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🎯Study
❐ Study of religion ➺ Theology (ধর্মতত্ত্ব)
❐ Study of heredity ➺ Genetics (বংশগতির বিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of coins ➺ Numismatics (মুদ্রা ও পদসংক্রান্ত বিদ্যা)
❐ Study of birds ➺ Ornithology (পক্ষীবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of human development ➺ Anthropology (নৃ-বিজ্ঞান; নরবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of ancient societies ➺ Archaeology (প্রত্নতত্ত্ব)
❐ Study of science of insects ➺ Entomology (কীটতত্ত্ব)
❐ Study of problems of old age ➺ Gerontology (বার্ধক্য প্রক্রিয়া বিষয়ক বিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of relation between organism and environment (প্রাণী ও পরিবেশের সম্পর্ক সংক্রান্ত বিদ্যা) ➺ Ecology
❐ Study of flying aeroplanes ➺ Aviation (বিমান চালনা)
❐ Study of earth and rocks ➺ Geology (ভূতত্ত্ববিদ্যা)
❐ Study of living things ➺ Biology (জীববিদ্যা)
❐ Study of celestial bodies (মহাজাগতিক বস্তু) ➺ Astronomy (জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of the influence of planets and stars (মানেুষর ওপর তারারাজির প্রভাব) ➺ Astrology (জ্যোতিষ শাস্ত্র)
❐ Scientific study of bodily diseases ➺ pathology (রোগবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of languages ➺ Philology (ভাষাবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of bees ➺ Apicology
❐ Study of heart/heart diseases ➺ Cardiology (হৃদবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of dogs ➺ Cynology
❐ Study of trees ➺ Dendrology
❐ Study of skin/skin diseases ➺ Dermatology
❐ Study of wine/wine making ➺ Enology/Oenology (সুরাবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of cats ➺ Felinology
❐ Study of hand writing to analyze character of the writer (লেখকের চরিত্র বিশ্লেষণের জন্য তার হাতের লেখা অধ্যয়ন) ➺ Graphology
❐ Study of medicine for women ➺ Gynaecology/Gynecology (স্ত্রীরোগ ও প্রসূতিবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of liver (যকৃত) ➺ Hepatology
❐ Study of horses ➺ Hippology
❐ Study of water ➺ Hydrology (জলবিজ্ঞান; জলানুসন্ধানবিদ্যা)
❐ Study of weather ➺ Meteorology (আবহাওয়া বিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of kidneys and their diseases ➺ Nephrology
❐ Study of nerves (স্নায়ু) ➺ Neurology (স্নায়ুবিদ্যা, স্নায়ুবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of cancer ➺ Oncology
❐ Study of eggs ➺ Oology
❐ Study of eyes ➺ Ophthalmology (চক্ষুবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of mountains (পাহাড়) and their mapping ➺ Orology (পর্বতবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of bones ➺ Osteology (অস্থিবিজ্ঞান)
❐ Study of rocks ➺ Petrology (শিলাতত্ত্ব)
❐ Study of earthquakes (ভূমিকম্প) ➺ Seismology (ভূকম্পবিদ্যা)
❐ Study of snakes (সাপ) ➺ Serpentology
❐ Study of mouth and its diseases ➺ Stomatology
❐ Study of Poisons (বিষ) ➺ Toxicology
❐ Study of flags ➺ Vexillology
❐ Study of animals ➺ Zoology (প্রাণীবিদ্যা)
❐ Study of medicine for children and their diseases ➺ Paediatrics/ Pediatrics
❐ Study of broken bones ➺ Orthopaedics
🎯 Graph = to write (লেখা)
❐ Study of hand writing ➺ Graphology Art of good handwriting ➺ Calligraphy
