PARAGRAPH,WORDS AND MEANINGS

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Topic Of The Day:-“Bangladesh’s burden”

International relief agencies in Bangladesh such as the office of the UNHCR and the World Food Programme are struggling to attend to the large number of refugees arriving each day on foot or by boat (picture shows refugees at the border, at Teknaf, Bangladesh). Bangladesh, itself one of the world’s most densely populated nations, has hosted more than 600,000 Rohingya compared to 40,000 by India. Initially, hesitant to open borders along the Naf river, Bangladesh has now started allowing in refugees. Through the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dhaka has proposed that Myanmar secure areas in Rakhine under international relief agency supervision, but there has been no response so far from Myanmar. Bangladesh has plans of making another 607 hectares of land available near the Myanmar border for camps to accommodate refugees. It has also urged the international community to put pressure on Myanmar to take back the refugees and stop the violence against them. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently said: “It affects a country’s dignity when tens of thousands of its own nationals are fleeing home to take refuge outside.”

MEANINGS AND WORDS

1) Screws on

Meaning: to fasten, tighten, force, press, stretch tight, etc.,

2) Accountability

Meaning: The fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.

Example: Lack of accountability has corroded public respect for business and political leaders.

Synonyms: Responsibility, Liability

Antonyms: Unaccountability

3) Disclosure

Meaning: The action of making new or secret information known.

Example: A judge ordered the disclosure of the government documents.

Synonyms: Revelation, Declaration

Antonyms: Concealment

4) Unintended

Meaning: Not planned or meant.

Example: The unintended consequences of people’s actions.

Synonyms: Unexpected, Unplanned

Antonyms: Expected, Planned

5) Rating shopping

Meaning: Rating shopping occurs when an issuer chooses the rating agency that will assign the highest rating or that has the most lax criteria for achieving a desired rating. Rating shopping rarely involves corporate, sovereign, and municipal bonds.

6) Prudential

Meaning: Involving or showing care and forethought, especially in business.

Example: The US prudential rules prevented banks from lending more than fifteen per cent of their capital to any one borrower.

7) Oligopolistic

Meaning: Oligopoly is a market structure in which a small number of firms has the large majority of market share. An oligopoly is similar to a monopoly, except that rather than one firm, two or more firms dominate the market.

8) Barriers

Meaning: A fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access.

Example: The mountain barrier between Norway and Sweden.

Synonyms: Fence, Hurdle

9) Compete

Meaning: Strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others.

Example: Universities are competing for applicants.

Synonyms: Participate, Engage

Antonyms: Agree

10) Incumbents

Meaning: The holder of an office or post.

Example: The present incumbent will soon be retiring.

Synonyms: Holder, Bearer

11) Immense

Meaning: Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

Example: The cost of restoration has been immense.

Synonyms: Huge, Massive

Antonyms: Tiny

12) Squalid

Meaning: (of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

Example: The squalid, overcrowded prison.

Synonyms: Dirty, Slummy

Antonyms: Clean, Pleasant

13) Harassed

Meaning: Feeling or looking strained as a result of having too many demands made on one.

Example: It is a godsend for harassed parents.

Synonyms: Strained, Harried

Antonyms: Carefree

14) Hounded

Meaning: Harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly.

Example: She was hounded by the Italian press.

Synonyms: Bother, Trouble

15) Deemed

Meaning: Regard or consider in a specified way.

Example: The event was deemed a great success.

Synonyms: Consider, Count

16) Accommodative

Meaning: (of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for.

Example: The cottages accommodate up to six people.

Synonyms: House, Board

17) Fleeing

Meaning: Run away from a place or situation of danger.

Example: To escape the fighting, his family fled from their village.

Synonyms: Run, Escape

18) Stance

Meaning: The way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket, golf, and other sports); a person’s posture.

Example: She altered her stance, resting all her weight on one leg.

Synonyms: Posture, Pose

19) Contradictory

Meaning: Mutually opposed or inconsistent.

Example: The two studies came to contradictory conclusions.

Synonyms: Opposed, Contrary

Antonyms: Consistent, Compatible

20) Empathising

Meaning: Understand and share the feelings of another.

Example: Counsellors need to be able to empathize with people.

Synonyms: Identify, Sympathize

21) Atrocious

Meaning: Of a very poor quality; extremely bad or unpleasant.

Example: He attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent.

Synonyms: Brutal, Savage

Antonyms: Admirable, kindly

22) Persecution

Meaning: Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression.

Example: Her family fled religious persecution.

Synonyms: Oppression, Victimization

23) Constrained

Meaning: Appearing forced or overly controlled.

Example: He was acting in a constrained manner.

Synonyms: Artificial, Unnatural

Antonyms: Relaxed

24) Densely

Meaning: In a closely compacted or crowded manner; thickly.

Example: A densely populated country.

25) Hesitant

Meaning: Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.

Example: Clients are hesitant about buying.

Synonyms: Uncertain, Unsure

Antonyms: Certain, Decisive