Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (27 December 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (27 December 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
December 27, 2020


Devious (adjective) ٹیڑھا، پیچ دار

showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals.
Example: “he’s as devious as a politician needs to be”
Synonyms: underhand, underhanded, deceitful, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, unethical
Antonyms: above board


Forthwith (adverb) فی الفور، فوری طور پر، ابھی

(especially in official use) immediately; without delay.
Example: “we undertake to pay forthwith the money required”
Synonyms: immediately, at once, instantly, directly, right away, straight away, now, this/that (very) minute
Antonyms: sometime


Incarcerate (verb) قید کرنا، اسیری

imprison or confine.
Example: “many are incarcerated for property offences”
Synonyms: imprison, put in prison, send to prison, jail, lock up, take into custody, put under lock and key
Antonyms: free, release


Ruthless (adjective) بے رحم، سنگدل،بے درد

having or showing no pity or compassion for others.
Example: “a ruthless manipulator”
Synonyms: merciless, pitiless, cruel, heartless, hard-hearted, hard, stony-hearted, stony
Antonyms: merciful, compassionate, gentle,


Grisly (adjective) بھیانک، خوفناک، ڈراﺅنا

causing horror or disgust.
Example: “the town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes”
Synonyms: gruesome, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine-chilling
Antonyms: pleasant, attractive


Shoddy (adjective) بھدا، نقلی، مصنوعی، بناوٹی، جھوٹا

badly made or done.
Example: “we’re not paying good money for shoddy goods”
Synonyms: poor-quality, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry
Antonyms: well made, careful


Mitigation (noun) تخفیف، کمی، اصل سے کم کا اندازہ لگانا

the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
Example: “the identification and mitigation of pollution”
Synonyms: alleviation, reduction, diminution, lessening, easing, weakening, lightening, assuagement
Antonyms: intensification


Pungent (adjective) تند و تیز، کڑوا، تلخ، تیکھا

having a sharply strong taste or smell.
Example: “the pungent smell of frying onions”
Synonyms: strong, powerful, pervasive, penetrating, suffocating, stifling, sharp, acrid, acid
Antonyms: bland, mild


Fateful (adjective) اہم، قسمت والا، مقصد کرنا

having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications.
Example: “a fateful oversight”
Synonyms: decisive, determining, critical, crucial, pivotal, momentous, important, of great importance
Antonyms: trivial, unimportant


Catastrophe (noun) تباہی، بربادی، 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


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