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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
May 04, 2020
Succumb (verb)
شکار ہونا ، ہار ماننا، مجبوراً ہار تسلیم کرنا
fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
Example: “we cannot merely give up and succumb to despair”
Synonyms: yield, give in, give way, submit, surrender, capitulate, cave in, be overcome by
Antonyms: resist, conquer
Grim (adjective)
سخت، شدید، سنگین، ڈراﺅنا
very serious or gloomy.
Example: “his grim expression”
Synonyms: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable, aloof, distant, formidable, strict, dour
Antonyms: amiable, pleasant
Ghastly (adjective)
بھیانک، وحشت ناک، خوفناک
causing great horror or fear.
Example: “one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed”
Synonyms: terrible, frightful, horrible, grim, awful, dire, frightening, terrifying, horrifying
Antonyms: pleasant, trivial, excusable
Flinch (verb)
درد پر فطری ردعمل، ہٹنا
make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise.
Example: “she flinched at the acidity in his voice”
Synonyms: wince, start, shy (away), recoil, shrink, pull back, back away, shy away, draw back
Antonyms: stand firm
Archaic (adjective)
دقیانوسی، بہت پرانا، قدیم
very old or old-fashioned.
Example: “prisons are run on archaic methods”
Synonyms: obsolete, obsolescent, out of date, anachronistic, old-fashioned, outmoded, behind the times
Antonyms: new, modern
Unfettered (adjective)
بے محل، آزاد، قید و بند سے آزاد کیا ہواس
not confined or restricted.
Example: “his imagination is unfettered by the laws of logic”
Synonyms: unrestrained, unrestricted, unconstrained, free, unbridled, untrammelled, unchecked
Antonyms: restricted, fettered
Enact (verb)
فرمان جاری کرنا، قانون وضع کرنا
make (a bill or other proposal) law.
Example: “legislation was enacted to attract international companies”
Synonyms: make law, pass, approve, ratify, validate, sanction, authorize, accept
Antonyms: repeal
Suppression (noun)
روک، پابندی، دبا دینا
the action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication.
Example: “the heavy-handed suppression of political dissent”
Synonyms: subduing, defeat, conquering, vanquishing, repression, crushing, quelling, quashing
Antonyms: incitement, encouragement, publication, disclosure
Elusive (adjective)
انوکھا، بچ نکلنے والا،
difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
Example: “success will become ever more elusive”
Synonyms: difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down, evasive, slippery, shifty, always on the move, cagey
Antonyms: facing, honest, available, accessible
Slay (verb)
قتل کرنا، مار ڈالنا
kill (a person or animal) in a violent way.
Example: “Tasbeel slew the dragon”
Synonyms: kill, murder, put to death, do to death, put to the sword, butcher, cut down,
Antonyms: raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, reviv
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