truthful is == plausible. When three doctors treating crash victims were suddenly stricken with what looked like the effects of nerve gas, hospital officials posited "hysteria" as the culprit—hardly a plausible explanation, as emergency room doctors are accustomed to seeing horrific things every day.

denigrate (verb)

Belittle(খাট করা), attack the reputation of --- blacken কলঙ্কিত করা Focus on 'nigrate' part of this word and relate it to '******' (which means people who have black skin) Many jokes in the Meet the Parents trilogy come from Robert De Niro's character denigrating Ben Stiller's character for being a male nurse.

cosmopolitan (adjective)

Belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments বিশ্বজনীন, অসাম্প্রদায়িক, বহুজাগতিক Trapped in a small town, he dreamed of a more cosmopolitan existence filled with world travel, exotic cuisine, and scintillating parties where he would meet famous authors and other cosmopolites.

intrinsic (adjective)

Belonging to the essential nature of a thing স্বকীয়, সহজাত, অন্তর্নিহিত Intrinsically (adverb) essentially; inherently; naturally অন্তর্নিহিতভাবে Despite all this high-tech safety equipment, skydiving is an intrinsically dangerous proposition. / Communication is intrinsic to a healthy relationship.

moreover (adverb)

Besides; in addition to what was just stated উপরন্তু, অধিকন্তু, পুনশ্চ You are fired. Moreover, the police are coming to arrest you for theft.

optimal or optimum (adjective)

Best, most desirable or favorable most favorable সর্বাপেক্ষা অনুকূল 1. optimum = optimistic mum (mummy) or optimistic moment Many believe that the U.S. Constitution's genius lies in its striking and optimal balance between freedom and order.

partial (adjective)

Biased, prejudiced, favoring one over others; having a special liking for something or someone (usually partial to) incomplete আংশিক, অর্ধ, অপূর্ণ, অসম্পূর্ণ, দৈশিক, একদেশদর্শী, একপার্শ্বিক, একচক্ষু, খণ্ডিত, পক্ষপাতী, পক্ষপাতপূর্ণ, একতরফা, পক্ষপাতদুষ্ট, আসক্ত, আধো Although I grew up in New York, I've always been partial to country music. / His lawyers are appealing on the grounds that the judge was partial to the plaintiff, even playing golf with the plaintiff during the trial.

diatribe (noun)

Bitter, abusive attack or criticism; rant --- bitter scolding; invective সুদীর্ঘ বিতর্ক, সুদীর্ঘ আলোচনা 1. diatribe - di - tribe = two tribes fighting ... criticize 2. lower rank tribe or division always face thunderous verbal attack from upper rank tribe or division I'd stay out of the living room for a while—Grandpa's on another one of his diatribes about how it's un-American to call a large coffee a "venti." You can hear him ranting from here!

tirade (noun)

Bitter, abusive criticism or verbal attack extended scolding; denunciation সুদীর্ঘ বক্তৃতা, প্রচণ্ড তিরস্কার 1. sounds like tired.. your mom gets tired after a TIRADE..i.e. LONG ANGRY DENUNCIATORY SPEECH.. 2. In Trading job, if something goes wrong, they will scold you I hate that television show where that commentator goes on angry tirades about all the liberal conspiracies taking over America. Even my conservative friends find his ranting embarrassing.

reproach (noun, verb)

Blame, disgrace (noun); criticize, express disappointment in (verb) blame; censure (v) ভর্ত্সনা করা, অনুযোগ করা, গঁজনা দেত্তয়া (n) ভর্ত্সনা, অনুযোগ, গঁজনা, মানহানি, অখ্যাতি, নিন্দা, কলঙ্ক, কলঙ্কর বিষয়, উপালম্ভ, পরিবাদ, গাল, গর্হণ, অধিক্ষেপ, ফইজত 1. divide it as re(again..)+proach(..approach).. you ask someone to APPROACH AGAIN & AGAIN since you DISAPPROVE OF HIS WORK..(eg during submissions) 2. If u see a cockRROACH, u express disapproval! I'm not really enjoying my foreign study program. My host mom reproached me in Spanish—it sounded really harsh, but I couldn't really understand her, and I have no idea what I did wrong!

stymie or stymy (verb, noun)

Block, hinder, or thwart (verb); an obstacle (noun) present an obstacle; stump কোণঠাসা করা 1. Stymie is a negative word. Stymie means "tie me". i.e., prevent from moving forward. 2. sty- a sty in your eye blocks or prevents you from seeing Sara feared that her learning disability would stymie her success in college, but the support services offered were excellent, and she was fine academically; the thing that really stymied her college career was poor time management.

hardy (adjective)

Bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold, etc. sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather কষ্টসহিষ্ণু, ধৃষ্ট, বলিষ্ঠ, দু:সাহসী 1. Remember Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy. They seem 2 b robust, audacious guys 2. HARD-hardy is very hard While the entire family enjoyed the trip to South America, only the hardier members even attempted to hike to the top of Ecuador's tallest volcano.

skirt (verb)

Border, lie along the edge of, go around; evade কিনারা, প্রান্ত, ধার Melissa spent all of Thanksgiving skirting the issue of who she was dating and when she might get married and make her mother a grandmother. It was exhausting changing the subject two dozen times! / The creek skirts our property on the west, so it's easy to tell where our farm ends.

onerous (adjective)

Burdensome, oppressive, hard to endure burdensome গুরুভার, দুর্বহ, কষ্টদায়ক, ক্লেশকর, পীড়াকর, পীড়নকর 1. Sound like one + rush. If rush occurs then it is burdensome. 1. it sounds like on+er+us..that is ONUS.. when something is ON US ..we feel burdensome 2. Onerous= one+rous. If u assign much work on ONE person it will be ONErous for him Doctors are often faced with the onerous task of telling waiting families that their loved one has died.

implode (verb)

Burst inward কেন্দ্রীভূত করা 1. Opposite of explode. The startup struggled for years before it simply imploded—the management team broke into factions, all the clients were scared off, and employees who hadn't been paid in weeks began taking the office computers home with them in retribution.

elicit (verb)

Call forth, bring out, evoke Draw out by discussion টানিয়া বাহির করা, প্রকাশ করা, সিধান্ত করা 1. sounds like explicit which means specifically told The touchdown elicited wild cheers from the crowd. / While the death of Ellen's elderly cat was indeed sad, Ellen's constant, mournful looks whenever anyone mentioned any animal at all were nothing but a play to elicit sympathy.

mollify (verb)

Calm or soothe (an angry person); lessen or soften soothe শান্ত করা, কোমল করা, প্রশমিত করা, দমন করা, সংযত করা, নরম করা 1. mollify sounds like nullify...so just think of nullifying something...nullifying your temper 2. mollify molly + fyMolly is a girl (sounds like a proper name). A girl is soft! The cellular company's billing practices were so infuriating to customers that the customer service representatives spent every workday mollifying angry customers.

caustic (adjective)

Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic burning; sarcastically biting adjective দগ্ধকারক, দাহক, ক্ষয়কারক, ক্ষয়জানক, মর্মান্তিক, ক্লেশদায়ক, শ্লেষাত্মক, তীব্র noun দগ্ধকারক পদার্থ, ক্ষয়কর 1. caustic soda is very common and its "harmful " for health if taken in large quantity....therefore caustic means harmful or burning. Since its a soda its somehow related with chemistry as well.. 2. sounds like 'caution'... meaning, be careful, there is something..... that is corrosive... or... 'can cause corrosion'. Wait, those chemicals are caustic! You need safety gloves and goggles before performing this experiment, or else you risk not only getting your skin burned off, but also some seriously caustic remarks from our chemistry teacher.

viable (adjective)

Capable of living (or growing, developing, etc.); practical, workable capable of maintaining life; practicable; workable টেকসই 1. SURVIVABLE ! got it? 2. vi(VIV=LIFE) + ABLE....so some one who is ABLE to live his LIFE. I have three screenplay ideas, but the studio head said only one was commercially viable. Apparently, it's important to have a human lead character and a satisfying ending. / Due to leaps forward in technology, premature babies are considered viable earlier and earlier—currently around 24 weeks.

overshadow (verb)

Cast a shadow over, darken; dominate, make to seem less important ছায়াছন্ন করা, অন্ধকার করা, ছায়ায় ঢেকে ফেলা She was a straight-A student who excelled at field hockey, but she still felt overshadowed by her older sister, who won a national science competition for her work on cancer in mice, and also had time to become a pole vaulting champion and model who walked in Fashion Week.

offhand (adjective)

Casual, informal; done without preparation or forethought; rude in a short way, brusque casual; done without prior thought (adj) সহসা কৃত, সহসা কথিত, অশিষ্ট, ভদ্রতাবিহীন (adverb) অবিলম্বে, কোনরূপ দ্বিধা না করিয়া, না ভাবিয়া চিন্তিয়া 1. offhand - hands on means experience, you have prepared for that , so off hands means something without preparation 2. offhand = off + hand = Not take in hand ( work ) = unimportant work = casual work I was pretty happy with my salary until my coworker Deena mentioned offhandedly that she was thinking about buying a house now that she made six figures.

alienate (verb)

Cause to become unfriendly, hostile, or distant make hostile; separate স্বভাববহিভুত করা, পর করিয়া দেত্তয়া, পরক করিয়া দেত্তয়া, পরস্ব করিয়া দেত্তয়া, হস্তান্তর করিয়া দেত্তয়া, বিরোধী করিয়া দেত্তয়া 1. alian + ate...if a alien comes and eat all food on earth, we all become unfriendly and hostile to it. The talk-show host was trying to help, but only alienated her viewers when she suggested that they cope with a tough economy by checking themselves into a spa.

deflect (verb)

Cause to curve; turn aside(একপাশে), esp. from a straight course; avoid (এড়ানো) পরিবর্তন করা, বদল করা, বিনিময় করা Sounds like reflect. If something reflects, it turns away. The purpose of a shield is to deflect arrows or bullets from an enemy./ Every time he was asked a difficult question, Senator Warrington deflected by changing the topic, saying he'd answer later, or even—insincerely, it seemed—calling for a moment of prayer.

catalyst (noun)

Causer of change agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged অনুঘটক 1. CATA(LOOK like CATION..ions which has positive charge)like mn+2 which is a cation ,and cations SPEED UP THE RATE OF REACTION,that is how they BRING A CHEMICAL CHANGE IN A REACTION. 2. My new CAT caused A LIST (lyst) of things that suddenly changed in my life. The young manager was a catalyst at the stodgy old company—once he introduced employee laptops, telecommuting, and mobile workstations, even the most conventional of employees totally changed the way they worked. / Reaching 500 pounds on the scale was a catalyst for Marcus to really change his lifestyle.

soporific (adjective, noun)

Causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy (adj); something that causes sleep (noun) sleep producing (adj) নিদ্রাকর্ষক, ঘুমপাড়ানি, প্রস্বাপন, নিদ্রা-উদ্রেককর (n) নিদ্রা-উদ্রেককর ঔষধ 1. (in hindi) 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific. 2. watching "SOaP Operas" makes u sleepy I was excited to take a class with Professor Baria because I had enjoyed her books, but sadly, she is a better writer than speaker—her lectures are soporific. / I was so distressed after the crash that the doctor gave me a soporific—and, sure enough, I was able to think more clearly after sleeping.

archaic (adjective)

Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive antiquated প্রাচীন, সেকেলে 1. Archealogy - study of old things.. Archaic - The old things on which we study.. 2. The word resembles like archies ...the old archies card are kept with us. The school's archaic computer system predated even floppy disks—it stored records on tape drives! / Sometimes, when you look a word up in the dictionary, certain definitions are marked "archaic"—unless you are a Shakespeare scholar, you can safely ignore those archaisms.

idiosyncrasy (noun)

Characteristic or habit peculiar to an individual; peculiar quality, quirk peculiarity; eccentricity মেজাজের বৈশিষ্ট্য, মেজাজ, মানসিক গঠন 1. Idiot in sync with the crazy ppl are idiosyncratic. 2. idiosyncracy - idio (idiot)...and idiot's ideas (idio) are never in sync [or are crazy (crasy)] with that of a normal person..thus eccentric,odd in nature ! Sometimes, the richer people get, the more idiosyncratic they become. After he made his first billion, he began traveling with a pet iguana, sleeping in an oxygen chamber, and, oddly, speaking with a slight Dutch accent.

alacrity (noun)

Cheerful or speedy willingness cheerful promptness ক্ষিপ্রতা, তত্পরতা, আগ্রহ, সজীবতা, স্ফূর্তি, সক্রিয়তা, উত্সাহ, উদ্দীপনা, আকুলিবিকুলি, ব্যগ্রতা 1. take the suffix crity we can link it with creativity.creative people are so eager to learn n create things differently. 2. alacrity sounds like AT+LAST+IN+CITY..a person who is first time in a big city is excited n eager to c da city... Any boss wants an employee to respond with alacrity to his or her requests, handling them promptly and with enthusiasm.

sanguine (adjective) Vitality - জীবনীশক্তি

Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful; reddish, ruddy (as in rosy-red cheeks indicting health or vitality) cheerful; hopeful রক্তবর্ণ, রক্তিম, প্রত্যয়পূর্ণ, অরূণ 1. SANGUINE is pronounced very much like "SANGEEN" in hindi which is usually referred with crime-"sangeen hatya" which shows serious murder with blood red colour... 2. break it like sang + vine, so wen u drink vine and singing song you feel cheerful, happy She had three papers due in three days, but she maintained her typically sanguine attitude. "Things always just work out for me," she said, happily.

pretentious (adjective)

Claiming or demanding a position of importance or dignity, esp. when unjustified; showing off, creating a deceptive, false show of worth ostentatious; ambitious দাম্ভিক, ভানপূর্ণ, মিথ্যা দাবিপূর্ণ, ধৃষ্ট, অনুচিতসাহসী, ভণ্ড 1. Pretentious is someone who is Pretending 2. PRETENTIOUS = ATTENTION-ous Josie found her date's habit of constantly dropping French phrases into conversation to be incredibly pretentious, especially since he knew she didn't speak French. He sure did sound fancy, though.

exculpate (verb)

Clear from guilt or blame clear from blame দোষক্ষালন করা 1. exculpate sounds like ex-culprit = culprit...but now he has been cleared of the charges. 2. ex(expert)+culpate(culprit) expert culprit are always clear from blame ,, The security camera footage showing Mr. Murphy to have been in a casino the entire night turned out to be just the evidence needed to exculpate him of robbing a bank 50 miles away.

lucid (adjective)

Clear, easy to understand; rational, sane easily understood; clear; intelligible স্বচ্ছ, স্পষ্ট, সহজবোধ্য, সুবোধ্য, প্রাঁজল, পরিষ্কার, নির্মল 1. when u LOOK(luc) the ID of micorsoft employee...u will " clearly,tranparently understand,that he is clever n inteligent 2. lucid has root 'luc', means 'light'Under the light, we easily understand everything After surgery, it'll take at least an hour until she's lucid—it's nothing to worry about, but patients sometimes talk complete nonsense until the anesthesia wears off and their speech becomes lucid.

guile (noun)

Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness deceit; duplicity চাতুরি, ছলনা, ছলাকলা, প্রতারণা, ধড়িবাজি, কূটবুদ্ধি 1. SOME GUYS guile GIRLS 2. guile sounds like goals..people often use guile to achieve their goals The game of poker is all about guile, manipulating your own body language and patter to lead other players to erroneous conclusions about the cards you're holding.

levy (verb, noun)

Collect tax from, wage war on, or enlist for military service; (verb); act of colleting tax or amount owed, or the drafting of troops into military service (noun) impose (a fine); collect (a payment) (verb) ধার্য করা, সংগ্রহ করা, আরোপ করা, জোরপূর্বক আদায় করা (noun) আরোপ, সংগ্রহ, জোরপূর্বক আদায়, চাঁদা, কর, খাজনা, শুল্ক, সংগৃহীত সৈন্যগণ 1. Traffic Police catches you breaking signal and says LE(le)+VY(Bhai) chalaan. chal tax de. So he LEVIED the tax on you 2. sounds like 'Navy' a branch of Army. Imagine you are 'Recruiting' new soldiers in Navy. When England levied yet another tax on the colonists, the colonists were pushed one further step towards levying war. Soon, the worried British began to levy troops.

incorporate (verb)

Combine, unite; form a legal corporation; embody, give physical form to introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite একদেহভুক্ত করা, একদেহভুক্ত হত্তয়া, সঙ্ঘবদ্ধ করা, সঙ্ঘবদ্ধ হত্তয়া, মিশান, দেহযুক্ত করা 1. IN CORPORATE life you have to integrate and to become united to have greater profits When a business incorporates, it becomes a separate legal entity—for instance, the business can declare bankruptcy without the owners doing so. / Local legend has it that ghosts can incorporate on one night of the year and walk among the living.

coalesce (verb)

Come together, unite; fuse together combine; fuse সমবেত হত্তয়া, একসঙ্গে জন্মান 1. coal- combination of wood and charcoal. 2. coalesce: coa+LACE: lace is used to tie things together or mix things together While at first everyone on the team was jockeying for power and recognition, eventually, the group coalesced and everyone was happy to share credit for a job well-done. / East and West Germany coalesced into a single country in 1990.

succeeding (adjective)

Coming after or following পদানুবর্তী, পদান্নয়ী After the sale of the company, you will receive 5% of the profits from the current year, and 1% in all succeeding years. / In 1797, George Washington was succeeded by John Adams.

empirical (adjective)

Coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely based on theory based on experience গবেষণামূলক, প্রায়োগিক, পরীক্ষামূলক, ভূয়োদর্শনলব্ধ, অভিজ্ঞতাজনিত, প্রয়োগিক 1. Empire...maintaining an empire requires much practical experiences and workouts.... 2. empirical sounds like "inspired frm practicals"...and dats the meaning.. The Ancient Greeks philosophized about the nature of matter (concluding, for instance, that everything was made of earth, water, air, and fire) without any empirical evidence—that is, the very idea of conducting experiments hadn't been invented yet. / People always knew empirically that when something is dropped, it falls to the ground; the theory of gravity later explained why.

nascent (adjective)

Coming into existence, still developing incipient; coming into being জায়মান, জন্মলাভ করিতেছে এমন, বর্ধনশীল 1. "new soul sent".....to earth 2. it has the word SCENT in it,SCENT daalo to smell comes into existence The violin teacher was always very encouraging with children. All children sound terrible the first couple of years, so she offered plenty of praise to encourage nascent talents.

mundane (adjective)

Common, ordinary, everyday worldly as opposed to spiritual জাগতিক, পার্থিব, সাংসারিক 1. monday, tuesday, wednesday....everyday 2. Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting weekend, Monday is just another mundane day. Dominique had been excited to visit France for the first time, but she was soon disappointed at how mundane the stay with her relatives was: they shopped at the market, cooked dinner, chatted with one another, and occasionally went shopping.

analogous (adjective)

Comparable, corresponding in some particular way (making a good analogy) comparable, corresponding in some particular way (making a good analogy) comparable অনুরূপ, সদৃশ, সমবৃত্তি 1. remember analogous from analogy 2. ana"log"ous:in log tables all values seem similar In the U.S., whenever opponents of a war want to suggest that the war is unwinnable, they point out all the ways in which the war is analogous to the Vietnam War.

stark (adjective)

Complete, total, utter; harsh or grim; extremely simple, severe, blunt, or plain সম্পূর্ণ, অনমনীয়, কঠিন 1. Stark naked The designer's work is appreciated for its stark beauty, but most people prefer to live in a cozier, more welcoming home—the kind with carpets and pillows, for instance. / She is stark raving mad! / The stark reality is that we will have to begin burning our furniture for warmth if we are to survive.

profligate (adjective)

Completely and shamelessly immoral, or extremely wasteful dissipated; wasteful; licentious adjective অসচ্চরিত্র, লম্পট, লক্ষ্মীছাড়া, উড়নচণ্ডে, অপব্যয়ী, ঢেমনা, উড়নচড়ে noun অসচ্চরিত্র ব্যক্তি, লম্পট, লক্ষ্মীছাড়া ব্যক্তি, উড়নচণ্ডে ব্যক্তি 1. Profligate= spend Profusely like bill Gates 2. split it like prof(professor)+li(lee)+g+ate(past f. of eat).. your Professor whose son Lee spent all of his father's money .. eating at all five stars hotels...what a wasteful use of your Professor's money.... The billionaire software developer was so disgusted with his profligate daughter's spending that he cut her off—she had bought champagne for an entire nightclub full of strangers one too many times.

complementary (adjective)

Completing; fitting together well; filling mutual needs পরিপূরক S: filling mutual needs, consummate, make perfect Complement verb অসংপূর্ণতা পূর্ণ করা, পূরক হত্তয়া noun পূরক, অনুপূরক, পূর্ণসংখ্যা complete; consummate; make perfect 1. It sounds like Complete it men 2. Think of a man named Tom whatever that conjures in your head plummeting into the sun and fills up the black spot. Tom Plummet will help you remember the word. "That scarf really complements your outfit," said Elle. "Thanks for the compliment," said Danica. / The couple had complementary personalities—when Mark got overwhelmed with the details, Lee took care of everything, and when Lee got too introspective, Mark cheered him up with an insatiable zest for life.

exhaustive (adjective)

Comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust সম্পূর্ণ, সমগ্র, পরিশ্রান্তকর The Standard Book of British Birds provides an exhaustive treatment of the subject—you will find that not a single British bird has been omitted. / The rebels finally surrendered after an exhaustive siege that left them without ammunition or even food.

solicitous (adjective)

Concerned or anxious (about another person), expressing care; eager or desirous; very careful সনির্বন্ধ মিনতিপূর্ণ, সনির্বন্ধ মিনতিকারী, একান্তভাবে কামনাকারী, উত্কণ্ঠিত, ব্যগ্র, অনুনয়ী 1. Solicit means to request earnestly for something, but if you have to wait for it to happen then you are liable to become solicitous. 2. soli(solo).if u r doin a work on ur own(solo) then u ll do t wit much eager and care A solicitous host, Derek not only asked each person how he or she was doing, but asked by name about everyone's spouses and kids. / Solicitous of fame, she would do anything to get near celebrities.

aesthetic (adjective, noun)

Concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste, pertaining to the science of what is beautiful (adj); a sense of beauty and taste of a particular time and place (noun) নান্দনিক The twins were so different—one possessed a truly baroque aesthetic, preferring golden, gilded decor. The other lived in a world of pure logic, untouched by any aesthetic sense whatsoever; art did not move him, his house was bare, and he married his wife solely because she was a master of calculus.

abridge (verb)

Condense or curtail; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main idea. reduce or lessen; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main idea সংক্ষিপ্ত করা, ধরে রাখা Our romantic vacation was abridged when the babysitter called to say that the kids were sick and we should come home. / Audio books are almost always abridged, since few people want to listen to a 200-hour book.

patronizing (adjective)

Condescending, having a superior manner, treating as an inferior অনুগ্রাহক, অনুগ্রাহী S: favorable, conducive, helpful, graceful, merciful, conducive patronize (verb) support; act superior toward রক্ষা করা, সমর্থন করা, উপহার দেত্তয়া, উত্সাহ দেত্তয়া, জিনিসপত্র কেনা, পৃষ্ঠপোষকতার ভান করা, পিঠ চাপড়ান, পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা করা 1. PATRO(father)+NIZE(nice)....we get NICE SUPPORT from our FATHER 2. If u remember Patronus--from latin it will give u a lot of words like patriarch (Patri+ arch: ruled by father or eldest male) well you father is giving u regular pat (encouragement) I'm not surprised that Professor McDougal used to teach kindergarten. His patronizing tone has been driving me crazy. Not only does he assume we can barely add or subtract, he also makes us put our heads down and have a moment of silence.

propriety (noun)

Conforming to good manners or appropriate behavior; justness fitness; correct conduct যথাযথতা, সঙ্গতি, উপযুক্ততা, মালিকানা, শোভনতা, ভদ্রতা, ব্যক্তিস্বাতন্ত্র্য, ন্যায়, সামঁজস্য 1. divide the word as propr+iety ..propr(sounds like PROPER)..hence it refers to being PROPER or CORRECT IN CONDUCT.. 2. PROPER + APPROPRIATE = PROPRIETY The parent questioned the propriety of the punishment meted out to her son—sitting in a corner all day seemed a little harsh for using the pencil sharpener at the wrong time. / Saying the accounting firm was complicit in "financial impropriety" was a rather polite way to refer to the fraud it committed against its investors.

extrapolate (verb)

Conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience projection; conjecture বহির্পাতন 1. During election time many news channels show extrapole of elections they just try to make predict who will going to win election based on current known information extrapolation is similar 2. hw much EXTRA did PAUL ATE ? u will hav 2 guess that! :D i.e. infer, conjecture No, I've never been to Bryn Mawr, but I've visited several small, private women's colleges in the Northeast, so I think I can extrapolate.

sentient (adjective)

Conscious; experiencing sensation or perceiving with the senses সংবেদী, সচেতন, চেতন, সজ্ঞান 1. Think about sentiment Tia became a vegan because she refused to eat any sentient creature. / Look at the mold in your fridge! Let it grow any more, it might become sentient!

confer (verb)

Consult, compare views; bestow or give আলোচনা করা, অর্পণ করা, দান করা 1. just think what happens in conference A Ph.D. confers upon a person the right to be addressed as "Doctor" as well as eligibility to pursue a tenure-track professorship. / Excuse me for a moment to make a call—I can't buy this car until I confer with my spouse.

fallacious (adjective)

Containing a fallacy, or mistake in logic; logically unsound; deceptive Misleading হেত্বাভাসমূলক, প্রতারণাপূর্ণ 1. It sounds like ফেলে দেওয়া so we drop or get rid of misleading things. 1. Fallacious. Split it like fallac+ious...if you just concentrate on fallac...it look like FALSE,......so THINK that SOMETHING is based on a FALSE OR incorrect notion..... 2. Basically this word is taken from... fallacia...means deceitful......so something which is deceitful is always based on misleading and incorrect notion. The formal study of logic can enable a student to more easily identify fallacious reasoning and, furthermore, to point out its fallacies.

speculate (verb)

Contemplate; make a guess or educated guess about; engage in a risky business transaction, gamble ফটকা খেলা, দুর্কল্পনা করা, জল্পনা করা, জুয়া খেলা During the Gold Rush, speculators bought up land, sometimes with borrowed funds, expecting to prospect the land for gold and get rich quickly. / She speculated that, in zero gravity, showers would have to exist as closed rooms in which a giant bubble of water formed, and a person got inside it.

belie (verb)

Contradict or misrepresent contradict; give a false impression মিথ্যা ধারণা জন্মান, মিথ্যা বর্ণনা প্রদান করা, মিথ্যা বলিয়া প্রতিপন্ন করা, প্রমাণ করিতে অমর্থন হত্তয়া, রক্ষা করিতে অসমর্থ হত্তয়া 1. belie has lie. 2. belie ~ lie means something false. The actress's public persona as a perky "girl next door" belied her private penchant for abusing her assistants and demanding that her trailer be filled with ridiculous luxury goods. / The data belie the accepted theory—either we've made a mistake, or we have an amazing new discovery on our hands!

paradox (noun)

Contradiction, or seeming contradiction that is actually true statement that looks false but is actually correct; a contradictory statement আপাতবিরোধী হইলেত্ত সত্য, আপার্তবৈপরীতা, প্রচলিত মতের বিরুদ্ধ মত, কূটাভাস, কূট 1. looks like parad(parade) of ox. which is contradict in nature but can be true. 2. you are unique but "everybody is unique" .this is a paradox Kayla was always bothering the youth minister with her paradoxes, like "If God is all-powerful, can He make a burrito so big He can't eat it?"

counterpoint (noun)

Contrasting item, opposite; a complement; the use of contrast or interplay in a work of art বিভিন্ন সুরের মিশ্রণ The play's lighthearted, witty narrator provides a welcome counterpoint to the seriousness and grief expressed by the other characters. / The hot peppers work in counterpoint to an otherwise sweet dish.

contentious (adjective)

