Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (17 February 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (17 February 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
February 17, 2020


Endorsement (noun) توثیق، تصدیق، چیک کی پشت پر دستخط کرنا

the action of endorsing someone or something.
Example: “the issue of full independence received overwhelming endorsement”
Synonyms: support, backing, approval, seal of approval, agreement, acceptance, recommendation
Antonyms: opposition


Batter (verb) مسمار کرنا، اڑانا، منہدم کرنا

strike repeatedly with hard blows.
Example: “a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg”
Synonyms: pummel, pound, rain blows on, buffet, belabour, thrash, beat up, abuse,
Antonyms: go under, fall, help, lose, surrender, fail, heal, let go, aid, fix


Lingering (adjective) کاہل، سست رو، مدھم پڑ جانا

lasting for a long time or slow to end.
Example: “there are still some lingering doubts in my mind”
Synonyms: remaining, surviving, persisting, abiding, nagging, niggling, gnawing, lasting
Antonyms: short-lived


Treacherous (adjective) غدار، ناقابل اعتبار، دغا باز

guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.
Example: “a treacherous Gestapo agent”
Synonyms: traitorous, disloyal, perfidious, faithless, unfaithful, duplicitous, false-hearted,
Antonyms: loyal, faithful


Opaque (adjective) مبہم، غیرشفاف، دھندلا

not able to be seen through; not transparent.
Example: “bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid”
Synonyms: non-transparent, cloudy, filmy, blurred, smeared, hazy, misty, dirty, dingy,
Antonyms: transparent, translucent, clear


Seldom (adverb) کبھی کبھار، بہت کم

not often; rarely.
Example: “Islay is seldom visited by tourists”
Synonyms: rarely, infrequently, on rare occasions, hardly ever, scarcely ever, hardly
Antonyms: often, frequently


Ratify (verb) جائز قرار دینا، منظوری دینا

sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
Example: “both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year”
Synonyms: confirm, approve, sanction, endorse, agree to, accept, consent to, assent to
Antonyms: reject, revoke


Succumb (verb) ہار ماننا، مجبوراً تسلیم کرنا، 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


Impunity (noun) استثنیٰ ، چھٹکارا، آزادی

exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.
Example: “the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings”
Synonyms: immunity, indemnity, exemption from punishment, freedom from punishment
Antonyms: liability, responsibility


Triumph (noun) فتح، جیت، کامیابی

a great victory or achievement.
Example: “a garden built to celebrate Napoleon’s many triumphs”
Synonyms: victory, win, conquest, success, achievement, ascendancy, mastery
Antonyms: defeat


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