❐ Illegible (দুষ্পাঠ্য) or bad handwriting ➺ Cacography
❐ A written message from far off place ➺ Telegraph
❐ An expert in written by hand ➺ Calligraphy
❐ A person who writes dictionaries ➺ Lexicographer
❐ Written by light ➺ Photograph
❐ An expert in writing (drawing) maps ➺ Cartographer
❐ Writing of one’s life story ➺ Biography (জীবনী)
❐ Writing of one’s own life story ➺ Autobiography (আত্নজীবনী)
❐ A process of printing from a plate ➺ Lithography
🎯 Theo-relating to God (ঈশ্বর বা ধর্মসংক্রান্ত)
❐ Study of religion ➺ Theology (ধর্মতত্ত্ব)
❐ One who believes in God ➺ Theist (আস্তিক)
❐ One who doesn’t believe in God ➺ Atheist (নাস্তিক)
❐ One who believes in one God ➺ Monotheist (একেশ্বরবাদী)
❐ One who believes in many Gods ➺ Polytheist
❐ One who believes the presence of God in everything in the universe (জগতের সবকিছু
❐ তে ঈশ্বরের অস্তিত্ব/প্রভাব বিদ্যমান) ➺ Pantheist (সর্বেশ্বরবাদী)
❐ Religious madness ➺ Theomania
🎯 Cide = Kill হত্যা করা
❐ The killing of one’s own brother ➺ Fratricide (ভ্রাতৃহত্যা)
❐ The killing of one’s sister ➺ Sororicide
❐ The killing of one’s wife ➺ Uxoricide
❐ The killing of one’s husband ➺ Mariticide
❐ The killing of parents ➺ Parricide
❐ The killing of a whole race ➺ Genocide (গণহত্যা)
❐ The killing of a new born child ➺ Infanticide (শিশুহত্যা)
❐ The killing of a king ➺ Regicide (রাজহত্যা)
❐ The killing of a human being ➺ Homicide (মানব হত্যা)
❐ The killing of oneself ➺ Suicide. (আত্মহত্যা)
🎯 Person/Personal Quality (ব্যক্তি বা ব্যক্তিগত গুণাবলী)
❐ A child who hits smaller or weaker children is called ➺ a bully
❐ A kidnapping is also called an ➺ abduction (অপহরণ)
❐ The man who is not married ➺ bachelor
❐ A person leaving his native country to settle in another ➺ Emigrant
❐ A person coming to a foreign land to settle there ➺ Immigrant
❐ A person looking only to the bright side of things ➺ Optimist (আশাবাদী)
❐ A person looking only to the dark side of things ➺ Pessimist (নৈরাশ্যবাদী)
❐ A person free from national prejudices, looking at the world as his own ➺ Cosmopolitan
❐ A person giving up his faith ➺ Apostate, Renegader (ধর্মত্যাগী)
❐ A person who knowns many languages ➺ Linguist (বহুভাষাবিদ)
❐ A person speaking many languages ➺ Polyglot (বহুভাষাভাষী)
❐ A person who always doubts ➺ Sceptic (সন্দিগ্ধমনা)
❐ A person living at the same time with another ➺ Contemporary (সমসাময়িক)
❐ A person who speaks for others ➺ Spokesman (মুখপাত্র)
❐ A person working in the same place ➺ Colleague (সহকর্মী)
❐ A person living in a foreign country ➺ Alien, foreigner (ভিন দেশী, বিদেশী)
❐ A person unable to pay debts ➺ Bankrupt, insolvent (দেউলিয়া)
❐ A person unable to write ➺ Illiterate (নিরক্ষর)
❐ A person devoid of knowledge ➺ Ignorant (মূর্খ)
❐ A person who eats only vegetables ➺ Vegetarian (নিরামিষভোজী)
❐ A person who eats human flesh ➺ Cannibal (নরমাংসভোজী)
❐ A person who eats excessively ➺ Glutton (পেটুক)
❐ A person who treats foot diseases ➺ Geriatrician
❐ A person who treats pregnants and helps child birth ➺ Obstetrician
❐ A person who treats eye diseases ➺ Ophthalmologist (চক্ষু বিশেষজ্ঞ)
❐ A person who has studied on drugs and their composition ➺ Pharmacologist.