Controversial; prone to causing arguments, especially gratuitous or petty ones কলহপ্রি়, মোকদ্দমাপ্রি়, বাদানুবাদপূর্ণ, কুস্বভাব 1. Contentious- (Contender+Serious) One who takes competition too serious always fights and quarrels) 2. Remember as non-contented. One who is not contented is always quarrelsome. The death penalty is a contentious issue. / My uncle is so contentious that every attempt I made to introduce an uncontroversial topic met with failure—he ranted and raved about the weather, trees, math, and my daughter's enjoyment of oatmeal.

emulate (verb)

Copy in an attempt to equal or be better than rival; imitate প্রতিযোগিতা করা, প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা করা, সমকক্ষ হইতে চেষ্টা করা, অনুকরণ করা, নকল করা 1. Grandma gave me an 'Amulet' so that one day I can 'Emulate' Zidane. 2. He is like an EMU( a bird) when he eat(..ATE)...EMU+L+ATE..imitating the emu The ardent Star Trek fan emulated Captain Kirk in every way possible—his brash and confident leadership might have gotten him somewhere, but the women he tried to impress weren't so impressed.

pith (noun)

Core, essence; significance or weight concise; meaty মজ্জাপূর্ণ, বলিষ্ঠ, সারবান্, সতেজ, কর্মশক্তিপূর্ণ, শাঁসাল 1. pi-thy: the math symbol pi is concise and has great meaning 2. pithy : pithaj+y=pithaji,he should be very precise and brief I can only stay at this meeting for a minute—can you get to the pith of the issue now, and discuss the details after I leave? / This presentation has no pith—there's no central point and nothing I didn't already know.

enumerate (verb)

Count or list; specify one-by-one list; mention one by one গনা, গণনা করা, পরপর উল্লেখ করা, পরপর নাম করা, সংখ্যাগণনা করা, সংখ্যা দেত্তয়া 1. ENUMERATE; NUMBER + IT means COUNT 2. in enumerate we have numerate like numeral which is a number so we make a list of one thing after the other in points or numbers The Bill of Rights enumerates the basic rights held by every citizen of the United States. / I don't have time to enumerate all the steps involved in baking a cake—just find a recipe on the internet!

offset (verb, noun)

Counteract, compensate for (verb); a counterbalance (noun) (n) অঙ্কুর, প্রশাখা (v) ভারসম্য করা, শোধবোধ করা, ক্ষতিপূরণ দেওয়া Property taxes did go up this year, but the hit to our finances was offset by a reduction in fees paid to our homeowners association.

wily (adjective, noun)

Crafty, cunning, characterized by tricks or artifice cunning; artful ছলনাময়, কৌশলপূর্ণ, কূটবুদ্ধি, অনৃজু 1. wily - à ®µà ®¿à ®²à ¯Âà ®²à ®¿... in tamil...villy means villain, artful, cunning 2. sounds like willy which means someone who wants to fulfill his will by any means. He has to be clever to do so. The wily criminal stole eight laptops by simply walking into a branch of a large company, introducing himself as the laptop repairman, and waiting for people to hand him their computers. / She was quite offended when her coworker suggested that she use her "feminine wiles" to make the sale.

juncture (noun)

Critical point in time, such as a crisis or a time when a decision is necessary; a place where two things are joined together crisis; joining point সংযোগ, সঙ্কটমুহুর্ত, সন্ধিক্ষণ 1. sounds very similar to PUNCTURE...well if your tyre gets punctured when you have an important meeting, you find your self IN a HUGE CRISIS. 2. from junction which is the meeting point We are at a critical juncture in the history of this organization: either we can remain a nonprofit, or we can register as a political action committee and try to expand our influence. / The little canoe started to sink when it split at the juncture between the old wood and the new material used to repair it.

castigate (verb)

Criticize severely; punish in order to correct শাস্তি দেওয়া, কড়া সমালোচনা করা S: punish, amerce, strafe, adjudge, condemn A: praise castigation (noun) punishment; severe criticism শাস্তি, কঠোর ভর্ত্সনা, কঠোর সমালোচনা 1. In olden days lower CAST people were severely criticized... 2. Castigated sounds similar to castrated, which would be a harsh punishment for any guy. At the grocery store, the mother attracted stares when she castigated—rather than merely admonished—her child for throwing a box of instant oatmeal.

crafty (adjective)

Cunning, skillful in deception or underhanded schemes নিপুন, ধূর্ত, কুটবুদ্ধি A crafty play in basketball is the "head-fake"—moving the head in one direction slightly prior to running in the other direction, to try to get a tiny head start on a disoriented pursuer.

mores (noun)

Customs, manners, or morals of a particular group customs রীতিনীতি, প্রথা, চালচলন, আচার-আচরণ 1. MORE + S = moral standards 2. Consider the BCCI Selection committee and Kiran MORE is one of the selectors, MORE should select players on the conventions and standards of BCCI..so MORE'S (MORES) selection! An American in Saudi Arabia should study the culture beforehand so as to avoid violating deeply conservative cultural mores.

quotidian (adjective)

Daily; everyday, ordinary daily; commonplace; customary adjective প্রাত্যহিক, দৈনন্দিন, দৈনিক noun প্রাত্যহিক জ্বর, দৈনিক জ্বর 1. split it as "quote+indian".QUOTE AN INDIAN every day.Newspapers quote opinions of Indians everyday..so its a DAILY occurence,customary 2. akin to quote. A quote is told repeatedly - i.e., a cliche. He was so involved in his quest for spiritual enlightenment that he regularly forgot more quotidian concerns—sure, he meditated for six hours today, but he hasn't done laundry in weeks.

gainsay (verb)

Declare false, deny; oppose Deny; disagree; refuse প্রতিবাদ করা, অস্বীকার করা 1. If you want to gain something over you must have to say for it. 2. she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which means, she is denying the fact. 3. A(gain)st-(say) The professor is quite doctrinaire—she's been known to lower the grade of any student who dares gainsay her.

aver (verb)

Declare or affirm with confidence, say state confidently নিশ্চিতরূপে বলা, সত্য বলিয়া প্রতিপাদন করা, অনুমোদন করা, মঁজুর করা, সমর্থন করা, বলা, জোর দিয়ে বলা, স্থাপন করা, কায়েম করা, সত্য বলিয়া দৃঢ়ভাবে বর্ণনা করা 1. A VERy confident statement! 2. A(affirmative) version "Despite your insistence that ethics are completely situational," said the philosophy professor, "I aver that the existence of natural rights inevitably leads to certain immutable ethical boundaries."

embellish (verb)

Decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details Adorn সাজানো, সজ্জিত করা, অলংকৃত করা, সুশোভিত করা 1. emBELLish - we add BELL to the Christmas trees to adorn it. 2. belle is used to describe beautiful girls ... they generally adorn themselves Every time she tells that story, she embellishes it quite a bit—at first, she was lost in the woods, and then she was found. The part with the grizzly bear was added later. / The Christmas sweater was embellished with festive jingle bells!

ingrained (adjective)

Deep-rooted, forming part of the very essence; worked into the fiber deeply established; firmly rooted বদ্ধমূল 1. If we divide this into three parts...in+grain+ed....we see that middle part...grain....which is the seed of a food plant, and we know that food plant is always deeply rooted in the soil before it matures and develop seeds. 2. Likewise ingrained habits are also deeply rooted and it's difficult to change them until strict action is not taken. Religious observance had been ingrained in him since birth; he could not remember a time when he didn't pray five times a day.

counterproductive (adjective)

Defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal The candidate's attempt to win swing votes in Ohio was actually counterproductive—following his speech in Toledo, his poll numbers actually went down 5%.

debase (verb)

Degrade; lower in quality, value, rank, etc.; lower in moral quality Degrade, lower in quality, value, rank, etc.; lower in moral quality - reduce to lower state অধপতন করা, হিনমুল্য করা, খাদ মেশানো M: imagine a building without (de) base so it will be lower in quality or value You have debased yourself by accepting bribes. / Members of the mainstream church argued that the fringe sect was practicing a debased version of the religion, twisting around its precepts and missing the point. / I can tell from the weight that this isn't pure gold, but rather some debased mixed metal.

hyperbole (noun)

Deliberate exaggeration for effect exaggeration; overstatement অতিশয়োক্তি 1. hyper(beyond the limit)+bole(means speak)..so someone who gives the statement beyond his limit..overstating basically. 2. hyper-excessive;bole-means speaking on Hindi....So excessive speaking Oh, come on. Saying "That movie was so bad it made me puke" was surely hyperbole. I strongly doubt that you actually vomited during or following The Back-Up Plan.

negate (verb)

Deny or refute; make void or cause to be ineffective অস্বিকার করা, নাকচ করা, বাতিল করা, অগ্রাহ্য করা 1. ne + gate = no gate. Means deny there is any gate. Negation (noun) Denial অস্বীকৃতি, অস্বীকার, না বলা, অভাববোধক প্রস্তাব, গুণবিশেষের অভাব Darling, if you add "I promise to try to work things out for at least a couple of weeks before giving up" to our wedding vows, it would kind of negate the part where you promise to love, honor, and cherish me "until death do us part." / The debate coach reminded the students that they had to negate each one of their opponents' major points in order to win.

divest (verb)

Deprive or strip of a rank, title, etc., or of clothing or gear; to sell off holdings (opposite of invest) strip; deprive বিহীন করা, বর্জিত করা, পরিত্যাগ করা 1. Opposite to invest. Di + vest : vest is an inner armor divest is to remove it When she found out that the most profitable stock in her portfolio was that of a company that tested products on animals, she immediately divested by telling her broker to sell the stock. / Once his deception was exposed, he was divested of his position on the Board.

derivative (adjective)

Derived from something else; not original --- unoriginal; obtained from another source অমৌলিক 1. drive a relative from his house to yours. The singer's first album was a disappointment, derivative of several hit albums from the previous year, as though a management team had simply picked out the elements from other popular songs that they thought would make the most money.

abhor (verb)

Detest, regard with disgust ঘৃনা সহকারে পরিহার করা "Go out with you?" she replied. "I abhor you! I would rather stab myself with a rusty bread knife than be your girlfriend!"

anomaly (noun)

Deviation from what is common; inconsistency, irregularity ব্যতিক্রম, ব্যত্যয়, অনিয়ম, বিশৃঙ্খলা, অনিয়ত গতি 1. Anomaly sounds like abnormally.. that is one who deviates from the normal order. 2. Anomaly= A(means NO) + Nomaly = A(no) + Normality = ABNORMALITY, DEVIATION FROM NORMAL ORDER While the cosmetics division of this company has many female executives, it is an anomaly—in the rest of the company, sadly, only 4% of management positions are filled by women.

partisan (adjective, noun)

Devoted to a particular group, cause, etc. (adj.); fervent supporter of a group, party, idea, etc.; guerilla fighter (noun) one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party adjective পক্ষীয়, পক্ষভুক্ত, সপক্ষ noun পক্ষভুক্ত লোক, পক্ষাবলম্বী, তরফদার 1. parti(think of a political party)+san(son)...so a father who is favouring his son's political party, instead of a good party. 2. A partisan says, 'my party is my SON, my daughter, my mom & my dad' It is unconscionable to engage in partisan politics in a time of crisis. People are trapped in the rubble of an earthquake, and you suggest that we vote for your tax bill in exchange for your voting for our relief bill?

pious (adjective)

Devout; religiously reverent and dutiful devout ধার্মিক, সাধু, ভক্ত, পুণ্যাত্মা, ধর্মসম্মত, আন্তরিক, পুণ্য, ধর্মবিশ্বাসী, ধর্মনিষ্ঠ, ধর্মশীল, ধর্মচারী, ধর্মগত 1. We give thanks to God for the PIe he has given US. 2. pi(buy)+ous(us).old ppl are piety & they used to pray take us(Buy us) frm this world Some matrimonial websites catering to conservative religious groups contain listings for young women that feature testimonials from the woman's relatives about her piety. Naturally, only similarly pious suitors need apply.

diverge (verb)

Differ, deviate; branch off or turn aside, as from a path vary; go in different directions from the same paint বিকীর্ণ হওয়া, সরে আসা, বিপথগামী হওয়া, অপসারিত হওয়া 1. the driver DIVER(GE)TED into different directions Go five miles until the old post office, then the road diverges—you want the branch that winds off to the left. / The high school sweethearts found that their paths diverged when they were accepted to different colleges.

heterogeneous (adjective)

Different in type, incongruous; composed of different types of elements Dissimilar নানাধর্মী, বিভিন্ন ধর্মী, বিভিন্ন উপাদানে গঠিত 1. If you have a group of people of various sexes and races, you have a HETERO GENUS group of people. 2. If you are HETEROsexual then you like people not of the same gender Rather than build the wall with plain brick, we used a heterogeneous mixture of stones—they are not only different colors, but a variety of sizes as well.

intractable (adjective)

Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure; stubborn unruly; refractory অবাধ্য, একগুঁয়ে, অবশ্য, উদ্দাম 1. Intractable: things which cannot be brought in the right track...opposite of tractable. 2. Tract (TRACK)...SO you have decided to track about your UNRULY CHILD...and you have approached the agency to do this. That student is positively intractable! Last week, we talked about the importance of staying in your seat during the lesson—this week, she not only got up mid-class, but she actually scrambled on top of a bookcase and refused to come down! / Back injuries often result in intractable pain; despite treatment, patients never feel fully cured.

unearth (verb)

Dig up, uncover, expose dig up মৃত্তিকা খুঁড়িয়া তোলা, আবিষ্কার করা 1. un(not)+earth the minerals which are not present in surface of earth is find BY DIGGING 2. unearth- under earth - for learning what is under earth researcher dig up The ACLU's Prison Project works tirelessly to unearth evidence from old cases that might exonerate innocent people who have spent years or even decades in prison. / The archaeologist unearthed what appears to be the world's oldest known gravesite, showing that the earliest humans cared for their deceased loved ones.

explicit (adjective)

Direct, clear, fully revealed; clearly depicting sex or nudity totally clear; definite; outspoken স্পষ্ট, পরিষ্কারভাবে বর্ণিত, স্পষ্টভাষিত, সুব্যক্ত, স্ফুট, কবুল 1. "please sit" let's CLEAR out the things 2. (tab) EXPLAIN and SIT--SIT and EXPLAIN The goal of my motivational talk is to make explicit the connection between staying in school and avoiding a life of crime.

dissent (verb, noun)

Disagree or take an opposing view, esp. in relation to a formal body such as a government, political party, or church; such a view disagree (n) মতবিরোধ, অস্সম্মতি (v) মতবিরোধ হওয়া, অস্সম্মতি দেওয়া 1. ASSENT, ACCORD means agree DISSENT, DISCORD means disagree Judge Antonin Scalia cast the only dissenting vote, explaining in his written decision why he thought all the other justices had it wrong. / Not every country has a right to free speech (and thus to dissent), although nations that throw dissenters in jail are condemned by the international community at large.

disjointed (adjective)

Disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated টুকরা টুকরা, অসংলগ্ন, অবিচ্ছিন, অসম্পৃক্ত 1. not jointed The novel seemed disjointed, as though whole chunks of it were missing, or as though the author had tried to stitch together drafts of several different stories. / To begin the recipe, you'll need a whole chicken that has been disjointed.

daunt (verb)

Discourage(নিরুত্সাহিত করা), dishearten(হৃদয়্ভঙ্গ করা), lessen the courage of, intimidate (ভয় দেখানো) ভীত করা, দমন করা Similar like don't (daunt) do it means discouraging something or not to do something Daunt = haunt = if you are frightened you will be discouraged to go to the haunted house Amazingly undaunted after his accident, Devon vowed to complete a marathon in his wheelchair. Not even a dented rim on mile 19 could daunt him—he dauntlessly completed the race anyway.

divine (verb)

Discover through divination or supernatural means; perceive by insight perceive intuitively; foresee the future ভবিষতবাণী করা 1. DI(The) + VULGE(Bulge) The BULGE in her tummy is now prominent, her pregnancy will get revealed to everyone. I've been poring over these quarterly reports all day, trying to divine whether I should buy or sell this stock.

perfidious (adjective)

Disloyal, treacherous, violating one's trust treacherous; disloyal বিশ্বাসহীন, অবিশ্বাসী, অবিশ্বস্ত, বিশ্বাসঘাতক 1. per+FID+ious.. FID stands for fidelity.. i.e. loyalty.. hence perfidious is its opposite 2. perfidious --- perfumerelate to perfume which reminds us of a beautiful lady who could be disloyal to you The perfidious soldier sold out his comrades, giving secrets to the enemy in exchange for money and protection.

pronounced (adjective)

Distinct, strong, clearly indicated উচ্চারিত, সুস্পষ্ট, কথিত Aunt Shirley claimed we would never know that her "secret recipe" for brownies involved lots of healthy vegetables, but the brownies had a pronounced asparagus flavor.

disquieting (adjective)

Disturbing, causing anxiety অশান্তিকর 1. no matter how hard you try you can't quit it so this is disquieting Mr. Peters' lack of emotion at his wife's death was disquieting—so much so, in fact, that even his own family began to suspect he'd had something to do with it. / He was deeply disquieted by the racism he encountered in his new neighborhood.

polarized (adjective)

Divided into sharply opposed groups সমবর্তিত polarize (verb) split into opposite extremes or camps মেরূপ্রবণ করা, মেরূপ্রবণ হত্তয়া, সমবর্তিত করা, সমবর্তিত হত্তয়া, নূতন গুণসম্পন্ন করা, নূতন অর্থযুক্ত করা The school board was used to rationally discussing issues, but when it came to the teaching of evolution in schools, the board was polarized, immediately splitting into two camps, with the discussion devolving into a shouting match within minutes.

dubious (adjective)

Doubtful, questionable, suspect সন্দেহজনক, দিধাগ্রস্ত, অনিশ্চিত 1. opposite of obvious so it means doubt or questionable This applicant's resume is filled with dubious qualifications—this is a marketing position, and this resume is mostly about whitewater rafting.

languid (adjective)

Drooping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow; lacking in spirit weary; sluggish; listless অসাড়, ক্ষীণ, ধীরূজ, ঢিলেঢালা, জড়তাগ্রস্ত, অবসন্ন, নিস্তেজ, নির্জীব 1. i will always be studying a book called "LAN guide" with less spirit... because i am least interested in lan.. 2. languid sounds similar to language..language classes are generally boring.. We signed up for a fitness boot camp, but after a single hour of exercise in the heat, we all felt so overcome with languor that we refused to go on. Turns out the reason we need a fitness boot camp in the first place is that we're pretty languid people.

prosaic (adjective)

Dull, ordinary dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual গদ্যতুল্য, গতানুগতিক, নীরস, গদ্যবৎ, কবিত্বহীন, সাধারণ, গদ্যময়, বেরসিক 1. mosaic--->beautiful artistic work with full of vibrant colours.....prosaic ...opposite of that ...dull 2. divide it like pros(prose)+aic- prose consist of facts and facts do not produce any interest in you, do not require any imagination so prose is dull and unimaginative and very boring in reading. Finding his friends' bar mitzvahs at the local synagogue a bit prosaic, Justin instead asked his dad to rent out the local laser tag center.

tractable (adjective)

Easily controlled or managed, docile; easily shaped or molded docile সহজে টানা যায় এমন, বাধ্য, সহজে পরিচালনা করা যায় এমন 1. Tractable sounds like tractor ,which makes it easy to manage a field . 2. It is easy to 'Trace' a 'Table' in a house. So it is easily managable. He's a tractable fellow—when I asked if we could see a different movie than the one we'd come to see, he shrugged and said "Cool." / The clay had hardened overnight, but adding water made it tractable again.

frugal (adjective)

Economical, thrifty, not wasteful with money; inexpensive thrift; economy মিতাচার, সংযম, মিতব্যয়িতা, স্বল্পতা, নিস্বতা, দীনতা, অল্পতা, মিতাহার, মিতব্যয় 1. frugal means avoiding waste... read it as free+girl...if a girl comes for free, it saves waste of money 2. FEW+GIRL friend...if you have few girlfriends, it's ECONOMICAL...when you have many, it's costly.....and frugal means the quality of being economical with money or food ... It wasn't terribly surprising when Lea—who was so frugal in restaurants that she always drank water, ate salad, and requested a separate check—said she had never tried lobster.

philanthropy (noun)

Efforts to improve the well-being of humankind, generally through giving money lover of mankind; doer of good লোকহিতৈষী, মানবমিত্র, বিশ্বপ্রেমিক 1. Phil+anthropy-phil is love and anthrop is human beings 2. phil(fill)+and+thro(throw)+pist(paisa)--filling n throwing paisa--i.e generous and charitable donation of money to good causes Many wealthy people turn to philanthropy as a way to create social good, and many others turn to it as a way to hobnob with the rich and famous.

rudimentary (adjective)

Elementary, relating to the basics; undeveloped, primitive প্রাথমিক, অপূর্ণাঙ্গ, অপরিণত, অপরিস্ফুট, গোড়ার দিকের, লুপ্তপ্রায় 1. Sedimentary=rudimentary.....sedimentary rock are used in the base or foundation of a building...hence rudimentary means basic or fundamental!!!!!!! 2. kids in elementary schools are rudimentary My knowledge of Chinese is quite rudimentary—I get the idea of characters, and I can order food, but I really can't read this document you've just given me.

underscore (verb)

Emphasize (or, literally, to underline text) emphasize আন্ডারস্কোর 1. underscore means the special character '_' which we use to EMPHASIZE special words. 2. my teacher use to say....UNDERline the important terms in your answer(since it indicates the EMPHASIS of ur answer ) if u wanna SCORE better marks in the final xam.......:) "You're not going to mess with Joey anymore," said Joey. His new bodyguards stepped forward threatening, as though to underscore Joey's point.

avid (adjective)

Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate; excessively desirous greedy; eager for লোভী, লিপ্সু, ক্ষুধিত 1. a person is always eager to be in avid(a video) 2. drAVID (Rahul dravid) is greedy for runs An avid cyclist, she was on her bike every weekend, and even bought the same bike that Lance Armstrong last used in the Tour de France. / Avid of power, the young Senator compromised every principle to gain the support—and money—of large corporations.

surfeit (noun)

Excess, excessive amount, overindulgence satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything, glut (v) অমিতাচারী হত্তয়া, আকণ্ঠ ভোজন করান (n) আতিশয্য, অতিভোজন, অপরিমিতভাজন, গাণ্ডেপিণ্ডে ভোজন, অধ্যশন, ধুম 1. related to surface means কানায় কানায় ভর্তি করা 2. surfeit = SIR is FAT... as he eats a lot than required until he is full. The soup kitchen would like to announce that it has a serious surfeit of those cans of jellied cranberries that no one seems to want, but it could still use at least 10 Thanksgiving turkeys.

fanatical (adjective)

Excessively devoted, enthusiastic, or zealous in an uncritical way excessive zeal অন্ধ গোঁড়ামি, অন্ধ অনুরোগ, গোঁড়ামি, অন্ধবিশ্বাস, ধর্মান্ধতা 1. it sounds like fantastic . u say fantastic with lot of zeal 2. watching movies about FANATIC is full of zeal We avoid our neighbors—they're fanatics who can't go five minutes without trying to convert you to their beliefs. / Mrs. Becker was fanatical about grammar, once deducting 15 points from a student's paper for a misused semicolon—and it was a physics class!

officious (adjective)

Excessively eager in giving unwanted advice or intruding where one is not wanted; meddlesome, pushy meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services প্রগল্ভ, অত্যনুগ্রহশীল, অনধিকারচর্চী, অনধিকার, উপযাচক, আগবাড়া, উপর-পড়া 1. OFFICIOUS,the first part of the word sounds similar to office. Imagine a government office where people poke their nose in other's affairs, they are INTERFERING. 2. Offi(in offices)+cious(curious)..in offices ppl vl be curious for promotions so they vil be pushy in offering services Lisa's dinner parties are exhausting. She's an officious host who butts in and runs everyone's conversations, keeps an eye on what everyone is eating, and makes sure you finish your vegetables, and even knocks on the bathroom door to make sure you're "okay in there."

inherent (adjective)

Existing as a permanent, essential quality; intrinsic firmly established by nature or habit সহজাত, অন্তর্নিহিত, জন্মগত, দৃঢ়সংলগ্ন, প্রকৃতিজ, প্রকৃতিজাত, সহজ 1. in+ here 2. in heredity: habit that came as heredity... New research seems to support the idea that humans have an inherent sense of justice—even babies become upset at puppet shows depicting unfairness, and are gratified at seeing the "bad" puppets punished.

ubiquitous (adjective)

Existing everywhere at the same time being everywhere; omnipresent সর্বব্যাপী, সর্বত্র বিদ্যমান 1. it pronu~ like mosquitos which are being everywhere 2. remember UB Group of Vijaya Malliya. It is present everywhere in India. Thirty years ago, women would lie about coloring their hair, considering the admission embarrassing. Today, blatantly fake hair color—not to mention fake tans and unnaturally white teeth—are ubiquitous, not only on starlets, but even on the checkers at the local grocery store. / Maggie learned in Sunday school that God was ubiquitous, leading to the question nearly all children ask when they hear this: "Does that mean God sees me in the bathroom?"

subjective (adjective) objective-বস্তুগত

Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal বিষয়ী, আত্মবাদী, মানসিক, আত্মপ্রকাশক Naturally, anyone's experience of a movie is subjective, and some will enjoy this picture despite its flaws; however, it is an objective fact that the cinematography is very bad. / We can give names to colors, but we can never quite convey the subjective experience of them—what if my "red" is different from your "red"?

virtual (adjective)

Existing only in the mind or by means of a computer network; existing in results or in essence but not officially or in name in essence; for practical purposes অসৎ, কার্ষকর ক্ষমতাসম্পন্ন 1. Virtual and fundamental both mean - basic. 2. virtual [practical purpose]machines uses karana bahot aasan hai The Tamagotchi is a handheld virtual pet made in Japan—you have to "care" for it by performing various actions with the device, but in the end, your "pet" still looks very much like a keychain.

status quo (noun)

Existing state or condition স্থিতাবস্থা Many opposed the establishment of a needle-exchange program, but others reasoned that the plan would be an improvement on the status quo, in which disease spread rapidly through certain communities.

connoisseur (noun)

Expert, especially in the fine arts; person of educated, refined tastes person competent to act as judge of art, etc.; a lover of an art রসপণ্ডিত, শিল্পকলা প্রভিতির সমঝদার 1. (In Hindi Language) Connoisseur sounds like kaun inse sure nahi hoga, kaun nahi sure.. Ye to expert hai. He is connoisseur. He is EXPERT. 2. in connoisseur take "nn" and "ss" as two persons. theres a tie between them. so who is the winner? connoisseur should decide who is the winner. so he is a judge. A chocolate connoisseur, Mom eschews grocery store brands and will only eat 80% -cocoa-or-higher artisanal chocolate that is less than a week old.

debunk (verb)

Expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims Expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims, reveal expose as false, exaggerated, worthless অনাবৃত করা, প্রকট করা, মিথ্যা প্রমান করা De + bunk(পালানো) ... so when you bunked college you got caught by teacher... your teacher exaggerated this fact and ridiculed you in front of the class Galileo spent his last years under house arrest for debunking the widely held idea that the Sun revolved around the Earth. / The show MythBusters debunks pseudoscientific claims.

prodigious (adjective)

Extraordinarily large, impressive, etc. enormous; marvelous বিস্ময়কর, আশ্চর্যজনক, প্রকাণ্ড, অতি বৃহৎ 1. The root PRO- means 'in favor of'.The root DIGI- (e.g., digit) refers to numbers or quantity. So, PRODIGIOUS refers to a favorable (or great) number. 2. pro+Dj=> professional DJ is extra ordinary The Great Wall of China consists of a prodigious series of fortifications stretching over 5,000 miles! / If we don't double our sales with this new product, we will have to declare bankruptcy—we have a prodigious task ahead.

egregious (adjective)

Extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring Notorious; shocking; conspicuously bad বিশিষ্ট, শোচনীয়, মর্মান্তিক, কুখ্যাত, গুরুতর, বিখ্যাত 1. scores we get in GRE is outrageously bad (egregious) 2. egregious is simile rot aggressive. Aggressive people are very bad in manner. This may help you people Your conduct is an egregious violation of our Honor Code—not only did you steal your roommate's paper off his computer and turn it in as your own, you also sold his work to a plagiarism website so other cheaters could purchase it!

