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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
December 23, 2020
Robust (adjective) طاقتور، صحتمند، مضبوط
strong and healthy; vigorous.
Example: “the Caplan family are a robust lot”
Synonyms: strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, powerful, powerfully built, solidly built, as strong as a horse/ox
Antonyms: weak, frail
Deteriorate (verb) خراب ہونا، بگاڑنا
become progressively worse.
Example: “relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply”
Synonyms: worsen, get worse, decline, be in decline, degenerate, decay, collapse, fail, fall
Antonyms: improve
Conjecture (noun) تکہ مارنا، قیاس کرنا
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
Example: “conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied”
Synonyms: guess, speculation, surmise, fancy, notion, belief, suspicion, presumption
Antonyms: fact
Mitigate (verb) کمی، تخفیف، 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, allay
Antonyms: aggravate, increase, intensify
Hegemony (noun) قیادت، بالا دستی، غالبانہ
leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
Example: “Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871”
Synonyms: leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, ascendancy, predominance, primacy
Antonyms: self-government
Antecedent (noun) آباﺅاجداد، جد امجد، قبل آنے والا
a person’s ancestors or family and social background.
Example: “her early life and antecedents have been traced”
Synonyms: ancestor, forefather, forebear, predecessor, progenitor, family, family tree, stock, ancestry
Antonyms: descendant
Obloquy (noun) بہتان، رسوائی، بدنامی، توہین آمیز
strong public condemnation.
Example: “he endured years of contempt and obloquy”
Synonyms: vilification, opprobrium, vituperation, condemnation, castigation, denunciation, abuse
Antonyms: praise
Elongate (verb) کھینچ کر لمبا کرنا، بڑھانا
make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
Example: “an artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings”
Synonyms: lengthen, stretch out, make longer, extend, broaden, widen, enlarge
Antonyms: shorten
Curious (adjective) شوقین، رازجو، تجسس کرنےوالا
strange; unusual.
Example: “a curious sensation overwhelmed her”
Synonyms: strange, odd, peculiar, funny, unusual, bizarre, weird, eccentric, queer, unexpected
Antonyms: ordinary
Intrigue (verb) چشم پوش کرنا، دغا، دوانی سازش
arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.
Example: “I was intrigued by your question”
Synonyms: interest, be of interest to, fascinate, be a source of fascination to, arouse someone’s curiosity
Antonyms: bore
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