The Daily Star Vocabulary

1. Ceasefire Violations –
2. Rebels –
3. regime ally –
4. truce – (armistice, truce)
5. null and void – ,
6. artillery fire –
7. retaliation – (vengeance, reprisal,
revenge)
8. ethnic cleansing –
9. starve to death –
10. humanitarian aid –
11. unprecedented occurrence –
12. mesmerised –
13. political and racist alienation –

14. vis-à-vis – (orally)

15. meandering and lengthy way –

16. perpetrators to justice –

17. resettlement period –

18. persistent terrorist threat –

19. autonomous unit –

20. fitful –
21. more erratic –
22. untold sufferings –
23. acute –
24. plight of private consumers –

25. manifold –
26. poor planning and widespread pilferage –

27. ordeal –
28. grievous –
29. impending crisis –
30. burgeoning economy –
31. paradigm –
32. Sustainable Development Goals –

33. eradicating poverty –

34. extreme poverty –
35. ultra poor family –
36. uneven developments and disparities –

37. aforementioned crisis –

38. feasible and realistic –

39. farce end –

40. relocation –
41. infrastructure and facilities –
-
42. bizarre –
43. effluent treatment plant –
44. Regrettably –
45. disgorging –
46. unholy nexus –
47. stemmed –
48. moribund –
49. unprecedented year –
50. inflation rate –
51. stern measures –
52. utilization capacity –
53. imminent issue –
54. sustainable and inclusive –

55. vigorously – ,
56. True commitment –
57. spate of development –

58. same vein –

59. political turmoil –
60. dissenting voice –
61. lamentably lacking –
62. sole obligation –
63. bane of corruption –
64. substantial –
65. chunk –
66. accountability –
67. nullified –
68. injudicious –
69. sine qua –
70. glory-hunting approach –
71. alleged perpetrator –
72. numerous political assassination –
73. social upheaval –
74. authoritarian clampdown –

75. political spectrum –

76. undermining chance –
77. state-strengthening reform –

78. entrenched interest –

79. denied asylum –
80. inexplicable collapse –
81. preservation –
82. sustainable water regime –
83. rendered – , ,
84. human consumption –
85. rising salinity and arsenic contamination –

86. land grabber –

87. catchment area –
88. judicial use –
89. indiscriminately –
90. irritating illustration –
91. illegal settlement –
92. retaliation – (vengeance, reprisal)
93. arch enemy –
94. Political backlash –

95. flagrant violation of law –

96. figuratively and literally –

97. seized –
98. unanimous resolution –
99. act of defiance –
100. old nemesis –
101. annexed – ,
102. resolution –
103. contemporary –
104. endorsed –
105. condemning –
106. deemed fit – .
107. dismissive nature –
108. near-unanimous decision –

109. punitive measure –

110. ancestral home –
111. Neoliberalism –
112. coerced nation –
113. democratise gender relation –

114. mitigate patriarchy –

115. misogyny – -
116. perpetrating violence –
117. terror outfit –
118. rebel –
119. deciphered by expert –

120. mourning –
121. allegation –
122. forthcoming –
123. woo voters –
124. unpalatable truth –
125. immorality –
126. travesty –
127. electoral misconduct –
128. unduly influenced –
129. lure of gifts –
130. gross violation –
131. inevitable outcome –
132. sexual harassment –
133. incarcerated women –

134. Marital rape –

135. homogeneous phenomenon

136. victim-perpetrator dichotomy – -

137. legitimising violence –

138. wreckage found –
139. pledged to dispatch –

140. devastating civil war – .

