Varsity B Unit Word List 11 (Words 201-220) | DU B & C Unit Admission Test English Vocabulary

Meaning: The power to have an effect on people or things.

বাংলা: প্রভাব

Synonyms: pressure, authority, control, effect, impact

Antonyms: powerlessness, subjection, inability

Example Sentences:

Her father had a strong influence on her career choice.

The media influences public opinion greatly.

Good friends can have a positive influence on your life.

Meaning: The intentional prevention of pregnancy.

বাংলা: গর্ভনিরোধ, জন্মনিয়ন্ত্রণ

Synonyms: birth prevention, planned, parenthood

Antonyms: birth, life, existence

Example Sentences:

Contraception helps control family planning.

Modern contraception methods are safe and effective.

Education about contraception is important for public health.

Meaning: The state of being subject to death or the rate of deaths in a population.

বাংলা: মরণশীলতা, মৃত্যুহার

Synonyms: death, passing away, loss of life, fatality, collapse

Antonyms: birth, life, existence

Example Sentences:

Infant mortality has decreased due to better healthcare.

Mortality is an unavoidable part of human life.

The study focuses on reducing mortality rates in rural areas.

Meaning: To withdraw or remove oneself or something from a situation or place.

বাংলা: প্রত্যাহার করা

Synonyms: quite, exit, get off, leave, take off, withdraw

Antonyms: keep, continue

Example Sentences:

The army decided to pull out from the occupied area.

The company pulled out of the project due to financial issues.

He pulled out his name from the competition.

Meaning: The ability to move or be moved freely and easily.

বাংলা: সচলতা, গতিশীলতা

Synonyms: flexibility, portability, elasticity, agility

Antonyms: motionlessness, stillness, immobility

Example Sentences:

Cars increased human mobility across long distances.

Social mobility allows people to improve their living standards.

Mobility is limited for patients after surgery.

Meaning: To reduce or limit something, especially an expense or activity.

বাংলা: কাটছাঁট করা

Synonyms: cut back, inhibit, reduce, decrease, limit, restrain, minimize

Antonyms: increase, raise, lift up, inflate

Example Sentences:

The company curtailed spending to save money.

We must curtail unnecessary use of electricity.

The new policy curtailed workers’ rights.

Meaning: A medical condition in which the blood lacks enough healthy red cells.

বাংলা: রক্তস্বল্পতা

Synonyms: bloodlessness

Antonyms:

Example Sentences:

Anaemia is often caused by iron deficiency.

She was diagnosed with severe anaemia.

Proper diet can help prevent anaemia.

Meaning: The ability to produce crops, plants, or offspring.

বাংলা: উর্বরতা

Synonyms: fruitfulness, richness, productivity, utility

Antonyms: infertility, sterility, barrenness, futility

Example Sentences:

Fertility of the soil can be improved by organic farming.

Fertility rates are declining in many countries.

Good nutrition improves fertility in both men and women.

Meaning: To make something visible or known that was hidden.

বাংলা: পরিচিত করা, প্রদর্শন করা, প্রকাশ করা

Synonyms: bring to light, disclose, display, unmask, unclothe, unveil

Antonyms: hide, refrain, suppress

Example Sentences:

The report exposed corruption in the government.

Children should not be exposed to harmful content.

The documentary exposed the truth behind the incident.

Meaning: To suggest something without directly stating it.

বাংলা: ইঙ্গিত করা

Synonyms: mean, signify, indicate, stand for, connote, insinuate, hint

Antonyms: explicate, explain, clarify, give details

Example Sentences:

His words implied that he was unhappy.

Silence often implies agreement.

The teacher’s tone implied disapproval.

Meaning: Based on different interpretations-

Noun: A structure of bars or wires in which birds or animals are kept.

Verb: Hold in enclosure

বাংলা: খাঁচা, পিঞ্জর

Synonyms: hutch, crate, coop

Antonyms: liberate, release

Example Sentences:

The bird was kept in a small cage.

He opened the cage to let the rabbit go free.

Metaphorically, fear can be a cage for the mind.

Meaning: To ask for something in an emotional or urgent way.

বাংলা: অনুরোধ করা/কারণটি মিনতি করা

Synonyms: request, beseech, appeal, pray, implore, pursue

Antonyms: reject, snub, turn down

Example Sentences:

The lawyer pleaded for mercy on behalf of his client.

She pleaded with her parents to let her go to the trip.

He pleaded innocent in front of the judge.

Meaning: To save someone or something from danger or difficulty.

বাংলা: উদ্ধার করা, মুক্ত করা

Synonyms: release, salvage, pick up, retrieve, recoup

Antonyms: abandon, throw away

Example Sentences:

Firefighters rescued the child from the burning building.

The coast guard rescued fishermen during the storm.

He rescued his friend from financial trouble.

Meaning: Hard, boring, and tiring work.

বাংলা: নীরস, একঘেয়ে খাটুনি

Synonyms: uphill, struggle, difficult task, hard slog

Antonyms: entertainment, amusement, fun

Example Sentences:

He was tired of the daily drudgery of office life.

For some, household chores are pure drudgery.

She turned her drudgery into passion through creativity.

Meaning: The process of giving people power or control over their lives.

বাংলা: ক্ষমতায়ন

Synonyms: authorization, approval, assent, blessing

Antonyms: disapproval, opposition, refusal, rejection, veto

Example Sentences:

Education is the key to women’s empowerment.

The organization focuses on youth empowerment.

Economic empowerment can reduce poverty.

Meaning: To be connected or related to something.

বাংলা: অংশ হিসেবে যুক্ত হওয়া, সম্পর্কিত থাকা

Synonyms: appertain, belong, relate, concern, be relevant to

Antonyms: disconnect, disjoin, separate, detach

Example Sentences:

The rules pertain to all students equally.

Your question does not pertain to this topic.

These records pertain to the last decade.

Meaning: Professional guidance to help with personal or psychological problems.

বাংলা: পরামর্শ

Synonyms: psychotherapy, therapy, advice

Antonyms:

Example Sentences:

He sought counselling for his anxiety.

Marriage counselling can improve relationships.

The school offers counselling for stressed students.

Meaning: The extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body or water.

বাংলা: কিনারা

Synonyms: fringe, periphery, threshold, verge

Antonyms: center, middle

Example Sentences:

I fear that the world is on the brink of a chronic shortage.

At the last moment I managed to step back from the brink.

Are we on the brink of disaster?

Meaning: Causing or likely to cause damage or injury.

বাংলা: ক্ষতিকর

Synonyms: adverse, baleful, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious

Antonyms: harmless, innocuous, safe, inoffensive

Example Sentences:

Smoking is harmful to your health.

Plastic waste is harmful to the environment.

Too much stress can be harmful to your body.

Meaning:  A change that results from an action or cause.

বাংলা: ফল

Synonyms: fate, outcome, product, sequel, sequence, matter of course

Antonyms: cause, occasion, reason

Example Sentences:

The new law had a positive effect on public safety.

Exercise has a great effect on mental health.

Global warming is the effect of pollution.