Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (12 March 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (12 March 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
March 12, 2020


Essential (adjective) لازمی، ضروری، ناگزیر

absolutely necessary; extremely important.
Example: “it is essential to keep up-to-date records”
Synonyms: crucial, necessary, key, vital, indispensable, needed, required, called for, requisite
Antonyms: inessential, unimportant, optional


Defunct (adjective) مرحوم، مرا ہوا

no longer existing or functioning.
Example: “the now defunct Somerset & Dorset railway line”
Synonyms: disused, no longer in use, unused, inoperative, non-functioning, unusable, obsolete, no longer in existence
Antonyms: working, extant


Distort (verb) بگاڑنا، تروڑ مروڑ کر پیش کرنا، مسخ کرنا

pull or twist out of shape.
Example: “a grimace distorted her mouth”
Synonyms: twist, warp, contort, bend, buckle, deform, malform, misshape, disfigure, mangle,
Antonyms: straight


Quarrel (noun) جھگڑا کرنا، لڑائی کرنا

a heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good term.
Example: “she made the mistake of picking a quarrel with John”
Synonyms: argument, row, fight, disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, falling-out, dispute,
Antonyms: reconciliation, agreement


Impair (verb) قدر کم کرنا، خراب کرنا

weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function).
Example: “a noisy job could permanently impair their hearing”
Synonyms: damage, harm, diminish, reduce, weaken, lessen, decrease, blunt, impede, hinder
Antonyms: improve, enhance


Proliferation (noun) پھیلاﺅ، نمود

rapid increase in the number or amount of something.
Example: “a continuing threat of nuclear proliferation”
Synonyms: rapid increase, growth, multiplication, spread, escalation, expansion, build-up, buildout
Antonyms: decrease


Acquiesce (verb) ماننا، متفق ہونا، راضی ہونا

accept something reluctantly but without protest.
Example: “Sara acquiesced in his decision”
Synonyms: permit, consent to, agree to, allow, assent to, give one’s consent to, accept
Antonyms: forbid


Determine (verb) فیصلہ کرنا، تعین کرنا، احاطہ کرنا

cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.
Example: “it will be her mental attitude that determines her future”
Synonyms: control, decide, regulate, direct, rule, dictate, govern, condition, form, shape
Antonyms: irresolute, weak-willed, pusillanimous


Stipulate (verb) مقرر کر لینا، بیان کرنا

demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.
Example: “he stipulated certain conditions before their marriage”
Synonyms: specify, set down, set out, lay down, set forth, state clearly, demand, require, insist on
Antonyms: retract, decline, refuse, withdraw, revoke, disagree, deprecate


Periodic (adjective) گردشی، وقفے وقفے سے، دوری

appearing or occurring at intervals.
Example: “the periodic visits she made to her father”
Synonyms: regular, periodical, at fixed intervals, recurrent, recurring, repeated, cyclical, cyclic
Antonyms: episodic, unexpected, unusual


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