141. Assaults –
142. brutally –
143. group of thugs –
144. local musclemen –
( )
145. ironically –
146. Detestably –
147. indigent freedom fighters –

148. violently dislodging –

149. contemplate –
150. political affiliation –
151. political patronage, nepotism –
,
152. biased, baseless, conspiratorial –
,
153. imaginary and self-contradictory –

154. crux reality –

155. Unchecked autonomy –

156. Dubious recruitment process –

157. substandard partisan –

158. unchecked discretion –
159. punitive measure –
160. effective oversight and accountability –

161. extremist-
162. Vigilance –
163. slackened –
164. raid –
165. hideout –
166. highly radicalised –
167. manifold –
168. neutralised the operatives –

169. recruitment capability and ideological

sustenance –

170. denuded –
171. Militant Hideout –
172. Radicalised woman –
173. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
–
174. fragile, ephemeral object – ,

175. mechanism of propaganda –

176 innocuous picture –

177. taboo –
178. expressed condolences –
179. mainstream educational system –

180. partisan emotional investment –

181. halt –
182. recruitment exams –
183. stark contrast –
184. garnering praise –
185. glimpse –
186. wreaked havoc –
187. torn –
188. status quo –
189. hooliganism –
190. rife –
191. disgraceful foreign policy –

192. selective amnesia –

193. historiographic riddle – -

194. mass atrocities –

195. sordid story –
196. panorama of interpretations –
197. political inclination –
198. particular vantage point –
199. methodological clarity and evidence –

200. dispassionate distance –

191. obliterated –
192. smudges of misdeed –
13. dehumanising Cold-War –
1. prioritised –
2. sluggish –
3. unsatisfactory –
4. stymied –
5. social constraint –
6. substantial improvement –

7. devise a comprehensive strategy –

1. disgraceful foreign policy –

2. selective amnesia –
3. historiographic riddle – -

4. mass atrocities –
5. sordid story –
6. panorama of interpretations –
7. political inclination –
8. particular vantage point –
9. methodological clarity and evidence –

10. dispassionate distance –

11. mainstream educational system –

12. partisan emotional investment –

13. dehumanising Cold-War –

1. prioritised –
2. sluggish –
3. unsatisfactory –
4. stymied –
5. social constraint –
6. substantial improvement –

1. depopulation and desolation –

2. fumble – (fluff,muddle)
3. sectarian and ethnic tension –
4. reminiscent – (monumental, memorial,
commemorative)
5. vicious circle –
6. cauldron of cruelty –
7. fluke –
8. hegemonic nation –
1. pragmatic strategies-
2. physical infrastructure –
3. transparency – .
4. curbed –
5. rhetoric on foreign investment –

6. deficit –
7. sceptical –
8. real and perceived –
1. aesthetic reason –
2. idyllic location –
3. stark environmental challenges –

4. porous limestone-
5. precious – (gorgeous, superb,pretty)
6. disinfected –
7. accumulation of sludge –
1. rejoinder –
2. concocted, fabricated, false – , ,
3. nefarious incidence –
4.anonymity –
5. bureaucrat-turned politician – -
6. brutal assassination –
7. communal violence –
8. utter foolishness –
9. religious zealots –
10. heinous crime-
1. brought out –
2. anti-graft body –
3. backlog –
4. archaic – ,
5. stymies –
6. curbing corruption – -
7. lapse –
8. flawed –
9. tackling graft –
1. rural-to-urban migration –

2. rapid urbanisation –
3. Urban Resilience -
4. slum-dwellers –
5. ambivalent attitude –

6. infrastructure development –

7. bias – (favour,partiality, favoritism)

8. real estate sector –
9. impunity – (release, salivation,rede
mption)
10. female empowerment –
11. exacerbate the vulnerabilities –
12. ultimate goal of planning –

1. cognizance –
2. Transparency –
3. recruitment –
4. grim –
5. anti-corruption watchdog –

6. brown envelopes – (
)
7. pattern of denial –
8. credible grounds –
9. alacrity –
10. knee-jerk response –
11. eradicate this menace –
12. laudable steps –
13. finding the lacunae –
14. incumbent –
15. messenger –
1. sterling example –
2. modus operandi –
3. bruised image –
4. traditional statutory duties –

