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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (14 April 2020)

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (14 April 2020)

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
April 14, 2020

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Severe (adjective) بہت سخت، بے رحم، سخت ناگوار

(of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.
Example: “a severe shortage of technicians”
Synonyms: acute, very bad, serious, grave, critical, dire, drastic, grievous, extreme, dreadful.
Antonyms: minor, negligible, gentle, slight.

Blunt (adjective) دھار کم کرنا، صاف گو، شدت کم کرنا

(of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point.
Example: “a blunt knife”
Synonyms: not sharp, unsharpened, dull, dulled, worn (down), edgeless.
Antonyms: sharp.

Catastrophic (adjective) تباہ کن، بربادی، تباہی

involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.
Example: “a catastrophic earthquake”
Synonyms: disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, ruinous, tragic, fatal, dire, awful, terrible.
Antonyms: fortunate, beneficial.

Diminish (verb) گھٹانا، کم کرنا، کم ہونا

make or become less.
Example: “the new law is expected to diminish the government’s chances”
Synonyms: decrease, decline, reduce, lessen, shrink, contract, grow smaller.
Antonyms: increase, flare up, get worse.

Grapple (verb) آنکڑا، قلاب، پکڑ،ہاتھاپائی

engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle.
Example: “passers-by grappled with the man after the knife attack”
Synonyms: wrestle, struggle, tussle, brawl, fight, scuffle, clash, combat, battle, close.
Antonyms: let go of, release.

Moribund (adjective) بے حرکت، جس پر موت طاری ہو، مرنے والا

(of a person) at the point of death.
Example: “on examination she was moribund and dehydrated”
Synonyms: dying, expiring, on one’s deathbed, near death, near the end, at death’s door, breathing one’s last.
Antonyms: thriving, recovering.

Substantiate (verb) ثابت کرنا، توثیق کرنا، پیدا کرنا

provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.
Example: “they had found nothing to substantiate the allegations”
Synonyms: prove, give proof of, show to be true, give substance to, support, uphold, back up, bear out.
Antonyms: disprove, refute.

Indictment (noun) الزام، چالان،

a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
Example: “an indictment for conspiracy”
Synonyms: charge, accusation, arraignment, citation, summons, allegation, imputation, plaint, impeachment.
Antonyms: acquittal

Egregious (adjective) فاش، قابل مذمت، بہت برا

outstandingly bad; shocking.
Example: “egregious abuses of copyright”
Synonyms: shocking, appalling, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, grievous.
Antonyms: marvellous.

Provoke (verb) ظاہر کرنا، للکارانا، اکسانا

stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.
Example: “the decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations”
Synonyms: arouse, produce, evoke, cause, give rise to, occasion, call forth, draw forth.
Antonyms: allay

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