Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (01 May 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (01 May 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
May 01, 2020


Emaciated (adjective) کمزوری، لاغر، دبلا، سوکھا

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
Example:”she was so emaciated she could hardly stand”
Synonyms: thin, skeletal, bony, wasted, thin as a rake, scrawny, skinny, scraggy, skin and bones, raw-boned
Antonyms: fat


Mitigate (verb) اصل سے کم کا انداز کرنا، کمی، تخفیف کرنا

make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
Example: “drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem”
Synonyms: alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, take the edge off, allay, ease
Antonyms: aggravate, increase, intensify


Unravel (verb) عقدہ حل کرنا، سلجھانا

investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling).
Example: “they were attempting to unravel the cause of death”
Synonyms: solve, resolve, work out, clear up, puzzle out, find an answer to, get to the bottom of.
Antonyms: complicate


Abate (verb) ہلکا پڑنا، زور ٹوٹنا، کم کرنا

(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread.
Example: “the storm suddenly abated”
Synonyms: subside, die down/away/out, drop off/away, lessen, ease (off), let up, decrease.
Antonyms: intensify


Unpalatable (adjective) بدمزہ، ناپسندیدہ، ناگوار، تلخ

not pleasant to taste.
Example: “scraps of unpalatable food”
Synonyms: unappetizing, uninviting, unappealing, unsavoury, off-putting, inedible, uneatable, bitter.
Antonyms: palatable, tasty


Erstwhile (adjective) پرانا، اس سے پہلے، سابقہ

former.
Example: “the erstwhile president of the company”
Synonyms: former, old, past, one-time, sometime, as was, ex-, late, then, previous.
Antonyms: present, future


Chronic (adjective) شدید مرض، دیرینہ مرض

(of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
Example: “chronic bronchitis”
Synonyms: persistent, long-standing, long-term, constantly recurring, incurable, immedicable.
Antonyms: acute


Unsanitary (adjective)

not sanitary.
Example: “the unsanitary conditions in the orphanage”
Synonyms: unhygienic, insanitary, dirty, filthy, unclean, impure, contaminated, unhealthy.
Antonyms: sanitary, hygienic, clean


Pristine (adjective) قدیم، اصلی، پرانا،

in its original condition; unspoilt.
Example: “pristine copies of an early magazine”
Synonyms: immaculate, in perfect condition, perfect, in mint condition, as new, unspoiled, spotless.
Antonyms: dirty, sullied


Incarcerate (verb) قید کرنا،

imprison or confine.
Example: “many are incarcerated for property offences”
Synonyms: imprison, put in prison, send to prison, jail, lock up, take into custody.
Antonyms: free, release


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