5. social bonding and cohesion –

6. conducting anti-narcotics operation –

7. sustainable rehabilitation –
8. gypsy –
9. potential fellow compatriot –

10.stigma –
1. Brutalities –
2. gender discrimination –
3. gender-based violence –
4. pervasive presence –
5. poor implementation regulation –

6. perpetrator –
7. legal loopholes –
1. wholeheartedly supported –

2. much cherished victory –

3. perilous – (dangerous,
risky,hazardous)
4. decisive moment –
5. imperceptive diplomacy –
6. unarmed civilians –
7. heavy arms and ammunition –

8. arson attack –
9. navy veteran –
10. upswing of a promising Foreign Service –

11. earnest and precise –

12. brutality and wanton killing –
13. political settlement –
14. horrific slaughter of civilian –

15. Selective Genocide –

1. migrant workers’ death –

2. alarming rise –
3. grapple –
4. physical and mental suffering –

5. unfavourable working condition –

6. perennial anxiety –
7. testimony –
8. resilient –
9. sweat and tears –
10. chalk out –
1. outbound female migrants –

2. consultation –
3. forcibly –
4. burgeoning demand – /
5. extensive consultative process –

6. ensure ethical recruitment –

1. Unabated persecution –
2. castigated –
3. subterfuge –
4. perpetuate –
5. regime –
6. persecution –
7. horrendous –
8. concrete and substantive action –

9. ethnic cleansing –
10. plunder –
1. inevitable-
2. fiscal surpluses and foreign reserves –

3. Anecdotal evidence –
4. fraught geopolitics –
5. foreseeable future –
6. smuggle and fake –
7. horrendous working conditions –

8. depreciate the exchange rate –

9. sterilisation and rising spread –

10. stymieing official inflow –

1. turbulent –
2. Pakistani subjugation –
3. denounce the unjust war –
,
4. brutality of the marauding army –
5. refugee crisis –
5. death and destitution – :
1. ominous news –
2. imprisoned –
3. facing anti-state charges –

4. countries incarcerating –
5. choke voices of dissent –

6. guise of sedition –

7. defamation –
8. impression of impunity –
9. throttle the voices –
10. growing authoritarianism of government –

11. indirect intimidation –

1. Consolidate –
2. Pakistan occupation forces –

3. arson, rape and displacement – ,

4. provocation –
5. skilful diplomatic manoeuvring –

6. accusations and counter-accusations –

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7. bone of contention – ।
8. bilateral agreement –
9. sparsely inhabited territory –

10. upward of economic growth –

1. pay homage –
2. unflinching support –
3. injustice –
4. persecution –
5. harrowing nine months of war –

6. problems of governance –
7. natural adversities –
8. receive immunisation from disease-

9. diversified our exports –

10. unfettered rise of corruption –

11. increasingly precious commodity –

12. pitfall –
1. Persecution –
2. rapporteur on human rights –
3. atrocities –
4. ethnic cleansing –
5. responded callously –
6. dreaded military intelligence –
7. dispossessed –
8. Rohingya tormentor –
9. diplomatic cliché –
10. permanent chargé d’affaires –

11. on-going pogrom –

12. minority community –
13. more circumspect –
14. regional security –
1. humiliation –
2. Unlawful arbitration –
3. outrage and grief –
4. objectionable relationship –
5. public shaming –
6. despicable behaviour –
7. abused his power –
8. cohorts –
9. exemplary punishment –
10. isolated case – .
11. impose barbaric punishment –

12. commit suicide –

13. medieval law –
1. suicide bomb attack –
2. day of mourning –
3. splinter group –
4. condemnation – (blame, slander, censure)
5. disrupt – (smash, shatter)
6. protracted parliamentary elections –
1. Migrant workers –
2. migration and refugee crisis –

