Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 January 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 January 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
January 18, 2021


Ignominious (adjective) شرمناک ، ذلت آمیز، باعث رسوائی

deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Example: “no other party risked ignominious defeat”
Synonyms: humiliating, undignified, embarrassing, mortifying, shameful, disgraceful, dishonourable
Antonyms: glorious


Disembark (verb) ساحل پر اترنا

leave a ship, aircraft, or train.
Example: “the passengers began to disembark”
Synonyms: get off, step off, leave, go ashore, debark, detrain, land, arrive, alight from
Antonyms: embark


Nepotism (noun) اقرباپروری، اپنوں کو نوازنے کا عمل

the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
Example: “he promised an end to corruption and nepotism”
Synonyms: favouritism, preferential treatment, keeping it in the family, the old boy network
Antonyms: impartiality


Mediocrity (noun) اوسط درجے کی صلاحیت

the quality or state of being mediocre.
Example: “the team suddenly came good after years of mediocrity”
Synonyms: ordinariness, commonplaceness, lack of inspiration, passableness, adequacy, indifference
Antonyms: excellence


Fraudulent (adjective) فریبی، مکار

obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.
Example: “fraudulent share dealing”
Synonyms: dishonest, cheating, swindling, corrupt, criminal, illegal, unlawful, illicit
Antonyms: honest, above board


Catastrophe (noun) تباہی، بربادی، سانحہ آفت

an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
Example: “an environmental catastrophe”
Synonyms: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, tragedy
Antonyms: salvation, godsend


Negligible (adjective) حقیر، معمولی سا

so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.
Example: “he said that the risks were negligible”
Synonyms: trivial, trifling, insignificant, unimportant, minor, of no account, of no consequence
Antonyms: significant, considerable


Hefty (adjective) طاقتور، ہٹا کٹا، بھاری شخص

large and heavy.
Example: “a hefty young chap”
Synonyms: burly, heavy, sturdy, strapping, bulky, brawny, husky, strong, muscular
Antonyms: slight, gaunt, light


Dissipate (verb) بکھر جانا، منتشر ہو جانا،برباد کرنا

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.
Example: “the concern she’d felt for him had wholly dissipated”
Synonyms: disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air
Antonyms: grow, develop


Peripheral (adjective) محیط، بیرونی

relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.
Example: “the peripheral areas of Europe”
Synonyms: outlying, outer, on the edge/outskirts, outermost, fringe, border, surrounding
Antonyms: central, vital


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