ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS (PART 1)

বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ভর্তি প্রস্তুতি English Grammar and Composition

DAY 11

PART A

 

One word substitution List

One word

Bengali Meaning

Explanation

Archaeologist

প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক

one who is interested in ancient building and relics.

Astrologer

জ্যোতিষী

one who foretells thing by the stars.

Astronomer

জ্যোতির্বিদ

one who studies heavenly bodies.

Auctioneer

নিলামকারী

one who sells things at public auction.

Colleague

সহকর্মী

A person working in the same place with another.

Drover

ড্রভার

one who deals in cattle.

Epicurean

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One whose attitude is eat, drink and be merry.

Jockey

অশ্বব্যবসায়ী

One versed in horsemanship

Philatelist

ডাকটিকেট সংগ্রহকারী

A person who collects stamps.

Patriot

দেশপ্রেমিক

One who loves his country

Traitor

বিশ্বাসঘাতক

a person who does not love this country.

Martyr

শহীদ

One who sacrifice life for a noble cause.

Emigrant, Expatriate

প্রবাসী

a person leaving his native country to settle there.

Immigrant

অভিবাসী

A person coming to a foreign land to settle there.

Alien/ Foreigner

বিদেশী

a person residing in a foreign country.

Philanthropist

দানকারী

One who loves mankind.

Misanthropist

মনুষ্যদ্বেষী

a person who hates mankind a hater of mankind.

Misogynist

নারীবিদ্বেষী

A man who hates women.

Feminist

নারীবাদী

one who works for the welfare of women.

Imposter

-

one who pretends to be what he is not.

Contemporary

সমসাময়িক

A person living at the same time with another.

Predecessor

পূর্বসূরি

A person who was before anoher person.

Successor

উত্তরাধিকারী

one who comes to be after another.

Somnambulist

-

ones who walks in sleep.

Insolvent, Bankrupt

দেউলিয়া

A person unable to pay debts.

Optimist

আশাবাদী

A person looking only to the bright side of things.

Usurer

সুদখোর

one who lends money at a very high interest.

Janitor

তত্ত্বাবধায়ক

one who takes care of building.

Pedestrian

পথচারী

One who goes on foot.

Author

লেখক

one who writes books.

Anthropologist

নৃবিজ্ঞানী

one who studies the evolution of mankind.

Butcher

কসাই

One who sells meat.

Beggar

ভিক্ষুক

One who lives on alms.

Carpenter

কাঠমিস্ত্রি

One who makes furniture.

Compositor

সুরকার

One who sets types in a priming press.

Palmist

গণক

One who reads the palm.

Fishmonger

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One who deals in fish.

Funambulist

রজ্জুনর্তক

One who walks on ropes.

Journalist

সাংবাদিক

One who writes for the newspaper.

Mimic

নকল

One who imitates the voice, gestures etc, or another.

Pilot

বিমানচালক

One who files an aeroplane.

Potter

কুমার

One who ales earthen posts

Porter

কুলি

One who carries burden for hire

Surgeon

শল্যচিকিৎসক

One who treat diseases by operation.

Wheel Wright

চাকা চাকাওয়ালা গাড়ির প্রস্তুতকারক

One who makes wheels for carriages and carts

Librarian

গ্রন্থাগারিক

a person in charge of a library.

Mayor

নগরাধ্যক্ষ

the head of a town council or corporation.

Archer

তীরন্দাজ

One who shoots with bows and arrows

Exiled

নির্বাসিত

One who is hanished from his own country.

Extravagant

অসংযত

One who spends lavishly One wire foretells events.

Prophet

নবীজি

One who foretells events

Refugee

শরণার্থী

One who takes refuge in a foreign country.

Diplomat

কূটনীতিক

One who is skilled in dealing with people in business/politics.

Ambassador

রাষ্ট্রদুত

One who is a diplomat of a government in other country

Ambassador

রাষ্ট্রদুত

A political representative of the highest order from one country to another

Reticent

স্বল্পভাষী

A person who is reserved in speech.

