Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (09 July 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (09 July 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
July 09, 2020


Foray (noun) اچانک حملہ، چھاپا، حملہ کرنا

a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.
Example: “the garrison made a foray against Richard’s camp”
Synonyms: raid, attack, assault, incursion, swoop, strike, charge, sortie, sally, rush
Antonyms: flight, retreat, recall, decampment


Mitigate (verb) اصل سے کم کا اندازہ لگانا، 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
Antonyms: aggravate, increase, intensify


Invade (verb) چڑھائی کرنا، دھاوا بولنا

(of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it.
Example: “during the Second World War the island was invaded by the Axis powers”
Synonyms: occupy, conquer, capture, seize, take (over), annex, win, gain, secure
Antonyms: withdraw from

Ostensibly (adverb) بادی النظرمیں، بظاہر

as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently.
Example: “the party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health”
Synonyms: apparently, seemingly, on the face of it, to all appearances, on the surface
Antonyms: genuinely, really, truly


Conglomerate (noun) مرکب، گول ڈھیر بنانا، رکمہ

a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together.
Example: “the Earth is a specialized conglomerate of organisms”
Synonyms: mixture, mix, combination, mingling, commingling, amalgamation, amalgam
Antonyms: split up


Ascendant (adjective) بالا دست، غالب، غلبہ پانا، عروج

rising in power or influence.
Example: “the newly ascendant liberal party”
Synonyms: rising (in power), in the ascendant, on the up and up, on the way up, up-and-coming, on the rise
Antonyms: declining


Chaos (noun) بے ترتیبی، ابتری، انتشار

complete disorder and confusion.
Example: “snow caused chaos in the region”
Synonyms: disorder, disarray, disorganization, confusion, mayhem, bedlam, pandemonium, madness
Antonyms: order, orderliness


Legitimate (adjective) قانونی، جائز، شرعی

conforming to the law or to rules.
Example: “his claims to legitimate authority”
Synonyms: legal, lawful, licit, legalized, authorized, permitted, permissible, allowable
Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate


Gargantuan (adjective) دیو قامت، بہت بڑا

enormous.
Example: “a gargantuan appetite”
Synonyms: enormous, extremely big, extremely large, massive, huge, colossal, vast, immense
Antonyms: tiny


Dampen (verb) قابو کرنا، تر کرنا

make slightly wet.
Example: “the fine rain dampened her face”
Synonyms: moisten, damp, wet, dew, water, irrigate, humidify, bedew, sparge
Antonyms: dry, drench


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