finesse (noun, verb)

Extreme delicacy, subtlety, or diplomacy in handling a sensitive situation or in a performance or skill (noun); use tact or diplomacy; employ a deceptive strategy (verb) delicate skill কৌশলের সূক্ষ্মতা, কৌশল, চাতুর্য, চাতুরি, চাতুরতা, চাতুরী 1. fine-ness... 2. finesse- seems like : fine + Chinese, means Chinese people are fine at art... After the prince deeply insulted his hosts, the diplomat was able to finesse the situation, playing it off as a translation error and getting the negotiations back on track.

countenance (noun, verb)

Facial expression or face (noun); approve or tolerate (verb) approve; tolerate verb উত্সাহ দেত্তয়া, সমর্থন করা, পোষকতা করা noun আকৃতি, মুখাকৃতি, মুখাবয়ব, অবয়ব, নৈতিক সমর্থন, মুখ, স্থৈর্য, অনুবল, চেহারা, কামাবশায়িতা 1. (count+ten) A ten year old kid is learning how to count upto 10 and his dad's countenance gave kid a lot of encouragement 2. as a noun ....COUNT the no. of TENANts FACE yu can see Her countenance said it all—the look on her face was pure terror. / I saw you cheating off my paper, and I can't countenance cheating—either you turn yourself in or I'll report you.

objective (adjective)

Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased not influenced by emotions; fair (adj) বাস্তব, বস্তুগত, বিষয়মুখ, বিষয়গত, বৈষয়িক, লক্ষ্যবস্তুসম্পর্কিত, উদ্দেশ্য সম্পর্কিত, অভিলক্ষ্য, কর্মকারকীয় (n)লক্ষ্য, উদ্দেশ্য, কর্মকারক, অভীষ্ট 1. u r not influenced by emotions when u need to fulfill ur objective You cannot be forced to testify against your spouse in a court of law—it's pretty impossible for anyone to be objective about the guilt or innocence of a spouse. / Some philosophers argue that things like "love" and "guilt" don't exist, and that only objective reality—that is, physical matter—is of consequence.

equitable (adjective)

Fair, equal, just fair; impartial ন্যায়সঙ্গত, ন্যায়পর, যথার্থ, ন্যায়নিষ্ঠ, পক্ষপাতশূন্য, ন্যায়পরায়ণ, ন্যায্য 1. Mom made a cake and distributed it EQUALLY to everyone sitting at the TABLE, being impartial and fair 2. Having EQUAL TABLEs in division of assets As the university president was heavily biased towards the sciences, faculty in the liberal arts felt they had to fight to get an equitable share of funding for their departments.

fidelity (noun)

Faithfulness, loyalty; strict observance of duty; accuracy in reproducing a sound or image বিশ্বস্ততা, সততা, আনুগত্য, অনুরক্তি, কর্তব্যনিষ্ঠা 1. Look for the root word fid...means faith, belief. So words like fidelity, confide, diffident, bonafide, fiduciary. All have fid in it and all these words are related to involving trust or faith, similarly fidelity.. 2. agar tum apni wife par "fida" hoge toh phir tum loyal hoge Wedding vows typically include a promise of fidelity—such as by "forsaking all others as long as I may live."

affectation (noun)

Fake behavior (such as in speech or dress) adopted to give a certain impression ভান, ঢং, পরিকল্পিত প্রদর্শন, ছল I'm annoyed whenever Americans move to England and suddenly start speaking with an affected British accent; such affectations, when practiced by celebrities, are only likely to alienate their fans.

phony (adjective)

Fake, counterfeit; insincere, not genuine নকল, অপ্রকিত, জাল Phony Louis Vuitton bags are easily purchased in Chinatown, but they are illegal—selling them can land a vendor in jail, and the counterfeit bags are often made with child labor. / She's such a phony person, pretending to befriend people and then talking about them behind their backs.

bogus (adjective)

Fake, fraudulent counterfeit; not authentic বাজে, মিথ্যা, কৃত্রিম, জাল, মেকি, মেকী 1. BOGUS Sounds like BRUTUS-so he is a fraud 2. it is formed as : bug(bog) + us---pcs' bugs are always fake to annoy u!! The back of this bodybuilding magazine is just full of ads for bogus products—this one promises 22-inch biceps just from wearing magnetic armbands!

chauvinism (noun)

Fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or biased devotion to any group, cause, etc. স্বদেশভক্ত S: bigot, sexist Chauvinist (noun) blindly devoted patriot উত্কট স্বদেশভক্ত 1. show over nationalist=Chauvinist(s0-v-nist) 2. sounds like surname chavhan..imagine some guy from chavhan group is very dominant about his group He's such a chauvinist that he denies that any other nation could be better than ours at anything—he insists our wine is better than France's, our ski slopes are better than Norway's, and even that we grow more rice than China! Absurd.

liberal (adjective, noun)

Favorable to progress or reform; believing in maximum possible individual freedom; tolerant, open-minded; generous (adj); a person with such beliefs or practices (noun) উদার, অসম্প্রদায়িক, সংস্কারমুক্ত, মুক্তহস্ত, সদাসয়, মনখোলা, দরাজ Split pea soup benefits from a liberal application of pepper. / Liberal reformers in Egypt pushed for freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly.

timorous (adjective)

Fearful, timid fearful; demonstrating fear ভীরু, সশঙ্ক, সংশয়ী 1. sounds like TIME + OVER: imagine you are giving your GRE exam, and your time gets over, you will get frightened.. = fear = demonstrate fear. :) 2. timorous=timor+ous , think of timor ..we become fearful hearing the East timor+ USA war.. An expression describing a timorous person as "quaking in his boots"—that is, a scared person would shake or shiver from fear.

intrepid (adjective)

Fearless, brave, enduring in the face of adversity fearless নিরাতঙ্ক 1. In + trap + id - if you are in a trap and you have id to get out of it you'll be fearless. 2. IN TRAP... you are fearless and confident that you will come out of it. 3. Trepidation means frightening. Intrepid persons are not shaked with trapidation of anything Intrepid explorers Lewis and Clark led the first U.S. expedition to the West Coast, facing bitter winters and rough terrain.

reverent (adjective)

Feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe respectful সশ্রদ্ধ, ভক্তিপূর্ণ, ভক্তিসূচক 1. reverent-divide as river end i.e we bath in the rivr end as a part of worship 2. Reverent sounds like Reverend(Priest) now think of the feeling most people have for them. Ayn Rand is a controversial figure, but critical views are not welcome at the local Objectivist Club meeting, where everyone expresses a reverent view of the author.

resolve (verb, noun)

Find a solution to; firmly decide to do something; decide by formal vote (verb); firmness of purpose (noun) determination (v) সমাধান করা, ঠিক করা, বিশ্লিষ্ট করা, গলিত করা, মনস্থ করা, বিশ্লিষ্ট হত্তয়া, গলিত হত্তয়া, ভাঙ্গিয়া ফেলা, গলান, স্থিরসঙ্কল্প করা, রুপান্তরিত করা, সঙ্কল্প করা, মন করা, গ্রহণ করা, পণ করা, সাব্যস্ত করা, মিলাইয়া দেত্তয়া, মন:সথ করা (n) স্থিরসঙ্কল্প, সঙ্কল্প, পণ, নিশ্লিষ্ট বস্তু, মন্ত্র, কোট, কটকিনা 1. If u r SOLVING problems in a chapter AGAIN & AGAINthen u have determination to do that chapter in exams She was resolved to find a marrow donor for her son, and led a stunningly successful drive to get people to sign up for a national donor registry. Even when no match was found for her son in the first year, her resolve was undampened.

ascertain (verb)

Find out with certainty নিশ্চিত করা, অনুধাবন করা Hopefully, the investigation will allow us to ascertain who is at fault here.

static (adjective)

Fixed, not moving or changing, lacking vitality unchanging; lacking development স্থির, স্থিত, স্থিতিশীল, নিশ্চল, অচর, স্থিতিবিদ্যাসংক্রান্ত, স্থৈতিক, স্থিতীয়, অচল, অগম, অগতি, ভারসাম্য-সংক্রান্ত 1. "The contents of our ATTIC is STATIC; it hasn't changed in years. The anthropologist studied a society in the Amazon that had been deliberately static for hundreds of years—the fiercely proud people disdained change, and viewed all new ideas as inferior to the way of life they had always practiced.

glib (adjective)

Fluent and easy in a way that suggests superficiality or insincerity fluent সাবলীল, শতমুখ, মসৃণ, পিচ্ছিল, সহজ, চপল 1. glib sounds like Ghalib..his shayeri was slick and fluent. 2. someone who doesn't go to lib(glib) lacks intellectual depth She was the worst teacher he had ever encountered, giving glib responses to every question. "Can you help me with this algebra problem?" he asked. "Oh, just solve for x," she said, and walked away.

e.g. (abbreviation for Latin "example gratia")

For example, such as উদাহরনসরূপ He was positively traumatized by the romantic comedies his girlfriend made him watch (e.g., He's Just Not That into You).

abdicate (verb)

Formally give up the throne (or some other power or responsibility) প্রত্যাখ্যান করা, অস্বীকার করা, ত্যাগ করা, পরিত্যাগ করা 1. ab+dicatedicate sounds like dictator.Dictator is an authoritarian ruler who has lot of power.To remember better,ab normal is opposite to normal.So,abdicate is opposite to dictator (ie)losing power. 2. ab(à ¤…à ¤¬ ) di (à ¤¦à ¥€ ) CAT which means in Hindi "now given up the cat", imagine you have a powerful cat and you given her to some one. King Edward VIII of England famously abdicated the throne in order to marry an American divorcée. / Parents can be charged with neglect for abdicating their responsibilities towards their children.

artless (adjective)

Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, uncultured without guile; open and honest সরল, বোকা, কৌশলহীন, ছলনাবিহীন, অপটু, শিল্পচাতুর্যহীন, অখল, আলাভোলা, ছলাকলাশূন্য, ছলচাতুরিহীন, সরলপূর্ণ 1. without the art of deception 2. art + less, without having any art(skill) Children can be so artless that, when you try to explain war to them, they say things like, "But isn't that mean?"/ His artless attempt at negotiating a raise began with "I need more money, please" and ended with "Okay, sorry I asked."

aggregate (verb, adjective)

Gather together, amount to (verb); constituting a whole made up of constituent parts (adj) sum; total verb পুঁজিত হত্তয়া, পুঁজিত করা, একত্র করা, একত্র হত্তয়া, মোট করা, মোট হত্তয়া, পুঁজিত জমা adjective মোটামুটি, পুঁজিকৃত, মোট হিসাবানুযায়ী noun সমষ্টি, থোক, সমূহ, মোট পরিমাণ, সমবায় 1. aggregate- a gre gate - all of us need gre "total" score to reach gate of university 2. What are your aggregate marks?... means what is your grand total marks While some of the company's divisions did better than others, in aggregate, we made a profit. / Concrete is created when crushed rock or glass is aggregated with cement; in aggregate, concrete is stronger than cement alone.

ingenuous (adjective)

Genuine, sincere, not holding back; naive naive; young and unsophisticated অকপট, সরল, মনখোলা, ছলাকলাহীন, ভানশূন্য, অখল, আন্তরিক, নির্দোষ 1. In+genuine- In genuine relationship people are naive and trusting to each other. 2. naive and young ppl are generally genuine... Multilevel marketing scams prey on the ingenuous, those who really think there's someone out there who just wants to help them get rich.

flag (verb)

Get tired, lose enthusiasm; hang limply or droop droop; grow feeble অবসন্নভাবে ঝুলিতে থাকা, অবসন্ন হত্তয়া, নেতা হত্তয়া, নিস্তেজ হত্তয়া, ঝিমান 1. White flag is used to indicate surrender as in a war, a white flag is used to indicate acceptance of defeat. thus low in vigor, grow feeble 2. flag rhymes with sag which means to droop or grow feeble Our grandmother is so physically fit that she was ready to make the rounds of the entire amusement park again after lunch, while most of us were flagging and just wanted to sit.

concede (verb)

Give in, admit, yield; acknowledge reluctantly; grant or give up (such as giving up land after losing a war) admit; yield স্বীকার করা 1. Concede = Cede(সমর্পণ করা, আত্মসমর্পণ করা). 2. sounds like "convince". If you convince someone about something, he admits it. The negotiations were pointless, with each side's representatives instructed by their home countries to make no concessions whatsoever. / Quebec was a French concession to Britain in the Treaty of Paris in 1763. / I suppose I will have to concede the argument now that you've looked up evidence on Wikipedia.

abjure (verb)

Give up, renounce; repudiate, recant, or shun (especially formally or under oath) renounce upon oath শপথপূর্বক পরিত্যাগ করা 1. Abjure think it like injure. so once you are injured you will give up.so abjure means give up 2. ab+jure...jure- jor (in Hindi) Jor lagaao chodoo mat....(Don't Give up) (this mnemonic is in Hindi Language) To become a citizen of the United States, you must abjure loyalty to the nation of your birth. / Since enrolling in that nutrition class, she has abjured sugar and saturated fats.

render (verb)

Give, submit, surrender; translate; declare formally; cause to become deliver; provide; represent (v) প্রতিদান দেত্তয়া, পাত্তনা দেত্তয়া, পেশ করা, প্রদান করা, অভিনয় করা, দেখান, সম্পাদন করা, পরিণত করা, হত্তয়ান, পারিশ্রমিক প্রদান করা, অনুষ্ঠান করা (n) পারিশ্রমিক 1. sounds like "rain deer" always provide food for savage animals 2. rhymes vendor who delivers ur goods When you render your past due payments, we will turn your phone back on. / Only in her second year of Japanese, she was unable to render the classic poem into English. / The judge rendered a verdict that rendered us speechless.

bureaucracy (noun)

Government characterized by many bureaus and petty administrators or by excessive, seemingly meaningless requirements government by bureaus আমলাতন্ত্র, আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা 1. bureau(noun........means..a source which provide information..may be an office or an organization.)+cracy(means...goverment or the rule....)........so....a goverment run by officials......or officials doing the kind of work that either a rular or a g 2. conti.... that either a government or rular does. so what do you think of our administrative system? Some nations have a worse reputation for bureaucracy than others—in order to get a visa, he had to file papers with four different agencies, wait for hours in three different waiting rooms, and, weeks later, follow up with some petty bureaucrat who complained that the original application should've been filed in triplicate.

zeal (noun)

Great fervor or enthusiasm for a cause, person, etc.; tireless diligence in furthering that cause; passion, ardor eager enthusiasm প্রোত্সাহ, গভীর অনুভূতি, গভীর ভাবাবেগ, গভীর প্রবল আগ্রহ, প্রবল উতসাহ, প্রবল উদ্দীপনা, উত্তাপ, আকিঁচন, আগ্রহ, গ্রাহ, চাড়, চাড়া, প্রৌঢ়ি 1. zea(relate it to hindi word zee-tod mehnat)...so you are very much eagar to do zee tod mehnat for your exam. 2. The sea seal had lots of zeal and feel while playing ball games with the people on beach. Whether you agree with their views or not, you have to admit that the employees of PETA have great zeal for animal rights—most work for less than $25,000 a year, and often participate in protests that get them shouted at or even arrested.

burgeon (verb)

Grow or flourish rapidly; put forth buds or shoots (of a plant) grow forth; send out buds verb পাতা ধরা, বাড়িয়া উঠিতে আরম্ভ করা noun মুকুল, কলি, কলিকা, কুঁড়ি 1. Burge+on sounds like Bulge which means growing big 2. BARO(grow)+JIYO The dictator was concerned about the people's burgeoning discontent and redoubled his personal security. / Spending an hour a day on vocabulary studies will soon cause your lexicon to burgeon.

surmise (verb) premise-প্রতিজ্ঞা, উধাহরণ, সূচনা করা

Guess, infer, think, or make an opinion with incomplete information (v) সন্দেহ করা, অনুমান করা, আন্দাজ করা, আঁচ করা (n) সন্দেহ, অনুমান, আন্দাজ, আঁচ 1. Mice can guess where the cheese is kept even though they do not know where exactly it is kept. 2. PREmise -> based on a fact. SURmise -> based on an intuition Based on your rather sad attempt to figure out the tip on our restaurant bill, I would surmise that you actually have no idea how percents work.

credulous (adjective)

Gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or without enough evidence বিশ্বাসপ্রবন A: incredulous credulity (noun) belief on slight evidence বিশ্বাসশীলতা, বিশ্বাসপ্রবণতা 1. credibility means belief on proved evidences and credulity means believing too easily 2. CRED means to believeso, credo, credible, credence, credit, credential, credulity, incredulous, creed, incredible all are associated with believe. "Did you know you can wash your ears by turning your head on its side in the shower and letting the water run straight through your head?" said the father to his five-year-old daughter. "I'll try that!" said the credulous little girl.

synchronous (adjective)

Happening at the same time; occurring at the same rate and thus happening together repeatedly similarly timed; simultaneous with সমকালীন, সমলয়, যুগপত 1. sync is root use for together and crone is use for time so together at same time 2. SAME+CHRONUS...chronus means time...hence synchronous means existing or occurring at the same time....... The sound of that bell is a signal for the dancers to make perfectly synchronous entrances from opposite sides of the stage. / The two nearby churches have synchronous church bells—if you stand halfway between the buildings as the bells chime out the hour, it sounds really cool!

rife (adjective)

Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported abundant; current বিদ্যমান 1. rife is like wife...which is common one hence ABUNDANT and PLENTIFUL and CURRENT. 2. rife==> rifle which has abundant bullets Reports of financial corruption are rife.

posthumous (adjective)

Happening or continuing after death after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death) মৃত্যুর পরবর্তী, পিতার মৃত্যুর পরে জাত 2. post + humous ~ post + human; after death ~ not considered as human ~ post human Ernest Hemingway died in 1961. His novel The Garden of Eden was published posthumously in 1986.

haven (noun)

Harbor or port; refuge, safe place আশ্রয়স্থল, পোতাশ্রয় (harbor, port) 1. just think about heaven(স্বর্গ) The relief workers set up the camp as a haven from persecution.

deleterious (adjective)

Harmful, unhealthful ক্ষতিকর, ধন্কসাক্তক Relate it to DELETE so virus deletes your data which is harmful The Resident Assistant told the first-year students, "I think you will find not only that drugs are illegal and will result in expulsion, but also that drug abuse will have a deleterious effect on anyone's grades."

innocuous (adjective)

Harmless, inoffensive harmless নির্দোষ, ক্ষতি করে না এমন, অনপকারী 1. Which don't knockout us that innocuous. 2. In (not) +nocuous (noxious)........means not noxious......something which is not noxious is harmless... 3. innocuous ~ innocent banal, bland, flat, innocent, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, kind, painless, safe, sapless, unobjectionable, unoffending, weak While it's quite acrid in here, fortunately the fumes that come from our factory are completely innocuous—you don't need a face mask unless you'd like one.

benign (adjective)

Harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle, or beneficial; not cancerous kindly; favorable; not malignant কৃপালু, কৃপাময়, সদয়, সদাশয়, ক্ষমাকর, ক্ষমাপরায়ণ, ক্ষেমসংকর, প্রসন্ন, স্বাস্থ্যকর, অনুকূল, ফলপ্রদ, শুভ, মৃদু, বিষম নহে এমন, বিপজ্জনক নয় এমন 1. benign- bene(good) + sign 2. opposite of malign He was relieved when the biopsy results came back, informing him that the growth was benign. / He's a benign fellow. I'm sure having him assigned to your team at work will be perfectly pleasant, without changing the way you do things.

cacophony (noun)

Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds discord শ্রুতিকটুতা, বেসুরো অবস্থা, স্বরের অনৈক্য The first day of elementary school marching band practice was nothing but cacophony, as students who hadn't learned to play their instruments at all nevertheless banged on or puffed air into them.

dissonance (noun)

Harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement discord অনৈক্য, ঐক্যহিনতা 1. opposite of resonance or harmony (অনুরণন)= cacophonous, discordant After allowing her sixth-grader's heavy metal band to practice in her living room, Mrs. Rosen decided she'd better get used to dissonance.

reap (verb) Reaper (noun)

Harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a result of one's effort কাটা, শস্য কাটা, ফসল তোলা S: cut, hash, shear, Ax, truncate one who harvests grain শস্যচ্ছেদক 1. reap sounds like ripe: one who harvest ripe grains called ripe(r) or reaper.... 2. Reaper Relate with Ripper ~Death personified... He worked night and day in the strange new country, never stopping to rest, for he knew he would reap his reward when his family greeted him as a hero for all the money he had sent back home.

predisposed (adjective)

Having an inclination or tendency beforehand; susceptible পূর্বাহ্নেই অনুরাগী করানো Some autoimmune disorders don't kill the patient directly, but rather make the patient predisposed to contracting other, potentially fatal illnesses. / His defense attorney argued that his abusive childhood predisposed him to a life of crime.

principled (adjective)

Having high moral standards নিয়মবদ্ধ, নীতি বা নিয়ম মেনে চলে এমন Donna was only an intern, but she was also quite principled—although she knew it would kill her shot at a full-time job, she was the one who alerted the authorities when asked to violate federal law via corrupt accounting practices.

entitlement (noun)

Having the right to certain privileges; believing, sometimes without cause, that one deserves or has a right to certain privileges Many bosses complain about young people's sense of entitlement—raised on a steady diet of praise from parents and teachers, these young people are shocked to be expected to "pay their dues" at a new job.

salubrious (adjective)

Healthful, promoting health healthful স্বাস্থ্যপ্রদ, স্বাস্থ্যকর 1. (related to bollywood)remember salman khan........all health and all....... 2. SALUBRIOUS and NUTRITIOUS are rhyming words which describe something that is healthy or health-giving. After spending her twenties smoking and drinking, Jessica recognized the necessity of adopting a more salubrious lifestyle, but found it difficult to cut back.

ponderous (adjective)

Heavy; bulky and unwieldy; dull, labored weighty; unwieldy ভারী, গুরুভার, ত্তজনদার, কঠোর, কড়া, মুশকিল, কঠিন, শক্ত, কষ্টদায়ক, ক্লেশকর, পীড়াদায়ক, খারাপ 1. Its simple guys, POUND is a unit of weight , we often calculate weight in pounds! 1 Pound = 480 grams 2. Its simple guys, POUND is a unit of weight , we often calculate weight in pounds! 1 Pound = 480 grams The book assigned by her professor was a ponderous tome, more a reference book than something you could read straight through. She was so bored she thought she would die.

zenith (noun)

High point, culmination point directly overhead in the sky; summit সুবিন্দু, খমধ্য, সর্বোচ্চ স্থান, পরমোন্নতি, পরাকাষ্ঠা, পরম অবস্থা, চরম অবস্থা 1. Word sounds like 'Jannat' which is in highest point 2. there is a popluar comoputer parts brand named as zeneath that considers itself as one of teh top sellers of computer spare parts At the zenith of her career, the actress could command $5 million per film. Now, she is mostly seen in made-for-TV movies.

impede (verb)

Hold back, obstruct the progress of hinder; block ব্যাহত করা, বাধা দেত্তয়া, প্রতিবন্ধকতা দেত্তয়া, প্রতিরোধ করা, বিঘ্ন ঘটানো, ধাক্কা দেত্তয়া, ঠেকান, আটকান 1. pedophilia is an impedance to youth. 2. impede from impedance meaning resistance 3. Ped (Tree in Hindi) on the way..... I didn't realize business school would be entirely group work—sadly, there's always at least one person in every group who impedes the group's progress more than helps it.

abstain (verb)

Hold back, refrain (especially from something bad or unhealthy); decline to vote refrain; withhold from participation বিরত থাকা, পরিহার করিয়া চলা 1. ab+stain...we tend to stay away from stain.... 2. this can be written as "ab+stai......and stai......sounds like stay.... and .. stay out of something means not involving in sth that doesn't concern to one. The church board voted on whether to hold an abstinence rally to encourage young people not to become sexually active; while most members voted in favor, one voted against and two abstained, with one abstainer commenting that, as far as she knew, the church's teens were pretty abstemious already.

probity (noun)

Honesty, integrity uprightness; incorruptibility সততা, সাধুতা, ন্যায়পরতা, সৌজন্য 1. PRO(pahle)+beti(ladkiya) sounds like girls first 'something having high morale' 2. Probe is done to verify probity.So probity=neccessity (or reason ) for probe. After losing the last election when their candidate's string of mistresses came to light, this time, the party would only nominate a candidate whose probity was beyond any doubt.

nevertheless or nonetheless (adverb)

However, even so, despite that তবুও, তা সত্তেও, তথাপি, অথচ While losing the P&G account was a serious blow, we nevertheless were able to achieve a new sales goal this month due to the tireless efforts of the sales team in bringing in three new clients. / I really can't stand working with you. Nonetheless, we're stuck on this project together and we're going to have to get along.

modest (adjective)

Humble; simple rather than showy; decent (esp. "covering up" in terms of dress); small, limited বিনয়ী, শালীন, নম্র, পরিমিত The reporter was surprised that the celebrity lived in such a modest house, one that looked just like every other plain, two-story house on the block. / Her first job out of college was a rude awakening—her modest salary was barely enough for rent, much less going out and having fun.

notoriety (noun)

Ill fame; the state of being well-known for a disgraceful reason disrepute; ill fame কুখ্যাতি, অখ্যাতি, অপকীর্তি, কুয়শ 1. root word is notorious means mischievous. so "notor" in the word specify defamity..illfame 2. note(money) became cause of a riot in a city is bad publicity for that city Bill was notorious for being late to everything—after awhile, his friends just stopped inviting him to the movies. / Some countries ban convicted criminals from capitalizing on their notoriety by writing books from prison or selling rights to movies about their lives.

detached (adjective)

Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof --- indifferent বিচ্ছিন, বিচ্যুত, আলাদা 1. de + attached He found her detached demeanor inappropriate for a funeral. It's fine to politely ask how someone died, but it's not appropriate to coldly question a relative on the medical history of the deceased. / The divorce proceeding was full of anger and recriminations, but the judge was able to make a detached decision.

restive (adjective)

Impatient or uneasy under the control of another; resisting being controlled restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control অস্থির, অশান্ত 1. Restive is actually restless. Like factitious is actually factless :) The company was purchased by a larger competitor, and the employees grew restive as the new bosses curtailed their freedoms and put a hold on their projects.

implicit (adjective)

Implied, not stated directly; involved in the very essence of something, unquestionable understood but not stated অন্তর্নিহিত, ঊহ্যনীয়, ঊহ্য, সন্দেহমুক্ত, দৃঢ়বদ্ধ 1. impli+cit--- tacit(CIT) means understand without being expressed so IMPLICIT means implied without directly expressed 2. S(impli) (cit)ing is implicit He didn't have to be told to resign; it was implicit in his not getting the promotion that he had no future at the company. / I enjoy ice climbing with my father because, in such a dangerous situation, it's important to have a partner you trust implicitly.

unseemly (adjective)

Improper, inappropriate, against the rules of taste or politeness unbecoming; indecent অনুচিত, অশোভন, অন্যায্য 1. UN+SEEM- does not seem normal or proper in behavior 2. un seemly-> seeing me undress and becoming indecent. The activist really did want to get the candidate's support for the equal-rights measure, so she did what the candidate's aides asked—but she found it very unseemly that they suggested a specific dollar amount for the "donation" she was asked to make in order to get a meeting.

conversely (adverb)

In an opposite way; on the other hand opposite verb কথোপকথন করা, আলাপ করা, গল্প করা adjective বিপরীত, প্রতিলোম noun আলাপ, কথাবার্তা 1. Sounds like INVERSE. I am not here to argue that lack of education causes poverty. Conversely, I am here to argue that poverty causes lack of education.

pristine (adjective)

In an original, pure state; uncorrupted characteristic of earlier times; primitive, unspoiled পূর্বকালীন, প্রথমযুগীয়, আদিম, আদ্য 1. sounds like priest(ine) means pertaining to priests which is to remain in pure state. 2. pristine; fresh teen,a virgin!!! Having grown up in a rural area, Billy had been in plenty of forests where people regularly left beer cans and shotgun shells behind. So it truly took his breath away, after hiking hours through the Himalayas, to visit a pristine forest, seemingly untouched by humans.

inasmuch (adverb)

