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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
September 21, 2019
Depreciation (adjective) فرسودگی، گھٹنا، قدر و قیمت کم ہونا
a reduction in the value of an asset over time, due in particular to wear and tear.
Example: “provision should be made for depreciation of fixed assets”
Synonyms: devaluation, devaluing, decrease in value, lowering in value, reduction in value
Antonyms: rise
Fierce (adjective) شدید، تند خو، تیز
having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.
Example: “fierce fighting continued throughout the day”
Synonyms: ferocious, savage, vicious, wild, feral, untamed, undomesticated, aggressive
Antonyms: gentle, tame, mild
Expedite (verb) پھرتی، جلد بازی کرنا
make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
Example: “he promised to expedite economic reforms”
Synonyms: speed up, accelerate, hurry, hasten, step up, quicken, precipitate, rush
Antonyms: delay, hinder
Halve (verb) آدھا، دو مساوی حصے کرنا
divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size.
Example: “halve the aubergine lengthways”
Synonyms: cut in half, divide into two equal parts, divide in two, split in two, divide equally
Antonyms: complete, full
Mortality (noun) شرح اموات، فانی ہونے کی حالت
the state of being subject to death.
Example: “the work is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality”
Synonyms: impermanence, temporality, transience, ephemerality, impermanency, perishability
Antonyms: immortality
Adequate (adjective) مناسب ، موزوں، معقول
satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
Example: “this office is perfectly adequate for my needs”
Synonyms: sufficient, enough, ample, requisite, apposite, appropriate, suitable
Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate, unequal to
Nonchalant (adjective) غیر جذباتی، سردمہری
(of a person or manner) feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.
Example: “she gave a nonchalant shrug”
Synonyms: calm, cool, unconcerned, collected, and collected, cool as a cucumber
Antonyms: anxious, concerned
Slacken (verb) سست ہونا، آہستہ چلنا
make or become slack.
Example: “he slackened his grip”
Synonyms: loosen, make looser, release, relax, loose, lessen, reduce, weaken
Antonyms: tighten
Hearten (verb) دل سے، دلاسہ دینا
make more cheerful or confident.
Example: “she was heartened to observe that the effect was faintly comic”
Synonyms: cheer up, cheer, raise someone’s spirits, encourage, comfort
Antonyms: dishearten
