Every aspirant knows the importance of English language and vocabulary. In order to facilitate the aspirants, we have started a new trend of posting vocabulary on our website. The vocabulary will include the words from dawn newspaper along with their meanings which will save a lot of time of the aspirants.
So, keep in touch with CSS Times for daily vocabulary from dawn.
Please Encourage us by Liking Our Facebook page. Thanks
Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
September 23, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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