3. protectionist outlook –

4. plausible – (credible, believable,

reliable)
5. sustainable development – .
1. dowry –
2. bestial behaviour –
3. grief and sorrow –
4. leg chopped –
5. stalked –
6. abused –
7. shaven head –
8. grievous injuries –
9. lacerated –
10. brutality –
11. perpetrator – .
1. feasible or fantasy –
2. social cohesion – ,
3. political stability –
4. inter alia –
5. illicit transfers of corrupt money –

6. plunder of resource –
7. fortress against corruption –
”
8. indispensable elements –
9. reiterates the pledge –

10. good governance and curbing corruption –

1. expatriate worker –
2. recruitment fees –
3. departure -
4. semi-skilled category –
5. oversee –
6. obligatory –
7. human rights violation –
8. mitigated –
1. stifle –
2. fluke –
3. unrestricted mobility –
4. crumbling –
5. destructive doctrine –
6. consequent ramification –
7. cusp of –
8. acute state of uncertainty -

9. stymied demand –
10. Rejuvenating growth –
1. alluded –
2. wide mandate –
3. broker a deal –
4. modus vivendi –
5. sagacity –
6. tenure –
7. eminently endowed –
8. nub –
1. fundamentalism –
2. grisly and gory attack –

3. menacing face –
4. pejorative sense – .
5. benevolence – (amiability, kindness,
amicability)
6. fanatical intolerance –
7. accusatory ideas –
8. ethnic cleansing –
9. military dictatorship –
10. cardinal practice –
11. Principle of Reciprocity –
12. ultimate wielders of violence –

13. overriding moral superiority –

14. racist rage driven bigotry –

1. slum –
2. Rehabilitate –
3. A devastating fire –
4. homeless and helpless –
5. economically poor –
6. huddled together –
7. plight of these people –
8. narrow alley –
9. dousing the fire –
10. unscrupulous rent-seekers –

11. devising a comprehensive strategy –

1. plagiarised speech –
2. vowed to dismantle –
3. overlooked his debauchery –

4. eccentricity –
5. draconian – -
6. promulgate – (notify, publish,proclai
m)
7. cynical view –
8. vigorous efforts –
9. punitive measures –
10. violence and intimidation –

11. emboldened –
12. dastardly act –
13. paternal and omnipotent –

14. lavish sporting –

15. regional upheaval –
1. digressed –
2. imbibe –
3. controversial –
4. vehemently –
5. mandate –
6. dysfunctional nature –
7. debacle –
8. Extreme violence –
9. wreaking havoc –
10. brutal rivalry –
11. statutory bodies –
1. religious sentiment –
2. attacking the minority community –

3. sheer terror –
4. devastated – (perished, fallen, ruined)
5. humiliated – (depressed, humble,
chapfallen)
6. desecrated of worship –
7. utter shock and frustration –
8. vicious attack of bigotry –

9. utter outrage -
10. mastermind - ,
11. swoop on Hindu homes and temples –
।
12. religious harmony –
13. accomplice –
14. systematic attack –
15. political rivalry –
16. bigots and greedy land grabbers –
17. compensated for the trauma –

28. horrible assault –

19. complete contradiction –
20. desperately wonder –
1. rising alarmingly –
2. affordable facilities –
3. morbidity and mortality –
4. firsthand –
5. steadily on the rise –
6. diagnostic facilities –
7. curable –
8. detected early –
9. at stake –
1. misogynistic world –
2. sexual scandals and sexist gaffes –

3. prone to –
4. unshakeable resolve –
5. heckling –
6. gender equality and women empowerment –

7. sexually humiliating remark –

8. combative and even rough –

9. abduction – (larceny, stealing, theft)

10. perpetrator -
(offender,criminal,convict)
11. ingrained – (obdurate,intimate)
1. Peace Accord –
2. impediment –
3. full implementation –
4. end to conflict –
5. stalled –
6. clause –
7. stark example of failure –
8. uphold a long-standing commitment –