In like manner, considering that (contraction of "in as much," generally followed by "as") যেহেতু, যে কারণে Inasmuch as you missed my birthday party to do the Walk for the Cure, I am not angry at all. Good for you for doing that! / Normally, a student would graduate in four years, but inasmuch as you failed several courses in your first two semesters, that will now be impossible for you.

respectively (adverb)

In the order given যথাক্রমে His poems "An Ode to the Blossoms of Sheffield" and "An Entreaty to Ladies All Too Prim" were written in 1756 and 1758, respectively.

foment

Incite, instigate, stir up, promote the growth of; apply medicated liquid to a body part লালন করা The revolutionary group was quietly fomenting a rebellion, galvanizing student radicals, leading unions in revolutionary songs, and anonymously pasting incendiary posters in every quarter of the city.

pugnacious (adjective)

Inclined to fight, combative combative; disposed to fight দ্বন্দ্বপ্রি় Amy had hoped to avoid inviting Uncle Ed to the wedding, as he was a pugnacious fellow—and, sure enough, he managed to start a fistfight with the best man.

erratic (adjective)

Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course odd; unpredictable অনিশ্চিত, ভ্রমণরত, ভ্রমন্ত, অনিশ্চিতগতি, অস্থিরগতি, অস্থির, অস্থিরপ্রকৃতি, খেয়ালী, লক্ষ্যভ্রষ্ট 1. Focus on ERR + attic. Part of it, and err is nothing but ERROR, and errors always look ODD, AND ARE unpredictable in nature. 2. sounds much similar to word erotic.....the acts in erotic scenes in movies are quite unpredictable When someone engages in erratic behavior, family members often suspect drug use or mental illness. However, sometimes the person is just building a top-secret invention in the garage!

proliferate (verb)

Increase or spread rapidly or excessively grow rapidly; spread; multiply প্রচুর সংখ্যায় স্বীয় বংশবৃদ্ধি করা , মৌলিক কোষ অঙ্গপ্রতঙ্গ্য প্রভৃতির সংখ্যাবৃদ্ধিকরতঃ বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া 1. life rate=its always increasing 2. PRO+LIFE+RATE-->promote life rate The book alleged that terrorist cells are proliferating across the United States faster than law enforcement can keep up.

foreshadow (verb)

Indicate or suggest beforehand, presage give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure পূর্বাভাস দেত্তয়া 1. A 'shadow' of an assassin alerts you 'before' his arrival. You didn't know this was a horror movie? I thought it was pretty clear that the children's ghost story around the campfire was meant to foreshadow the horrible things that would happen to them years later as teenagers at a motel in the middle of the woods.

stoic or stoical (adjective, noun)

Indifferent to pleasure or pain, enduring without complaint; person indifferent to pleasure or pain (noun) person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain নির্বিকার, বিষয়বিমুখ, সুখদু:খে 1. Think: "Stone-like"--> To be like a stone means you don't experience pleasure or pain. You are unaffected. 2. STOIC sounds similar to TOY (if that 'c' is removed)...a toy is impassive and unmoved by joy or grief Della was not only calm but positively stoic, thanking her family for driving her home from chemotherapy, and then simply never mentioning it until it was time to go again.

inconsequential (adjective)

Insignificant, unimportant; illogical insignificant; unimportant তুচ্ছ, যুক্তিধারাহীন, অযৌক্তিক, অবান্তর, নিষ্ফল 1. Consequence means result- we are never worried about the result of inconsequential or worthless things. 2. Not essential You wrote a bestselling book and got a stellar review in the New York Times—whatever your cousin has to say about it is simply inconsequential. / Given that your entire essay is about Hamlet's relationship with his mother, your thesis that Hamlet's relationship with Laertes drives the plot is inconsequential—that is, it does not follow as a consequence of the evidence you've provided.

disingenuous (adjective)

Insincere, not genuine --- not native; sophisticated অসরল, কপট, কৃত্তিম 1. it is opposite of genuine(true, real) 2. ingenuous is sincere, innocent opposite disingenuous is naïve, insincere Christine used the fact that her mother spoke limited English as an opportunity to be disingenuous. When her mother asked, "Will there be boys at this sleepover?" she replied "There won't not be boys there!"

inform (verb)

Inspire, animate; give substance, essence, or context to; be the characteristic quality of জানানো, খবর দেওয়া, অবহিত করা Her work as an art historian is informed by a background in drama; where others see a static tableau, she sees a protagonist, a conflict, a denouement. / Marjorie's desire to work in forensics is informed by a family history in the police department.

construe (verb)

Interpret or translate explain; interpret ভাষান্তরিত করা, ব্যাখ্যা করা, সিদ্ধান্ত করা 1. e.g. if i construe your message correctly... 2. you need to CONcentrate to decode TRUe messages. I don't know how you construed my comment as an insult. All I said was, "Wow, I never knew you could sing."

prologue (noun)

Introductory part to a book, play, etc. প্রস্তাবনা, সূত্র, আভাস, পুর্বরঙ্গ, মুখবন্ধ The novel's prologue gives some historical background so that the main story can be better understood in context.

preamble (noun)

Introductory statement, preface introductory statement প্রস্তাবনা, ভূমিকা, মুখবন্ধ 1. PRE(before) + AM (i) + BOL(tell): in a meeting political leaders will say: what I want to say before I start my lecture is bla bla bla. All this will take 1 hour. :) . This is what preamble is. 2. Pre(Before) + amble(moving)...i.e. A speaker before heading to main topic,starts with an INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT and then elaborates the topic. The Preamble to the Constitution is a brief introduction that begins, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union..." / The unusual outfit the pop star wore to her first awards ceremony was a mere preamble to a career of full-blown crazy dressing.

extraneous (adjective)

Irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging not essential; external বিদেশী, নিজস্ব নহে এমন, পরক, বহি:স্থ 1. Think of news channels....EXTRA+NEWS...In order to get TRP, news channels show irrelevant or unrelated things hence the news are most of the times EXTRANEOUS 2. concentrate on extra + ne + ous.....something that is extra is NOT ESSENTIAL(NE) This essay would be stronger if you removed extraneous information; this paragraph about the author's life doesn't happen to be relevant to your thesis. / Maize, which originated in the New World, is extraneous to Europe.

jocular (adjective)

Joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful said or done in jest রহস্যপ্রি়, হাস্যকর, হাস্যজনক, হাস্যরসময়, রঙ্গপ্রি় 1. joker 2. Joke(joc) + cooler (cular). Imagine a cooler which throws out jokes. (jocular = said or done as a joke) He's certainly a jocular fellow—if we were friends, I'm sure I'd find his antics amusing, but as his professor, I do wish he'd contribute some serious comments to the class discussion instead of his constant stream of jocular comments.

facetious (adjective)

Joking, humorous, esp. inappropriately; not serious, concerned with frivolous things humorous; jocular সরস, ইয়ারকিপূর্ণ, হাস্যরসময়, কৌতুকপ্রি়, সদানন্দ, রসিক, ক্রীড়নশীল, ক্রীড়নীয় 1. like festival so joking and humorous 2. someone who makes funny faces Facetious>>>Face is not Serious 3. Face-tease, tease by making funny faces When I said, "Sure, you can take anything in my house as a souvenir of this study session," I was being facetious! I would like my nightgown back now. / He's a facetious person—I doubt he will take your offer of a spiritual quest very seriously.

deem (verb)

Judge; consider Judge; consider বিবেচনা করা, মনে করা 1. ডিম (egg) মারব কিনা বিবেচনা করা "You can take the black belt exam when I deem you ready, and not a moment before," said the karate instructor.

discriminating (adjective)

Judicious, discerning, having good judgment or insight (as an adj, positive spin; as a verb, negative spin!) --- ability to see difference; prejudice (as a verb negative meaning) পক্ষপাত্তিত, প্রভেদতা, ভেদাভেদ, বাছবিচার He is a man of discriminating tastes—all his suits are handmade in Italy, and I once saw him send back an entree when he complained that black truffle oil had been substituted for white. The chef was astounded. / You can tell a real Prada bag by the discriminating mark on the inside.

incipient (adjective)

Just beginning; in a very early stage beginning; in an early stage উপক্রান্ত, জায়মান 1. inci(INITIAL)+pie(nt)(PAYment)...wen only d initial payment is given, ur house wil be partially constructed!! 2. in (inside) + sipi (shankh in its former stage) - not fully developed The movie producer was devastated when, due to legal trouble over the screenplay, the incipient project was crushed before it had even begun shooting.

inchoate (adjective)

Just begun, undeveloped, unorganized recently begun; rudimentary; elementary অপরিণত 1. choate seems like "chote"..for example "chote bachche" means not fully grown up or in the initial stage of life. 2. inch(o)+ate i've "just begun" to eat an inch The first few weeks of language class went well, but her inchoate French was all but useless when she found herself at an academic conference in Quebec.

warranted (adjective)

Justified, authorized (warrant can mean to justify or a justification, but can also mean to vouch for or guarantee) নিশ্চয় করে বলা, ভবিষৎ বাণী করা, পূর্বাভাস দেওয়া Warrant (verb, noun) justify; authorize verb নিশ্চয় করিয়া বলা, নিশ্চিত কথা দেত্তয়া, ন্যায্যতা প্রতিপন্ন করা, ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী করা, পূর্বাভাস দেত্তয়া, পর্যাপ্ত কারণ হত্তয়া noun সনদ, গ্রেপ্তারের পরত্তয়ানা, হুকুমনামা, আধর্ষপত্র, বরণপত্র, বিনিশ্চয়কর বস্তু, জামিন, প্রমাণ, পূর্বাশঙ্কা 1. we say a WARRANT is issued against him, so a warrant is to JUSTIFY that he is liable to be taken into custody 2. Warrant your reasons before declaring WAR against ANT The pundit's comments don't even warrant a response from our organization—they were mere name-calling, not suitable for public discourse. / Your criticism of Anne is unwarranted—as your assistant, she has done everything you've asked her to do. / He doesn't have his documents with him, but I'll warrant that he is indeed a certified forklift operator.

log (verb, noun)

Keep a record of, write down; travel for or at a certain distance or speed (verb); a written record (noun) Lawyers who bill by the hour have to be sure to log all the time they spend on every client's case. / You cannot get your pilot's license until you have logged 40 hours of flight time.

conversant (adjective)

Knowledgeable about or experienced with familiar with অভিজ্ঞ, পরিচিত, জ্ঞাত, জ্ঞাতা, দক্ষ, সম্পর্কীয় 1. Through conversations you can gain more knowledge and thus become conversant. 2. you can have a conversation on a topic you are familiar with For an opera singer, she is unusually conversant in physics—she just explained to everyone the purpose of the Large Hadron Collider.

arcane (adjective)

Known or understood by only a few; obscure, secret secret; mysterious রহস্যময়, গোপনীয় 1. improvising the first mnemonic.., Ar + Kane - Kane's face always remains secret, as he uses a mask. 2. Arcane=ar+cane(Kane).... this is for WWF watchers...Kane (undertaker brother) he has really mysterious behavior....as he many times fought with his brother also. To win at Jeopardy, you must be full of arcane knowledge. / The wizard's shop was full of arcana, from Latin-to-Ancient Greek dictionaries to entire books on magic spells relating only to elephants.

trite (adjective)

Lacking freshness and originality, lacking effectiveness due to overuse, cliché hackneyed; commonplace গতানুগতিক, মামুলি, মামুলী 1. trite = tri +it ( so sounds like try + it) She made the same dish all the time and give it to her friends saying, 'try it' ... as it is repeated so many times, it becomes over familiar. 2. trite sounds like tried...when smthng is tried again n again it bcomes hackneyed The topic of your speech is "Children are the Future"? That's pretty trite. Maybe you should think harder and come up with something original.

ephemeral (adjective)

Lasting only a short time, fleeting short-lived; fleeting অল্পক্ষণস্থায়ী, একদিবসজীবী, ঐকাহিক, ক্ষণজীবী, একদিনমাত্র স্থায়ী 1. sounds like e-funeral. Electric funeral is SHORT 2. 'fermi' is a very small secientific unit [10 ^(-15)]So think of fremi second with ephemeral (e-phermi-real) "Thank you for this jacket that says 'Eugene's Girl,'" said Marie, "but I fear that your love will prove to be ephemeral—over the last two years, I've seen four other girls in school with the same jacket. Do you buy them in six-packs?"

table (verb)

Lay aside to discuss later, often as a way to postpone discussion indefinitely (n) টেবিল, ছক, সারণী, তালিকা (v) টেবিল এর উপর পরিবেশন, করা, আলোচনার্থে উপস্থাপন করা I see we're not going to agree on whether to scrap our entire curriculum and develop a new one, so let's table that discussion and move on to voting on the budget.

console (verb, noun)

Lessen the suffering or grief of (verb); a control panel, or small table or cabinet (noun) lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort সান্ত্বনা দেত্তয়া, সান্ত্বনা করা, প্রবোধ দেত্তয়া, বুঝ দেত্তয়া, বোঝান, জুড়ান, ঠাণ্ডা করা 1. con sa sol lagaye apke shoe me ki app comfort feel karenge 2. he is a solo, no girl friend. i need to console him. I was unable to console Tina after she fell asleep at the console of her airplane and thereby failed her pilot's exam.

alleviate (verb)

Lessen, make easier to endure relieve উপশম করা, অপনোদন করা, দূর করা 1. ALL (all)+ EVI (evil)+ ATE (has been eaten up) so hence you are relieved of the pain and you feel relief 2. alleviate ~ elevator: It sounds like elevator and elevator helps us reduce leg pain while walking or climbing stairs. The stimulus package has alleviated the pangs of the Great Recession, but times are still tough.

levity (noun)

Lightness (of mind, spirit, or mood) or lack of seriousness, sometimes in an inappropriate way lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity ত্তজনের লঘুত্ব, মেজাজের লঘুত্ব, স্বভাবের লঘুত্ব, চপলতা, ছেবলামি 1. lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without any seriousness 2. lev+ity..together sounds like leave+take...so you take a leave whenever you want..thats shows that you are not serious about your furure. My late uncle Bill loved practical jokes and absolutely would have approved of the iPod mix my aunt played at the wake, which added a little levity by segueing from "Amazing Grace" to the party anthem "Let's Get It Started."

penchant (noun)

Liking or inclination (usually penchant for) strong inclination; liking পছন্দ, ঝোঁক, রূচি, প্রবণতা, আসক্তি, টান, প্রবৃত্তি 1. p+enchant- something that enchants you, you have a strong liking for that. 2. chant- verses are chanted by sages because they have a strong inclination towards spiritualism. He seems like a mild-mannered accountant, but twice a year he jets off to Australia to satisfy his penchant for adventure sports.

hearken (verb)

Listen, pay attention to শোনা, মনোযোগ সহকারে সোনা বা কর্ণপাত করা 1. hear means hearing so ... Hearken, students!" said the old-fashioned music teacher. "We are going to practice 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing."

tenuous (adjective)

Long and thin, slender; flimsy, having little substance thin; rare; slim পাতলা, অতি সূক্ষ্ম, কৃশ, তনু 1. think about tan 2. this word sound very close to TENNIS....and most of the female TENNIS PLAYERS ARE VERY SLIM AND THIN... 3. TENUOUS can be split as TEN+US,so TEN of us goin to USa together,the chances are very SLIM and it'll be a RARITY Your argument is quite tenuous—it depends on our accepting the results of a 1955 study published in an obscure medical journal not subject to peer review.

retrospective (adjective noun)

Looking to the past or backward; applying to the past, retroactive (adj); an art exhibit of an artist's work over a long period of time (noun) looking back on the past ভূতাপেক্ষ, অতীত-সম্পর্কীয় 1. Retro: past and spect : is to seeso retrospective is to look ack in past 2. Prefix Retro:Behind,past...-spect..just adding "in" to -spect..it becomes inspect....thus inspecting our past, looking back at our past. The proposed law is retrospective: anyone who violated the law before the law even existed can be prosecuted.

slack (adjective, verb, noun)

Loose, negligent, lazy, weak (adj); neglect to do one's duties; loosen up, relax (verb); period of little work (noun) slow up; loosen; neglect অবহেলা করা, অবহেলা করান, ঝিমান, হ্রাস পাত্তয়া, হ্রাস করা 1. relate slacken with weaken...a weak person generally slows down in pace due to weakness. 2. s+lack+en lack energy .a person who lacks energy will slow up As the product of slack parenting, I never learned good time management skills—Mom and Dad never checked my homework or made me go to bed at a certain time. / The holidays represent a lull or slack in work at many companies.

din (noun)

Loud, confused noise, esp. for a long period of time loud, confused noise, esp. for a long period of time --- continued loud noise একটানা উচ্চ শব্দ 1. din(morning) in daytime you will hear loud continuous noises of traffic, but at night it's very quiet This hotel was described as "near all the hot spots," but I didn't realize that I wouldn't be able to sleep due to the all-night din from partygoers.

mendacious (adjective)

Lying, habitually dishonest lying; false অসত্য, মিথ্যা, মিথ্যাবাদী 1. Sounds like men + dare + see + us. Men fear most the false person. 2. mendacious = requiring mending (correction) 3. A mendicant (beggar) is usually a mendacious person. I.e. given to lying; habitually dishonest. She was so mendacious that, when she broke the television, she blamed it on her little brother, even though he was in a wheelchair and could hardly have tipped over a piece of furniture. Her mendacity knows no bounds!

gist (noun)

Main idea, essence essence সারকথা, মূল বক্তব্য, মূল সারমর্ম, ফলিতার্থ, নিষ্কর্ষ 1. gist..sounds very similar to list.....SO your lecturer is asking you to LIST OUT THE MAIN POINTS of the paragraph. 2. tell me the - guts - of your idea I didn't read the whole book, but I read enough to get the gist.

facilitate (verb)

Make easier, help the progress of make less difficult সহজতর করা, সহজ করা 1. When you provide FACILITIES (facilit+ ate)... It makes things less difficult. A good meeting facilitator lets everyone be heard while still keeping the meeting focused. / As a midwife, my goal is simply to facilitate a natural process.

clinch (verb)

Make final or settle conclusively; to fasten or hold together সমর্থন, দৃঢ়ভাবে মোড়া When their best player was benched, the team fell behind, but once he was allowed back in the game, the team was able to clinch the win. / These two pieces have been clinched together with a clamp while the glue dries.

aggrandize (verb)

Make greater; exaggerate increase or intensify; raise in power, wealth, rank or honor অতিরঞ্জিত করা, শক্তি সম্পদ সম্মান বৃদ্ধি করা 1. grand- this resembles to somthing huge,great,wealthy. 2. aggrandize ~ aggregate + grand; aggregating things...is similar to adding details I can't stand when my coworker aggrandizes her role in our group projects. / Stop it with your constant self-aggrandizing—we don't care how many automobiles you own!

antagonize (verb)

Make hostile or unfriendly বিরোধিতা করা, প্রতিকুল করা, শত্রূ করে তোলা S: resist, strive (বিরোধিতা করা, সংগ্রাম করা) Antagonistic (adjective) hostile; opposed শত্রুভাবাপন্ন, পরস্পরবিরোধী, বিরোধী "Josie! Stop antagonizing your little brother! Give him back that firetruck and tell him you're sorry for pulling his hair!"

augment (verb)

Make larger increase verb বৃদ্ধি করা, বৃদ্ধি পাত্তয়া, বাড়ান, বাড়া, উদ্দীপ্ত করা, উদ্দীপিত করা noun বৃদ্ধি 1. you can remember it as opposite of segment...... segment means to make less.... augment to add 2. breast augmentation...do i need to explain further ??? :D If you memorize the definitions on all of these flashcards, you will have notably augmented your vocabulary!

mitigate (verb)

Make less severe; lessen or moderate (damage, grief, pain, etc.) appease উপশম করা, প্রশমিত করা, শান্ত করা, নির্বাপণ করা, সহনীয় করা, সহনীয় করান, তীব্রতা হ্রাস করা, লঘু করা, নিরসন করা 1. Mitigate > "Gate pe kutte ki potty pe mitti daal do" why? so that the intensity of bad odour will lessen. 2. think of MITIGATE as COLGATE(toothpaste).Use of COLGATE lessen or try to lessen the extent of germs in our teeth. Use of MITIGATE will also lessen or try lessen the extent of [depends on your usage :)}] Sadly, his illness could not be cured, but the nurses made every effort to mitigate the symptoms.

assuage (verb)

Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm ease; lessen(pain) উপশম করা, প্রশমিত করা, শান্ত করা, শান্ত হত্তয়া, উপশম হত্তয়া, প্রশমিত হত্তয়া 1. ass-usage in the toilet gives huge relief 2. ass means donkey... donkey's usage give huge relief from carrying loads After losing a million-dollar account, he tried to assuage his furious boss by pointing out that he was close to winning a new account worth at least as much.

quibble (verb)

Make trivial arguments or criticisms, find faults in a petty way, esp. to evade something more important equivocate; play on words verb কৌশলে পরিহার করা noun টাল, শ্লেষ, দ্ব্যর্থক কথা, বাক্চাতুরী, ফক্কিা 1. mnemonic in hindi.. read it as qui(kyun)+bble(bill)..KYUN BILL ITNA ZYADA HAI?, you OBJECT to reading of meter & COMPLAIN to the authorities.. 2. Query + babble (minor objection/murmuring). Look, I am telling you some of the serious consequences of global warming, as predicted by the scientific establishment—I think you're just quibbling to complain that I said "carbon monoxide" when I meant "carbon dioxide."

exacerbate (verb)

Make worse (more violent, severe, etc.), inflame; irritate or embitter (a person) worsen; embitter বিরক্ত করা, ক্রুদ্ধ করা, বর্ধিত করা 1. sounds like স্যার বেত so if sir is annoyed he will make use of extreme measurement 1. Latin ex+acerb+ate; Latin acerb- means bitter, harsh; So exacerbate means to make bitter, to worsen. 2. If in an Exam u keep your hand on your head [i.e. SAR (in Hindi)/CER]...you will WORSEN your paper... Allowing your band to practice in our garage has greatly exacerbated my headache.

impair (verb)

Make worse, weaken worsen; diminish in value দুর্বল করা, ক্ষতিসাধন করা, ভাঙ্গা, ভঙ্গ করা, পাত করা, ক্ষতি করা, নষ্ট করা 1. Opposite of Repair.Repair is to mend, Impair is to Injure.. 2. im+pair. If you damage a pair of something..you seperate them...so you injure them... Playing in a rock band without earplugs will almost certainly impair your hearing over time.

cartography (noun)

Mapmaking মানচিত্রনির্মানবিদ্যা Cartographer (noun) map-maker মানচিত্রকার, মানচিত্রনির্মাতা 1. graph- kind of map, grapher- map maker.. 2. in olden times people used to travel in CARTS & refer to MAPS(graphs)..so they were cartographers The invention of better navigation tools had major effects on cartography—the more ships knew precisely where they were sailing, the better the world could be mapped.

delineate (verb)

Mark the outline of; sketch(নকশা); describe in detail --- portray (অঙ্কিত করা, ভাষায় বর্ণনা করা), draft, draw, characterize (চিন্হিত করা) অঙ্কন করা Focus on line and neat here DElineATE means line neatly so portray I do need the cash, but I'm not signing up for this psychological experiment unless you delineate what's going to happen.

eloquent (adjective)

Marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving Expressiveness, persuasive speech বাগ্মিতা, বাকপটুতা 1. e + loque (means speech) so someone who can effectively deliver a speech 2. eloquence ... think the word 'queen' similar to 'queen' when queen arrives she gives us a 'speech' Wow, he's such an eloquent speaker, he could sell snow to Antarcticans! / When Mom suggested that everyone might enjoy a museum instead of the beach, she was met with the children's eloquent looks of disgust.

whimsical (adjective)

Marked or motivated by whims (odd, fanciful ideas); erratic, unpredictable capricious; fanciful খেয়ালী, অদ্ভুত কল্পনাপূর্ণ, বাতিকগ্রস্ত 1. Whimsical sounds like comical...whimsical is , impulsive, playful...comical is amusing and funny. 2. whim sounds like vim bar for washing dishes , vim used for changing dirty dishes to new .so Alice in Wonderland is a famously whimsical story in which a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and finds a strange and at times absurd world. / She enjoyed a whimsical day at the seashore—no plan, just wandering around and making sand castles as the mood struck.

fathom (verb)

Measure the depth of (usually of water) as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand comprehend; investigate অনুধাবন করা, গভীরতানির্ণয় করা, তল পাত্তয়া 1. Short form of "father or mother"; they always like to see their son working; he may be an investigator or a plumber (measure the depth of water) doesn't really matter for them. 2. It sounds like Phantom (the comic hero).He was 6 feet tall. So, fathom is a unit of measurement equal to 6 feet. I cannot even remotely fathom how you interpreted an invitation to sleep on my couch as permission to take my car on a six-hour joyride!

sound (verb)

Measure the depth of (usually of water) as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand (usually as sound the depths) (n) শব্দ, ধ্বনি, আওয়াজ (v) শব্দ করা, আওয়াজ করা (adj) সুস্থ, অক্ষত, গভীর, যুক্তিসঙ্গত, নিরেট The psychiatrist appointed by the court felt he would need more time to sound the depths of the defendant's tortured mind—clearly, she was mentally ill, but did she know on any level that what she was doing was wrong?

admonish (verb)

Mildly scold; caution, advise, or remind to do something, warn, reprove সতর্ক করা, অনুযোগ করা 1. in the add of "eak choti si love story" monisha koiralla on orkut and she shall admonish u/warn u for doing so 2. adm(in)+on(e)+(pun)ish : (net)admin in the company is one step away (Giving strong warning now) from punishing you.bcoz you are accessing prohibited network sites. She was an exacting boss who upbraided an employee for jamming the copier, yet she merely admonished her five-year-old for the same offense.

erroneous (adjective)

Mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect mistaken; wrong ভ্রান্ত, ভ্রমাত্মক, ভ্রমপূর্ণ, ভুল করে এমন, ভ্রমশীল, প্রপঁচিত 1. Sounds like: "Error in us"--> Something that is full of errors and mistakes. 2. the root err means to wander , so think someone is wandering and he is mistaken for a thief or something else Hilda was completely unable to assemble her new desk chair after the instructions erroneously instructed her to screw the left armrest onto a small lever on the bottom of the seat.

hodgepodge (noun)

Mixture of different kinds of things, jumble খিচুড়ি, জগাখিচুড়ি The comedian's book wasn't a proper memoir, but more a hodgepodge of old bits, personal stories that went nowhere, random political opinions, and childhood photos.

deride (verb)

Mock, scoff at, laugh at contemptuously উপহাস করা, ঠাট্টা করা, বিদ্রুপ করা 1. de - ride - riding a horse upside down. ppl will make fun of you. 2. RIDE = RIDiculE Mock - উপহাস scoff - উপহাসের পাত্র contemptuous - ঘৃণাপূর্ণ The manager really thought that deriding his employees as "stupid" or "lazy" would motivate them to work harder; instead, it motivated them to constantly hide his office supplies as an act of revenge.

paradigm (noun)

Model or pattern; worldview, set of shared assumptions, values, etc. model; example; pattern দৃষ্টান্ত, উদাহরণ 1. HERE DIVIDE AS PARA+DIGM--- DIGM=DIAGRAM SO DIAGRAM SERVES AS MODEL,EXAMPLE,PATTERN FOR A PROTOTYPE 2. divide it like parad+igm.....now focus on PARADE....parade is done DURING PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS LIKE INDEPENDENCE DAY, REPUBLIC DAY..just to SHOW OR EXHIBIT THE strength of nation, SO watching a parade is A EXAMPLE OR MODAL for other countries to IDENT Far from being atypically bawdy, this limerick is a paradigm of the form—nearly all of them rely on off-color jokes.

temperance (noun)

Moderation, self-control, esp. regarding alcohol or other desires or pleasures; total abstinence from alcohol মিতাচার, মদ্দপানবর্জন করা After the end of the Civil War, economic change led to an increase in alcohol problems and the birth of the Temperance Movement, which ultimately led to Prohibition. / Grandma is a model of temperance—she drinks red wine every night, but only the 1/3 of a glass that she read was conducive to preventing heart attacks.

qualified (adjective)

