Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (17 Aug 2023)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (17 Aug 2023)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

Every aspirant knows the importance of English language and Dawn News vocabulary. In order to facilitate the aspirants, we have started a new trend of posting vocabulary on our website. The vocabulary will include the words from dawn newspaper along with their meanings which will save a lot of time of the aspirants.  So, keep in touch with CSS Times for daily Dawn News vocabulary with Urdu Meanings.

Daily Dawn News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
August 17, 2023


Cliché (noun) بے معنی کلام،فرسودہ خیال

a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
Example: “that old cliché ‘a woman’s place is in the home’”
Synonyms: platitude, hackneyed phrase, commonplace, banality
Antonyms: new, original, novel, fresh


Obscurantism (noun) قدامت پسندی، تنگ نظر

the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known.
Example: “I’ve been accused of obscurantism and wilful misdirection”
Synonyms: obscurity, unenlightenment, ignorance, mystification, mysticism
Antonyms: clarity, transparency, enlightenment


Assault (verb) وار، حملہ ، چڑھائی

make a physical attack on.
Example: “he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer”
Synonyms: hit, strike, physically attack, aim blows at
Antonyms: civilized, tame, nonviolent


Denunciation (noun) الزام تراشی کرنا، گالی دینا

public condemnation of someone or something.
Example: “denunciation of his reckless methods”
Synonyms: accusation, censure, criticism, condemnation
Antonyms: praise, commendation, approval


Populace (noun) عام لوگ، عوام الناس

the people living in a particular country or area.
Example: “the party misjudged the mood of the populace”
Synonyms: population, inhabitants, residents, natives, occupants
Antonyms: rich people, poor people, timid


Bigotry (noun) ہٹ دھرمی، تعصب

obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.
Example: “the difficulties of combating prejudice and bigotry”
Synonyms: prejudice, bias, partiality, partisanship, sectarianism
Antonyms: tolerance


Despicable (adjective) قابل نفرت، قابل حقارت

deserving hatred and contempt.
Example: “a despicable crime”
Synonyms: contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable
Antonyms: admirable, noble


Vitriol (noun) جلی کٹی سنانا، گالی گلوچ کرنا

bitter criticism or malice.
Example: “her mother’s sudden gush of fury and vitriol”
Synonyms: acidity, bitterness, malice, venom
Antonyms: kindness, compliment, sweetness


Balk (verb) روکنا، ماننے سے انکار کرنا

hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
Example: “he balked at such a drastic solution”
Synonyms: eschew, resist, refuse to, be unwilling to
Antonyms: accept


Reckon (verb) شمار کرنا، گننا

establish by calculation.
Example: “his debts were reckoned at £300,000”
Synonyms: calculate, compute, work out, put a figure on, figure
Antonyms: abandon, cancel, disbelieve

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (17 Aug 2023)


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A worthy vocabulary continuously plays vital role in clearing all competitive exams like Federal Public Service Commission FPSC, CSS, PMS, NTS, OTS and all other related exams. English Vocabulary (especially Daily Dawn News Vocabulary) is really very essential when it comes to solving the English language section any competitive exam.

Every aspirant knows the importance of English language and Dawn News vocabulary. In order to facilitate the aspirants, we have started a new trend of posting vocabulary on our website. The vocabulary will include the words from dawn newspaper along with their meanings which will save a lot of time of the aspirants.  So, keep in touch with CSS Times for daily Dawn News vocabulary with Urdu Meanings.


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