Daily Dawn Vocabulary

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

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

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


Contagious (adjective) متعدی، وبائی، خراب

(of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact.
Example: “a contagious disease”
Synonyms: infectious, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, transferable, spreadable, catching
Antonyms: noninfectious


Owing (adjective) واجب الادا، قرض

(of money) yet to be paid.
Example: “no rent was owing”
Synonyms: unpaid, unsettled, to be paid, payable, receivable, due, overdue, undischarged, owed
Antonyms: paid, settled


Lethargic (adjective) سست، کاہل، غنودگی

affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic.
Example: “I felt tired and a little lethargic”
Synonyms: sluggish, inert, inactive, slow, torpid, lifeless, dull, languid, listless, lazy
Antonyms: vigorous, energetic, animated


Ostensibly (adverb) بناوٹی طور پر، 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, to all intents and purposes,
Antonyms: genuinely, really, truly


Hygiene (noun) حفظان صحت، مفید صحت

conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
Example: “poor standards of food hygiene”
Synonyms: cleanliness, personal hygiene, personal cleanliness, purity, sterility, disinfection, sanitation, sanitariness
Antonyms: uncleanliness


Mysterious (adjective) پراسرار، مخفی

difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.
Example: “his colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances”
Synonyms: puzzling, strange, peculiar, curious, funny, queer, odd, weird, bizarre, mystifying, inexplicable
Antonyms: straightforward


Stimulus (noun) محرک، اشتعال

a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
Example: “areas of the brain which respond to auditory stimuli”
Synonyms: spur, stimulant, encouragement, impetus, boost, prompt, prod, incentive, inducement
Antonyms: deterrent, discouragement


Incarcerate (verb) قید کرنا

imprison or confine.
Example: “many are incarcerated for property offences”
Synonyms: imprison, put in prison, send to prison, jail, lock up, take into custody, put under lock and key,
Antonyms: free, release


Abeyance (noun) ترک کرنا، عارضی التوا، تعطل

a state of temporary disuse or suspension.
Example: “matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries”
Synonyms: suspension, a state of suspension, a state of dormancy, a state of latency, a state of uncertainty
Antonyms: in hand, under way, continuing, continue


Ambiguous (adjective) مبہم، مشکوک، غیر واضح

open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.
Example: “ambiguous phrases”
Synonyms: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate, open to argument, arguable, debatable, Delphic
Antonyms: unambiguous, clear


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