Modified, limited, conditional on something else limited; restricted গুণসম্পন্ন, যোগ্য, যোগ্যতাসম্পন্ন, সীমাবদ্ধ, নিয়ন্ত্রিত, পরিবর্তিত 1. Primary meaning qualified :above a given standard(quality)Secondary meaning:limited in quality(just the opposite) 2. even though I was a QUALIFIED engineer, I was RESTRICTED from attending the conference. The scientist gave her qualified endorsement to the book, pointing out that, while it posed a credible theory, more research was still needed before the theory could be applied.

base (adjective)

Morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit ভিত্তি His philanthropy was underlied by truly base motives—he not only craved the fawning publicity his donations brought, but he was actually funneling drug money through the Children's Defense Fund! / The supposed "gold bricks" were really base metals covered in a very thin layer of real gold.

libertine (noun)

Morally or sexually unrestrained person; freethinker (regarding religion) debauched person, roue (noun) লম্পট, কামুক লোক, চরিত্রহীনা (adjective) কামুক, অসংযত, ঢেমনা 1. LIBERTINE=liberti+ne=LIBERTY IN Excess can make you irresponsible and immoral. 2. Libertine = Liberal Teens...you know how morally unrestrained they are A famed libertine, the sitcom star was constantly in the news for cavorting with women of dubious occupations and overdosing on drugs often enough to regularly hold up production of his popular television show.

lament (verb, noun)

Mourn; express grief, sorrow, or regret (verb); an expression of grief, esp. as a song or poem (noun) grieve; express sorrow (v) কান্নাকাটি করা, ক্রঁদ করা, কান্দণ করা, ক্রঁদন করা, আর্তনাদ করা, বিলাপ করা, কান্না, পরিতাপ করা, খেদোক্তি করা, খেদ করা, শোক করা (n) কান্নাকাটি, ক্রঁদ, ক্রঁদন, বিলাপ, পরিতাপ, আর্তনাদ, কান্না, অশ্রুপাত, শোকসঙ্গীত, শোকার্ত চিত্কার, কান্দা-কাটি 1. Sounds like lame aunt. They tends to always cry. 2. lament = l[amen]t => we lament the death by saying 'amen' 3. lament ... We express sorrow if a great movie has a lame(lam) end(ent) ... Silda said she couldn't make it to the party—she's still lamenting the death of her cat. In fact, she wrote a poem: "A Lament on the Topic of Buttons McFlufferton." Lamentably, Silda is a very bad poet.

converge (verb) diverge

Move towards one another or towards a point; unite come together একই বিন্দুতে মিলিত হত্তয়া 1. Co- togetherVerge- become one 2. : in a CONVEx lens, light rays meet at a common point, and CONVERGEnce is a property of meeting at a common point I know we're driving to the wedding from different states, but our routes ought to converge when each of us hits I-95—maybe we could converge at a Cracker Barrel for lunch!

illiberality (noun)

Narrow-mindedness, bigotry; strictness or lack of generosity ক্ষুদ্রতা Students protested the illiberality of an admissions policy that made no allowances for those from disadvantaged areas or backgrounds who may not have had access to advanced classes and tutors.

unprecedented (adjective)

Never before known or seen, without having happened previously novel; unparalleled অভূতপূর্ব, অপূর্ব, অপরূপ, নজিরহীন, অভিনব 1. UN(not)..PRECEDE(event occured in past)...so unprecedented means something which has never occured in past or it is novel 2. un (not) precede(proceed...so we generally proceed with math problems with an eg..its something like not proceed with previous example When Nixon resigned, American bravado was at an all-time low—the resignation of a sitting President was disgraceful and unprecedented.

novel (adjective)

New, fresh, original অভিনব, নতুন, উপন্যাস Novelty (noun) something new; newness নূতনত্ব 1. after making out a century in ipl frm punjab team...from then onwards we had seen "something new" or "NEWNESS" in the player "paul VALTHATY" 2. politician is no+velty(wealty) it is a news and newness You can make your writing better by eliminating clichés and replacing those clichés with more novel turns of speech. / Smoked salmon on a pizza? That's certainly a novel idea.

clamor (verb)

Noisy uproar or protest, as from a crowd; a loud, continuous noise noise verb গোলমাল করা, ক্ষতিকর মনে করা noun গোলমাল, চীত্কার 1. CLAMOR rhymes wit glamourous....whenever de crowd sees a glamour girl they become NOISY 2. CLAIM+MORE: So when you claim for more or demand more there is a loud noise or complain As soon as a scent of scandal emerged, the press was clamoring for details. / The mayor couldn't even make herself heard over the clamor of the protestors.

indifferent (adjective)

Not caring, having no interest; unbiased, impartial unmoved; lacking concern উদাসীন, নিরপেক্ষ, অনাসক্ত, অস্পৃহ, বীতস্পৃহ, উদাস, মনোযোগহীন, নির্বিকার, অনিচ্ছুক, নিরীহ, আকর্ষণশূন্য, কৌতূহলশূন্য, কৌহলশূন্য, মাঝামাঝি ধরনের, ভাল নহে, গতানুগতিক, নীরস, যত্নহীন 1. A girl always looks for a guy who is different from the others, thus if he is in(not) different , he is MEDIOCRE hence she will be UNMOVED AND UNCONCERNED BY his proposals. :P 2. he showed "no difference" in his face...it means he is unmoved or unconcerned...!!! Do whatever you want—I'm indifferent. I won't even notice.

apathy (noun)

Not caring; absence of feeling; lack of interest or concern lack of caring; indifference ঔদাসীন্য, অনীহা, বেদনাবোধহীনতা, অভক্তি, ঔদাস্য, অশ্রদ্ধা, ধৈর্য, অরূচি 1. consider pathy==sympathy,there are two words.1. antipathy = dislike2. apathy = disinterested Since "anti" is stronger than "a"..disliking is 1 step above disinterested.. Many parents of teenagers are concerned by their indolent teens' apathy about the future. Few teens are totally apathetic, however—many get quite excited about video games, flirting, or trips to the mall.

ambiguous (adjective)

Not clear, hard to understand, open to having several meanings or interpretations unclear or doubtful in meaning দ্ব্যর্থক, অস্পষ্ট, দ্ব্যর্থ, দ্ব্যর্থযুক্ত, উভয়ার্থ, অনির্দিষ্ট, অনিশ্চিত, অনির্ধারিত, সন্দেহপূর্ণ, সন্দেহজনক 1. ambi means two/both..guous sounds like guess..both are wild guess so its doubtful 2. Ambi (am + bi) means 2 , while guous sounds like guess. So if 2 people guess on something, then it will make the subject doubtful or unclear. The meaning of this ancient text is ambiguous—either we are missing some cultural context, or else the writer actually wanted to be mysterious.

scant (adjective)

Not enough or barely enough পরিমাণে অল্প, ব্যাপ্তিতে অল্প, অল্প 1. S-CAN'T-Y = CAN'T be Sufficient 2. SCANTY <> CANDY. Only one CANDY is usually SCANTY for a boy or girl. The new intern was scant help at the conference—he disappeared all day to smoke and didn't seem to realize that he was there to assist his coworkers. / The soldiers were always on the verge of hunger, complaining about their scanty rations.

indeterminate (adjective)

Not fixed or determined, indefinite; vague uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite অনির্ণীত, অস্থিরীকৃত, অপরিচ্ছিন্ন, অনিরুপিত 1. take it as 'determine output of this expression' means find a precise value so indeterminate means not precise / uncertain The results of the drug trial were indeterminate; further trials will be needed to ascertain whether the drug can be released. / The lottery can have an indeterminate number of winners—the prize is simply divided among them.

stingy (adjective)

Not generous with money, reluctant to spend or give কৃপণ, বদমেজাজি, নিচ Billionaire industrialist J. Paul Getty was so famously stingy that he installed pay phones in his mansion for guests to use. When his grandson was kidnapped, he refused to pay ransom and only changed his mind when the kidnappers cut off the boy's ear. This famous cheapskate then demanded that his son (the boy's father) pay him back! What a miser.

secular (adjective)

Not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ, লোকায়ত, যুগব্যাপী, সংসারী, সাংসারিক, বহুযুগের পুরাতন, বিষয়ী 1. He was not a priest, he was SEX-ular 2. we say Bangladesh is a SECULAR country--- means Bangladesh has combination of many religions, no fixed religion, there are Hindu, Muslims ,Christian, Jain Forty years ago, American companies wished their employees "Merry Christmas"—even the employees who didn't celebrate Christmas. Today, the secular "Happy Holidays" is common. / Western governments have grown increasingly secular over the last century; many have laws prohibiting religious expression from being sponsored by the government.

lackluster (adjective)

Not shiny; dull, mediocre; lacking brilliance or vitality dull দু্যতিহীন, নিষ্প্রভ 1. lacking pluster --obviously dull to see 2. Lack+Luster; if anything(like gold,silver,diamond,steel,etc)lack luster(shine) they appear to be dull. Many young people today are so accustomed to being praised by parents and adults that they are shocked when a lackluster effort in the workplace receives the indifference or mild disapproval it deserves.

taciturn (adjective)

Not talking much, reserved; silent, holding back in conversation habitually silent; talking a little অল্পভাষী, কথা বলিতে অনিচ্ছুক, স্বল্পভাষী, মিতভাষী 1. Taxi_turnTaxi Driver will be reserved or uncommunicative while "Driving". 2. meaning of tacit = silent. so meaning of tacit + urn = taciturn = silent person , untalkative Because he felt self-conscious about his stutter, Mike had always been taciturn, but after some very good speech therapy, soon he was much more voluble.

reticent (adjective)

Not talking much; private (of a person), restrained, reserved reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence স্বল্পভাষী, সংযতবাক্, মিতভাষী 1. Cent (Saint) is stereotypically reluctant to speak or draw attention to themselves. 2. 50Cent -> talks too much..on the contrary..reticent-> talk less She figured that, to rise to the top, it was best to be reticent about her personal life; thus, even her closest colleagues were left speculating at the water cooler about whether her growing belly actually indicated a pregnancy she simply declined to mention to anyone.

opaque (adjective)

Not translucent; not allowing light, heat, etc. to pass through; dark, dull, unclear or stupid dark; not transparent (adj) অনচ্ছ, অস্বচ্ছ, অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, ঘোলা, আলোকের পক্ষে অভেদ্য, অস্পষ্ট, ছায়াময়, দুর্বোধ্য, জড়বুদ্ধি, হাবাগবা (n) অন্ধকার, তিমির, আঁধার, অজ্ঞতা, শিক্ষাহীনতা 1. The OPening wAs QUEstionable because no light was coming through. Therefore, it was OPAQUE. 2. OP(opposite) and AQUE(aqua)-- opposite of water -- means not transparent. The school dress code required opaque tights under skirts—the rules specified that sheer stockings were unacceptable. / Rena was tragically opaque—when her boyfriend said "I want to see other people," she thought he meant he needed glasses.

compliant (adjective)

Obeying, submissive; following the requirements yielding অনুবর্তী, বিনয়ী, শিষ্ট 1. one who never complains and obeys everything is compliant ! 2. compli(comply)+ant(aunt)..TO comply with UR AUNT wishes or willings. Those who are not compliant with the regulations will be put on probation and possibly expelled. / A compliant child, he never gave his parents any trouble.

landmark (noun, adjective)

Object (such as a building) that stands out and can be used to navigate by; a very important place, event, etc. বৈশিষ্ট The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark in the battle for equality. / In Lebanon, many roads are unmarked, and people navigate by landmarks—for instance, "third house down from the water tower."

patent (adjective, noun)

Obvious, apparent, plain to see (adj); a letter from a government guaranteeing an inventor the rights to his or her invention (noun) open for the public to read; obvious verb পেটেণ্ট লাভ করা adjective উন্মুক্ত, স্পষ্ট, প্রকাশ্য, প্রত্যক্ষ, প্রতীয়মান, ছড়াইয়া পড়িছে এমন, সুকৌশলে উদ্ভাবিত noun পেটেণ্ট, বিশেষ সুবিধা, বিশেষ অধিকার 1. relate it with patient....when you enter a hospital, you can easily judge a patient from the others. Something easily seen. 2. blatant Her resume was full of patent lies: anyone could check to see that she had never been president of UNICEF.

sporadic (adjective)

Occasional, happening irregularly or in scattered locations occurring irregularly বিক্ষিপ্ত, অসংহত 1. spore means বীজ which spreads in air and help pollination. 2. sporadic== opposite of periodic, we know periodic things occur regularly. 3. Take the first half of the word, i.e SPOR which sounds like pores. Pimples which OCCUR IRREGULARLY create pores in the skin. Her attendance was sporadic at best, so when she flounced into class after a two-session absence, she discovered that not only was everyone working on group projects, but that the professor hadn't even thought to assign her to a group.

apocryphal (adjective)

Of questionable authenticity; false, untrue; made up সন্দেহজনক, অপ্রামাণিক 1. Apocryphal Hypocritical (of false appearance of virtue) 2. Derived from root "crypt" which means "secret". So, Apocryphal means "of doubtful authenticity" I'm sorry, but this putative letter from George Washington that you found at a garage sale is clearly apocryphal—it is riddled with anachronisms (for instance, Washington was long dead by the time silent films were invented), and also, Washington most certainly didn't refer to Martha Washington as "hey baby."

homogeneous (adjective)

Of the same kind; uniform throughout of the same kind একরূপ, সজাতি, সমশ্রেণীভুক্ত, সমপ্রকৃতি, সমরুপ While Sweden seems to have solved many of its social ills, critics point out that Sweden's largely homogeneous population doesn't present the challenges extant in a more diverse nation with many cultures and languages.

fringe (noun, adjective)

On the margin, periphery (adj); the people in a group who hold the most extreme views (noun) প্রান্ত, আঁচল, পাড়, ঝালর In America, reincarnation is a fringe belief, but in primarily Hindu countries, the belief is quite mainstream. / Stacey and Mark liked to say they lived on the fringe of the big city, but really they had just moved to the suburbs.

tangential (adjective)

Only slightly relevant, going off-topic peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing স্পর্শকতুল্য, স্পর্শিনী, স্পর্শক-সংক্রান্ত 1. Word Tangent(ial) taken from maths. A tangent is a line that touches a circle with a 90`degree angle. So the meaning comes from there only slightly connected, not central, preipheral. 2. Tangential - Take it as Tangent which is Divergent, meaning, scattered or dispersed. It's hard to get a quick answer out of Noah—ask him any question, and you'll get a wide range of tangential remarks before you can find a polite way to move on.

candid (adjective)

Open, sincere, honest অকপট, স্পষ্টবক্তা, অমায়িক, পক্ষপাতহীন, সাধাসিধে S: expensive, frank, straightforward, bland, gentle, genial, accommodating, agreeable, unbiased, impartial, equitable, naïve A: grarded candor (noun) frankness অকপটতা, সরলতা, অমায়িকতা 1. Candor (Can + Do + r) During an interview you reflect your "Can Do" attitude to the interviewer. 2. Candor (Can + Do + or + not) tell me the truth can u do this or shud i go to sm1 else ?? Allow me to be candid: you do look rather portly in those pants, and I think you should wear something else. / You have been really secretive about where you've been going after work; we could use a little more candor in this relationship.

adverse (adjective)

Opposing, harmful, unfavorable; hostile প্রতিকূল, বিপরীত, পরিপন্থী, অননুকূল, বিরোধী, বিরূদ্ধ, অশোভন, মন্দ 1. adverse = ad + verse (versus) versus means compilation/fight between two Opponents so, it is something which shows OPPOSITION 2. adverse ~ ad-worse, (adding worse): something which is contrary to your interests or welfare can only make your situation worse. Pioneer women persevered despite adverse circumstances, even when fording a river—baby in one arm, leading a horse with the other—against an adverse current.

pedestrian (adjective)

Ordinary, dull, commonplace ordinary; unimaginative adjective পদযাত্রী, চরণচারী, পদব্রজে গমনশীল, কল্পনাশক্তিরহিত, নীরস noun পথচারী, পদযাত্রী, চরণচারী, পদব্রাজক, পদব্রজে গমনকারী, পাদচারী 1. ped means foot pedestrian means one who walks on foot is obviously ordinary 2. pedestrian -it seems like paidal which means walking on foot It was so amazing when you had us over to dinner and made that rack of lamb! I'm afraid neither of us is a professional chef like you are, though, so we hope you won't mind that we've made something more pedestrian: hot dogs and French fries.

obsolete (adjective)

Out of date, no longer in use Outmoded অচল, অপ্রচলিত, পুরান, লুপ্ত, সেকালে, অচলিত 1. OB+SO+LETE = obviously so late...Something so late is outmoded 2. ob-so-lete/;(sound as "AB so LATE--ab you are SO late, that whatever you have got is of not of any use.. She kept her old laptop so long that it was obsolete—she couldn't sell it on Craigslist, and the local elementary school didn't even want it as a donation. / When you look up a word in the dictionary and see "Archaic" next to a definition, that means that definition is obsolete—people don't use the word that way anymore, although you might want to know that meaning if you're reading old texts.

incongruous (adjective)

Out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious অসঙ্গত, বেমানান, বেক্ষাপ্পা incongruity(noun) lack of harmony; absurdity অনৈক্য, অসমতা, অসামঁজস্য, অসমঁজস জিনিস, বিষম জিনিস 1. IN+CONGRess+no UnITY...take it as fun ppl..;) 2. Congruent triangles....incongruity is opposite of congruent.. so in-congruent people always clash on their views i.e. not in conformity Among the student artwork posted in the halls, Angelina's submission was incongruous, a dark, gruesome, and even worldly work amidst the happy family portraits and other childish drawings.

condone (verb)

Overlook, tolerate, regard as harmless ক্ষমা করা, মকুব করা, উপেক্ষা করা 1. if u use condom u will be forgiven by health and family welfare department 2. condone = consideration + done ~ you do not consider STH anymore While underage drinking is illegal, at many universities, it is tacitly condoned by administrations that neglect to enforce antidrinking policies.

fleeting (adjective)

Passing quickly, transitory দ্রুতগামী, ক্ষনস্থায়ী I had assumed our summer romance would be fleeting, so I was very surprised when you proposed marriage!

bygone (adjective, noun)

Past, former (adj); that which is in the past (usually plural noun) অতীত At the nursing home, the time to reminisce about bygone days was pretty much all the time. / It's tempting to spend our whole high school reunion talking about bygones, but instead, let's toast to the future!

placid (adjective)

Peaceful, calm, tranquil peaceful; calm শান্ত, প্রশান্ত, ধীর, অক্ষুব্ধ, অপ্রমত্ত, অক্ষোভ 1. a student well PLACED in his college will sit calmly and peacefully...as compared to those who did not get placed. 2. if a student gets PLACED in a company as soon as he finishes his study, then his life will be calm without any disturbances Famed Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has an unusual name—literally, "Peaceful Sunday." It's certainly not a coincidence that Placido looks so much like placid.

eccentric (adjective)

Peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm esp. in a whimsical way odd; whimsical; irregular অদভুত্সভাব, খাম্খিয়ালি, ছিটগ্রস্থ 1. ec(x) + centric(normal) going away from the center that is departing from the norms 2. resembles x-centric ... like x-wife ... so anything x-centric is odd and irregular The old woman was harmless but eccentric—not many senior citizens wear a train conductor's uniform and carry a boom box. / The eccentricity of a planet's orbit is the amount by which it deviates from a perfect circle; in general, comets are far more eccentric than known planets.

sanction (noun, verb)

Permission or approval, something that gives support or authority to something else (noun); to allow, confirm, ratify (verb); OR a legal action by one or more countries against another country to get it to comply (noun); to place sanctions or penalties on (verb) approve; ratify (সম্মতি দেওয়া) (v) মঁজুর করা, বলবত করা, বৈধ করা, ক্ষমতা দেত্তয়া, অধিকার দেত্তয়া, অনুমোদন করা, অনুমতি দেত্তয়া (n) অনুমোদন, অনুমতি, মঁজুরী, ক্ষমতাদান, অধিকারদান, অনুজ্ঞা, সম্মতি 1. u can read it like sanction ~~ SANG SONG so u sing song when u have been approved or accepted it's like being approved to USA.. 2. I- SAY-ACTION, slang for I give you permission Professional boxers may only fight in sanctioned matches—fighting outside the ring is prohibited. / America's sanctions on Cuba mean that it is illegal for Americans to do business with Cuban companies.

sedulous (adjective)

Persevering, persistent, diligent in one's efforts পরিশ্রমী, যত্নবান্ 1. to seduce a woman, man needs to be diligent and persistent and off course Hardworking ;) 2. The sedulous young woman received promotion not for her seducing looks but for her sedulous work. Sedulous effort is necessary to improve your GRE verbal score—you need to study vocab in a serious way, nearly every day.

hedonist (noun)

Person devoted to pleasure belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life বিধান, বিধান A vacation is a fine time to practice hedonism, letting your troubles go and pursuing massages and cocktails as though it's your life mission.

skeptic (adjective)

Person inclined to doubting or questioning generally accepted beliefs doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view. (adj) অবিশ্বাসী, নাস্তিক্যপূর্ণ, সন্দেহবাদিতাপূর্ণ, সন্দেহপ্রবণ (n) অবিশ্বাসী, নাস্তিক, সন্দেহবাদী 1. Skeptic-just remove 'K' -Septic-When a person is Wonded/Injured he always have doubt whether it is going to get septic or not.So he is doubtful.:) 2. can not "kept" things I wish you'd be more of a skeptic—I can't believe you spent money on a pet psychic so we can "talk" to our dearly departed shih tzu. / Descartes was a great skeptic, famously declaring that we cannot truly be sure of anything except our own existence—hence, "I think, therefore I am."

exponent (noun)

Person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative সূচক, উদাহরণ, নজির, প্রকাশক An exponent of clean fuel, he petitioned the state government to commit to replacing conventional energy with solar and wind energy where possible.

recluse (verb)

Person who lives in seclusion (adj) নির্জনবাসী, নিভৃত, নি:সঙ্গ (n) নির্জনবাসী ব্যক্তি, সন্ন্যাসী 1. re+close . Closed=hermit 2. recLUSE : read luse as lose ; if u lose in any game u like to live alone That show about "hoarders" featured a recluse who hadn't left her house in six years.

ranks (noun)

Personnel; a group of people considered all together মর্যাদার ক্রম, ক্রম, সারি, পদমর্যাদা, পদ, মাত্রা, কর্মীবৃন্দ, শ্রেণী, পর্যায় Among the ranks of our alumni are two senators and many famous authors.

gawky (adjective)

Physically awkward (esp. of a tall, skinny person, often used to describe teenagers) stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe জবুথবু লোক, লাজুক লোক, কদাকার লোক, জবুথবু ব্যক্তি, জবুথবু ভাঁড়, জবুথবু সং 1. I gawked at the hawk since I have never seen one before. 2. G+AWK...MEANS GAPE AWKWARDLY...OPEN MOUTH(GAPE) As a teenager, she thought of herself as gawky and often slouched so as not to seem so much taller than her peers; of course, now that she's a supermodel, no one thinks of her as gawky at all.

contextualize (verb)

Place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances context (noun) writings preceding and following the passage quoted সূত্র, বাক্যপ্রসঙ্গ, কথাপ্রসঙ্গ, অনুবন্ধ, অনুষঙ্গ, প্রকরণ, অনুবৃত্তি 1. CONtinuous + TEXT Virginia Woolf's feminism is hard to truly understand unless contextualized within the mores of the highly restrained, upper-class English society of her time.

sportive (adjective)

Playful, merry, joking around, done "in sport" (rather than intended seriously) playful আমোদপ্রমোদপ্রি়, কৌতুকপ্রি়, কৌতুকোচ্ছল, হাসিখুশি After Will shot a ball entirely off the pool table, knocking a woman's purse off a bar stool, his friends laughed hysterically and called him "purse-snatcher" all night, but he took it as sportive and bought the next round of drinks.

copious (adjective)

Plentiful, bountiful plentiful প্রচুর 1. By copying in an exam, some get a LOT of marks 2. COP(police)....cops are found everywhere...on streets,in bars,in rallies,on the border...hence they are plentiful...hence COPIOUS means in abundance...... Although she took copious notes in class, she found that she was missing a big picture that would have tied all the information together. / The fertile, copious land yielded a rich harvest.

plummet (verb)

Plunge, fall straight down fall sharply ত্তলন, ত্তলনদড়ি, সীসক-পিণ্ড 1. plummet rhymes with "comet" which falls so sharply. 2. Plummet sounds like Planet (something very very heavy) .. a heavy thing will fall or drop sharply. During the first 60 seconds or so of a skydive, the diver plummets towards Earth in freefall; then, he or she activates a parachute and floats down at what seems like a relatively leisurely pace.

feasible (adjective)

Possible; logical or likely; suitable practical সম্ভাব্য, সাধ্য, কার্যকর, সম্ভব 1. feasible- see EASI - work which are easy are always practical to do. Sorry I cheated 2. feasible- see EASI - work which are easy are always practical to do.it may help you Your plan to promote our product launch with a parade is just not feasible—we don't have the money or enough time to get the permits.

prospective (adjective)

Potential, in the future প্রত্যাশিত, সম্ভাব্য Everyone had a hard time correctly saying the name of the seminar, "Perspectives for Prospective Doctors." Even the prospective doctors—college students hoping to be admitted to medical school—were a bit confused.

pragmatic (adjective)

Practical; dealing with actual facts and reality practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something রাষ্ট্রশাসনসংক্রান্ত, রাষ্ট্রীয়, বাস্তবধর্মপ্রয়োগবাদী, প্রয়োগিক, কর্মতত্পর, আত্মাভিমানী, প্রায়োগিক 1. PRA + gma + TIC = PRA + c + TIC + al 2. Relate it to "PREGNANT-ISM" In order to make a girl pregnant you need to PRACTICALLY do something...by only talking theoretically you can't make her pregnant... Megan and Dave were in love, but Megan decided to be pragmatic—she doubted they'd stay together through a four-year long distance relationship as they attended different colleges, so she figured they might as well end things now.

kudos (noun)

Praise, honor, congratulations honor; glory; praise সম্মান, যশ, খ্যাতি, শ্রদ্ধা, মর্যাদা, প্রতিষ্ঠা 1. KUDO(to jump in Hindi). one JUMPS with joy on recieving an HONOUR. 2. sounds lik judo..so when u win win in judo ull be "honoured" with k-belt(like black belt in karate). "Kudos on your amazing GRE score!" said the teacher. / While the critics weren't impressed, the play received plentiful kudos from the audience.

supplicate (verb)

Pray humbly; ask, beg, or seek in a humble way petition humbly; pray to grant a favor মিনতি আবেদন করা, মিনতি করা, অনুনয়-বিনয় করা 1. if u SUPPLICATE God will SUPPLY 2. supple, supply, suppliant, supplicant, supplicate are all related terms. She had been estranged from her wealthy father for years, but when she needed money for her daughter's medical care, she supplicated the old man for assistance.

obviate (verb)

Prevent, eliminate, or make unnecessary make unnecessary; get rid of নিবারণ করা, দূর করা, পরিহার করা, কৌশলে পরিহার করা 1. obviate - viate sounds like deviate, deviate yourself from studying(happen something).... 2. ob+viate .. viate can be rhymed with void.. and making void means removing something.. hence getting rid of.. Adding protective heel taps to your dress shoes can obviate the need to take them to the shoe repair store later, once the heels have worn down.

pre-empt (verb)

Prevent; take the place of, supplant; take before someone else can head off; forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself; supplant অনের আগে অধিকার করা 1. PRE+EMPTY = force to empty a place in order to occupy a prior right to buy. 2. PREEMPTIVE MEASURES :measures taken b4 sth gets worse or to prevent mishap The speaker attempted to preempt an excessively long Q&A session by handing out a "Frequently Asked Questions" packet at the beginning of the seminar.

futile (adjective)

Producing no useful result, ineffective; trivial or unimportant ineffective; fruitless অকার্যকর, ব্যর্থ, তুচ্ছ, অনর্থক, বেফায়দা, পণ্ড, নষ্ট, বৃথা, নিরর্থ, নিরর্থক 1. Futile is not fertile.. hence not fruitful 2. Futile sounds like foot oil...Spending 1000$ on foot oil is WASTE. And UNPRODUCTIVE bcoz even then hair will not grow on your foot...ha-ha seems funny but works.. She spent months trying to coax Fluffy to fetch and sit, but it was futile—cats just can't be trained to perform tricks.

