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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (16 March 2020)

March 20, 2020
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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (16 March 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
March 16, 2020

Abdicate (verb) دستبردار ہونا، تخت چھوڑنا

(of a monarch) renounce one’s throne.
Example: “in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor”
Synonyms: resign, retire, quit, stand down, step down, bow out, renounce the throne, demit, resign from,
Antonyms: be crowned, accede to

Dishearten (verb) مایوس کن، ناامیدی

cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.
Example: “the farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops”
Synonyms: discourage, dispirit, demoralize, depress, dismay, daunt, deter, unman, unnerve
Antonyms: hearten, encourage, heartened

Duress (noun) سخت، جبر، دباﺅ، ناجائز تشدد

threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.
Example: “confessions extracted under duress”
Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, force, pressure, pressurization, intimidation, threats
Antonyms: free will

Exacerbate (verb) بگاڑنا، شدید تر کرنا

make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
Example: “the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem”
Synonyms: aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame, compound, intensify, increase, heighten
Antonyms: calm, reduce

Innumerable (adjective) ان گنت، بے شمار، بے حساب

too many to be counted (often used hyperbolically).
Example: “innumerable flags of all colours”
Synonyms: countless, numerous, very many, manifold, multitudinous, multifarious, untold, incalculable
Antonyms: few

Ameliorate (verb) بہتر کرنا، درست کرنا

make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
Example: “the reform did much to ameliorate living standards”
Synonyms: improve, make better, better, make improvements to, enhance, help, benefit, boost
Antonyms: worsen, leave alone

Taint (verb) داغ، خراب کرنا

contaminate or pollute (something).
Example: “the air was tainted by fumes from the cars”
Synonyms: contaminate, pollute, adulterate, infect, blight, befoul, spoil, soil, ruin, destroy
Antonyms: clean

Vagary (noun) وہم، تغیر، موج

an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behaviour.
Example: “the vagaries of the weather”
Synonyms: quirk, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity, unpredictability, fluctuation
Antonyms: purpose, determination, judgment, conviction

Moratorium (noun) قرضے میں مہلت، قانونی مہلت

a temporary prohibition of an activity.
Example: “a moratorium on the use of drift nets”
Synonyms: embargo, ban, prohibition, suspension, postponement, stay, stoppage, halt, freeze
Antonyms: resuscitation, renewal, recommencement, continuance

Paranoid (adjective) وسوسہ، احتیاط کا

characterized by or suffering from the mental condition of paranoia.
Example: “paranoid schizophrenia”
Synonyms: irrationally anxious, over-suspicious, paranoiac, suspicious, mistrustful, distrustful
Antonyms: certain, confident, positive, sure

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