Daily Dawn Vocabulary

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

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (14 August 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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


Derive (verb) حاصل کیا ہوا، ماخوذ

obtain something from (a specified source).
Example: “they derived great comfort from this assurance”
Synonyms: obtain, get, take, gain, acquire, procure, extract, attain, glean
Antonyms: give rise to


Gallop (verb) گھوڑے جیسی تیزی سے دوڑنا

(of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop.
Example: “we galloped along the sand”
Synonyms: race, canter, run, rush, dash, tear, sprint, bolt, fly, shoot, dart, hurry
Antonyms: amble


Pernicious (adjective) ایذا رساں، مضر، نقصان دہ

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Example: “the pernicious influences of the mass media”
Synonyms: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious, hurtful, detrimental, deleterious, dangerous
Antonyms: beneficial, benign, favourable


Appeasement (noun) ڈھارس

the action or process of appeasing.
Example: “a policy of appeasement”
Synonyms: conciliation, placation, pacification, propitiation, palliation, allaying, reconciliation, acquiescence
Antonyms: provocation, aggression


Leniency (noun) نرمی، شفقت، نر م دلی

the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency.
Example: “the court could show leniency”
Synonyms: mercifulness, mercy, clemency, lenity, forgiveness, tolerance, forbearance, moderateness
Antonyms: mercilessness, strictness, severity


Repudiate (verb) تسلیم نہ کرنا، چھوڑ دینا

refuse to accept; reject.
Example: “she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders”
Synonyms: reject, renounce, abandon, forswear, give up, turn one’s back on, have nothing more to do with
Antonyms: embrace


Acrimony (noun) تلخ مزاجی، بداخلاقی، کھردرا پن

bitterness or ill feeling.
Example: “the AGM dissolved into acrimony”
Synonyms: bitterness, rancour, resentment, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility, enmity
Antonyms: goodwill


Scepticism (noun) شک کی نظر سے دیکھنا، وہمی

a sceptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something.
Example: “these claims were treated with scepticism”
Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, a pinch of salt, lack of conviction, disbelief
Antonyms: conviction, belief, faith


Colossal (adjective) شاندار، زور دار، وسیع و عریض، بہت بڑا

extremely large or great.
Example: “a colossal amount of mail”
Synonyms: huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, very big, very large, great, giant, mammoth, vast
Antonyms: tiny


Ravage (verb) برباد کرنا، اجاڑنا، تباہ کرنا

cause severe and extensive damage to.
Example: “the hurricane ravaged southern Florida”
Synonyms: lay waste, devastate, ruin, leave in ruins, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate
Antonyms: spare, conserve, preserve, indemnify


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