proscribe (verb)

Prohibit, outlaw; denounce; exile or banish ostracize; banish; outlaw নিবাসিত করা, সমাজচু্যত করা 1. When you want a magazine, you PREscribe(subscribe) it. Similarly when you want to stop it, you will have to PROSCRIBE.SO PROSCRIBE = prohibit 2. A doctor Prescribes medicines and Proscribes unhealthy food... Plagiarism is proscribed by every college's code of conduct.

eminent (adjective)

Prominent, distinguished, of high rank high; lofty বিখ্যাত, বিশিষ্ট, মহান, উচ্চ, উন্নত, সম্ভ্রান্ত, উচ্চপদস্থ 1. Like the real slim and shady "EMINEM" who is STANDING ABOVE OTHER rap artists IN QUALITY AND POSITION 2. pro+(e)minent-position is high positionthou its not correct in meaning but it helps to remind us The undergraduate shocked everyone by asking the eminent old professor, "Really? What makes you such an expert?" / "Your Eminence!" said the bishop to the Pope, "Don't forget this copy of your speech!"

refute (verb)

Prove to be false খণ্ডন করা, খণ্ডিত করা, নিরসন করা 1. refute rhymes with refuse, when you DISAPPROVE OF something, or if something is false or incorrect..you refute it or disapprove.. 2. Refute can be considered as REFusing something to have trUTh or prove to be false/incorrect She's not a very valuable member of the debate team, actually—she loves making speeches, but she's not very good at refuting opponents' arguments.

remedial (adjective) Remediable (adjective)

Providing a remedy, curative; correcting a deficient skill প্রতিষেধক, আরগ্যকর, নিরাময়কারী, রোগ দূর করে এমন S: inhibitory, curative, healing, sanative, sanatory, vulnerary Reparable আরোগ্যযোগ্য, আরোগ্যার্থ তৈয়ারী, প্রতিকারযোগ্য 1. Re+medi+able; Think as remedicable, so reparable 2. remediable : re+ made some thing which can be made again must be reparable. After harassment occurs in the workplace, it is important that the company take remedial action right away, warning or firing the offender as appropriate, and making sure the complainant's concerns are addressed. / For those who need remedial reading help, we offer a summer school program that aims to help students read at grade level.

enigma (noun)

Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person ধাঁধা, হেঁয়ালি, প্রহেলিকা, বিভ্রান্তিকর ব্যক্তি, বিভ্রান্তিকর বস্তু, ফক্কিা 1. e(nigma)Consider the word in brackets. Nigma sounds Nagma.nagma's affair is always a mystry and puzzle. The enormous rock sculptures in Stonehenge are truly an enigma—were they created as part of a religious observance, or in deference to a great ruler? We may never know.

mercurial (adjective)

Quickly and unpredictably changing moods; fickle, flighty fickle; changing পারাযুক্ত, পারদময়, চঁচল, চপল, তত্পর, তেজস্বী 1. mercury level in the blood pressure testing device fickles a lot when measuring b.p 2. mercury liquid if left on a surface has high fluidity.. hence quick n fickleAlso, mercury is VOLATILE(another synonym of mercurial) It's tough being married to someone so mercurial. I do pretty much the same thing every day—some days, she thinks I'm great, and other days, the exact same behaviors make her inexplicably angry.

enhance (verb)

Raise to a higher value, desirability, etc. advance; improve বাড়ান, উন্নত করা, বৃদ্ধি করা, উচ্চ করা, উচ্চতর করা, প্রবল করা, প্রবলতর করা, বর্ধিত করা 1. when you are given a chance you try to improve more... that is ENHANCE The cosmetics industry stays in business because so many people want to enhance their appearances.

elevate (verb)

Raise, lift up; lift the spirits of; move up to a higher rank or status or raise up to a higher spiritual or intellectual plane উচু করা, উন্নতি করা After a year getting coffee and making copies, he hoped to be promoted to a more elevated position suitable for a law school graduate. / Our goal here at Morality Publishing is not just to sell books, but to elevate our readers.

culminate (verb)

Reach the highest point or final stage সর্বোচ্চ সীমায় পৌছানো, চরম মাত্রায় পৌছানো A: start culmination (noun) attainment of highest point চরম, সর্বোচ্চ সীমা, পরমোন্নতি, নিচয় 1. asume guru films last scene 'kal mein nation ke top pe rahunga" 2. sounds like termination which means the ending position (of play)or the climax (of attaining something). A Ph.D. program generally culminates in a written dissertation and its defense to a committee.

imminent (adjective)

Ready to occur, impending near at hand; impending আসন্ন, আগতপ্রায়, অনিবার্য, অপরিহার্য, প্রত্যাসন্ন, নিকট 1. imminent sounds similar to immediate. so imminent means about to occur immediately. 2. im(min)ent , min is time.. relate this.. In the face of imminent war, the nation looked to FDR for reassurance. / Everyone was excited and nervous; Madonna's arrival was imminent!

maverick (noun)

Rebel, individualist, dissenter rebel; nonconformist ভবঘুরে, বাউণ্ডুলে, যাযাবর 1. Mave+"RICK" sounds like Ricky Ponting who is rebellious and non-conformist as he does not believe in umpire descisions during India's Cricket match 2. Those who play counter strike will be aware of the bot "maverick" who has cooperation as zero. Which is what maverick means!! Most cop movies feature heroes who are maverick police officers, breaking all the rules, blowing things up, and getting their guns confiscated by the chief—but ultimately saving the day.

requite (verb)

Reciprocate, repay, or revenge পরিশোধ করা, প্রতিশোধ করা, প্রতিশোধ দেত্তয়া 1. re+QUITE one would be quiet only after taking his REVENGE. 2. when a person is looking quite means he is going to take revenge on his enemy. Ashley felt that her unrequited love for George would surely kill her. George barely noticed her—he cared about nothing but requiting his father's death.

conciliatory (adjective)

Reconciling, appeasing, attempting to make the peace বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ, অনুরঁজক, শান্তিজনক 1. Heyy thz sounds like CONSOLING...which means soothing... 2. concil is pronouncing like council, in council elections the standing candidate wants to win the feelings of others The hotel manager was horrified at how the guest had been treated, and approached him in a conciliatory manner, offering him numerous freebies and apologizing repeatedly.

abate (verb)

Reduce, diminish, subside, moderate দূর করা, ক্ষীণ করা, বাতিল করা, হ্রাস পাত্তয়া, মন্দীভূত করা, উপশম হত্তয়া, নরম হত্তয়া, কমান, ঝিমান, প্রকোপ হ্রাস করা, প্রশমিত করা, ছুট বাদ দেত্তয়া, কমা 1. Rebate means discount... i.e. reducing the price. Abate and rebate are rhyming words 2. (Tag : ) abate which is rhyming with debate. Debate means raising(actually in discussion imagine that in everything) just opposite to debate consider abate that is reduction in nature Her stress over spending so much money on a house abated when the real estate broker told her about the property's 15-year tax abatement.

balk (verb)

Refuse to proceed or to do something stoop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue verb এড়াইয়া যাত্তয়া, উপেক্ষা করা, বাধা দেত্তয়া, ব্যাহত করা, মুখে মুখে জবাব দেত্তয়া, তর্ক করা, করা, আশা প্রভৃতি বিষয়ে প্রবঁচিত করা, কষ্টসাধ্য দেখিয়া কার্য বন্ধ করা noun বাধা, বর্গা, কড়িকাঠ, প্রতিবন্ধকতা, বাধাবিঘ্ন, বিলম্ব, দেরী, মুলতুবি, পার্বত্যাঁচলের অকর্ষিত অংশ, অধিত্যকা, শৈলশিরা, আড়কাঠ, প্রতিবন্ধক, চৌকানা ত্ত লম্বা তক্তা 1. sound close to bulk...when u see a bulky thing on ur way u refuse to go ahead 2. When a dog barks, you balk. At the company retreat, he reluctantly agreed to participate in the ropes course, but balked at walking over hot coals as a "trust exercise."

repudiate (verb)

Reject, cast off, deny that something has authority পরিত্যাগ করা, অস্বীকার করা, বিচ্ছিন্ন করা, প্রত্যাখ্যান করা, বিছিন্ন করা 1. he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked him if he ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE (deny eating it)... :) 2. re(reject....)+pudi...(pudding..a sweet dish given after meal)...ate......past participle of eat.....well anyone who reject to eat a cake pudding If you receive an erroneous notice from a collections agency, you have 30 days to repudiate the debt by mail. / As part of becoming an American citizen, Mr. Lee repudiated his former citizenship.

egalitarian (adjective)

Related to belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social spheres সমমাত্রিক, সমান After moving to a more liberal part of the country, the couple was pleased to have neighbors who shared their views of egalitarian marriage—for instance, men and women could be found in equal proportions downshifting to part-time work to make time for childcare.

vintage (adjective, noun)

Related to items of high quality from a previous era, old-fashioned, antique (adj); the wine of a particular year (noun) (n) মদ (adj) অতীত কালের He didn't want just any vintage Darth Vader action figure—he wanted a particular vintage, the 1978 telescoping lightsaber one. / She special-ordered her favorite vintage of the Côtes du Rhône, then turned to her George Clooney-lookalike husband and joked that she liked men of a certain vintage as well.

rustic (adjective, noun)

Relating to country life, unsophisticated; primitive; made of rough wood (adj); a rural or uncultured person (noun) pertaining to country people; uncouth (adj) গ্রাম্য, গ্রামীণ, গ্রামী, জানপদ, গেঁয়ে, পল্লীবাসিক, গেঁয়ো, সরল, সাদাসিধা, দেহাতি, অসভ্য, অভব্য, জবুথবু (n) গ্রামবাসী, গেঁয়ো লোক, চাষা, কৃষক, চাষী, নাড়াবুনে, পল্লীবাসী, অসভ্য লোক, অসভ্য জাতির লোক 1. Think of RUST, which reminds us of something which is old or has worn out, hence country people are old fashioned, rural or slightly backwards 2. rustic=ruralistic For their honeymoon, they eschewed fancy hotels and instead chose a rustic cabin in the woods. / Grandpa was a true rustic—I was happy to have him visit, but not so happy to find him urinating outside in a bucket when we have several perfectly nice bathrooms.

pathological (adjective)

Relating to or caused by disease; relating to compulsive bad behavior pertaining to disease বিকারতত্ত্বীয়, আবেগপূর্ণ, রোগবিদ্যাগত, অস্বাভাবিক, অস্বভাবী, আবেগপ্রবণ, উদ্দীপ্ত, উত্সাহী, আকুল, সপ্রেম, সকাম 1. This PATH of LOGICAL behaviour of the Harmon’s will lead to new breakthrough of the disease 2. a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR has a lying addiction/disease. She thought her skin darkening was simply a result of the sun, but it was actually pathological, the result of a serious disease. / I can't believe you stole from the Make a Wish Foundation—you're pathological!

peripheral (adjective)

Relating to or making up an outer boundary or region; not of primary importance, fringe marginal; outer প্রান্তস্থ, সীমান্তবর্তী 1. Villages on the Periphery of any country are of less importance...i.e peripheral 2. Computer Peripherals do not come with the motherboard. eg: keyboard, mouse My main goal is to get into a good grad school. Whether it has good fitness facilities is really a peripheral concern.

germane (adjective)

Relevant and appropriate, on-topic pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand প্রাসঙ্গিক, যথাযথ, সঙ্গত 1. germane...very close to word ..germany..so if you want TO learn GERMAN LANGUAGE....I GUESS A GERMAN teacher would be APPROPRIATE. 2. Ger(main) : he asked the "main" (appropriate) question This is a business meeting, not a social club—let's keep our comments germane to the issue of the new campaign.

net (adjective, verb)

Remaining after expenses or other factors have been deducted; ultimate (adj); to bring in as profit, or to catch as in a net (verb) বাদসাদ দিয়ে লাভ দেওয়া In one day of trading, my portfolio went up $10,000 and down $8,000, for a net gain of $2,000. / All those weeks of working weekends and playing golf with the boss ought to net her a promotion.

supersede (verb)

Replace, take the position of, cause to be disregarded as void or obsolete cause to be set aside; replace সরাইয়া রাখা, রহিত করা 1. when a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE.. 2. super (Latin) = oversedere (Latin) = sit (as in sedentary, sediment etc.,)So, something that sits over another makes the latter obsolete. Of course, electric washing machines supplanted hand-powered ones many decades ago, but my great-grandmother used her hand-cranked washer until she died in the 1990s.

deference (noun)

Respectful submission; yielding to the authority or opinion of another - courteous regard for another's wish. Yield - সমর্পণ করা, হার মানা মেনে নেওয়া, বশ্যতাস্বীকার If there is no difference between you and him, then you will respect his wishes In many cultures, young people are expected to show deference to older people at all times. / I'm not an expert in databases—I'll defer to our programmers on that decision. / Ingrid deferred her college admissions for a year so she could travel the world.

venerate (verb)

Revere, regard with deep respect and awe revere শ্রদ্ধা করা 1. ven(..when)U RATE someone higher.. you TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT . 2. vanar who ate the mountain - hanuman - we revere him The boys were utterly crushed when the baseball player they venerated saw them waiting and refused to sign an autograph.

conundrum (noun)

Riddle, the answer to which involves a play on words; any mystery riddle; difficult problem প্রহেলিকা, ধাঁধা 1. drum ke andar kaun hai 2. Hey this rock start got only one "drum", how he is going to do the show!! It's a difficult situation. A classic conundrum is "What's black and white and red all over?" The answer, of course, is a newspaper. / How to count the entire population accurately—including those without fixed addresses—is a bit of a conundrum.

abrasive (adjective)

Rough, suitable for grinding or polishing (such as sandpaper); causing irritation or annoyance rubbing away; tending to grind down ঘষিয়া তুলিয়া ফেলিতে সক্ষম 1. abrasive:ab-Erasive:which means rubbing away 2. abrasive..it sounds like aggressive,which means harsh behavior Could the inside of this mascot costume be any more abrasive? It's rubbing my skin raw! I have some seriously abrasive remarks for whoever designed this thing.

anoint (verb)

Rub or sprinkle oil on; make sacred, such as by a ceremony that includes applying oil to someone consecrate তৈল লেপন করা, লেপা, লেপন করা, বিলেপন করা, মাখান 1. an+oin+t...oin souds like oil.....and in rajasthan.....in some communities during weding they put oil on bridegroom and bride head before they get ready for wedding ceremony.as they consider it sacred 2. 1.anoint rhymes with APPOINT..appoint as saint,holy person is to make him holy or beatify2.anoint> AN+OIL > apply an oil to consecrate someone After Principal Smitters raised test scores over 60% at her school, it was only a matter of time before she was anointed superintendent by a fawning school board.

boor (noun)

Rude, ill-mannered, or insensitive person; a peasant or country bumpkin rude; insensitive চাষাড়ে, গেঁয়ে, গেঁয়ো, বর্বর, অভব্য 1. boor means =bura .... ill mannered... so make adj boorish..!..:) 2. every one sounds BOO towards RUDE and INSENSITIVE persons Milton was such a boor that, when Jane brought him home to meet her parents, he laughed at their garden gnome and made fun of everyone's hairstyles in old family photos. "Don't be so boorish!" said his mortified girlfriend.

potentate (noun)

Ruler, person of great power monarch; sovereign ক্ষমতাবান ব্যক্তি 1. Potent enough to pass the rules - a monarch. 2. potentate = potent+ate the one who ate the world with his potent is a monarch or dictator 62-year-old Prince Charles has certainly waited long enough to become potentate of England; his mother, Elizabeth II, has been ruling for his entire life.

sacrosanct (adjective)

Sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism Sacred(পবিত্র), inviolable, not to be trespassed(অনধিকার প্রবেশ) on or violated(অতিক্রান্ত); above any criticism(সমালোচনা) most sacred; inviolable(অনতিক্রম্য, অলঙ্ঘনীয়) অলঙ্ঘনীয় 1. In Hindi 'sacro' or more likely 'sainkdo' means 'hundreds' and 'sant' means 'a hermit (a sacred person)'.In the Hindu Mythology we have descriptions of hundreds of the MOST SACRED hermits. 2. try to look at the lastsacro+SANCT(SANCTITY).....AND think of saints who are living life of sanctity. In our house, family dinners were sacrosanct—if being in the school play meant you would miss dinner, then you just couldn't be in the school play.

monotony (noun)

Sameness or repetitiousness to the point of being boring; lack of variation, uniformity, esp. repetition in sound sameness leading to boredom গতানুগতিকতা, বৈচিত্র্যের অভাব, একঘেয়েমি, নীরসতা 1. MONO(SINGLE)+TONY(like TONE) = SINGLE TONE, the same tone gets boring after a while. 2. Monotony: Why do all Girls have only one Pusssy,this is completely Monotonic... The monotony of working on a factory assembly line made her feel as though she would go insane from boredom.

placate (verb)

Satisfy or calm down (an angry or dissatisfied person), esp. by conciliatory gestures pacify; conciliate শান্ত করা 1. PL + ac + ATE = a PLATE full of tasty food to SATISFY someone. 2. "playing" wid "cat"...it'll surely pacify salman... "It's an interesting business model," said the flower shop owner. "Outside of Valentine's Day, our average customer uses our product to placate an angry partner."

paucity (noun)

Scarcity, the state of being small in number scarcity অভাব, অনটন, অপর্যাপ্তিতা, সংখ্যায় স্বল্পতা, পরিমাণে স্বল্পতা, অল্পতা, ন্যুনতা 1. pau - paav as in paav bhaji and only one "paav" for the whole city...so obviously it will be scarce 2. take it as somebody saying about a city as pau;in hindi PAU(pao-a small weght)i.e "ek pau ki to city hai" Our school has such a disgraceful paucity of textbooks that the students are sharing, and so cannot even count on being able to take the books home to do homework.

disseminate (verb)

Scatter, spread about, broadcast বিকীর্ণ করা, প্রচার করা, প্রচারিত করা 1. diss + eminate = emit means spread or scatter 2. dis + seminate = seminar means gather people disseminate means opposite 3. think of seminate as 'semen'. You use your semen to spread and disperse your genes to many random woman, especially when intoxicated Many plants use attractive fruits to disseminate their seeds—animals eat the fruit and excrete the seeds, allowing new plants to grow. / In the 1760s, revolutionary ideas were disseminated via pamphlets such as Thomas Paine's "Common Sense."

disperse (verb)

Scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish বিকীর্ণ করা, বিক্ষিপ্ত করা, বিচ্ছুরত করা 1. Things scattered from her purse. 2. disperse money to the poor people from your purse Because the demonstrators didn't have a permit, the police showed up with megaphones, demanding loudly that the crowd disperse. / Get the hose so I can disperse the dirt on our driveway.

erudite (adjective)

Scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing deep, often systematic, knowledge learned; scholarly জ্ঞানী, পণ্ডিত, পাণ্ডিত্যপূর্ণ, বিদ্বান্, অধিবিদ্য, অধীতী 1. taken from rude+ite...in olden days people who were higly educated were basically very rude...as they were having profound knowledge of a subject they use to behave very rudely with less educated or illiterates people. 2. e+RUD(RUDE)+IT+e....now just concentrate on RUDE IT....NOW THINK OF rude IT PROFESSIONAL WHO IS BASICALLY CONSIDERED AS A LEARNED man..or scholarly. Some have said that Americans dislike erudite leaders; while German leaders frequently have Ph.D.'s, even speaking a foreign language is considered pretentious by many American voters.

covert (adjective)

Secret, veiled, undercover secret; hidden; implied adjective গুপ্ত, আশ্রিত noun আশ্রয়, ঝোপ 1. Covert sounds like "covered [covert = cover + t or covered + t] and something which is covered can be considered a secret. The soldier trained to be part of covert operations, moving silently and remaining out of the enemy's sight.

specious (adjective)

Seemingly true but actually false; deceptively attractive seemingly reasonable but incorrect আচমকা-সুন্দর 1. চকচক করিলেই সোনা হয় না 2. It sounds like 'suspicious'. 3. Like the movie "Species" about an alien woman who looks human but has other plans "All squares are rectangles, all candy bars are rectangles, therefore all squares are candy bars" is clearly a specious argument.

eclectic (adjective)

Selecting the best of everything or from many diverse sources selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources সর্বদর্শন সংগ্রহকারী, মানসিক ঔদার্যসম্পন্ন 1. eclectic or elect means, choosing the best from many sources which is the meaning of the word eclectic 2. Nowadays even after the elections the governments are generally eclectic. Composed of many parties Eclectic taste is helpful in being a DJ—crowds love to hear the latest hip-hop mixed with '80s classics and other unexpected genres of music. / The restaurant features an eclectic menu—if you don't like artisanal pasta or steak frites, try the chow mein!

autonomous (adjective)

Self-governing, independent self-governing স্বশাসিত, স্বশাসনিক 1. Autonomous resembles automatic..somethin thats self governing doesn need or require help.. 2. You are in control driving you AUTO ON A MOUSE. As leader of an autonomous region, the newly-elected president was received as a peer by some world leaders, although he was not entitled to send a representative to the United Nations. / It is normal for young people to desire greater autonomy as they grow up.

complacent (adjective)

Self-satisfied, smug; overly content (and therefore lazy, neglectful, or some other bad quality) self-satisfied প্রসন্ন The coach gave a pep talk: "I know we've never won a championship before, but we do have an advantage over the six-time state champions we're about to play—they have grown complacent with their success, and now they just assume they'll win without having to sweat."

relegate (verb)

Send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign (a task) to someone else banish; consign to inferior position নির্বাসিত করা, ন্যস্ত করা, নিম্নপদে সরান 1. relegate..split it like rele(relatives+gate)your relatives are crying at THE GATE because you are not allowing them to enter your house, you have put them in a worse place i.e the GATE WHICH IS ALMOST LIKE A FOOTPATH. 2. divide it like rail+gate. Earlier station Master is now appointed as a watcher of rail gate. so, in worse position. After the legal associate offended one of the partners, he found himself relegated to working on minor—even unwinnable—cases. / This protest is occurring because we refuse to be relegated to the fringes of society—we demand full inclusion!

sycophant (noun)

Servile flatterer, parasitic person who fawns in order to get ahead হীন স্তাবক, পরগাছা(parasite), পার্শ্বচর, ধামা ধরা(fawn) 1. sycophant.....split it like .....syco(sounds like psycho)+phan...sounds like FAN.......SO JUST IMAGINE a PSYCHO FAN of yours in your office who want to please you in whatever way..by flattering..or by bootliking.....just to gain your favour... Stop being such a sycophant. I don't need you to compliment my tie or get me coffee; I just need you to do your job without bothering me.

obsequious (adjective)

Servile, very compliant, fawning slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic তোয়াজ, খোশামুদে, চাটুকার, ক্রীতদাসতুল্য 1. or obse(ssed)-Qui( yes in frech)-ous=always obsessed with saying yes to it all 2. ob + SEQUI + ous .. sequi means sequence where one thing "follows" the other.. and servants follow what their masters say.. Sammy thought he could get ahead by being obsequious, but instead, his boss gave a promotion to someone he viewed as more of a peer; truthfully, he thought Sammy's sucking up was pretty pathetic.

incendiary (adjective)

Setting on fire, pertaining to arson; arousing strife, rebellion, etc.; "inflaming" the senses arsonist (n) আগ্নেয় বোমা, কোন্দল প্রবত্র্তক (adj) আগ্নেয় 1. INSane person who sets his DIARY on fire. 2. INCENse+DIA(hindi)INCENse sticks ko DIA se jalana..that is to light up fire..to stir up conflicts The college suspended him for creating an incendiary website, encouraging sit-ins and protests, but the ACLU defended his right to freedom of speech. / It is illegal to bring incendiaries on a plane—there are many good reasons why you may not have a stick of dynamite in your carry-on.

austere (adjective)

Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious strict, stern কঠোর, অত্যুগ্র, উগ্র, কঠোর আত্মসংযমী, একান্ত অনাড়ম্বর, কৃচ্ছ্র 1. AUS-australia TERE-tear(sorrow). like the recent beatings of Australians in INDIA. so one should deny oneself from going there 2. austere sounds like severe which it means Her design sense was so minimalist as to be austere; all-white walls, hard, wooden furniture, not a single picture, throw pillow, or cozy comfort anywhere. / The graduation speaker delivered an austere message: the economy is bad, and academic success alone isn't enough to succeed in the job market.

scathing (adjective)

Severe, injurious; bitterly harsh or critical (as a remark) কঠোর 1. Just think about scat sex, which is hardcore, severe. The test can be bitterly harsh, and injurious to health and can lead to critical conditions. The school superintendant gave a scathing criticism of the education bill, calling it "an attack on our community's children that will surely do down in infamy." / How is it possible that she flew off her bicycle like that and walked away unscathed?

keen (adjective)

Sharp, piercing; very perceptive or mentally sharp; intense (of a feeling) প্রখর, উত্সাহী, ব্যাগ্র, ধারালো, তিব্র, সুক্ষ, শানিত Dogs have a keen sense of smell. / As homecoming queen, she had experienced the envy of others, but their jealousy only grew more keen when she was selected for a small role in a movie.

eschew (verb)

Shun, avoid, abstain from পরিহার করা, এড়াইয়া চলা, বিরত থাকা, বর্জন করা 1. es+CHEW... CHEWING a CHEWINGGUM IS A BAD HABIT while working in an office, so you must avoid this HABIT. 2. ppl tend to avoid u..when u have severe cold and u say.."AAAh chuu!!" As a vegan, he eschewed not only meat and dairy but also anything made of leather.

naïve (adjective)

Simple and unsophisticated, unsuspecting, lacking worldly experience and critical judgment সাধাসিধা, সরল, কৌশলবর্জিত Naiveté (noun) quality of being unsophisticated সরলতা I was a little naïve during the hiring process—the HR rep asked for my acceptable salary range, and I answered honestly. Of course I got an offer for the very lowest number in the range! Now I know I should have tried to get a number from her first, or named a higher number so I could negotiate down.

subside (verb)

Sink, settle down, become less active; return to a normal level settle down; descend; grow quiet হ্রাস পাত্তয়া, শান্ত হত্তয়া, প্রশমিত হত্তয়া, থিতান, মিলাইয়া যাত্তয়া When her terror subsided, she realized that the house wasn't really haunted. / It is a chronic illness—symptoms will flare up and subside over one's lifetime.

defamatory (adjective)

Slanderous (কুত্সাজনক), injurious to someone's reputation harming a person's reputation মানহানি, দোষারোপ, সমালোচনা, নিন্দা De + famatory - reduced famous One interesting issue in free speech law is defamation. / The political blogs are filled with defamatory language; it seems anyone with a computer and an opinion can destroy a politician's reputation these days.

torpor (noun)

Sluggishness, lethargy, or apathy; a period of inactivity lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy অসাড়তা, অক্রিয়তা, জড়ত্ব, অস্পষ্টতা, অনুচ্চতা, বোধহীনতা, বোধশক্তির জড়ত্ব, ক্ষীণবুদ্ধি, ক্ষীণমতি 1. Well its quite opposite to what is a topper who is naturallydiligent 2. tor-por....TORRENT PAR..........TORRENT PAR most of the seeders were INACTIVE due to which downloading the movie becomes a SLUGGISH task.... Sam had hoped to be able to play in the game after having his wisdom teeth out, but the anesthesia left him in such torpor that he obviously couldn't play soccer.

peccadillo (noun)

Small sin or fault slight offense তুচ্ছ দোষ, তুচ্ছ ত্রুটি, লঘু দোষ, সামান্য অপরাধ 1. "pecc" (actually, pecado) refers to "mistake" as in impeccable. pecking others etc.,So, peccadillo means small mistake. 2. no one is PUKKA . we tend to do small and petty mistakes I'm going to propose to Melinda tomorrow—sure, she has her peccadillos, like anyone, but she's the perfect woman for me.

slight (adjective, verb, noun)