❐ A person who is specialist in heart ➺ cardiologist (হৃদরোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ)
❐ A doctor specialized in child care and child diseases ➺ Pediatricina/ pediatrician (শিশু বিশেষজ্ঞ)
❐ A doctor who treats mental illnesses ➺ Psychiatrist (মনোরোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ)
❐ A person /scientist who studies human mind ➺ Psychologist (মনোবিজ্ঞানী)
❐ A person who foretells things by the stars ➺ Astrologer (জ্যোতিষী)
❐ A person who studies heavenly bodies (মহাজাগতিক বস্তু) ➺ Astronomer (জ্যোতির্বিদ)
❐ A person who studies ancient things and relics (ধ্বংসাবশেষ) ➺ Archaeologist (পুরাতত্ত্ববিদ)
❐ A person who mends shoes ➺ Cobbler (মুচি)
❐ A person who carves (খোদাই করে) on stones ➺ Sculptor (ভাস্কর)
❐ A person who sells medicine ➺ Druggist (ঔষধ বিক্রেতা)
❐ A person who reads the palm (হস্ত রেখা) ➺ Palmist (হস্তরখা বিশারদ)
❐ A person who collects stamps ➺ Philatelist (ডাকটিকিট সংগ্রাহক)
❐ A person who deals in cattle ➺ Drover (পশু ব্যবসায়ী)
❐ A person who studies earth and rocks ➺ Geologist (ভূতত্ত্ববিদ)
❐ A person who travels for selling things ➺ Hawker
❐ A person /company that sells a particular product ➺ Vendor
❐ A person who rides the horses in races ➺ Jockey (জকি)
❐ A person who mends waterpipes ➺ Plumber
❐ A person who makes earthen pots (মাটির পাত্র) ➺ Potter (কুমার)
❐ A person who carries burden (ভার বহন করে) for hire ➺ Porter (কুলী)
❐ A person who writes shorthand ➺ Strenographer (স্টেনোগ্রাফার)
❐ A person who convert raw hide (কাঁচা চামড়া) into leather ➺ Tanner (চর্মসংস্কারক)
❐ A person who lends money at a very high rate of interest (চড়া সুদে) ➺ Usurer (সুদখোর)
❐ A person who deals in wine ➺ Vintner (মদ্যব্যবসায়ী)
❐ A person who in charge of a museum ➺ Curator
❐ A person banished from his own country ➺ Exiled (নির্বাসিত)
❐ A person who spends too much ➺ Extravagant (অমিতব্যয়ী)
❐ A person died for a noble cause ➺ Martyr (শহিদ)
❐ A person who journeys to a holy place ➺ Pilgrim (তীর্থযাত্রী)
❐ A person who foretells events ➺ Prophet (ভবিষ্যদবক্তা)
❐ A person who was before another ➺ Predecessor (পূর্বসূরী)
❐ A person who comes after another ➺ Successor (উত্তরসূরী)
❐ A person who takes shelter/refuge in a foreign country ➺ Refugee (উদ্বাস্তু/শরণার্থী)
❐ A messenger who sends message in great haste ➺ courier (দ্রম্নতবার্তাবাহক)
❐ A person whose ‘head’ is in the clouds ➺ a day dreamer
❐ Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool ➺ dotage (ভীমরতি, বার্ধক্যজনিত বুদ্ধিনাশ)
❐ Some who design house is ➺ an architect (স্থপতি)
🎯 Place/dwelling place স্থান/বাসস্থান
❐ A place where dogs are kept ➺ Kennel (কুকুরশালা)
❐ A place where bees are kept ➺ Apiary
❐ A place where birds are kept ➺ Aviary
❐ A dwelling place for wild beast (বন্য পশু) ➺ Den
❐ A place where fishes are kept ➺ Aquarium (মৎস্যাধার)
❐ The house of a gypsy (যাযাবর) ➺ Caravan
❐ A place for production of bread ➺ Bakery
❐ The under ground welling place of an animal ➺ Burrow
❐ A place for production and treatment of milk ➺ Dairy
❐ A place for keeping cars ➺ Garage
❐ A place for keeping aeroplanes ➺ Hanger
❐ The house of an Eskimo ➺ Igloo
❐ A place for discharge from the boweles (মল ত্যাগের স্থান) ➺ Lavatory/restroom.
❐ A place where money is coined ➺ Mint (টাকশাল)
❐ A house /shelter for a confined cow ➺ Pen (খোয়াড়)
❐ A shelter/shed for cows ➺ shed (গোয়াল)
❐ A place where ships are loaded and unloaded ➺ Quay
❐ A place where leather is tanned ➺ Tannery
❐ A container (box) in which bees are kept ➺ beehive
❐ A place where fish eggs are hatched ➺ Hatchery (মৎস্য খামার)
