Varsity B & C Unit Word List #12 (Words 221-240) | DU B & C Unit Admission Test English Vocabulary

Meaning: To refuse or to become weaker or smaller.

বাংলা: প্রত্যাখ্যান/অধিকার করা, হ্রাস পাওয়া

Synonyms: turn down, reject, deteriorate, fall of wane, refuse

Antonyms: accept, improve, grow, get better, recover

Example Sentences:

He politely declined the invitation.

The company’s profits declined last year.

Physical strength often declines with age.

Meaning: Estimated or predicted based on current information.

বাংলা: অনুমিত, নিরূপিত

Synonyms: predictable, probable, anticipated, estimated

Antonyms:

Example Sentences:

The company’s projected earnings show growth next year.

The projected cost of the project is too high.

The population is projected to rise by 20%.

Meaning: A problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder.

বাংলা: জটিলতা

Synonyms: complexity, hurdle, complicacy, difficulty, intricacy

Antonyms: simplicity, case, effortlessness

Example Sentences:

The patient suffered from a medical complication.

Lack of money caused a serious complication in the plan.

Miscommunication can lead to complications.

Meaning: Heavy bleeding from a broken blood vessel.

বাংলা: রক্তক্ষরণ, রক্তস্রাব

Synonyms: blood loss, bleeding, internal bleeding, flow of blood, gush of blood

Antonyms:

Example Sentences:

The victim died due to internal hemorrhage.

Doctors stopped the hemorrhage during surgery.

A severe hemorrhage can be life-threatening.

Meaning: Blocked or prevented from movement or progress.

বাংলা: বাধা

Synonyms: impassable, foiled, hindered, impeded

Antonyms: facilitated, aided, make possible

Example Sentences:

The road was obstructed by fallen trees.

His view was obstructed by a large wall.

Political conflicts have obstructed development.

Meaning: The act of leaving someone or something out.

বাংলা: বর্জন

Synonyms: leaving out, ban, elimination, omission

Antonyms: inclusion, addition, insertion

Example Sentences:

Social exclusion can affect mental health.

The policy led to the exclusion of certain groups.

Exclusion from school is a serious punishment.

Meaning: A person trained to give guidance on personal or professional problems.

বাংলা: উপদেষ্টা

Synonyms: adviser, consultant, mentor, guide

Antonyms:

Example Sentences:

The school counsellor helps students with emotional issues.

He worked as a marriage counsellor for many years.

The counsellor advised me to focus on my goals.

Meaning: A person’s child or an animal’s young.

বাংলা: সন্তান

Synonyms: issue, kid, brood, descendant, successor

Antonyms: ancestor, forebear

Example Sentences:

Parents are proud of their offspring’s success.

The lioness protects her offspring fiercely.

He left his wealth to his offspring.

Meaning: Deeply established or fixed.

বাংলা: দৃঢ়ভাবে প্রতিষ্ঠিত

Synonyms: entrenched, fixed, grounded, based

Antonyms: uprooted, displaced, evacuated

Example Sentences:

The tree is deeply rooted in the ground.

Cultural traditions are deeply rooted in society.

Her confidence is rooted in her hard work.

Meaning: A break or division in something, especially in a relationship or structure.

বাংলা: ফাটল

Synonyms: crack, gap, fissure, split, crevice, cleft, aperture

Antonyms: closure, solid

Example Sentences:

A rift developed between the two friends.

The earthquake caused a rift in the ground.

Efforts are being made to heal the political rift.

Meaning: To express disapproval or find faults.

বাংলা: সমালোচনা করা

Synonyms: censure, dispraise, find fault (with), disparage, pass judgment on

Antonyms: extol, laud, praise

Example Sentences:

She criticized his behavior in front of everyone.

Criticizing others doesn’t solve problems.

The teacher criticized the essay for poor grammar.

Meaning: To make someone believe or do something through reasoning.

বাংলা: কাউকে বোঝানো

Synonyms: persuade, induce, influence, convert, tempt, provoke

Antonyms: dissuade, discourage

Example Sentences:

He convinced his parents to let him travel abroad.

The lawyer convinced the jury of his client’s innocence.

You can’t convince everyone to agree with you.

Meaning: A person who is equal to another in status or ability.

বাংলা: বন্ধু, সমকক্ষ

Synonyms: equal, contemporary, cohort, associate, rival

Antonyms: inferior, superior

Example Sentences:

Children learn better when they study with their peers.

He was respected among his peers for his honesty.

Peer support helps in overcoming challenges.

Meaning: At the end of a process or after a long time.

বাংলা: অবশেষে, পরিণামে

Synonyms: finally, ultimately, in due course, in time, in the long run

Antonyms: never

Example Sentences:

Eventually, the rain stopped and the sun came out.

Hard work eventually leads to success.

They eventually agreed to the proposal.

Meaning: To go for and bring back something.

বাংলা: আনা, আনয়ন করা

Synonyms: carry, go and get, draw, obtain, extract, derive

Antonyms: take, withhold

Example Sentences:

Please fetch me a glass of water.

The dog fetched the ball happily.

He fetched his bag before leaving for school.

Meaning: A small or routine task, often boring or unpleasant.

বাংলা: তুচ্ছতাচ্ছিল্য কাজ

Synonyms: odd job, assignment, unpleasant task

Antonyms: peace, pleasant, work

Example Sentences:

Household chores must be shared equally.

For her, cooking was not a chore but a hobby.

He finished his chores before watching TV.

Meaning: To give money, goods, or time to help a cause.

বাংলা: দান করা; অর্থ সাহায্য করা

Synonyms: give, bestow, bequeath, make a contribution, provide, offer

Antonyms: take, acquire, seize, procure

Example Sentences:

He donated his old clothes to charity.

Many people donated blood for the victims.

The company donated funds to build a new hospital.

Meaning: A great destruction or loss of life on a massive scale.

বাংলা: ব্যাপক ধ্বংস, বিপুলসংখ্যক প্রাণহানি

Synonyms: carnage, catastrophe, massacre, extinction

Antonyms: survival, endurance

Example Sentences:

The war caused a terrible holocaust, destroying entire cities.

Millions of people died in the Holocaust during World War II.

Natural disasters can lead to a holocaust of property and lives.

Meaning: To record events in the order they happened.

বাংলা: ঘটনাক্রমে লিপিবদ্ধ করা

Synonyms: make note of, set down, register, write up

Antonyms:

Example Sentences:

The book chronicles the history of the ancient kingdom.

The journalist chronicled the events of the revolution.

This diary chronicles her journey through university life.

Meaning: Controlled or taken over by someone or something.

বাংলা: দখলকৃত

Synonyms: under control, conquered, subjugated, dominated

Antonyms: liberated, unbound, uninhibited

Example Sentences:

The enemy occupied the city after the battle.

The seats were already occupied when we arrived.

Her mind was too occupied with worries to focus.