✎ W - Z

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WAFT

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আলতোভাবে ভাসিয়ে নিয়ে যাওয়া

to float, to drift, to blow

to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water

(verb)

[The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears]

[A breeze wafted the scent of roses towards our table]

[The smell of chicken soup wafted up to my bedroom]

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WAIVE

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to relinquish, to forgo, to give up

পরিত্যাগ করা, ছাড়িয়া দেওয়া

to put aside for the time; defer; postpone

(verb)

[The university waives the application fee for low-income students]

[to waive one's right ▲ to waive one's rank ▲ to waive honors]

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WAKE

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trail of boat or plane or something left behind water or air or something

মৃতদেহের পাশে সারারাত ধরে বিলাপ ও সুরাপান সহকারে জাগরণ

জাগানো, ঘুম ভাঙানো

(noun/verb)

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WALLOW

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গড়াগড়ি দেওয়া (ময়লার মধ্যে)
to spend time experiencing or enjoying something without making any effort to change your situation
feelings

(verb)

[elephants wallowing in the river]

[I used to positively wallow in being people's worst nightmare]

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WANTON

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maliciously and unnecessarily cruel or destructive
অসংযত, অনিয়ন্ত্রিত, স্বেচ্ছামূলক
deliberate and without motive
Careless, reckless

(adj)

[Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way?]
[wanton destruction]
লম্পট [wanton behavior]

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WANE

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to become smaller or less
to decrease in size, amount, length or quality

(verb)

[The scandal caused her popularity to wane]

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WARY

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Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems
সতর্ক

(adj)

[The store owner kept a wary eye on him]

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WARRANT

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(verb)

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WELTER

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to move in a turbulent fashion
to be in turmoil
to WALLOW
a large number of items in no order; a confused mass

(verb/noun)

An example of a welter is the rise and fall of the stock market

An example of welter is a child rolling around in pillow fill

[there's such a welter of conflicting rules]

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WILLFUL

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deliberate
Obstinate
ইচ্ছাকৃত, একগুঁয়ে, স্বেচ্ছাচারী

(adj)

[she had stolen the cookies willfully]

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WISTFUL

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having or showing sad thoughts and feelings about something that you want to have or do (especially about something that made you happy in the past)

(adj)

[i felt wistful when i saw Steve's fancy new car]

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WIZENED

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রোগা, শুষ্কবদন
উষ্কখুষ্ক, বিশীর্ণ

(adj)

[a wizened old man]

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WRATH

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intense anger
Rage
any action carried out in great anger

(noun)

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WHIMSICAL

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unusual in a playful or amusing way
not serious
খামখেয়ালী

(adj)

[She has a whimsical sense of humor]

[it's hard to make plans with such a whimsical best friend]

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WILY

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ধূর্ত
কৌশলপূর্ণ

(adj)

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WINSOME

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cheerful
Pleasant
appealing

(adj)

[he had a winsome boyish smile]

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WITHHOLD

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to hold (something) back
প্রতিরোধ করা, ধরিয়া রাখা, আটকাইয়া রাখা
to refuse to provide (something)

to take out (an amount of money for taxes) from someone's income

to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing

(verb)

[withhold permission]
[She was accused of withholding evidence]
[She has $20 withheld from her paycheck every week]

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WOE

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affliction, suffering, distress

(noun)

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ZEALOUS

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feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person, cause, etc. : filled with zeal

enthusiastically devoted to some thing; fervent

(adj)

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ZENITH

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highest point, peak, pinnacle

the strongest or most successful period of time

(noun)

[at the zenith of her career as a dancer]

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ZEALOT

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ধর্মান্ধ
a person who has very strong feelings about something (such as religion or politics) and who wants other people to have those feelings

(noun)

[No nation has freedom when it is run by religious zealots]

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ZEITGEIST

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যুগের ভাবধারা, যুগের মানসিকতা

the mood or spirit of the time

the general beliefs, ideas, and spirit of a time and place

(noun)

[His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America]

[the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s]

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ZANY

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(n)

Comic, crazy, clown, comical person

ভাঁড়

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ZEST

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(n)

: lively excitement

: a feeling of enjoyment and enthusiasm

: a lively quality that increases enjoyment, excitement, or energy

: small pieces of the skin of a lemon, orange, or lime that are used to flavor food

We'd hoped to recapture some of the zest and enthusiasm of youth at the reunion.

She has a real zest for life.

His humor added zest to the performance.

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ZEAL

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(n)

Eager enthusiasm

প্রবল উদ্দীপনা

She attacked her homework with renewed zeal after getting her first A.A politician known for his zeal for reform