Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (15 June 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (15 June 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
June 15, 2020


Succumb (verb) مغلوب ہو جانا، شکست مان لینا

fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.
Example: “we cannot merely give up and succumb to despair”
Synonyms: yield, give in, give way, submit, surrender, capitulate, cave in, be overcome by
Antonyms: resist, conquer


Unforeseen (adjective) غیر متوقع، ناگہانی

not anticipated or predicted.
Example: “our insurance package enables you to protect yourself and your dependants against unforeseen circumstances”
Synonyms: unpredicted, unexpected, unanticipated, unplanned, accidental, unlooked for, unsought
Antonyms: expected, predictable


Catastrophe (noun) تباہی، بربادی

an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
Example: “an environmental catastrophe”
Synonyms: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, tragedy, blow
Antonyms: salvation, godsend


Precarious (adjective) غیر مستحکم، فرضی

dependent on chance; uncertain.
Example: “he made a precarious living as a painter”
Synonyms: uncertain, insecure, unreliable, unsure, unpredictable, undependable, risky
Antonyms: safe, secure


Upheaval (noun) کھلبلی، اچانک تبدیلی، انقلاب کا عمل

a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.
Example: “major upheavals in the financial markets”
Synonyms: disruption, upset, disturbance, trouble, turbulence, disorder, disorganization, confusion
Antonyms: stability, tranquillity


Distraught (adjective) پریشان خیال، مخبوط الحواس

very worried and upset.
Example: “distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager”
Synonyms: worried, upset, distressed, fraught, devastated, shattered, overcome, overwrought
Antonyms: self-collected, gladdened, tranquil


Beleaguer (verb) محاصرہ کرنا، تنگ کرنا، پریشان کرنا

lay siege to.
Example: “he led a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered city”
Synonyms: besieged, under siege, blockaded, surrounded, encircled, hemmed in, under attack
Antonyms: achromatic, brighten, consume, praise, dissuade


Elusive (adjective) سمجھ سے باہر، بچ نکلنے والا، دغا باز

difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
Example: “success will become ever more elusive”
Synonyms: difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down, evasive, slippery, shifty, always on the move, cagey
Antonyms: facing, honest, available, accessible


Maim (verb) زخمی کرنا، نکما کر دینا

wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
Example: “100,000 soldiers were killed or maimed”
Synonyms: injure, wound, hurt, disable, put out of action, incapacitate, impair, mar, mutilate
Antonyms: aid, assist, cure, help


Perish (verb) ہلاک، تباہ ہونا، فنا ہونا

die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
Example: “a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease”
Synonyms: die, lose one’s life, be killed, fall, expire, meet one’s death, be lost, lay down one’s life
Antonyms: be born, be immortal, begin


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