12/09/2026
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Daily Vocab Prep from "The Daily Star" đ°
BCS, Bank, and Gov. Job āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ ā§§ā§ĻāĻāĻŋ Vocabulary!
đš 1. MOLESTERS
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āϝā§āύ āύāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§āύāĻāĻžāϰā§
đ English Meaning: One who molests, especially one who commits sexual assault.
đ Synonyms: assailants, abusers
đ Antonyms: protectors, guardians
đ Context: "The administration of Chittagong University yesterday claimed to have identified two persons who sexually assaulted a female student on the campus on Sunday night."
đš 2. GENOCIDE
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŖāĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž
đ English Meaning: The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
đ Synonyms: Mass murder, ethnic cleansing
đ Antonyms: Preservation, protection
đ Context: "The World Court yesterday rejected Myanmarâs objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full."
đš 3. TREACHEROUS
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ; āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻāĻžāϤāĻ
đ English Meaning: adj. dangerous and unstable
đ Synonyms: perilous (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻ), deceptive (āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ)
đ Antonyms: safe (āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ), reliable (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϝā§āĻā§āϝ)
đ Context: "The roads are slippery and treacherous."
đš 4. SCALPING
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ
đ English Meaning: resell (a ticket) at a price considerably higher than the face value.
đ Synonyms: profiteering, gouging
đ Antonyms: selling at face value
đ Context: "The High Court yesterday came down hard on Bangladesh Railway for mismanagement, ticket scalping and carrying passengers on the train roofs."
đš 5. SUSPENDING
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
đ English Meaning: Temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.
đ Synonyms: Halting, pausing
đ Antonyms: Resuming, continuing
đ Context: "Given the current economic situation, the government should consider suspending mega projects the physical work of which has yet to begin, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya said yesterday."
đš 6. MISMANAGEMENT
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āĻ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž, āĻā§āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻž
đ English Meaning: The process or practice of managing something badly or inefficiently.
đ Synonyms: Inefficiency, incompetence
đ Antonyms: Good management, efficiency
đ Context: "The High Court yesterday came down hard on Bangladesh Railway for mismanagement, ticket scalping and carrying passengers on the train roofs."
đš 7. ECONOMIC
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ
đ English Meaning: relating to trade, industry, and the management of money
đ Synonyms: financial, commercial
đ Antonyms: non-economic, noneconomic
đ Context: "Given the current economic situation, the government should consider suspending mega projects the physical work of which has yet to begin, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya said yesterday."
đš 8. DIALOGUE
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āϏāĻāϞāĻžāĻĒ
đ English Meaning: a discussion between two or more people or groups
đ Synonyms: conversation, discussion
đ Antonyms: monologue, silence
đ Context: "The BNP yesterday skipped Election Commissionâs dialogue seeking recommendations of political parties on how to hold a free and fair general election."
đš 9. RECOMMENDATIONS
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āϏā§āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ
đ English Meaning: suggestions or advice given to someone about what to do
đ Synonyms: advice, suggestions
đ Antonyms: disapproval, discouragement
đ Context: "The BNP yesterday skipped Election Commissionâs dialogue seeking recommendations of political parties on how to hold a free and fair general election."
đš 10. CRISIS
đ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ: āϏāĻāĻāĻ
đ English Meaning: A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.
đ Synonyms: emergency, disaster
đ Antonyms: stability, calm
đ Context: "The governmentâs plan for one to two hours of daily power cuts is failing, especially in the north, and the signs are that the electricity crisis may worsen across the country in the coming days."