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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
February 08, 2019
Indictment (noun)فرد جرم، الزام، چالان، استغاثہ
a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
Example: “an indictment for conspiracy”
Synonyms: charge, accusation, arraignment, citation, summons; allegation, imputation; plaint;
Antonyms: acquittal
Abdicate (verb) ستبردار، چھوڑا ہوا، تخت چھوڑنا، علیحدہ ہونا
(of a monarch) renounce one’s throne.
Example: “in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor”
Synonyms: resign, retire, quit, stand down, step down, bow out, renounce the throne
Antonyms: accept, take on
Repercussion (noun) برگشت، دھکیل، واپس، ہٹاﺅ،پلٹاﺅ
an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one.
Example: “the move would have grave repercussions for the entire region”
Synonyms: consequence, result, effect, outcome, by-product; reverberation, backlash, ripple
Antonyms: cause
Insurrection (noun) بغاوت، سرکشی، فساد، فتنہ
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Example: “the insurrection was savagely put down”
Synonyms: rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot
Antonyms: calm, peace, compliance, obedience, subordination
Foretell (verb) پیش گوئی کرنا
predict (the future or a future event).
Example: “a seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne”
Synonyms: predict, forecast, foresee, anticipate, envisage, envision, see, prophesy, prognosticate,
Antonyms: describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell
Culmination (noun) عروج پر ہونا، بلند ترین مقام پر پہنچنا،نقطہ عروج
the highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time.
Example: “the deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation”
Synonyms: climax, pinnacle, peak, high point, highest point, height, high water mark, top,
Antonyms: nadir
Reckon (verb) گننا، اندازہ لگانا، شمار کرنا، حساب کرنا
establish by calculation.
Example: “his debts were reckoned at Rs300,000”
Synonyms: calculate, compute, work out, put a figure on, figure, number, quantify; count (up)
Antonyms: abandon, calibrate, measure, scale
Lacklustre (adjective) مایوس، بے نور، بے جوش و خروش
lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring.
Example: “no excuses were made for the team’s lacklustre performance”
Synonyms: uninspired, uninspiring, unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colourless, characterless,
Antonyms: inspired, brilliant
Dismay (verb) خوفزدہ کرنا، ڈرانا، دبانا، مایوس
cause (someone) to feel concern and distress.
Example: “they were dismayed by the U-turn in policy”
Synonyms: appal, horrify, shock, shake, shake up; disconcert, take aback, confound, surprise
Antonyms: encourage, please
Unfathomable (adjective) انتہائ، قابل فہم،عمیق، بے حد گہرا
incapable of being fully explored or understood.
Example: “her grey eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion”
Synonyms: inscrutable, incomprehensible, enigmatic, incalculable, indecipherable, obscure
Antonyms: comprehensible, penetrable