Vocabulary Skill

[Binoy]

Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day : July 15, 2019

nosegay
noun
কতক ফুলের সমাহার

a small bunch of flowers : posy

[Binoy]

 Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day : July 16, 2019

auxiliary
adjective
সহায়ক
1 a : offering or providing help
b : functioning in a subsidiary capacity
2 of a verb : accompanying another verb and typically expressing person, number, mood, or tense
3 a : supplementary
b : constituting a reserve
4 of a boat : equipped with sails and a supplementary inboard engine

[Binoy]

Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day : July 17, 2019

provender
noun
খাদ্য

Definition:
1 : dry food for domestic animals : feed
2 : food, victuals
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Example:
The restaurant's chef-owner prides himself on creating dishes from local provender.

[Binoy]

Dictionary.com
July 17, 2019

ideogram
noun
ধারণাপ্রতীক

Definition:
a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.

Note:
An ideogram or ideograph is "a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a word or speech sound, as a Chinese character." Ideogram and ideograph literally mean "a written idea," from Greek idéa "idea" and the noun grámma or the Greek combining form -graphos, both meaning "something written," which are derivatives of the verb gráphein "to write." Because ideograms convey meaning, not words or sounds, 5 can be pronounced five, fünf, pięć, pĕt, pénte, pémpe, or in several thousand other ways. Ideogram and ideograph both entered English in the first half of the 19th century.

[Binoy]

Merriam-Webster
Word of the Day : July 18, 2019

speculate
verb
জল্পনাকল্পনা করা
1 a : to meditate on or ponder a subject : reflect
b : to review something idly or casually and often inconclusively
2 : to assume a business risk in hope of gain; especially : to buy or sell in expectation of profiting from market fluctuations
3 : to take to be true on the basis of insufficient evidence : theorize
4 : to be curious or doubtful about : wonder

[Binoy]

Dictionary.com
July 18, 2019

cosplay
noun
ভূষণনাট্য
the art or practice of wearing costumes to portray characters from fiction, especially from manga, animation, and science fiction.

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Thanks

[Shampa Iftakhar]

Learning vocabulary in isolation is really daunting. I experienced such when I memorized high-frequency gre vocabulary. But when I solved i.e. filled the blanks in Mahatan's gre book, I understood how gorgeous a sentence could be.

[Afroza Akhter Tina]

I agree with you Madam.We can't remember words if don't use them regularly.



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

[zafrin.eng]

Very essential information for both ELT teachers & students! :)