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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
September 23, 2019

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Tarnish (verb) داغدار، آلودہ کرنا، میلا کرنا

lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture.
Example: “silver tarnishes too easily”
Synonyms: become discoloured, discolour, stain, rust, oxidize, corrode, deteriorate, become dull
Antonyms: brighten, polish

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Applaud (verb) اظہار پسندیدگی کرنا، تالی بجا کر سراہنا

show approval or praise by clapping.
Example: “the crowd whistled and applauded”
Synonyms: clap, cheer, whistle, give a standing ovation to, put one’s hands together, hail
Antonyms: boo, hiss

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Ambiguous (adjective) مبہم، مشکوک

not clear or decided.
Example: “the election result was ambiguous”
Synonyms: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate, open to argument, arguable, debatable
Antonyms: unambiguous, clear

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Indigenous (adjective) دیسی، مقامی طور پر، ملکی

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Example: “the indigenous peoples of Siberia”
Synonyms: native, aboriginal, local, original, earliest, first, initial, ancient, primeval
Antonyms: expatriate, migrant, adventitious

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Patronize (verb) سرپرستی کرنا، دستگیری کرنا، اعانت کرنا

treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
Example: “she was determined not to be put down or patronized”
Synonyms: look down on, talk down to, put down, humiliate, treat like a child, treat as inferior
Antonyms: friendly, humble

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Reprehensible (adjective) قابل مذمت، قصور وار

deserving censure or condemnation.
Example: “his complacency and reprehensible laxity”
Synonyms: deplorable, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, blameworthy, culpable
Antonyms: creditable, praiseworthy, good

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Stifle (verb) دباﺅ ڈالنا، دم روک دینا، گھلا گھوٹنا

make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.
Example: “those in the streets were stifled by the fumes”
Synonyms: suffocate, choke, asphyxiate, smother, very hot, sweltering, airless, suffocating
Antonyms: cold, chilly

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Decry (verb) بدنام کرنا، الزام

publicly denounce.
Example: “they decried human rights abuses”
Synonyms: denounce, condemn, criticize, censure, damn, attack, fulminate against, rail against
Antonyms: praise, overrate

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Dearth (noun) افلاس، گرامی، کمی

a scarcity or lack of something.
Example: “there is a dearth of evidence”
Synonyms: lack, scarcity, scarceness, shortage, shortfall, want, deficiency, insufficiency
Antonyms: abundance, surfeit

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Rabid (adjective) تند، دیوانہ،حد تک جوشیلا

having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something.
Example: “the show’s small but rabid fan base”
Synonyms: extreme, fanatical, overzealous, over-enthusiastic, extremist, violent, maniacal
Antonyms: moderate, liberal, half-hearted

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