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  Important Vocabulary for Admission Tests (with Bengali Meanings) Academic & Intellectual Words Word Bengali Meaning Aberration অস্বাভাবিকতা Ambiguous অস্পষ্ট Anomaly ব্যতিক্রম Capricious খামখেয়ালী Disparate অসম / বিসদৃশ Eloquent বাকপটু Ephemeral ক্ষণস্থায়ী Exacerbate আরও খারাপ করা Fastidious রুচিবাগীশ Gregarious সমাজপ্রিয় Hackneyed বস্তাপচা / গতানুগতিক Heinous জঘন্য Ineffable অনির্বচনীয় Insipid নীরস Malevolent হিংসাপরায়ণ Mitigate মৃদু করা / হ্রাস...

 SOME IMPORTANT VOCABS Word Definition Example Sentence Mitigate Make (something bad) less severe Planting trees can mitigate climate change effects. Obsolete No longer produced or used; out of date Typewriters are now obsolete in offices. Pernicious Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way Pernicious rumors can destroy reputations. Pragmatic Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations A pragmatic approach solved the budget crisis. Prolific Producing much fruit or many offspring; abundantly productive The prolific author released three books this year. Word Definition Example Sentence Aberration A departure from what is normal or expected The sudden storm was an aberration in the otherwise sunny week. Ambiguous Open to more than one interpretation The politician's ambiguous statement left everyone confused. Anomaly Something that deviates from the norm The ancient fossil was an anoma...

Shakespeare's Sister Bangla Summary (বাংলায়)  Key Facts **Text’s Name:** Shakespeare’s Sister (Chapter 3 of *A Room of One's Own*).   **Writer:** Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), modernist novelist, essayist, feminist, and literary critic.   **Date of Publication:** 1929 (based on lectures delivered in 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, Cambridge).   **Genre:** Feminist Essay.   **Themes:** Feminism, patriarchal domination, identity crisis and self-expression, barriers to women's education and access to literature.   **Tone:** Melancholic and poignant.   **Literary Devices:** Simile, metaphor, pathos, antithesis, irony. #### Shakespeare’s Sister Summary In the realm of literary creation, women were so marginalized that, even up to Virginia Woolf's time, they had scant opportunity to enter the world of writing as authors. Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), a short story writer, feminist, and literary critic, uses the invented ...

#### Key Facts The American Scholar Bangla Summary (বাংলায়) **Writer:** Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882). He was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. **Published Date:** 1837 (delivered as a speech on August 31, 1837; later published in *Essays: First Series* in 1841). **Themes:** The emergence of the American scholar as an independent intellectual force; the need for originality in American thought, free from European imitation; the integration of thought and action for national progress. **Basic Three Influences on the Scholar:** Nature (including the human soul), books, and action (the active life). **Three Characteristics of an American Scholar:** Independent, courageous, and original. #### Background The essay "The American Scholar" explores the ideal qualities of an intellectual, their responsibilities toward the nation, and the expectations society can place on them. Written b...