9. remain rife –
10. onus – ,
11. remove the impediment –
12. implementation –
13. fritter away –
14. devolution of power –
1. tyrant – (oppressor,extortioner)
2. cigar chomping –
3. fatigues-clad –
4. bearded man –
5. assassination attempts –
6. stalwart – (brave,daring, valiant)
7. ousted –
8. eliminate greed, corruption, despotism –
, ,
9. continent submerged in antithesis –

10. imperialist plots –

11. charisma –
12. diminished his aura –
13. cryptic confession –

14. downtrodden –
15. injustice and exploitation –
1. violation –
2. poll official -
3. deterring action –
4. litmus test –
5. failing miserably –
==============================

। The Daily
Star Vocabulary
==============================
=============
1. Ceasefire Violations –
2. Rebels –
3. regime ally –
4. truce – (armistice, truce)
5. null and void – ,
6. artillery fire –
7. retaliation – (vengeance, reprisal,
revenge)
8. ethnic cleansing –
9. starve to death –
10. humanitarian aid –
11. unprecedented occurrence –
12. mesmerised –
13. political and racist alienation –
14. vis-à-vis – (orally)
15. meandering and lengthy way –

16. perpetrators to justice –

17. resettlement period –

18. persistent terrorist threat –

19. autonomous unit –

20. fitful –
21. more erratic –
22. untold sufferings –
23. acute –
24. plight of private consumers –

25. manifold –
26. poor planning and widespread pilferage –

27. ordeal –
28. grievous –
29. impending crisis –
30. burgeoning economy –
31. paradigm –
32. Sustainable Development Goals –

33. eradicating poverty –

34. extreme poverty –
35. ultra poor family –
36. uneven developments and disparities –

37. aforementioned crisis –

38. feasible and realistic –

39. farce end –

40. relocation –
41. infrastructure and facilities –
-
42. bizarre –
43. effluent treatment plant –
44. Regrettably –
45. disgorging –
46. unholy nexus –
47. stemmed –
48. moribund –
49. unprecedented year –
50. inflation rate –
51. stern measures –
52. utilisation capacity –
53. imminent issue –
54. sustainable and inclusive –

55. vigorously – ,
56. True commitment –
57. spate of development –

58. same vein –

59. political turmoil –
60. dissenting voice –
61. lamentably lacking –
62. sole obligation –
63. bane of corruption –
64. substantial –
65. chunk –
66. accountability –
67. nullified –
68. injudicious –
69. sine qua –
70. glory-hunting approach –
71. alleged perpetrator –
72. numerous political assassination –

73. social upheaval –

74. authoritarian clampdown –

75. political spectrum –

76. undermining chance –
77. state-strengthening reform –

78. entrenched interest –

79. denied asylum –
80. inexplicable collapse –
81. preservation –
82. sustainable water regime –
83. rendered – , ,
84. human consumption –
85. rising salinity and arsenic contamination –
86. land grabber –
87. catchment area –
88. judicial use –
89. indiscriminately –
90. irritating illustration –
91. illegal settlement –
92. retaliation – (vengeance, reprisal)
93. arch enemy –
94. Political backlash –

95. flagrant violation of law –

96. figuratively and literally –

97. seized –
98. unanimous resolution –
99. act of defiance –
100. old nemesis –
101. annexed – ,
102. resolution –
103. contemporary –
104. endorsed –
105. condemning –
106. deemed fit – .
107. dismissive nature –
108. near-unanimous decision –

109. punitive measure –

110. ancestral home –
111. Neoliberalism –
112. coerced nation –
113. democratise gender relation –

114. mitigate patriarchy –

115. misogyny – -
116. perpetrating violence –
117. terror outfit –
118. rebel –
119. deciphered by expert –

120. mourning –
121. allegation –
122. forthcoming –
123. woo voters –
124. unpalatable truth –
125. immorality –
126. travesty –
127. electoral misconduct –
128. unduly influenced –
129. lure of gifts –
130. gross violation –
131. inevitable outcome –
132. sexual harassment –
133. incarcerated women –

134. Marital rape –

135. homogeneous phenomenon
136. victim-perpetrator dichotomy – -

137. legitimising violence –

138. wreckage found –
139. pledged to dispatch –

140. devastating civil war – .