❐ A place where a bird sits ➺ Perch
❐ An area where pigs are kept ➺ Pigsty (শুকরশালা)
❐ A place where bird/animals can live protected from hunters ➺ sanctuary (অভয়ারণ্য)
❐ A place where horses are kept ➺ Stable (ঘোড়াশাল)
🎯 Auto - Self (নিজ, স্বয়ং)
❐ Self-rule or control ➺ Autonomy (স্বায়ত্ত্বশাসন)
❐ A self moving vehicle ➺ Automobile
❐ A machine that functions by itself ➺ Automatic (স্বয়ংক্রিয়) A signature of oneself ➺ Autograph
❐ One with unlimited power ➺ Autocrat
🎯 Phile = Love ভালবাসা
❐ Love for mankind ➺ Philanthropy
❐ One who loves books as collection ➺ Bibliophile One who loves women ➺ Philogynist
❐ One who loves wisdom ➺ Philosopher
🎯 Omni = All সর্ব
❐ One who is all powerfull ➺ Omnipotent, Almighty (সর্বশক্তিমান)
❐ One who is all knowing ➺ Omniscient (সর্বজ্ঞ)
❐ One who is present all over ➺ Omnipresent (সর্বত্র বিরাজমান)
❐ One who eats all kinds of food ➺ Omnivorous (সর্বভুক্ত)
❐ A book containing all the published work of an author (একজন লেখকের সব লেখার সংকলন) ➺ Omnibus
🎯 Gamy = বিবাহ সংক্রান্ত
❐ Practicing only one marriage (having only one wife/এক বিয়ে করার প্রথা) ➺ Monogamy
❐ Practicing two marriages ➺ Bigamy
❐ Practicing several marriages (having many wives) ➺ Polygamy
❐ One who hates marriage ➺ Misogamy
🎯 Andros = Male পুরুষ
❐ Having several husbands (একাধিক স্বামী গ্রহণ) ➺ Polyandry
❐ One who hates men ➺ Misandrist (পুরুষ বিদ্বেষী)
❐ People who have both male and female sexual organs ➺ Gynandrous
❐ People having both male and female characteristics (নারী-পুরুষ উভয় বৈশিষ্ট্য যার মধ্যে বিদ্যমান) ➺ Androgynous
🎯 Anthrope = Human মানুষ
❐ The study of human development ➺ Anthropology (নৃবিজ্ঞান)
❐ One who loves mankind ➺ Philanthropist (বিশ্ব প্রেমিক)
❐ One who hates humans ➺ Misanthropist (মানববিদ্বেষী)
🎯 Mis = hate ঘৃণা করা
❐ One who hates men ➺ Misandrist (পুরুষ বিদ্বেষী)
❐ One who hates women ➺ Misogynist (নারী বিদ্বেষী) One who hates marriage ➺ Misogamist (বিবাহ বিদ্বেষী)
🎯 Pater, Patris = Father পিতা
❐ One who loves his fatherland (country) ➺ Patriot
❐ An inheritance from father (পিতা থেকে পাওয়া উত্তরাধিকার) ➺ Patrimony
❐ The state of being father ➺ Paternity (পিতৃত্ব)
❐ The killing of a father ➺ Patricide
❐ A system ruled by father/men ➺ Patriarchy (পুরুষ শাসিত, পিতৃতন্ত্র)
🎯 Mater, Matri = Mother মা
❐ The rule or control of mother ➺ Matriarchy (মাতৃতন্ত্র)
❐ The killing of a mother ➺ Matricide
❐ The school or college one attends ➺ Alma mater (গুরুসদন)
🎯 Amble = walk হাঁটা
❐ To walk aimlessly ➺ Amble
❐ A baby carriage ➺ Perambulator (Pram)
❐ Carriage (গাড়ি) for sick people ➺ Ambulance
❐ One who walks in sleep ➺ Somnambulist (স্বপ্নচারী)
❐ One who walks at night ➺ Noctambulist (নিশাচর)
❐ One who walks on ropes ➺ Funambulist (দড়িবাজ)
🎯 Vorous = to eat খাওয়া
❐ Living on flesh = Carnivorous (মাংসাশী)
❐ Living on grass (শুধু ঘাস খেয়ে বেঁচে থাকে যে প্রাণী) ➺ Herbivorous (তৃণভোজী)
❐ Living on fish (শুধু মাছ খেয়ে বেঁচে থাকে যে প্রাণী) ➺ Piscivorous (মৎসভোজী)
❐ Living on all ( যে সবকিছু খায়) ➺ Omnivorous (সর্বভুক)
❐ Living on fruits ➺ Frugivorus
🎯 Miscellaneous বিবিধ
❐ A paper written by hand ➺ Manuscript (পান্ডুলিপি)
❐ Not bearing the name of a writer ➺ Anonymous (বেনামী)
❐ Animals living in flocks ➺ Gregarious (দলপ্রিয়)
❐ Animals living in both water and land ➺ Amphibians (উভচর)
❐ Animals sucking their mothers’ breast ➺ Mammals (স্তন্যপায়ী)
❐ Beyond the power of nature ➺ Supernatural (অতিপ্রাকৃতিক)
❐ Fit to be eaten ➺ Edible (ভোজ্য)
❐ A speech delivered without previous preparation ➺ Extempore speech (উপস্থিত বক্তৃতা)
❐ A remedy for all diseases ➺ a panacea/cure-all (সর্বরোগের ওষুধ)