Small, not very important, slender or delicate (adj); treat as though not very important; snub, ignore (verb); an act of treating in this way, a discourtesy (noun) insult to one's dignity; snub (v) অসমাদর করা, উপেক্ষা করা, অসম্মান করা, অমর্যাদা করা, অবজ্ঞা করা, অগ্রাহ্য করা, সমভূমি করিয়া দেত্তয়া, নকড়া-ছকড়া করা (adj) অল্প, লিকলিকে, কৃশ, স্বচ্ছ ও পাতলা, তুচ্ছ, সামান্য (n) অসম্মান, অসমাদর, অনাদর, তাচ্ছল্য, হেলাফেলা, অবজ্ঞাপূর্ণ উপেক্ষা, অযত্ন, লঘুজ্ঞান, খাতির-নাদারত, নকড়া-ছকড়া 1. Give slight importance or attention.Ur putting someone in slight(minority) hence humiliating. She was very sensitive, always holding a grudge against her coworkers for a variety of slights, both real and imagined. / Natalie Portman has always been slight, but she became even thinner to portray a ballerina in Black Swan. / I felt slighted when my husband told you about his promotion before he told me.

hackneyed (adjective)

So commonplace as to be stale; not fresh or original commonplace; trite বহুলব্যবহৃত, গতানুগতিক, বস্তাপচা, পচা 1. Concentrate on hack!!! Once a hacker is ALWAYS a hacker... he overuses his techniques. 2. when a software is hacked, it becomes hackneyed because then all people are able to use that program without paying for This screenplay is so hackneyed—the leading lady has a quirky, artsy job in the city and has a minor problem early in the movie from which the male lead rescues her, and they get together but then break up due to a misunderstanding, and then they end up together anyway, all while the female lead's "sassy" friend gives advice. Ugh. I'll bet they're auditioning Jennifer Aniston right now.

saturate (verb)

Soak or imbue thoroughly; cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance সুসিক্ত করা, পরিপূর্ণ করা, পরিপৃক্ত করা, সংপৃক্ত করা, পরিপূরণ করা 1. SATURATE or INTEGRATE - to fill or supply completely. 2. saturate, think of it as saturated fat. Once we take saturated fat in, it will soak in our body, and become fat. (very hard to burn it off) We got married on a rainy beach, and my dress was saturated. Although the pictures were a bit dark, the photographer was able to increase the saturation in Photoshop, making our wedding photos ultimately look quite vivid! / I simply cannot dissolve any more sugar into this iced tea—it's saturated!

gregarious (adjective)

Sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd যূথচর, যূথভূত, সঙ্গলিপ্সু 1. remember AGGREGATION means gathering something together...similarily AGGREGATION -> GREGATION ->GREGARIOUS 2. for gre we attend classes in groups "We need to be a little more productive and a little less gregarious," said the chemistry teacher when he saw that the two-person lab groups had devolved into clusters of five and six students standing around talking and laughing.

pariah (noun)

Social outcast, untouchable statement that looks false but is actually correct; a contradictory statement আপাতবিরোধী হইলেত্ত সত্য, আপার্তবৈপরীতা, প্রচলিত মতের বিরুদ্ধ মত, কূটাভাস, কূট 1. looks like parad(parade) of ox. which is contradict in nature but can be true. 2. you are unique but "everybody is unique" .this is a paradox After the schoolteacher was fired for participating in what some called a "hate rally," he became a pariah in his own town, glared at in the grocery store—even his longtime barber refused him a haircut.

precursor (noun)

Something that comes before, esp. something that also announces or suggests something on its way forerunner অগ্রদূত, পূর্বগামী ব্যক্তি, পূর্ববর্তী ব্যক্তি, ঘটনার পূর্বাভাস 1. "precursor" = pre(before) + cursor(that points out) == something that points out in advance == forerunner :) 2. She PREpared him for the CURSORy scene he was about to witness, serving as a PRECURSOR. We cannot ignore this warning sign—it is clearly a precursor of larger problems to come. / The new CEO decided to do things differently from his precursors.

incentive (noun)

Something that encourages greater action or effort, such as a reward spur; motive (n) উদ্দীপনা, অনুপ্রাণনা, উদ্দীপক বস্তু (adj) উদ্দীপক, উত্সাহদায়ক 1. In+cent (USA coin)+ive, when u get cent for ur work u get motivated to do work in a better way. 2. If you get more incentive money from your company It will automatically encourage you to do more work. A controversial program in a failing school system uses cash payments as an incentive for students to stay in school.

deterrent (noun)

Something that restrains or discourages প্রতিবন্ধক 1. deter + rent: deter(ভয় দেখায়া নিবৃত করা, বাধা দেওয়া) and rent is always hindrance and is discouraging for tenants. Some argue that the death penalty is a deterrent to crime—that is, the point is not just to punish the guilty, but to frighten other prospective criminals.

buffer (noun)

Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions ধাক্কা নিবারণের গদি, সেকেলে, নির্বোধ ব্যাক্তি During the colonial era, England wanted Georgia as a buffer between its original colonies and Spanish Florida. / A railroad car has a buffer (similar to a bumper on a car) to absorb shock in case of contact with other cars. / When Joel came out to his family, he used his mother as a buffer—he knew she would be supportive, so he allowed her to relay the news to everyone else, and to relay their responses back to him.

lull (noun, verb)

Soothe or cause to fall asleep (as in a lullaby); quiet down; make to feel secure, sometimes falsely (verb); a period of calm or quiet (noun) moment of calm শান্ত করা, ঘুম পাড়ান, স্থির করা, প্রশমিত হত্তয়া, ঘুমান, স্থির হত্তয়া 1. LULL -> DULL 2. Lull: Calm by deception: The witch sang LULLaby to me to make me fall asleep with a false sense of security Tisha always tried to be polite—if she had to slip out of class to use the bathroom, she waited for a lull in the action so as not to attract too much attention. / Grandma's singing lulled the baby to sleep—much as, in her work as a spy during World War II, Grandma used her beauty and charm to lull foreign dignitaries into giving up their secrets.

advocate (verb, noun)

Speak or argue in favor of (verb); a person who pleads for a cause or on behalf of another person (noun) urge; plead for উকিল, অধিবক্তা, আইনজীবী, উকীল, সমর্থক, ব্যবহারজীবী, অ্যাডভোকেট, আইন-ব্যবসায়ী 1. advocate...advocate usually "urges"or "pleads" judge to give in his favour 2. advocate: add+ur VOICE ...support I cannot possibly vote for a candidate who advocates oil drilling in federally protected nature preserves. / Children often have advocates appointed to represent them in court.

eulogy (noun)

Speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at a funeral praise প্রশংসা, বাখান, প্রশংসাত্মক উক্তি, প্রশংসাত্মক লেখা, স্তুতি 1. eulogy = eu-'good' + log 'root: logue [dialogue, talk, speech]'=> Good speech 2. eulogy = Euler + geometry; Euler was very good at geometry; so we praise him, give him a EULOGY While it was hard for Xing to write a eulogy for his friend, he was pleased to be able to tell others at the funeral some wonderful things about him that they hadn't known. / The review of the book was pure eulogy—usually, this publication runs more balanced articles.

dispatch (noun, verb)

Speed, promptness; send off or deal with in a speedy way speediness; prompt; execution; message sent with all due speed (n) দ্রুত সম্পাদন (v) দ্রুত সম্পাদন করা 1. dis + patch... patch means spotted...something that is not spotted and smooth is fluency...so speediness 2. dis + patch(path) we do speed on road So, you want to be a bike messenger? I need messengers who approach every delivery with alacrity, care, and dispatch—if the customers wanted their packages to arrive slowly, they'd use the post office. / Acting with all possible dispatch, emergency services dispatched a rescue squad to the scene.

permeate (verb)

Spread or penetrate throughout প্রবেশ করা, প্রসারিত হওয়া, প্রচারিত হওয়া, ঢোকা S: enter, encroach, extend, enlarge, amplify, pass permeable (adjective) porous; allowing passage through ভেদ্য, প্রবেশ্য 1. Just remember permit permission Under the Emperor Constantine, Christianity began to permeate every sector of public life.

constrict (verb)

Squeeze, compress; restrict the freedom of বদ্ধ করা, সংকুচিত করা The children strongly disliked being gussied up in constrictive clothing for a formal wedding. / Tourism is now allowed in North Korea, but tourists must stay with official tour groups, and their movements are heavily constricted.

standing (noun, adjective)

Status, rank, reputation (noun); existing indefinitely, not movable (adj) স্থায়ী, সামাজিক মর্যাদা, প্রতিষ্ঠা As he had feared, his divorce greatly reduced his standing as a relationship expert. / I'm disappointed that you don't want to leave your current job, but I want you to know that you have a standing invitation—as long as I'm the boss, you have a job here anytime you want one. / While the U.S. has a standing army (that is, an army that is not disbanded in times of peace), Costa Rica's constitution actually forbids a standing military.

crescendo (noun, verb)

Steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of a musical passage; a climactic moment or peak increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax noun সুরে তীব্রতার ক্রমবৃদ্বি adverb চড়া সুরে ত্তঠে এমনভাবে 1. divide it like cresc(sound like krish)+end..at the end of krish movie..when hrithik kills the villian..the intensity or the volume of music increses .which conveys the feeling. 2. crescent is moon...moon increases in size phase by phase..therefore crescendo is to increase in volume Mrs. Higgins did love the symphony, but she was also coming down with a migraine—by the time the music reached its towering crescendo, her head was pounding. / The administration tried to ignore the protest, but finally had to address the issue when the demonstration reached a crescendo.

adhere (verb)

Stick (to), such as with glue, or to a plan or belief, supporter, follower (adj) অনুগত, ক্রিয়াপর, আসঁজিত, লিপ্ত (n) অনুগামী জন, আসঁজিত বস্তু 1. if u know the meaning of "adhere" which is to stick to .. den "adhere+nt" is someone who sticks to.. 2. Ad(Add)+Here. Some who remains added here. I have a message board that adheres to my refrigerator with magnets; on it, I've written some affirmations to help me adhere to my diet plan.

bolster (verb) Bol-শক্তি means ..

Strengthen or support support; reinforce verb তাকিয়ায় ঠেস দেত্তয়ান, খাড়া করান, ঠেস দেত্তয়ান noun তাকিয়া, কোলবালিশ, পাশবালিশ 1. RELATE TO BOLT>> USED TO SUPPORT OR REINFORCE 2. read bolster as booster which mean giving extra energy and hence to support and strengthen someone or something. The general requested reinforcements to bolster the defensive line set up at the border. / Many people use alcohol to bolster their confidence before approaching an attractive person in a bar.

fortify (verb)

Strengthen, invigorate, encourage bravery; courage শক্তিশালী করা, বীরত্বপূর্ণ সহিষ্ণুতা, সহ্য 1. Sounds like fort. A fort is a symbol of strength and courage. 2. Fortitude. The soldier killed forty dudes in battle, so he was very brave 3. fort like attitude i.e. courageous The white bread found in American grocery stores has been stripped of all the nutrients naturally found in wheat, and then artificially fortified with vitamins and minerals. / The general called for reinforcements to fortify the defenses around the capital.

censure (noun, verb)

Strong disapproval or official reprimand (noun); to issue such disapproval or reprimand (verb) blame; criticize verb নিন্দা করা, ভর্ত্সনা করা, অনুযোগ করা, বিরূদ্ধ সমালোচনা করা, দোষ দেত্তয়া noun নিন্দা, ভর্ত্সনা, অনুযোগ, তিরস্কার, পরবাদ, উপালম্ভ, জুগুপ্সা, অধিক্ষেপ, গর্হণ, কদর্থন 1. Try to link the meaning of this word with the censor board which always critisizes every inch of the film and also disapproves of some of the parts. 2. the ppl who r very sure,they always criticise others.. The senator was censured by the Senate for campaign fund improprieties—in fact, he narrowly avoided being expelled from office.

obstinate (adjective)

Stubborn or hard to control stubborn একগুঁয়ে, অবাধ্য, জেদী, অবাধগতি, নাছোড়বান্দা, অপ্রতিরোধ্য, অটল, দৃঢ়, স্থির, একরোখা, দুর্দমনীয়, অবুঝ, ঠেঁটা, খেঁচড়া, ঘেঁচড়া, ডানপিটে, অনমনীয়, জিদপূর্ণ, জিদি, গোঁয়ার, চিমড়ে, চিমড়া 1. obs+tin+ate he ate tin so he is stubborn fellow as he is hard to control 2. ob+stin+ate.. stin means to stand.. And a stubborn person will always stand by his view... It's difficult to get an obstinate child to eat food he doesn't want to eat. When Toby realized that his son would rather sit and starve than eat mahi-mahi, he gave in and made him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

spate (noun) Spout - তীব্রবেগে নির্গমন

Sudden outpouring or rush; flood sudden flood নদীর জলস্ফীতি, জলোচ্ছ্বাস 1. Spate sounds like spout. Think of water rushing from a spout. After a brief spate of post-exam partying, Lola is ready for classes to begin again. / He was so furious that a spate of expletives just flew out of his mouth.

acme (noun)

Summit, peak, highest point, pinnacle, zenith, vertex, top, climax চূড়া, সর্বোচ্চ স্থান, পূর্ণপরিণতি 1. Like acne=high points on skin(pimple).Acme=Highest point in ones work. 2. in cartoon network the coyote uses ACME tools to kill the road runner.... jus remember he always falls off the PEAK of a mountain.,, always The acme of my vacation was when I finally climbed to the acme of the mountain and enjoyed the gorgeous vista.

replete (adjective)

Supplied in abundance, filled, gorged (used with with) filled to capacity; abundantly supplied পরিপূর্ণ, পূর্ণ, প্রাচুর্যপূর্ণ, একগঙ্গা 1. deplete, complete, replete all relate to the quantity of something.BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WORDS LIKE OBSOLETE etc.??? 2. replete(like comPLETE)..SO ANYTHING which is COMPLETE is always FULLY FILLED This essay is replete with errors—I don't think you even bothered to use spellcheck, much less carefully edit your work.

buttress (verb, noun)

Support or encourage (verb); a support or prop, esp. projecting from and supporting the wall of a building (noun) support; prop up verb আলম্ব নির্মাণ করিয়া দেত্তয়া, পৃষ্ঠরক্ষা করা, শক্তিশালী করা noun আলম্ব, ঠেকনো 1. remember by your BUTT or BUTTOCKS ! what do they do? They provide you with a padding when ypu sit, giving support.. :) 2. If you have big but (hope you know what ‘but’ is), you will have extra support A self-defense class really helped to buttress Elaine's confidence. / David used his Ph.D. as a buttress against criticism. "I have a doctorate," he would say. "I just don't think you can understand."

substantiate (verb)

Support with evidence or proof; give a material existence to verify; support বাস্তবায়িত করা, মূর্ত করা, প্রমাণ করা, প্রতিপাদন করা, প্রতিপন্ন করা 1. provide substantial evidence. You say you were at home when the crime occurred two towns over—is there anyone who can substantiate your claim? / Your business ideas are interesting, but you never substantiate them—you haven't put a single plan into action.

document (verb)

Support with evidence, cite sources in a detailed way, create documentary evidence of provide written evidence দলিল দেখানো Journalists embedded with military units are able to document a war as it happens. / It's hard to deny her conclusion when her book is so well documented—she cites a relevant scientific study on practically every page.

corroborate (verb) collaborate

Support, add evidence to confirm সমর্থন করা, প্রতিপাদন করা, দৃঢ় করা 1. just focus on borate part of this word -- Borate test is a confirmatory test in chemistry. 2. sounds like collaborate => to support You're telling me you were 30 miles away riding a roller coaster when the school was vandalized? I have a hard time believing that—is there anyone who can corroborate your story?

outstrip (verb)

Surpass, exceed; be larger or better than; leave behind surpass; outdo দৌড়াইয়া ছাড়াইয়া যাত্তয়া, পিছনে ফেলিয়া যাত্তয়া, ছাপাইয়া যাত্তয়া, বেরিয়ে যাত্তয়া 1. getting stripped in a colloquial language means being insulted, which is also felt if ur defeated or outdone.. hence try relating outstrip it.. 2. out+strip...consider a rubber strip,if u strech out the rubber strip with some force it extends a lot Our sales figures this quarter have outstripped those of any other quarter in the company's history.

forfeit (verb)

Surrender or lose as a result of an error, crime, or failure to fulfill an obligation বাজিয়াপ্ত করা, জব্দ করা "The rules are clear," said the umpire. "This is a co-ed league, and if your team doesn't have at least three women, you forfeit. Sorry, everybody, no game today!" / If you are found guilty of defrauding this casino, the forfeiture of your winnings will be only the first of the consequences coming your way.

oscillate (verb)

Swing back and forth; waver, change one's mind vibrate pendulumlike; waver দুলা, স্পন্দিত হত্তয়া, স্পন্দিত করা, নাড়া, আন্দোলিত করা, দোলায়মান হত্তয়া, দোদুল্যমান হত্তয়া, দোলা, দোলান, দোল খাত্তয়া, দোল দেত্তয়া, দুলিতে থাকা, দ্বিধা করা 1. we always oscillate who will be the winner of next Oscar prize I wish we had air conditioning, but at least I replaced our old fan with this oscillating one that swings side to side and blows air on the whole room. / Stop oscillating and pick a restaurant! Seriously—Indian or Thai?

gauche (adjective)

Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, crude clumsy; boorish আনাড়ি, কৌশলহীন, কদর্য, কদাকার, অবিবেচক, অশিষ্ট, কৌশলশূন্য 1. Ghochu 2. it is pronounced 'gosh'O my Gosh!!- she reacted to his gauche behaviour. It is terribly gauche to put ketchup on your steak and then talk with your mouth full as you eat it. That's the last time I ever bring you to a nice place.

meticulous (adjective) Meticulous nature

Taking extreme care in regards to details; precise, fussy excessively careful অতিসতর্ক, সুবিবেচনাপূর্ণ 1. It sounds like matriculation (admission to a college).To get matriculation we should be as a meticulous (careful) aspirant to clear the exam. 2. Meticulous: Met(Meet)+ICU(hospital's intensive care unit),so whenever u met any person in ICU u need to be very/extremely careful about his health,......etc. As a surgeon, of course Mom needs to be highly meticulous in her work—she gets things right down to a fraction of a millimeter. But this also means that when it's her night to cook, she's sometimes a little too meticulous—no one really needs a meatloaf to be sculpted into an absolutely perfect rectangular prism.

loquacious (adjective)

Talkative, wordy talkative বহুভাষী, বাক্পটু, জল্পনাপ্রি় 1. it is derived from the root word 'loqua'... which refers to SPEECH or TALK 2. Remember Loqua with mokka. The loquacious professor spoke at a million miles an hour and still regularly talked past the scheduled end time of the class.

garrulous (adjective)

Talkative, wordy, rambling excessively talkative, especially about unimportant subjects; loquacious; wordy বাচাল, অতিভাষী, গপ্প, আড্ডাবাজ, মুখফসকা, মুখফটকা, জল্পক, জল্পনাপ্রি়, ফচকে 1. (garrulous can be related to girls when pronounced)and girls talk more than boys 2. "Girls, rule us!" They rule us in their ability to talk non-stop about nonsensical matter... Uncle Bill is so garrulous that our dinner conversation lasted three hours—and the only person who said more than ten words was Uncle Bill.

transitory (adjective)

Temporary, short-lived, not lasting নশ্বর, ক্ষণস্থায়ী, অল্পকালস্থায়ী While a few people marry their high school sweethearts, generally, our teenage years are full of transitory crushes.

prohibitive (adjective)

Tending to forbid something, or serving to prevent something extremely high (of prices etc.) বাধাদায়ক, নিষেধক, নিষেধাজ্ঞামূলক, প্রতিষেধক I was admitted to NYU, but it was prohibitively expensive, so I ended up at state school instead. / My parents installed a high fence as a prohibitive barrier against the neighborhood hooligans.

pervasive (adjective)

Tending to spread throughout spread throughout পরিব্যাপক, অনুপ্রবেশপ্রবণ, ব্যাপ্তিশিীল 1. look the word carefully..PERVASI+VE....and doesn't it sound like PRAVASI BHARTIYA DIVAS.....an initiative by the Indian government to attract NON RESIDENT INDIANS who are SPREAD WIDELY ACROSS THE WORLD........ 2. perva(means festival in hindi) festivals are spread throughout Poverty is pervasive in our school system; 65% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch.

goosebumps (noun)

The "bumps" created by hairs standing up on the skin in response to cold, fear, etc. লোমহর্ষক That detective novel is hard to put down! I've got goosebumps just waiting to find out what happens next! / You've got goosebumps—why don't you borrow my jacket?

rhetoric (noun)

The art or study of persuasion through speaking or writing; language that is elaborate or pretentious but actually empty, meaning little art of effective communication; insincere or grandiloquent language অলঙ্কারশাস্ত্র, বক্তৃতাদাননিদ্যা, অলঙ্করণ 1. <br> rhetoric = "right oral" skills.If you have the right oral skills, you can communicate well. 2. RHETORIC is right oral skills with little real sound knowledge The ancient Greeks used to study rhetoric as a major academic subject. Today, if you want to improve your rhetorical skills, you will probably have to hunt down a public speaking class or join Toastmasters. / The politician's blather is all rhetoric and no substance.

sap (noun, verb)

The inner fluid of a plant or any essential body fluid; energy, vitality; a person taken advantage of (noun); undermine, weaken, tire out (verb) (n) রস, প্রাণরস, সার, প্রাণশক্তি, সরস কাষ্ঠ, কোমল কাষ্ঠ, হাবাগবা লোক, গোবরগণেশ, বোকা লোক (v) প্রাণরস শুষিয়া লত্তয়া, রস শুষিয়া লত্তয়া 1. If you slap (sap) someone you diminish his dignity.. 2. Swallow A Power abbreviated to 'SAP' I really thought that if I clicked on that Facebook ad and entered all my information, I would get a free iPad to test and keep! I feel like such a sap. / In order to make maple syrup, you must drain sap from a sugar maple tree—they call this "sapping" the tree, which I can understand, because I feel pretty sapped doing it! Fortunately, it's just a metaphor.

eclipse (noun, verb)

The obscuring of one thing by another, such as the sun by the moon or a person by a more famous or talented person (noun); to obscure, darken, make less important (verb) darken; extinguish; surpass (n) অন্ধকার, গ্রহণ, গ্রাস (v) অন্ধকার করা, গ্রহণ করা, গ্রাস করা 1. during the total solar eclipse one heavenly body covers another heavenly body making the other one barely visible 2. clip(video clip) is so dark can't understand anything During a solar eclipse, the moon eclipses the Sun. / Billy Ray Cyrus, who had a hit song, "Achy Breaky Heart," in the '90s, has long since found his fame eclipsed by that of his daughter, Miley.

activism (noun)

The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations সক্রীয়তাবাদ Lindsay's parents had a hard time accepting that, after incurring $100,000 in student loans, their daughter had decided to enter the low-paying field of environmental activism.

efficacy (noun)

The quality of being able to produce the intended effect power to produce desired effect কার্যক্ষমতা, নিশ্চিত ফলদানের ক্ষমতা 1. effic(EFFICIENCY) + AC(Y) ... so just check out if your AC has the efficiency to PRODUCE DESIRED cooling 2. EFICACY = EFFI + CACY = EFFEct producing CApaCitY Extensive trials will be necessary to determine whether the drug's efficacy outweighs the side effects. / I am having trouble cutting my steak with this butter knife; I'm going to ask the waiter for a more efficacious implement.

resolution (noun)

The quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgment, esp. decided by a vote determination সমাধান, সঙ্কল্পগ্রহণ, বিশ্লেষণ, বিভাজন, গলান, গলিত অবস্থা, স্থিরসঙ্কল্প, অনুবন্ধ, ইরাদা, মনন, নিশ্চয়, নির্ণয়, অনুবৃত্তি 1. resolution reminds me of revolution, so during American Revolution, America determined to win. 2. when prof. blame raju that he copied the solution..he gave a resolution....he said i am determined about my solution sir.....he is firm in his response The city government passed a resolution to support the new monorail. / A few setbacks did not dampen her resolution to complete her Ph.D.—equipped with her new prosthetic leg, she made her way back into the lab and continued her research.

commensurate (adjective)

The same in size, extent, etc., equivalent; proportional equal in extent সমান, তুল্য, সামানুপাতিক 1. SPLIT AS COMMON - ENSURED -RATE. WHICH MEANS, OUR RATE WILL BE EQUAL TO THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT! 2. common measure? According to the course catalog, you may take Advanced Japanese following Japanese III or commensurate experience with the language.

occult (noun, adjective, verb)

The supernatural (noun); pertaining to magic, astrology, etc.; mysterious, secret or hidden (adj); to hide, to shut off from view (verb) mysterious; secret; supernatural (v) লুকান, গোপন করা, লুকাইয়া রাখা, গুপ্ত রাখা, গোপনে রাখা (adj) গুপ্ত, গূঢ়, গুহ্য, অতিপ্রাকৃত, লুক্কায়িত, ইন্দ্রি়ের অগোচর, অজ্ঞাত, ইন্দ্রি়াতীত, অস্পষ্ট, রহস্যপূর্ণ, জাদুময় 1. diffiCULT to understand 2. in slang.. cult means to flick.. or rob.. and the person who cults is always mysterious, secret.. A group of religious parents demanded that a popular series of young adult vampire novels be banned in schools because it promoted the occult. / During a solar eclipse, the moon occults the sun, and it is momentarily dark in the middle of the day.

cynical (adjective)

Thinking the worst of others' motivations; bitterly pessimistic skeptical or distrustful of human motives কঠোর, রুঢ়প্রকৃতি, ঘৃণাপূর্ণ, বিদ্রূপকারী, অসূয়াপূর্ন, দোষৈকদর্শী, অসূয়াপরবশ, অসূয়ক 1. cynical is one who is skeptic of others because he thinks they have done SINs 2. Sainik(cynic) .. never BELIEVE pakistani sainiks. they ll hit u from back. Shilpa was so cynical that even when her friends threw her a surprise party, she figured that they only did it so they wouldn't feel so guilty about all the mean things they must be saying behind her back.

desiccate (verb)

Thoroughly dried up, dehydrated শুস্ক করা 1. desi cake is always dried up. 2. 'desert cake' cake that has been dried out The key to maintaining odor-free shoes is to desiccate the insole by placing a drying agent, such as a small pouch of baking soda, inside the shoe between wears. / Beef jerky is a desiccated meat product.

lassitude (noun)

Tiredness, weariness; lazy indifference languor; weariness অবসাদ, অবসন্নতা, দৌর্বল্য, ক্লম, অনুত্সাহ, নৈষ্কর্ম্য, নিস্তেজ ভাব, ক্ষীণতা, ক্ষীণত্ব, জড়িমা 1. After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of LASSI, you will go into a lassitude i.e. weariness, lethargy and ultimately go to sleep. It's so difficult to get anything done in the dead heat of August! I can't seem to shake my lassitude enough to get out of this hammock, much less study for the GRE.

satiate or sate (verb)

To fully satisfy; to go beyond satisfying to the point of excess (possibly inducing disgust, tiredness, etc.) surfeit; satisfy fully সম্পূর্ণ পরিতৃপ্ত করা, সম্পূর্ণ চরিতার্থ করা, পেট পূরিয়া খাত্তয়ান - surfeit 1. I SAT & ATE till I was full! 2. remember with s-ate, so when we have completed our food,we are satisfied to full.. I usually just eat a tiny salad or something while I'm at work, but since I had a half day off, I went to the Indian buffet and stayed for a whole hour! I've never been more satiated (or sated) in my life. / To maintain a healthy weight, stop eating before you reach the point of satiety.

presumptuous (adjective)

Too bold or forward; going beyond that which is proper arrogant; taking liberties অহঙ্কৃত, প্রধৃষ্ট 1. Focus on "Presum" (Presume)--> To overstep your boundaries by boldly PRESUMing/assuming something. I would never date that presumptuous jerk! I mean, I thought he was attractive until he walked up to me and said, "We should go out—I looked up your address on Google and I'll pick you up at 8." The nerve!

trifling (adjective, noun)

