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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
October 10, 2019
Echelon (noun)
ترتیب دینا، فوج کی ترتیب دینا، اختیار کا درجہ
a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
Example: “the upper echelons of the business world”
Synonyms: level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, stratum, plane, position, order,
Antonyms: unemployment
Confine (verb)
محدود، پابند کرنا، قید کرنا
keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).
Example: “he does not confine his message to high politics”
Synonyms: enclose, incarcerate, imprison, intern, impound, hold captive, trap, shut in/up
Antonyms: release
Unscrupulous (adjective)
بے اختیار، بے ایمان، بے اصول
having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.
Example: “unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants”
Synonyms: unprincipled, unethical, immoral, amoral, conscienceless, untrustworthy, shameless
Antonyms: ethical, honest
Tenacity (noun)
سختی، استحکام، استوار
the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip.
Example: “the sheer tenacity of the limpet”
Synonyms: persistence, pertinacity, determination, perseverance, doggedness, tenaciousness, single-mindedness
Antonyms: irresolution, lack of resolve
Adequate (adjective)
معقول، کافی
satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
Example: “this office is perfectly adequate for my needs”
Synonyms: sufficient, enough, ample, requisite, apposite, appropriate, suitable, acceptable
Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate, unequal to
Seldom (adverb)
بہت کم، کبھی کبھار، کبھی کبھی
not often; rarely.
Example: “Islay is seldom visited by tourists”
Synonyms: rarely, infrequently, on rare occasions, hardly ever, scarcely ever, hardly
Antonyms: often, frequently
Stigma (noun)
بدنما داغ، رسوائی، کلنک کا ٹیکہ
a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.
Example: “the stigma of having gone to prison will always be with me”
Synonyms: shame, disgrace, dishonour, stain, taint, blot, blot on one’s escutcheon
Antonyms: honour, credit
Fancy (adjective
) خوش اسلوب، تصور کرنا، گمان کرنا
sophisticated or expensive in a way that is intended to impress.
Example: “fancy hotels and restaurants”
Synonyms: elaborate, ornate, ornamented, ornamental, decorated, decorative, adorned,
Antonyms: plain, unobtrusive
Scourge (noun)
کوڑے مارنا، سزا دینا
a whip used as an instrument of punishment.
Example: “our people did scourge him severely”
Synonyms: affliction, bane, curse, plague, menace, evil, misfortune, burden, cross to bear
Antonyms: blessing, godsend
Boggle (verb)
حیرت میں ڈالنا، چونکنا، ہچکچانا
(of a person or their mind) be astonished or baffled when trying to imagine something.
Example: “the mind boggles at the spectacle”
Synonyms: marvel, wonder, be astonished, be astounded, be amazed, be filled with amazement
Antonyms: ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve