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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
October 20, 2019
Plenary (adjective) مکمل، غیر محدود، تمام و کمال، پورا
unqualified; absolute.
Example: “crusaders were offered a plenary indulgence by the Pope”
Synonyms: unconditional, unlimited, unrestricted, unqualified, absolute, complete, sweeping
Antonyms: incomplete, limited, part,
Illicit (adjective) ناجائز، ممنوع، ناروا، قانون کے خلاف
forbidden by law, rules, or custom.
Example: “illicit drugs”
Synonyms: illegal, unlawful, illegitimate, against the law, outlawed, banned, forbidden, prohibited
Antonyms: licit, legal, above board
Adequate (adjective) مناسب، موزوں، 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
Abysmal (adjective) ناقابل پیمائش، گہرا، بہت برا
extremely bad; appalling.
Example: “the quality of her work is abysmal”
Synonyms: very bad, dreadful, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable
Antonyms: superb
Inevitable (adjective) ناگزیر، ناقابل ترمیم، ہر کر رہنے والا
certain to happen; unavoidable.
Example: “war was inevitable”
Synonyms: unavoidable, inescapable, bound to happen, sure to happen, inexorable, unpreventable
Antonyms: avoidable, uncertain
Deplete (verb) ختم کرنا، استعمال کرنا، ختم کرنے کے قابل
use up the supply or resources of.
Example: “reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought”
Synonyms: exhaust, use up, consume, expend, spend, drain, empty, sap, milk
Antonyms: augment, increase
Confiscate (verb) ضبط کرنا، قبضے میں لینا
take or seize (someone’s property) with authority.
Example: “the guards confiscated his camera”
Synonyms: impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, take possession of
Antonyms: return
Worsen (verb) بدتر ہونا، زیادہ خراب ہونا
make or become worse.
Example: “her condition worsened on the flight”
Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, make worse, compound, add to, intensify, increase,
Antonyms: improve, ameliorate, recover,
Yardstick (noun) گز کا پیمانہ، ایک گز کا فٹہ
a standard used for comparison.
Example: “league tables are not the only yardstick of schools’ performance”
Synonyms: standard, measure, gauge, scale, guide, guideline, indicator, test
Antonyms:
Aphorism (verb) کہاوت، قول زریں،
a pithy observation which contains a general truth.
Example: “the old aphorism ‘the child is father to the man’”
Synonyms: saying, maxim, axiom, adage, precept, epigram, epigraph, dictum, gnome
Antonyms: