Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (07 May 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (07 May 2020)
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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
May 07, 2020


Bleak (adjective) تاریک، ویران، روکھا

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.
Example: “a bleak and barren moor”
Synonyms: bare, exposed, desolate, stark, arid, desert, denuded, lunar, open
Antonyms: lush, verdant


Scarcely (adverb) نہ ہونے کے برابر، دقت سے

only just; almost not.
Example: “her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying”
Synonyms: rarely, seldom, infrequently, not often, hardly ever, almost never, on rare occasions, every once in a while
Antonyms: often


Abysmal (adjective) گہرا، انتہائی پست، خراب، بہت برا، ناگوار

extremely bad; appalling.
Example: “the quality of her work is abysmal”
Synonyms: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable.
Antonyms: superb


Stark (adjective) کھلا، واضح، سخت ،محض، مضبوط

severe or bare in appearance or outline.
Example: “the ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky”
Synonyms: sharply delineated, sharp, sharply defined, well focused, crisp, distinct, obvious, evident.
Antonyms: fuzzy, indistinct, pleasant, comfortable


Flawed (adjective) نقص، خامی، عیب، قصور

having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.
Example: “a fatally flawed strategy”
Synonyms: unsound, defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise.
Antonyms: sound


Shambolic (adjective) بدنظمی کے ساتھ

chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged.
Example: “the department’s shambolic accounting”
Synonyms: chaotic, disorganized, muddled, confused, in (total) disarray, at sixes and sevens, unsystematic.
Antonyms: efficient, organized


Scourge (noun) سزا، کوڑے مارنا

a whip used as an instrument of punishment.
Example: “our people did scourge him severely”
Synonyms: whip, horsewhip, lash, strap, birch, switch, flail, bullwhip, rawhide
Antonyms: blessing, godsend


Scathing (adjective) سخت تنقید کا نشانہ بنانا، نقصان دہ

witheringly scornful; severely critical.
Example: “she launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister”
Synonyms: devastating, withering, blistering, extremely critical, coruscating, searing, scorching.
Antonyms: mild, gentle, complimentary


Simultaneous (adjective) بیک وقت، ایک ساتھ، ایک ہی وقت میں

occurring, operating, or done at the same time.
Example: “a simultaneous withdrawal of troops”
Synonyms: concurrent, happening at the same time, done at the same time, contemporaneous, concomitant.
Antonyms: asynchronous


Peril (noun) خطرہ، ڈر

serious and immediate danger.
Example: “you could well place us both in peril”
Synonyms: danger, jeopardy, risk, riskiness, hazard, insecurity, uncertainty, menace.
Antonyms: safety, security


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