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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
December 22, 2020

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Captive (noun) اسیر، حوالاتی، جنگی قیدی

a person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined.
Example: “the captives were freed after the kidnappers told them a ransom had been paid”
Synonyms: prisoner, convict, detainee, inmate, prisoner of war, POW, internee, hostage
Antonyms: free

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Spawn (verb) جنم دینا، انڈے دینا، بچوں کی جھول

produce or generate a large number of.
Example: “the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces”
Synonyms: give rise to, bring about, occasion, generate, engender, originate, lead to, result in
Antonyms: antitype disassemble dissuade

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Stumble (verb) لڑکھڑانا، بہکی چال چلنا، ٹھوکر کھانا

trip or momentarily lose one’s balance; almost fall.
Example: “her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled”
Synonyms: trip, trip over, trip up, lose one’s balance, lose/miss one’s footing, founder, slip, pitch
Antonyms: fix, straighten, pass by, correct, overlook

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Conjecture (verb) قیاس کرنا، تکہ مارنا

form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.
Example: “many conjectured that the jury could not agree”
Synonyms: guess, speculate, surmise, infer, fancy, imagine, believe, think, suspect
Antonyms: know

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Hindrance (noun) رکاوٹ، مزاحمت

a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.
Example: “a hindrance to the development process”
Synonyms: impediment, obstacle, barrier, bar, obstruction, handicap, block, check, curb
Antonyms: help, advantage

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Bigwig (noun) سرغنہ، کلیدی شخص، بہت بڑا آدمی

an important person, especially in a particular sphere.
Synonyms: VIP, important person, notable, notability, personage, dignitary, grandee, panjandrum, celebrity
Antonyms: nobody, nonentity

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Placid (adjective) ٹھہرا، خاموش، ساکن

not easily upset or excited.
Example: “a placid, contented man”
Synonyms: even-tempered, calm, equable, tranquil, imperturbable, unexcitable, peaceable
Antonyms: excitable, temperamental

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Evident (adjective) واضح، صاف

clearly seen or understood; obvious.
Example: “she ate the biscuits with evident enjoyment”
Synonyms: obvious, apparent, noticeable, conspicuous, perceptible, perceivable, visible
Antonyms: unnoticeable

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Susceptible (adjective) متاثر ہونےوالا، اثر قبول کرنے والا، حساس

likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
Example: “patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection”
Synonyms: open to, receptive to, vulnerable to, defenceless against, an easy target for, susceptive to
Antonyms: immune, resistant

Possession (noun) ملکیت، مالکانہ حقوق، قبضہ

the state of having, owning, or controlling something.
Example: “she had taken possession of the sofa”
Synonyms: ownership, proprietorship, control, hands, keeping, care, custody, charge, hold
Antonyms: abandoning, renouncing, resigning, surrendering

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