Trivial, not very important; so small as to be unimportant; frivolous, shallow (v) হেলাফেলা করা, মজা করা, খেলা (n) তুচ্ছ পরিমান, অতি সামান্য পরিমান Luis broke up with Cara because she was always obsessed with some trifling matter—he tried to talk about foreign aid dependency, and she changed the subject to what the actress Katie Holmes dressed her daughter Suri in for a shopping trip. / The young heiress was so wealthy that she considered the salary from her internship a mere trifle, and didn't even notice when her paycheck was days late.

veracity (noun)

Truthfulness, accuracy; habitual adherence to the truth truthfulness সত্যবাদিতা, সত্যপরায়ণতা, অবিতথ 1. veracity and voracity were two cities, people of vora city used to eat too much and people of vera city used to tell truth about their fattiness, which caused differences between two cities(in this way you can remem. both words) 2. U must have the audacity to exhibit veracity!!!audacity means courage...veracity means truthfulness......(2 words at a go) I question the veracity of your story—I just don't think you've been to outer space. / She was known for her veracity only because she had no choice—she was a terrible liar.

convoluted (adjective)

Twisted; very complicated coiled around; involved; intricate সংবর্ত 1. Convolution theorem was very hard to understand!! 2. volve is root which means to roll. con is prefix which means together.If you roll some thing completely (within it self) it becomes complicated!! and difficult to entangle it! Your argument is so convoluted that I'm not even able to understand it enough to start critiquing it. / To get from the hotel room to the pool requires following a convoluted path up two staircases and down two others—to get to someplace on the same floor we started on!

unequivocal (adjective)

Unambiguous, clear, absolute; having only one possible meaning plain; obvious দ্ব্যর্থহীন, স্পষ্ট 1. equivocate- using ambiguous lang i.e. unclearunambiguous is not unclear which s clear 2. un equip vocal waves heard plain, clear and obvious Although Chuck denied he had a problem, his family was unequivocal in demanding that he check into rehab. Chuck knew there was no getting around it this time. / Mark equivocated, going back and forth on the issue, but his brother Ben was unequivocal—he knew what he wanted and went and got it.

impartial (adjective)

Unbiased, fair নিরপেক্ষ, পক্ষপাতশুন্য, ন্যায়পরায়ন Judge Gonzales removed himself from the case because, having a personal connection to the school where the shooting took place, he did not think he could be appropriately impartial.

disinterested (adjective)

Unbiased, impartial; not interested --- unprejudiced অনিচ্ছুক, উদাস, কৌতহলশুন্য, নির্লিপ্ত 1. opposite of interest Let's settle this argument once and for all! We'll get a disinterested observer to judge who can sing the highest note!

dispassionate (adjective)

Unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion calm; impartial নিস্কাম, উত্তেজনাহীন, শান্ত, পক্ষপাতশুন্য 1. people without passion usually calm The defendant tearfully described how much her young child needed her at home, but the judge, who dispassionately sentenced her to 10 years for selling drugs, was unmoved.

ambivalent (adjective)

Uncertain; unable to decide, or wanting to do two contradictory things at once পরস্পরবিরোধী, প্রতিকুল, দোদুল্যমান, দোটানায় পরেছে এমন S: adverse, hostile, converse, opposite, contrary, inverse, opposed A: decisive (নিশ্চিত, বিচার্খমতাসম্ম্পন্ন) Ambivalence (noun) the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes একই ব্যক্তির যুগপৎ বিদ্যমানতা, উভয়বল, বৈপরীত্য, বৈসাদৃশ্য, বিরোধ, উভবল, বস্তুর মধ্যে বিপরীতধর্মী শক্তির যুগপৎ বিদ্যমানতা 1. matches with "ambulance" . In case of severe emergency, inside an ambulance, you have mixed emotions.. bachega ya nahi! 2. I AM BI BALANCED..balaced on both sides I've been accepted to two amazing graduate programs, one inexpensive and close to home, and one in a big, exciting city. I'm ambivalent—I don't know how I'm going to decide. / When I asked you if you thought we'd get married some day, your ambivalence hurt my feelings.

quandary (noun)

Uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma dilemma (উভয়সংকট) ফাঁপর, মুশকিল, সঙ্কট 1. quantary relates to quantum physics,which is so complex that it leaves you in DILEMMA about the UNCERTAINITY of photon 2. this word quandary sounds like wandering so if you are in a DILEMMA you wander all around the streets..... He knew it sounded like the plot of a cheesy movie, but he really had accidentally asked two girls to the prom, and now he was in quite a quandary.

esoteric (adjective)

Understood by or intended for only a few; secret hard to understand; known only to the chosen few গূঢ়, গুপ্ত, আভ্যন্তরীণ, গুহ্য, রহস্যমূলক, লুক্কায়িত, লুকনো 1. Terrific things must be hide 2. HISTORIC things are known to few people 3. the world is like Estrogen, which is a female hormone..and we all know that females are HARD TO UNDERSTAND and KNOWN ONLY TO FEW :) !! In his first year of university-level physics, he felt he was merely memorizing information found in every textbook on the subject; by his fourth year, he spent his days poring over esoteric journal articles that few people had ever read or understood.

tacit (adjective)

Understood without being said; implied, not stated directly; silent understood; not put into words অকথিত, নীরব, নির্বাক, মৌনী 1. tacit ~ take it; imagine you are giving permission to someone to take something from your room...but you didn't say it verbally but via your actions. 2. tacit= take + itor you will have to take something which is not expresssed... Her parents never told her she could smoke, but they gave their tacit consent when they didn't say anything about the obvious smell coming from her bedroom.

stolid (adjective)

Unemotional, showing little emotion, not easily moved অবিচলিত, অটল 1. similar to solid S: steady, firm, unflattering, constant, faithful, unwavering, unperturbed stolidity (noun) dullness; impassiveness অবিচলিতা Dad is so stolid that we can't get a rise out of him no matter what we do—Jody got a tattoo, Max declared himself a communist, and Helen won a Rhodes Scholarship. No response! Dad just nods and says "Alright, then."

inadvertent (adjective)

Unintentional; characterized by a lack of attention, careless carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight অনবধানতাবশত In attempting to perfect his science project, he inadvertently blew a fuse and plunged his family's home into darkness.

consolidate (verb)

Unite, combine, solidify, make coherent সংকুচিত করা, একত্রিত করা She consolidated her student loans so she would only have to make one payment per month. / As group leader, Muriel will consolidate all of our research into a single report.

precarious (adjective)

Unstable, insecure, dangerous uncertain; risky অনিশ্চিত, নিরাপত্তাহীন, পরের ইচ্ছাধীন, দৈবাধীন, বিপজ্জনক 1. PRE+CARE+IOUS -> We have to take CARE while doing something risky so that it does not go wrong. .. 2. what we do before starting something unsafe or risky,we say our prayers.so: PRAY + KARI = precarious Recognizing that his position at the company was precarious, Sanjay requested that his bonus structure be formally written down as a contract, rather than dangled over him as a mere verbal promise.

laconic (adjective)

Using few words, concise brief and to the point সংক্ষিপ্ত, অল্পকথায় অর্থপূর্ণ 1. LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech, specify that she used very few words to portray her ideas. 2. Laconic = Lacking in sonic. The boss was famously laconic; after allowing his employees to present their new plan for an entire hour, he finally responded, "Confirmed."

judicious (adjective)

Using good judgment; wise, sensible sound in judgment; wise জ্ঞানী, সুবিজ্ঞ, সুবিচারপূর্ণ, বিচক্ষণ, সুদূরদর্শী, বিবেচক, প্রবীণ, খাঁটি, ধীর 1. judi+cious--- having JUDgement qualities In his will, the old titan of industry left little to his hard-partying younger son, and left the bulk of his estate to the more judicious older son, with instructions that the older son see that the rest of the family was taken care of.

articulate (adjective, verb)

Using language in a clear, fluent way (adj); speak distinctly or give clarity to an idea (verb) effective; distinct verb স্পষ্টভাবে উচ্চারণ বলা, স্পষ্টভাবে উচ্চারণ করা, স্পষ্ট উচ্চারণসহকারে কথা বলা, গ্রন্থিবদ্ধ করা adjective গ্রন্থিবদ্ধ, সন্ধিযুক্ত, স্পষ্ট, গ্রন্থিল 1. arti kyun late...? now she really has to explain clearly or she is GONE !~ 2. ariculate sounds like 'article + ate'. An article in a magazine or newspaper must be 'clear and fluent in what they say' She's so articulate that I'm sure she'll make a good lawyer. / The group voted on who would be the best spokesperson, able to articulate their needs to the panel.

deface (verb)

Vandalize, mar the appearance of Vandalize, mar(বিকলাঙ্গ করা) the appearance of mar, disfigure মর্যাদাহানি করা, সুন্দর্যহানি করা De + face - deforming the face Ernest was charged with three counts of vandalism after being caught defacing a row of townhouses with spraypaint.

volatile (adjective)

Varying, inconstant, fleeting; tending to violence, explosive changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly উদ্বায়ী, পরিবর্তনশীল, প্রাণবন্ত, পলায়নপর 1. volatile memory is a computer memory which gets erased when power is turned off, i.e., changed suddenly like RAM, so VOLATILE means Lliable tochange 2. Think: Vola (volume)-tile (vile)... The VOLUME of the liquid in the VILE changed quickly into a vapor. Following the sudden revolution, the political environment in the country was so volatile that anything could have started a riot. / Stock prices are by nature volatile—if you want a "safe and steady" investment, try mutual funds.

vituperate (verb)

Verbally abuse, rebuke or criticize harshly গালাগালি করা, নিন্দা করা Vituperative (adjective) abusive; scolding গালাগালিপূর্ণ 1. vitu (bite you) + perative (operator) => when you feel so pissed off on a unkind operator, you would say harshy abusive remarks like "I'll bite you operator" :-) 2. In older days H2SO4 was called oil of vitriol that is severly bitter and caustic.VITUPERATIVE appears as 'operating' vitriol on someone.Note that vtriolic and VITUPERATIVE have almost similar meaning. All couples fight, but your girlfriend vituperates you so severely that I'm not sure she loves you at all. Verbal abuse is actually a pretty good reason to break up.

audacious (adjective)

Very bold or brave, often in a rude or reckless way; extremely original daring; bold মগরা, স্পর্ধিত, ধৃষ্ট, দু:সাহসী 1. audacious..auda(AUDIBLE)....IF YOU WANT to be audible to millions of people you have to be very daring and bold ,to go to the stage and deliver your message. 2. it sounds like "how dare she is(audacious)"i.e au(how)da(dare)c(she)ious(is)..so it is daring He audaciously asked for a raise after working at the company for less than two months!

cogent (adjective)

Very convincing, logical Convincing প্রবল, অকাট্য, অনিবার্য 1. cogent - gent - a gentle person is always the right person to convince others. 2. co+agent...cooperative agents make congent suggestions. Studying logic is an excellent way to improve at formulating cogent arguments. / Nurses who work in the Alzheimer's ward must develop skills for communicating with people who are often not cogent.

craven (adjective)

Very cowardly, lacking courage cowardly কাপুরূষ, নীচ 1. craven -- is the opposite of 'brave'. 2. Craven sounds like Cita + RAVana => Ravana was a coward man!!! he proved it by taking away Cita/Sita in absence of Ram. The nervous soldier feared he would turn craven in his first firefight, but he actually acted quite bravely.

arduous (adjective)

Very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endure hard; strenuous শ্রমসাধ্য, দুরারোহ, কষ্টসাধ্য, আয়াসসাধ্য, দু:সাধ্য 1. arduous = read it as: "hard to do for us" 2. (h)ard + u (you) + ous (we); This work is very difficult and required full of hard work from us and your side. The arduous hike up rocky terrain was all worth it once the hikers reached the summit. / It was an arduous winter on the prairie; the family barely survived.

spartan (adjective)

Very disciplined and stern; frugal, living simply, austere; suggestive of the ancient Spartans lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined (adj) স্পার্টা-প্রদেশের (n) স্পার্টা লোক, কষ্টসহিষ্ণু ব্যক্তি A young soldier in the spartan environment of boot camp can really long for a home-cooked meal or even just a comfortable couch to sit on. / Her apartment was so spartan that she couldn't even serve us both soup—she only had one bowl and one spoon. Instead, we sat in hard-backed chairs and drank water.

elated (adjective)

Very happy, in high spirits Overjoyed; in high spitits গর্বিত, পরমোল্লাসিত 1. sounds like elevated ... if you are promoted you will definitely be in high spirits 2. sounds like 'elected' so if you are elected by a good university surely you will be in high spitits I am elated that you flew my twin brother in from Australia to surprise me at my birthday party!

torrid (adjective)

Very hot, parching, burning; passionate উষ্ণ, উষ্ণপ্রধান, তিগ্ম, অত্যুষ্ণ They had a torrid love affair in the '80s, but split up because a royal was not permitted to marry a commoner. / The wandering refugees were in serious danger in the torrid Sahara.

profound (adjective)

Very insightful, penetrating deeply into a subject; pervasive, intense, "down to the very bottom"; at the very bottom deep; not superficial; complete adjective গভীর, প্রগাঢ়, গভীর বুদ্ধিগত, অন্তর্নিহিত, গভীরে নিহিত, গূঢ়, নিগূঢ়, গভীর জ্ঞানপূর্ণ, অগাধ, অসীম, বিশ্রব্ধ, অসামান্য, সারপূর্ণ noun সমুদ্র, মহাসাগর 1. whatever professional or researchers found(read find) has to be deep. 2. PROFessors u FOUND will have profound(deep) knowledge Certain fish that live in the dark, profound depths of the ocean have long since evolved to have sightless eyes. / He was profoundly disappointed when the project he had worked on for 15 years failed.

exacting (adjective)

Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention extremely demanding কঠোর, দাবিদার, ছিদ্রান্বেষী, খিট্খিটে, খুঁতখুঁতে, রূক্ষ 1. Exacting.....he wants thing too be too exact and precise...hence he is making great demands!!!! 2. an EXTREMELY DEMANDING person wants everything to be EXACTly as he wants it to be. EXACT = EXTREMELY DEMANDING. The boxing coach was exacting, analyzing Joey's footwork down to the millimeter and forcing him to repeat movements hundreds of times until they were correct.

jargon (noun)

Vocabulary specific to a group or occupation; convoluted or unintelligible language language used by special group; gibberish অপভাষা, অর্থহীন বাক্য, কিচ্মিচ্ শব্দ, অর্থহীন ভাষা 1. Sounds like gone so any dead language is jargon. 1. in gaun (village) ppl use typical or different laguage from metro cities. 2. jargon : i will memorize it by cosidering ARGON element. the property of this nobel element is VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. The information my doctor gave me was so full of medical jargon I couldn't understand it at all! I'm going to look on the Internet for something written for regular people.

affable (adjective)

Warm and friendly, pleasant, approachable, courteous ভদ্র 1. affection + able=affection to others 2. affable= f + able, => that the teacher is able to give f grade to the students , so students are always trying to maintain a warm n healthy relation with the teachers, n also students always approaches their teachers. The professional wrestler played at belligerence in the ring, but in real life, he was quite an affable fellow—sociable, easy-going, and always ready to lend a hand.

prodigal (adjective)

Wasteful, extravagant; giving abundantly, lavish wasteful; reckless with money অপচয়ী, অপব্যয়ী, উড়নচণ্ডে, অমিতব্যয়ী, প্রচুর, উড়নচড়ে 1. prod(rodies) +gals(girls)=extravagance.If you are with girls of rodies then you have to be extravagant.. 2. prodigal = prodi (proud )+ gal (girl)= the girls who is having excessive proud is always wastefulor divide prodigal as PRO+DI+GAL, => PRODUCERS and DIRECTORS r using gals for sex.it means they are PROFLIGATE. If you're going to leave a trust fund for your children, you should raise them not to be prodigal, or they'll blow through all the cash the minute they get their hands on it. / The prodigal land produced larger crops than the people could even consume.

wary (adjective)

Watchful, motivated by caution, on guard against danger very cautious সতর্ক 1. Wary and worry sound the same... you become wary (cautious) if you have too many worries in life. 2. WAtch out caRyfullY = WARY Be wary of anyone who tells you that "anyone" can get rich with some special plan or scheme.

vacillate (verb)

Waver in one's mind or opinions, be indecisive waver; fluctuate আন্দোলিত হত্তয়া, দোলায়মান হত্তয়া, চঁচল হত্তয়া, স্থির না থাকা, টলা, দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত হত্তয়া, করা, এদিকে-ত্তদিকে হত্তয়া 1. sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another position. 2. vacillate=VACI bhi bahut LATE ho gaya hai.....now u dont VACILLATE between what you gonna wear for the party..........;) In need of a good used car, I was vacillating between the Ford and the Hyundai until a recommendation from a friend helped me decide.

undermine (verb)

Weaken, cause to collapse by digging away at the foundation (of a building or an argument); injure or attack in a secretive or underhanded way weaken; sap অধোদেশ খনন করা, পতনসাধনের চেষ্টা করা, ধ্বংসসাধনের চেষ্টা করা, গোপনে ক্ষতিসাধন করা 1. UNDERMINE ....Minining under the earth would GRADUALLY WEAKEN strength of soil and rock 2. undermine = under + mind(e). am loosin confidence or will (mind). so when am loosing confidence i ll work UNDER MY capacity. so undermine = gradually reducing Rather than searching impartially for the truth, these pharmaceutical company "scientists" willfully ignored any evidence that undermined the conclusion they were being paid to produce. / You are nice to my face, but you are undermining me behind my back, suggesting to others in the office that I am making mistakes in my work and that you have been fixing them!

enervate (verb)

Weaken, tire Weaken দুর্বল করা, স্নায়ুহীন করা, শক্তিহীন করা, সাহসহীন করা 1. ENERV(w)asTE when you waste you energy you become weak 2. break it as e + nerve(nerv) + ate... what happens when our pulse reduces; we WEAKEN. After taking the SAT in the morning and playing in a soccer game in the afternoon, Trina was truly enervated before the prom even began. "You dance like a grandmother with osteoporosis," said her date.

timely (adjective)

Well-timed, happening at a suitable time সময়োপযোগী, যথাসময়ে Your arrival is quite timely—we were just mulling over a question we're sure you can answer! / His timely departure prevented him from having to do any work.

whereas (conjunction)

While on the contrary, considering that যেহেতু, যখন, বাস্তবিক, ওপর পক্ষে Mr. Katsoulas had always assumed his son would take over the family business, whereas his son had always assumed he would go away to college and never come back. / Whereas peppers and squash are technically fruits, they are typically considered vegetables for culinary purposes.

fanciful (adjective)

Whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality whimsical; visionary কল্পনাপ্রসূত, কল্পনাশক্তিসম্পন্ন, খেয়ালী, কাল্পনিক, কবিকল্পিত, কল্পনাশক্তিপূর্ণ, উদ্ভট, অবাস্তব 1. Fanciful is full of fancies. The play was set in a fanciful version of New York City, one where all the cab drivers spoke perfect English and the Statue of Liberty seemed to be in the middle of the island.

prudent (adjective)

Wise in practical matters, carefully providing for the future cautious; careful বিচক্ষণ, দূরদর্শী, প্রাজ্ঞ, সমীচীন, বিবেচক 1. sounds like president; a president is always a wise or just person 2. we all know ICICI Prudential insurance.. so we can think of thoughtful decision taken by having a insurance policy... Katie's friends blew all kinds of money on spring break, but Katie prudently kept to her usual spending habits: she'd drink one of whatever was least expensive, and then watch her friends get stupid while she checked her bank balances on her phone and dreamed about the day she'd have a full-time job and a 401K.

sagacious (adjective) Saga-কাহিনী Viking saga Sage-ঋষি, মহাজ্ঞানী

Wise; showing good judgment and foresight(দূরদৃষ্টি) keen(উত্সাহী); shrewd(বিচক্ষণ); having insight(অন্তর্দৃষ্টি) প্রজ্ঞ, সদ্বিবেচক, মতিমান্, জ্ঞানী 1. sagacious look like suggest us.....and we always ASK WISE PEOPLE to suggest us, whenever we are in trouble. 2. sage-a-ciousa sage is wise and learned It's important to choose a mentor who is not only successful, but also sagacious—plenty of people are successful through luck and have little insight about how to attack someone else's situation.

verbose (adjective)

Wordy Wordy মাত্রাধিক রকম শব্দহুল্য, বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ, বাগ্বহুল 1. VER for verbal BOSE for boss; so you may say that your boss is excessively verbal. 2. verb + ose ..hence can be related to verbal and hence word Twitter's 140-character limit really forces the verbose to go against their natural tendencies and instead write succinctly.

estimable (adjective)

Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated শ্রদ্ধেয়, মান্য 1. esteem means শ্রদ্ধা so As the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, Barack Obama presented an estimable resume when he ran for president in 2008. / Riding a roller coaster is safer than driving on the highway, but there is still an estimable risk.

laudable (adjective)

Worthy of praise praiseworthy; commendable প্রশংসনীয়, শ্লাঘনীয়, প্রশস্য When a major discount mart fired several employees for subduing a gunman, most people considered the action a laudable act of heroism, but the discount chain fired the employees for "violating company policies." Nevertheless, the mayor lauded the former employees in a medal-granting ceremony.

ascetic (adjective, noun)

abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons(noun) practicing self-denial; austere adjective কঠোর তপশ্চর্যাপূর্ণ, কম্বল-কম্বল noun তপস্বী, কঠোর তপস্বী, যোগী, সাধু, সুতপা 1. someone who leaves all AESTHETICs is an ascetic 2. sounds like aceticâ€â€remember acetic acid(vinegar)i.e., sour in taste, one who has made is life sour in taste, i.e., away from pleasures for religious purposes Ascetics such as monks actually take vows of poverty. / The graduate student lived an ascetic existence, her apartment containing only a futon couch and a single bowl and set of chopsticks, which she used to eat ramen noodles every night.

arbitrary (adjective)

based entirely on one's discretion; capricious, unreasonable, or having no basis unreasonable or capricious; tyrannical অবাধ, বিধিবহির্ভূত, স্বৈর, ইচ্ছামত, খামখেয়ালী, স্বেচ্ছাবারী, সার্বভৌম, কোন বিধিনিয়ম-দ্বারা আবদ্ধ নহে এমন 1. < latin="" arbitrarius="" "uncertain,="" depending="" on="" the="" judgment="" of="" an="" arbiter"="">< arbiter="" "judge=""> 2. 'a+bit+tray' flowing of bits in a tray... randomly The coach claimed the team lost because the umpire made some arbitrary calls.

antipathy (noun)

deep dislike, aversion, or repugnance, sometimes without reason বিদ্বেষ, দ্বেষ, বিরোধিতা, প্রতিযোগ 1. CAN REMEMBER IT AS OPPOSITE OF sympathy. RHYMING n OPPOSITE WORDS - antipathy n sympathy 2. antipathy-- anti + path.. not on the same path due to a feeling of intense dislike. His extreme antipathy to dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends.

discrepancy (noun)

difference or inconsistency --- lack of consistency অমিল, অসামঞ্জস্য 1. dis + creep + fancy: creep and fancy is different or inconsistent word When there is a discrepancy between a store's receipts and the amount of money in the register, the cashier's behavior is generally called into question.

appreciable (adjective)

enough to be perceived, considerable বদ্ধগম্য, উপলব্ধিজনক S: percipient, intelligible A: insignificant Appreciate (verb) be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of তারিফ করা, গুণাবলী করা, মর্ম উপলব্ধি করা, গুণগ্রহণ করা, মূল্যবৃদ্ধি করা, দাম ধরা, দাম নির্ণয় করা, মূল্যনির্ণয় করা, মূল্য দেত্তয়া, আদর করা, কদর করা, উপলব্ধি করা 1. u went to a museum "fully conscious" of the artist u appreciated a painted which increased it's worth ..the artist was thankful to u..all the meanings get covered 2. u dont appreciate anyone with half-mindedness...u do it with full consciousness...!!! Little Orphan Annie truly appreciated the stocks Daddy War bucks ave her, whose value appreciated considerably over the years.

disabuse (verb)

free someone from a mistake in thinking --- correct a false impression; undeceive ভ্রান্ত ধারণা হতে মুক্ত করা 1. opposite of abuse 2. girl fall in love with rascal father of the girl will abuse the boy and disabuse the girl about the boy Do you really believe that toilets flush one way in the Northern hemisphere and another way in the Southern? Any physicist would be happy to disabuse you of that silly notion.

digress (verb)

go off-topic when speaking or writing --- wondering away from the subject অবান্তর 1. Because of depression ... we move or wander away from the path or subject of remorse. 2. dig + reason: if u go deep inside the reason, then what will happen that you will moved from the main subject. E.g.: you go to a mango garden to eat mangos( main reason) but after you going there when u see so many mangoes, u start to count them Grandpa digressed quite a bit while you were in the kitchen—he was telling us an old war story, but somehow now he's ranting about how nobody celebrates Arbor Day anymore. That digression could take awhile.

discerning (adjective)

having good judgment or insight(সুক্ষদৃষ্টি); able to distinguish mentally --- having insight; mentally quick and observant নির্ণায়ক, সুক্ষ, গভীর, ভেদক 1. di-screening : a dual screening person who keeps on screening everything around twice 2. similar to 'discovering' when you discover something you reveal something In an age in which we are bombarded with advertising, it's important to be a discerning consumer. For instance, the term "all natural" is not federally regulated and doesn't have to mean anything at all, so a smart shopper still reads ingredients.

discredit (adjective)

injure the reputation of, destroy credibility of or confidence in --- defame, destroy confident, disbelieve সুনামহানি, সম্মানহানি, কলঙ্কিত 1. dis + credit = don't give credit. You will not give credit to a defamed person Congresswoman Huffman's opponent tried to use her friendship with a certain radical extremist to discredit her, even though the congresswoman hadn't seen this so-called extremist since sixth grade summer camp.

didactic (adjective)

intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson --- instructional, preaching or moralization শিক্ষামূলক, নীতিমূলক, উপদেশমূলক 1. dida or didi always acts in a way she is teaching something ... 'didi-act'ic 2. didactic = did + act = do an act to teach something She might have been Teacher of the Year at work, but at home, her husband wished she would turn off her didactic personality. "Honey," he said, "I really don't need you to use everything as a learning opportunity." / The child was disappointed when the storybook turned didactic in the end, with the teddy bears—and the reader—being admonished never to lie.

figurative (adjective)

metaphorical, based on figures of speech; containing many figures of speech (as fancy-sounding writing); related to portraying human or animals figures, as opposed to abstract objects not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech আলঙ্কারিক, অলঙ্কারপূর্ণ, অলঙ্কারবন্থল, গালভরা, বিশিষ্ট, লাক্ষণিক The painter was renowned for his figurative art, including many portraits—he had been known to say that abstract artists were just people who had never learned to draw. / Highly figurative language can be difficult for English language learners—for instance, to "throw the baby out with the bath water" refers to being too hasty and unwisely getting rid of the good with the bad.

appease (verb)

pacify, satisfy, relieve; concede to be belligerent demands, sometimes at the expense of principles pacify; soothe তৃপ্ত করা, প্রশমিত করা, শান্ত করা, ঠাণ্ডা করা 1. appease app(appeal) + pease (peace) appeal for peace.. When war was going on in Kashmir our prime minister appealed people to maintain peace in the region. 2. ease is something to pacify, soothing, and very ease. We have discovered that, when we try to appease our enemies, we encourage them to make additional demands.

distill (verb)

purify; extract the essential elements of purify; refine; concentrate পাতন করা, চোলাই করা 1. distilled water ... distilleries ... 2. a fat person stay STILL to (dis) avoid from sweating While traveling in certain countries, it is important to only drink distilled water so you don't get sick. / Bob, it's not necessary to read your entire PowerPoint presentation to us—can you just distill it down to the main point?

crescendo (noun)

steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of a musical passage; a climactic moment or peak increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax noun সুরে তীব্রতার ক্রমবৃদ্বি adverb চড়া সুরে ত্তঠে এমনভাবে 1. divide it like cresc(sound like krish)+end..at the end of krish movie..when hrithik kills the villian..the intensity or the volume of music increses .which conveys the feeling. 2. crescent is moon...moon increases in size phase by phase..therefore crescendo is to increase in volume The overture suddenly changed from a quiet pastoral theme to a crescendo featuring blaring trumpets and clashing symbols.