❐ A speech full of too many words ➺ a verbose speech (বাগাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ)
❐ A speech delivered for the first time in the assembly ➺ a maiden speech (উদ্বোধনী বক্তৃতা)
❐ A powerful explosive to demolish buildings ➺ Blockbuster
❐ Two contrary things in the some statement ➺ Equivocation
❐ Something in fairly good condition ➺ fresh
❐ Planting & care of woody plants ➺ Arboricatture
❐ The state of a disease likely to couse death ➺ malignancy
❐ The ability to read & write ➺ literacy
❐ The feeling of Having seen or experienced before is called ➺ deja vu (recollection)
❐ Sudden changes in attitude or behavior of a person = capricious
❐ Description of a disagreeable thing by an agreeable name ➺ Euphemism
❐ protocol based on experience ➺ Emperically
❐ Blue chip ➺ মুনাফা লাভের সম্ভাবনা আছে এমন নিরাপদ বিনিয়োগ
❐ Minute ➺ কোনো meeting এ যা আলোচনা হয় যে সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়া হয় তা লিখিত রূপ।
🎯 More on “One word substitutions”
❐ Bastard, Illegitimate (জারজ) ➺ A child born of illegal parents
❐ Alimony (তালাকপ্রাপ্ত স্ত্রীর খোরপোষ) ➺ Money paid to a divorced wife
❐ Heterosexual (বিপরীতকামী) ➺ Love or attraction for the opposite sex
❐ Homosexual (সমকামী) ➺ Love or attraction for the same sex
❐ Corpse (মৃতদেহ) ➺ The dead body of a human being
❐ Carcas (পশুপক্ষীর মৃতদেহ) ➺ The dead body of an animal
❐ Mortuary (শবাগার) ➺ A place where dead bodies are kept temporarily
❐ Exhume (কবরখনন) ➺ To dig up a corpse (মানু
❐ ষের মৃতদেহ) Resurrection (রোজহাশর, পুনরুত্থান) Rising from the dead
❐ Hearse (শবযান) ➺ A vehicle for carrying dead bodies to the ceremony
❐ Catacombs (ভূ-গর্ভস্থিত সমাধি) ➺ Underground caves with burying places for the dead
❐ Scripture (ধর্মগ্রন্থ) ➺ A holy book
❐ Aisle (গির্জার সংকীর্ণগলি) ➺ The passage between the seats in a church
❐ Bigotry/Fanaticism (ধর্মান্ধতা) ➺ Religious intolerance
❐ Iconoclasm (গির্জার সংকীর্ণগলি) ➺ Breaking of religious or social images
❐ Blasphemy (ঈশ্বর নিন্দা) ➺ To use dirty language against God or religion
❐ Chauvinism (উগ্র/তীব্র স্বদেশপ্রেশ) ➺ Excessive patriotisim
❐ Encyclopaedia (বিশ্বকোষ) ➺ A book containing information of all subjects
❐ Monologue (একক ভাষণ) ➺ A long speech by one man
❐ Dictionary (অভিধান) ➺ A book that consists of an alphabetical list of the words
❐ Directory (নাম ঠিকানা ধারণকারী বই) ➺ A book containing names and addresses of the persons
❐ Glossary (শব্দকোষ) ➺ A list of special or techical words with definitions
❐ Obsolete (অপ্রচলিত) ➺ A word or term no more in use
❐ Autograph (স্বলেখন, স্বহস্ত লেখ) ➺ A person’s own handwriting
❐ Memorandum (স্মারকলিপি) ➺ A note to help memory
❐ Slang (সম্প্রদায়গত ভাষা, ইতর ভাষা) ➺ Words used in common language but not in literature
❐ Ignorance (অজ্ঞতা) ➺ A graduate of medical college serving his apprenticeship in a hospital
❐ Album (অ্যালবাম, আলোক-কুঞ্চিকা) ➺ A book with blank pages for keeping photograph or stamps
❐ Interne (শিক্ষনবিস চিকিৎসক) ➺ A graduate of medical college serving his apprenticeship in a hospital
❐ Maternity (মাতৃত্ব) ➺ A stage of motherhood
❐ Myopia (ক্ষীণদৃষ্টি) ➺ A stage of short-sightedness
❐ Hypermetropia (দীর্ঘদৃষ্টি) ➺ A stage of long-sightedness
❐ Anaesthetic (অনুভূতিনাশক) ➺ A medicine which produces insensibility
❐ Antiseptic (জীবাণুনাশক) ➺ A substance which kills germs
❐ Autopsy, post-mortem (ময়নাতদন্ত) ➺ Medical examination of a dead body
❐ Abortion (গর্ভপাত) ➺ Medical termination of pregnancy
❐ Amputation (অঙ্গ-প্রত্যঙ্গ ব্যবচ্ছেদ) ➺ To cut off a part of a person’s body which is infected