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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
October 18, 2019
Jeopardize (verb) نقصان پہنچانا، خطرے میں ڈالنا
put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure.
Example: “a devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize New York’s position as a financial centre”
Synonyms: threaten, endanger, imperil, menace, risk, put at risk, expose to risk, put in danger
Antonyms: safeguard
Exemplary (adjective) مثالی، پسندیدہ، خوش اسلوب
serving as a desirable model; very good.
Example: “exemplary behaviour”
Synonyms: perfect, ideal, model, faultless, without fault, copybook, flawless, impeccable
Antonyms: deplorable, unworthy
Buttress (noun) سہارا، کسی دیوار کی پشتہ بندی کرنا
a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it.
Example: “the cathedral’s massive buttresses”
Synonyms: prop, support, abutment, shore, pier, reinforcement, stanchion, stay, strut
Antonyms: undercut, undermine, weaken
Autonomous (adjective) خودمختار ملک، بااختیار
(of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs.
Example: “the federation included sixteen autonomous republics”
Synonyms: self-governing, independent, sovereign, free, self-ruling, self-determining, autarchic
Antonyms: dependent, nonautonomous, non-self-governing
Stipulate (verb) شرط رکھنا، مقرر کرنا
demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.
Example: “he stipulated certain conditions before their marriage”
Synonyms: specify, set down, set out, lay down, set forth, state clearly, demand, require, insist on
Antonyms: break, break off, calculate, confuse, decline
Defamatory (adjective) بدنامی، رسوائی، بدنام کن
(of remarks, writing, etc.) damaging the good reputation of someone; slanderous or libellous.
Example: “a defamatory allegation”
Synonyms: libellous, slanderous, defaming, calumnious, calumniatory, vilifying, traducing,
Antonyms: complimentary
Diatribe (noun) شدید تنقید، گالیوں کی بوچھاڑ
a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.
Example: “a diatribe against consumerism”
Synonyms: tirade, harangue, verbal onslaught, verbal attack, stream of abuse, denunciation
Antonyms: encomium, eulogy, panegyric, rhapsody
Tacit (adjective) خاموش، چپ چاپ
understood or implied without being stated.
Example: “your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement”
Synonyms: implicit, understood, implied, inferred, hinted, suggested, insinuated, unspoken,
Antonyms: explicit, stated
Placate (verb) تسلی دینا، منانا
make (someone) less angry or hostile.
Example: “they attempted to placate the students with promises”
Synonyms: pacify, calm, calm down, appease, mollify, soothe, win over, quiet, conciliate
Antonyms: provoke, anger
Herald (verb) اہم خبر سنانے والا، خبر دینے والا
be a sign that (something) is about to happen.
Example: “the speech heralded a change in policy”
Synonyms: signal, indicate, announce, point to, spell, presage, augur, portend, promise, prefigure
Antonyms: enemy, foe, rival
