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Antara11:
Bigot
(n.) a person who stubbornly partial towards their own opinion or harbor prejudice regarding groups, politics, race or religion.
Afroza Akhter Tina:
phylactery:
Definition: (noun) Either of two small leather boxes, each containing strips of parchment inscribed with quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures, one of which is strapped to the forehead and the other to the left arm; traditionally worn by Jewish men during morning worship, except on the Sabbath and holidays.
Synonyms: tefillin
Usage: Just before his bar mitzvah, David got a brand new set of phylacteries.
Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU
Shampa Iftakhar:
recluse: a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people
shamsi:
Mayhem: Violent or extreme disorder; chaos
Synonyms: confusion, havoc, bedlam, tumult,turmoil
Law:
The crime of maliciously injuring or maiming someone, originally so as to render them defenseless.
shamsi:
Meandering: (Noun) An act of following a winding course
Example: "Ox-bow lagoons left by the river's meanderings"
Synonyms: Zigzag, serpentine, windy, twisty, tortuous
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