Daily Star Vocab 23/08/2025

 

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Featuring 30 relatively tough words from the Today's Daily Star articles:

Advanced Vocabulary from Current Affairs

30 challenging words extracted from recent news articles

#	Word	Part of Speech	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms	Example Sentence
1	Ferry	verb	To transport people or goods	transport, carry, convey, shuttle	receive, collect, gather, retain	Cycle rickshaws ferry millions across the capital each day.
2	Endure	verb	To suffer patiently; to last	tolerate, bear, withstand, sustain	succumb, yield, break, fail	Rickshaw pullers endure a punishing existence in Dhaka.
3	Inhaling	verb	Breathing in	breathing, inspiring, drawing in, absorbing	exhaling, expelling, emitting, releasing	Laborers are constantly inhaling toxic fumes on the streets.
4	Exhaustion	noun	Extreme tiredness	fatigue, weariness, debilitation, depletion	energy, vigor, vitality, refreshment	They drive their bodies to exhaustion every day.
5	Displacement	noun	Forced movement from one's home	relocation, expulsion, uprooting, dislocation	settlement, placement, establishment, fixation	Most rickshaw pullers are rural migrants, drawn to Dhaka by poverty and displacement.
6	Deterioration	noun	Process of becoming worse	decline, decay, degradation, worsening	improvement, enhancement, recovery, amelioration	Migration to the city results in health deterioration by 77 percent.
7	Gruelling	adjective	Extremely tiring and demanding	exhausting, arduous, strenuous, taxing	easy, effortless, light, undemanding	Rickshaw pulling is physically gruelling work.
8	Dehydration	noun	Loss of too much water from the body	dryness, desiccation, thirst, parchedness	hydration, replenishment, saturation, fluidity	Prolonged exertion under extreme heat causes risk of dehydration.
9	Musculoskeletal	adjective	Relating to muscles and skeleton	muscular, skeletal, orthopedic, anatomic	neurological, psychological, mental, emotional	Pullers risk musculoskeletal disorders from their work.
10	Subsist	verb	To maintain or support oneself	survive, exist, live, endure	thrive, flourish, prosper, luxuriate	Rickshaw pullers often subsist on rice with vegetables.
11	Vicious	adjective	Cruel or violent; severe	brutal, savage, ferocious, malicious	kind, gentle, benign, merciful	Malnutrition and poverty form a vicious trap.
12	Abdominal	adjective	Relating to the abdomen	stomach, gastric, ventral, celiac	thoracic, cranial, dorsal, spinal	He suffers from an untreated abdominal disease.
13	Dominant	adjective	Most important or influential	predominant, main, primary, prevailing	subordinate, minor, secondary, inferior	Rice is the dominant food in their dietary habits.
14	Compounding	verb	Making something worse	worsening, exacerbating, aggravating, intensifying	alleviating, mitigating, easing, improving	Poor nutrition further compounds their health issues.
15	Resilience	noun	Ability to recover from difficulties	toughness, perseverance, endurance, fortitude	fragility, weakness, vulnerability, sensitivity	Rickshaw pullers show incredible resilience despite their hardships.
16	Invisible	adjective	Unable to be seen; unnoticed	unseen, unnoticed, hidden, concealed	visible, noticeable, apparent, obvious	They remain invisible in the city's landscape.
17	Legitimacy	noun	Conformity to law or rules	validity, legality, authenticity, rightfulness	illegitimacy, invalidity, unlawfulness, impropriety	Lavrov questioned the Ukrainian president's legitimacy.
18	Maximalist	adjective	Making extreme demands	extreme, uncompromising, absolute, thorough	minimalist, moderate, compromising, flexible	The Kremlin repeated its maximalist demands in the conflict.
19	Broker	verb	To arrange or negotiate	arrange, negotiate, mediate, facilitate	complicate, hinder, obstruct, prevent	The US-led diplomatic push aims to broker a peace deal.
20	Utopia	noun	An ideal perfect place	paradise, heaven, Eden, idyll	dystopia, nightmare, hell, disaster	Discussions taken without Russia were called a utopia.
21	Patriarchy	noun	Male-dominated social system	male dominance, masculism, father rule, androcracy	matriarchy, feminism, equality, egalitarianism	Domestic violence is upheld by a society where patriarchy is built into every institution.
22	Intrusive	adjective	Causing disruption or annoyance	invasive, obtrusive, interfering, meddlesome	unobtrusive, discreet, respectful, reserved	People make intrusive questions about marital status.
23	Pervasive	adjective	Spreading widely throughout	widespread, prevalent, universal, omnipresent	limited, restricted, scarce, rare	Misogynistic jokes are pervasive in online groups.
24	Encroachment	noun	Intrusion on someone's territory	intrusion, invasion, infringement, trespass	retreat, withdrawal, respect, observance	River encroachment continues due to lack of proper enforcement.
25	Unabated	adjective	Without any reduction in intensity	unrelenting, relentless, continuous, unchecked	diminished, reduced, decreased, lessened	These practices continue unabated despite complaints.
26	Abandoned	adjective	Having been deserted or left	deserted, forsaken, discarded, neglected	occupied, maintained, used, cherished	The building has remained abandoned for 18 years.
27	Allottees	noun	People who receive an allocation	recipients, beneficiaries, assignees, grantees	donors, givers, contributors, providers	Many of the original allottees have died waiting for their shops.
28	Haunter	noun	A place frequently visited	hangout, gathering place, den, refuge	avoidance, evasion, escape, departure	This building has become a haunter place for criminals.
29	Impunity	noun	Exemption from punishment	immunity, exemption, exception, freedom	accountability, responsibility, liability, answerability	Myanmar's military continues crimes against Rohingyas with impunity.
30	Atrocities	noun	Extremely wicked or cruel acts	outrages, horrors, barbarities, enormities	kindnesses, benevolences, charities, virtues	Myanmar military launched atrocities against the Rohingya in Rakhine state.