46. guide
Antonym — ×2
Jessore Board 2024; Cumilla Board 2019

(Verb / Noun)
পথ দেখানো, পরিচালিত করা
Teachers guide their students' activities so that they can succeed in their way of life.
Synonyms: direct, lead, steer, instruct, advise, counsel, mentor, navigate
Antonyms: misguide, mislead, abandon, follow, hinder, obstruct, confuse, neglect
47. ideal
Both — ×2
Dinajpur Board 2019 (synonym); Rajshahi Board 2024 (antonym)

(Adjective / Noun)
আদর্শ, সর্বোত্তম
An ideal student is an asset for society and is sincere, punctual, and law-abiding.
Synonyms: perfect, exemplary, model, flawless, optimal, supreme, ultimate, faultless
Antonyms: imperfect, flawed, defective, realistic, unworthy, mediocre, substandard
48. illiterate
Both — ×2
Cumilla Board 2023 (synonym); Jessore Board 2023 (antonym)

(Adjective / Noun)
নিরক্ষর, শিক্ষাবিহীন
An illiterate nation gropes in darkness with no definite goal or direction.
Synonyms: uneducated, unlettered, ignorant, unschooled, uninstructed, untaught
Antonyms: literate, educated, learned, scholarly, knowledgeable, well-read, cultured
49.impede
Antonym — ×2
Sylhet Board 2024; Dinajpur Board 2024

(Verb)
বাধা দেওয়া, বিঘ্ন সৃষ্টি করা
Nicotine constricts blood vessels, which impedes the normal flow of blood and oxygen.
Synonyms: hinder, obstruct, hamper, block, slow down, hold back, disrupt, interrupt
Antonyms: facilitate, assist, aid, help, advance, encourage, support, promote
50. importance
Both — ×2
Mymensingh Board 2024 (synonym); Jessore Board 2025 (antonym)

(Noun)
গুরুত্ব, প্রাসঙ্গিকতা
Sincere people know the importance of hard work and honesty in human life.
Synonyms: significance, value, relevance, weight, consequence, magnitude, seriousness
Antonyms: insignificance, triviality, irrelevance, unimportance, worthlessness, smallness
51. impossible
Both — ×2
Dhaka Board 2023 (antonym); Chattogram Board 2023 (synonym)

(Adjective)
অসম্ভব
Nothing is impossible for a sincere person who takes everything seriously.
Synonyms: unachievable, unattainable, inconceivable, out of the question, infeasible, hopeless
Antonyms: possible, achievable, feasible, attainable, practicable, realistic, manageable
52. injurious
Synonym — ×2
Sylhet Board 2024; Dinajpur Board 2024

(Adjective)
ক্ষতিকর, হানিকর
The particles in cigarette smoke are highly fatal and injurious to health.
Synonyms: harmful, damaging, detrimental, hurtful, hazardous, destructive, deleterious
Antonyms: beneficial, harmless, helpful, safe, curative, healthful, restorative
53. latent
Both — ×2
Jessore Board 2024 (synonym); Cumilla Board 2019 (antonym)

(Adjective)
স্তিমিত, লুকায়িত
Good education develops the latent talent of any individual and brings it to light.
Synonyms: hidden, concealed, dormant, undeveloped, potential, unexpressed, suppressed
Antonyms: active, visible, manifest, apparent, obvious, expressed, developed, evident
54. long
Both — ×2
Dhaka Board 2024 (synonym); Cumilla Board 2025 (antonym)

(Adjective / Adverb)
দীর্ঘ, দীর্ঘস্থায়ী
One can go a long way in life if they remain sincere in all their work.
Synonyms: extended, lengthy, prolonged, lasting, extensive, stretched, elongated, far
Antonyms: short, brief, concise, fleeting, quick, temporary, momentary, compact
55. make
Both — ×2
Sylhet Board 2023 (synonym); Dinajpur Board 2019 (antonym)

(Verb)
তৈরি করা, নির্মাণ করা
Facebook helps us make friendship even with unknown people around the world.
Synonyms: create, build, form, produce, generate, construct, establish, craft
Antonyms: destroy, break, demolish, dismantle, undo, ruin, eliminate, disassemble
56. mere
Both — ×2
Jessore Board 2024 (synonym); Cumilla Board 2019 (antonym)

(Adjective)
শুধুমাত্র, সাধারণ
Education depends on observation and experiment rather than mere bookish knowledge.
Synonyms: only, just, simple, bare, nothing but, purely, solely, sheer
Antonyms: enormous, great, substantial, significant, considerable, important, major
57. method
Synonym — ×2
Jessore Board 2024; Dinajpur Board 2019

(Noun)
পদ্ধতি, উপায়
Modern education is different in method from the traditional system of teaching.
Synonyms: approach, technique, procedure, system, process, way, manner, strategy
Antonyms: disorder, chaos, disorganisation, randomness, haphazardness, confusion
58. mortifying
Antonym — ×2
Sylhet Board 2024; Dinajpur Board 2024

(Adjective)
অত্যন্ত লজ্জাজনক, বিব্রতকর
Smoking is a mortifying habit that can lead to cancer and other severe diseases.
Synonyms: humiliating, embarrassing, shaming, degrading, crushing, distressing, demeaning
Antonyms: uplifting, encouraging, empowering, gratifying, constructive, dignifying
59. normal
Synonym — ×2
Sylhet Board 2024; Dinajpur Board 2024

(Adjective)
স্বাভাবিক, প্রচলিত
Nicotine impedes the normal flow of blood and oxygen in the body.
Synonyms: usual, standard, regular, typical, common, ordinary, conventional, routine
Antonyms: abnormal, unusual, extraordinary, irregular, atypical, exceptional, peculiar
60. notice
Antonym — ×2
Sylhet Board 2019; Mymensingh Board 2023

(Verb / Noun)
ধ্যান দেওয়া, লক্ষ্য করা
She worries that people do not notice her talents and hard work, only her beauty.
Synonyms: observe, perceive, detect, spot, recognise, see, mark, heed
Antonyms: ignore, overlook, miss, disregard, neglect, dismiss, fail to see