Prostitute

বেশ্যা

A woman who sells her body for money

Philanderer

প্রেমিক

A person who makes insincere love

Cartographer

মানচিত্রকার

One who draws maps [process of making maps ]

Cobbler

মুচি

A person who mends shoes

Plumber

সীসককর্মকার-/গ্যাস প্রভৃতির নলওয়ালা

One who mends water pipes

Sculptor

ভাস্কর

One who carves on stone/ makes statues using clay

Architect

স্থপতি

Someone who designs house

Geologist

ভূতাত্ত্বিক

One who studies rocks and soils/the formation of earth

Meteorologist

আবহাওয়াবিদ

One who studies meteorology

Lexicographer

অভিধানকার

A person who writes / complies / edits dictionary

Linguist

ভাষাবিদ

A person who is skilled in foreign languages

Novelist

উপন্যাসিক

One who writes novel

Playwright

নাট্যকার

A person who writes plays

Stenographer

শ্রুতিলেখক

A Person Who Writes Shorthand

Curater

অধ্যক্ষ

A person in charge of a museum

Malingerer

রোগভানকারী

One who pretends illness to escape duty

 

 

 

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PART B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cosmopolitan

বিশ্বজনীন

One who is the citizen of the world.

Omniscient

সর্বজ্ঞ

One who knows or sees everything/has unlimited knowledge

Omnipotent

সর্বশক্তিমান

One who is all-powerful (all mighty, superme)

Substitution Related To Persons

 

One word

Bengali Meaning

Explanation

Blasphemy

ধর্মনিন্দা

lack of respect to God and religion.

Monotheism

একেশ্বরবাদ

belief in only one/single god

Pantheism

সর্বেশ্বরবাদ

belief in all gods. / Belief that god exist in all natural things.

Theist

আস্তিক

One who believes in the existence of god

Atheist

নাস্তিক

One who dose not believe in god

Monotheist

একেশ্বরবাদী

One who believes in one god

Polytheist

মুশরিক

One who believes in many gods & goddesses

Pantheist

সর্বদেবতার উপাসনা

One who believes in many / all gods & goddesses

Renegade

ধর্মত্যাগী

One who gives up religious faith.

Infidel

কাফের

A disbeliever in religion

Bigotry/Fanaticism

গোঁড়ামি / ধর্মান্ধতা

Religious intolerance/ narrow religious views.

Iconoclasm

মূর্তিভঙ্গ

Breaking of religious or social images.

Pilgrim

তীর্থযাত্রী

A person who undertakes a journey to a holy place (যিনি pilgrim বা তীর্থযাত্রী তিনি কোনো পবিত্র স্থানে বা holy place-এর দিকে যাত্রা করেন।)

Pulpit

মিম্বার

The platform from where a priest delivers his lecture

Idolatry

মূর্তিপূজা

Worshipping idols/images

Iconoclast

প্রতিমাভঙ্গকারী

one who breaks idols/images

Scripture

ধর্মগ্রন্থ

The holy books / writings of a particular religion.

Substitution Related To Religious Terms

 

One word

Bengali Meaning

Explanation

Amphibians

উভচর প্রাণী

Animals living in both land and water.

Aquatic animals

জলজ প্রাণী

Animals living in water.

Cannibals

নরখাদক

A person who eats human flesh.

Mammals

স্তন্যপায়ী প্রাণী

Animals sucking their mother's breast.

Carnivorous animals

মাংসাশী প্রাণী

Animal that eats flesh of other animals.

Graminivorous animals

গ্রামীণোভোরস প্রাণী

Animals living on grass , Animals living on only plants / herbs / grass (harvivore)

Herbivorous animals

ভেষজজীবী প্রাণী

An animal that lives on grass

Omnivorous animals

সর্বস্বাসী প্রাণী

One who eats everything

Vegetarian animals

নিরামিষাশী প্রাণী

A person who eats only vegetable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

END PART B EXAM 1O MINUTES