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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
July 08, 2020

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Blight (verb) فرسودہ، کیڑا لگنا

have a severely detrimental effect on.
Example: “the scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians”
Synonyms: ruin, wreck, spoil, disrupt, undo, mar, play havoc with, make a mess of, put an end to
Antonyms: blessing

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Suspicion (noun) اندیشہ، شک،بدگمانی

a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.
Example: “she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her”
Synonyms: intuition, feeling, impression, inkling, surmise, guess, conjecture, speculation
Antonyms: certainty

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Heinous (adjective) سفاکانہ، وحشیانہ

(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
Example: “a battery of heinous crimes”
Synonyms: odious, wicked, evil, atrocious, monstrous, disgraceful, abominable, detestable
Antonyms: admirable

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Unravel (verb) سلجھانا، عقدہ حل کرنا

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

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Dissident (noun) اختلاف رائے رکھنا، منحرف

a person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.
Example: “a dissident who had been jailed by a military regime”
Synonyms: dissenter, objector, protester, disputant, freethinker, nonconformist, independent thinker
Antonyms: conformist

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Devious (adjective) بے راہ، بیچ دار، ٹیڑھا، بے ربط

showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals.
Example: “he’s as devious as a politician needs to be”
Synonyms: underhand, underhanded, deceitful, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, unethical
Antonyms: above board

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Ascertain (verb) دریافت کرنا، تعین کرنا، تحقیق کرنا

find (something) out for certain; make sure of.
Example: “an attempt to ascertain the cause of the accident”
Synonyms: find out, discover, get/come to know, work out, make out, fathom (out), become aware of
Antonyms: disregard, misunderstand, confuse

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Machination (noun) جوڑ توڑ، ریشہ دوانی

a plot or scheme.
Synonyms: schemes, plotting, intrigues, conspiracies, designs, plans, devices, ploys
Antonyms: detection, counteraction, overthrow

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Espionage (noun) جاسوسی کرنا، کسی ملک کا جاسوس، جاسوسی نیٹ ورک

the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
Example: “the camouflage and secrecy of espionage”
Synonyms: spying, undercover work, cloak-and-dagger activities, surveillance, reconnaissance
Antonyms:

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Reprisal (noun) انتقامی کارروائی، بدلہ، پاداش میں

an act of retaliation.
Example: “three youths died in the reprisals which followed”
Synonyms: retaliation, counterattack, counterstroke, comeback, revenge, vengeance, retribution
Antonyms: condonation, grace, remission

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