141. Assaults –
142. brutally –
143. group of thugs –
144. local musclemen –
( )
145. ironically –
146. Detestably –
147. indigent freedom fighters –

148. violently dislodging –

149. contemplate –
150. political affiliation –
151. political patronage, nepotism –
,
152. biased, baseless, conspiratorial –
,
153. imaginary and self-contradictory –

154. crux reality –

155. Unchecked autonomy –
156. Dubious recruitment process –

157. substandard partisan –

158. unchecked discretion –
159. punitive measure –
160. effective oversight and accountability –

161. extremist-
162. Vigilance –
163. slackened –
164. raid –
165. hideout –
166. highly radicalised –
167. manifold –
168. neutralised the operatives –

169. recruitment capability and ideological

sustenance –

170. denuded –
171. Militant Hideout –
172. Radicalised woman –
173. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime
–
174. fragile, ephemeral object – ,

175. mechanism of propaganda –

176 innocuous picture –

177. taboo –
178. expressed condolences –
179. mainstream educational system –

180. partisan emotional investment –

181. halt –
182. recruitment exams –
183. stark contrast –
184. garnering praise –
185. glimpse –
186. wreaked havoc –
187. torn –
188. status quo –
189. hooliganism –
190. rife –
191. disgraceful foreign policy –

192. selective amnesia –

193. historiographic riddle – -

194. mass atrocities –

195. sordid story –
196. panorama of interpretations –
197. political inclination –
198. particular vantage point –
199. methodological clarity and evidence –

200. dispassionate distance –

191. obliterated –
192. smudges of misdeed –
13. dehumanising Cold-War –
1. prioritised –
2. sluggish –
3. unsatisfactory –
4. stymied –
5. social constraint –
6. substantial improvement –

7. devise a comprehensive strategy –

1. disgraceful foreign policy –

2. selective amnesia –
3. historiographic riddle – -

4. mass atrocities –
5. sordid story –
6. panorama of interpretations –
7. political inclination –
8. particular vantage point –
9. methodological clarity and evidence –

10. dispassionate distance –

11. mainstream educational system –

12. partisan emotional investment –

13. dehumanising Cold-War –
1. prioritised –
2. sluggish –
3. unsatisfactory –
4. stymied –
5. social constraint –
6. substantial improvement –

1. depopulation and desolation –

2. fumble – (fluff,muddle)
3. sectarian and ethnic tension –

4. reminiscent – (monumental, memorial,

commemorative)
5. vicious circle –
6. cauldron of cruelty –
7. fluke –
8. hegemonic nation –
1. pragmatic strategies-
2. physical infrastructure –
3. transparency – .
4. curbed –
5. rhetoric on foreign investment –

6. deficit –
7. sceptical –
8. real and perceived –
1. aesthetic reason –
2. idyllic location –
3. stark environmental challenges –

4. porous limestone-
5. precious – (gorgeous, superb,pretty)
6. disinfected –
7. accumulation of sludge –
1. rejoinder –
2. concocted, fabricated, false – , ,
3. nefarious incidence –
4.anonymity –
5. bureaucrat-turned politician – -

6. brutal assassination –
7. communal violence –
8. utter foolishness –
9. religious zealots –
10. heinous crime-
1. brought out –
2. anti-graft body –
3. backlog –
4. archaic – ,
5. stymies –
6. curbing corruption – -
7. lapse –
8. flawed –
9. tackling graft –
1. rural-to-urban migration –
2. rapid urbanisation –
3. Urban Resilience -
4. slum-dwellers –
5. ambivalent attitude –

6. infrastructure development –

7. bias – (favour,partiality, favoritism)

8. real estate sector –
9. impunity – (release, salivation,rede
mption)
10. female empowerment –
11. exacerbate the vulnerability

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