Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (20 April 2020)

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

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
April 20, 2020


Thrive (verb) پنپنا، پھلنا پھولنا، تیزی سے پھیلانا، بڑھنا

(of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.
Example: “the new baby thrived”
Synonyms: flourish, prosper, grow vigorously, develop well, burgeon, bloom, blossom, do well
Antonyms: decline, wither, fail, stagnate


Conducive (adjective) مدد گار، باعث

making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
Example: “the harsh lights and cameras were hardly conducive to a relaxed atmosphere”
Synonyms: good for, helpful to, instrumental in, calculated to produce, productive of, useful for,
Antonyms: unfavourable


Thwart (verb) ناکام بنا دینا، ترچھا، آڑا

prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
Example: “he never did anything to thwart his father”
Synonyms: foil, frustrate, balk, stand in the way of, forestall, scotch, derail, smash, dash.
Antonyms: assist, facilitate


Tempestuous (adjective) جذباتی، ہنگامہ خیز، تیز، تند

characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion.
Example: “he had a reckless and tempestuous streak”
Synonyms: turbulent, stormy, tumultuous, violent, wild, lively, heated, explosive, uncontrolled.
Antonyms: peaceful, placid, calm


Emaciated (adjective) لاغر، بیماری کی وجہ سے نہایت کمزور

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
Example: “she was so emaciated she could hardly stand”
Synonyms: thin, skeletal, bony, wasted, thin as a rake, scrawny, skinny, scraggy, skin and bones.
Antonyms: fat


Seclusion (noun) تنہائی،دوسرے سے الگ ہونے کا عمل

the state of being private and away from other people.
Example: “they enjoyed ten days of peace and seclusion”
Synonyms: isolation, solitude, retreat, privacy, privateness, retirement, withdrawal, purdah, an ivory tower.
Antonyms: association, companionship, company, converse


Tendency (noun) رجحان، رغبت

an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour.
Example: “for students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings”
Synonyms: propensity, proclivity, proneness, aptness, likelihood, inclination, disposition, predisposition.
Antonyms: averseness, disinclination, dislike,


Stigmatize (verb) بدنام کرنا، رسوا کرنا، داغ داغ 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.
Antonyms: panegyrize, land, eulogize


Communiqué (noun) اعلامیہ، سرکاری اعلان، اطلاع

an official announcement or statement, especially one made to the media.
Example: “the country’s foreign ministry issued a communique”
Synonyms: official communication, press release, bulletin, message, missive, dispatch, statement, report.
Antonyms: heedlessness, ignorance


Surreal (adjective) غیر حقیقی، لا شعوریت،

having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre.
Example: “a surreal mix of fact and fantasy”
Synonyms: unreal, bizarre, unusual, weird, strange, freakish, unearthly, uncanny, dreamlike.
Antonyms: existent, real


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