100 True/False questions

1. slough → অসম্মান insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance

   True        False

2. serpentine → সর্পিল winding; twisting; of or like a serpent; Ex. serpentine course of the river; N. serpent: snake

   True        False

3. sheer → কাটা remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors

   True        False

4. skulduggery → অসততা (skullduggery) dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election

   True        False

5. severity → ক্রকচ having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf

   True        False

6. significant → হাড়কঞ্জুষ miser; stingy person

   True        False

7. simian → উল্লুক monkeylike; N: ape or monkey

   True        False

8. sententious → সংক্ষিপ্ত অথচ অর্থপূর্ন pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic

   True        False

9. slacken → অবহেলা করা slow up; loosen; make or become slack

   True        False

10. silt → অঙ্কুর new growth from a plant

    True        False

11. slew → অন্যাদিকে সজোরে ঘোরা বা ঘুরিয়ে দেওয়া large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left

    True        False

12. serrated → ক্রকচ having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf

    True        False

13. simper → উপমিতি comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as

    True        False

14. sinecure → হাসা smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly

    True        False

15. skiff → সর পড়া read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid

    True        False

16. servile → বশ্যতা slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment

    True        False

17. sinuous → সর্পিল twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest

    True        False

18. shift → ডোঙা small light sailboat or rowboat

    True        False

19. skeptic → পচনশীল of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)

    True        False

20. skirmish → দাঙ্গা minor fight; minor battle in war; V.

    True        False

21. slipshod → বিশৃঙ্খল slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work

    True        False

22. siren → এড়াইয়া চলা avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger

    True        False

23. Shangri-la → পায়ের বেড়ি chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.

    True        False

24. shimmer → চকমক shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.

    True        False

25. simplistic → সরল oversimplified

    True        False

26. sinister → দুর্ভাগা evil; ominous

    True        False

27. sibling → একই পিতা বা মাতার সন্তান brother or sister

    True        False

28. slavish → ক্রীতদাসতুল্য of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original

    True        False

29. simulate → অনুকরণ করা feign; imitate

    True        False

30. shackle → পায়ের বেড়ি chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.

    True        False

31. slaughter → লোকচক্ষুর অন্তরালে রাখা isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life

    True        False

32. skinflint → হাড়কঞ্জুষ miser; stingy person

    True        False

33. sleek → মসৃণ smooth and shining (as from good health); V.

    True        False

34. slither → হড়কাতে হড়কাতে চলা slip or slide

    True        False

35. shun → দোষারোপ slander; insult to one's character or reputation; V.

    True        False

36. slag → অন্যাদিকে সজোরে ঘোরা বা ঘুরিয়ে দেওয়া large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left

    True        False

37. slander → নিদ্রা যায় যে one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable

    True        False

38. serendipity → নির্মলতা calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene

    True        False

39. shirk → খুপরি crude cabin

    True        False

40. skulk → দোষারোপ slander; insult to one's character or reputation; V.

    True        False

41. slight → স্থানপরিবর্তন change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group

    True        False

42. shudder → নিরেস made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick

    True        False

43. sentimental → প্রহরী sentry; lookout

    True        False

44. shambles → কসাইখানা (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a shambles.

    True        False

45. shyster → দুর্ভাগা evil; ominous

    True        False

46. shrew → সাইরেন apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature

    True        False

47. sluggish → ঘোড়ায় - টানা স্লেজগাড়ি large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

    True        False

48. shack → খুপরি crude cabin

    True        False

49. slink → গর্ভপাত হত্তয়া move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)

    True        False

50. shear → ডাহা pure; thin and transparent; very steep

    True        False

51. shunt → সরিয়া যাত্তয়া move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N.

    True        False

52. slur → দোষারোপ slander; insult to one's character or reputation; V.

    True        False

53. sherbet → সরবৎ flavored dessert ice

    True        False

54. sleazy → নোংরা shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial; Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric

    True        False

55. simile → উপমিতি comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as

    True        False

56. servitude → মেরুদণ্ডহীন slavish; cringing; N. servility

    True        False

57. septic → মেরুদণ্ডহীন slavish; cringing; N. servility

    True        False

58. singular → অনন্যসাধারণ being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior

    True        False

59. sloth → কুঁড়েমি slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent

    True        False

60. sever → নিদ্রা যায় যে one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable

    True        False

61. sepulcher → জলকপাট artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)

    True        False

62. shed → দজ্জাল scolding woman; very small mouselike animal

    True        False

63. slick → বাক্পটুতাপূর্ণ make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib

    True        False

64. sentinel → প্রহরী sentry; lookout

    True        False

65. sleigh → ঘোড়ায় - টানা স্লেজগাড়ি large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice

    True        False

66. sinewy → পেশল (of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone

    True        False

67. sleight → নৈপুণ্য dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks

    True        False

68. sham → সর পড়া read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid

    True        False

69. sledge → ধাতুমল glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter

    True        False

70. slap → চড় hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack

    True        False

71. sequester → লোকচক্ষুর অন্তরালে রাখা isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life

    True        False

72. shaving → খেউরি very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)

    True        False

73. slack → অবহেলা করা moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; Ex. slack season; Ex. slack in one's work; N. V.

    True        False

74. sextant → সেকসট্যান্ট navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)

    True        False

75. sere → বিভক্ত করা separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position

    True        False

76. slovenly → ঠেলা push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N.

    True        False

77. sluice → অবহেলা করা moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; Ex. slack season; Ex. slack in one's work; N. V.

    True        False

78. skimp → কৃপণতা করা provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly

    True        False

79. shuffle → পায়ের বেড়ি chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.

    True        False

80. sidetrack → নাক্ষত্রিক relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day

    True        False

81. slapdash → বেপরোয়া hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)

    True        False

82. sheaf → গোছা bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together

    True        False

83. shoot → স্থানপরিবর্তন change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group

    True        False

84. sheathe → খাপে ভরা place into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade

    True        False

85. shove → ছায়াবৃত করা slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey

    True        False

86. shrewd → দজ্জাল scolding woman; very small mouselike animal

    True        False

87. skittish → চপল inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit

    True        False

88. slake → দমিত করা satisfy (thirst); quench; sate

    True        False

89. shoddy → নিরেস made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick

    True        False

90. sensuous → ইন্দ্রি়গত giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin

    True        False

91. serenity → নির্দয়তা harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense

    True        False

92. slur → দোষারোপ pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble

    True        False

93. sleeper → নিদ্রা যায় যে one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable

    True        False

94. sluggard → ঠিকরা fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)

    True        False

95. sibylline → একই পিতা বা মাতার সন্তান brother or sister

    True        False

96. shard → এড়াইয়া চলা avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger

    True        False

97. sidereal → উপপথ switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track

    True        False

98. skim → চড় hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack

    True        False

99. shade → ছায়াবৃত করা slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey

    True        False

100. sentient → সেকসট্যান্ট navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)

     True        False