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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 February 2020)

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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 February 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
February 18, 2020

Authoritarian (adjective) آمر، استبدانہ، تحکم پسند

favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
Example: “the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime”
Synonyms: autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian, despotic, tyrannical, autarchic, draconian, absolute
Antonyms: democratic, liberal, lenient, permissive

Diatribe (noun) تلخ تنقید، شدید تنقید

a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.
Example: “a diatribe against consumerism”
Synonyms: tirade, harangue, verbal onslaught, verbal attack, stream of abuse, denunciation, broadside, fulmination
Antonyms: compliment, recommendation, sanction, tribute

Fawn (noun) ننھا ہرن، ہرن کا بچہ، خوشامد کرنا

a young deer in its first year.
Example: “a six-month-old roe fawn”
Synonyms: beige, yellowish brown, pale brown, buff, sand, sandy, oatmeal, wheaten, biscuit
Antonyms:

Arbitrary (adjective) صوابدیدی، خودمختار، من مانے طورسے

based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
Example: “an arbitrary decision”
Synonyms: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, erratic, unpredictable, inconsistent
Antonyms: rational, reasoned

Ephemeral (adjective) کم حیات، عارضی،چند روزہ

lasting for a very short time.
Example: “fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old”
Synonyms: transitory, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short
Antonyms: long-lived, permanent

Enormity (noun) سخت برائی، سنگین جرم،بداخلاقی

the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.
Example: “a thorough search disclosed the full enormity of the crime”
Synonyms: wickedness, evilness, vileness, baseness, blackness, depravity, outrageousness
Antonyms: goodness

Stigmatize (verb) داغدار کرنا،رسوا کرنا

describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval.
Example: “the institution was stigmatized as a last resort for the destitute”
Synonyms: condemn, denounce, brand, label, mark out, disparage, vilify, pillory, pour scorn on
Antonyms: panegyrize, land, eulogize

Ostensibly (adverb) ظاہر ہے، بناوٹی طور پر، ظاہراً

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
Antonyms: genuinely, really, truly,

Indigenous (adjective) مقامی، ملکی، سودیشی

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Example: “the indigenous peoples of Siberia”
Synonyms: native, aboriginal, local, original, earliest, first, initial, ancient, primeval
Antonyms: expatriate, migrant, adventitious

Mitigate (verb) تخفیف کرنا، کمی، اصل سے کم کا اندازہ لگانا

make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
Example: “drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem”
Synonyms: alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, take the edge off
Antonyms: aggravate, increase, intensify

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