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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
March 26, 2019
Impartial (adjective) غیر جانبدارانہ، منصفانہ مزاج،بے تعصبی
treating all rivals or disputants equally.
Example: “the minister cannot be impartial in the way that a judge would be”
Synonyms: unbiased, non-partisan, unprejudiced,anti-discrimination, neutral, non-discriminatory
Antonyms: biased, partisan
Coercion (noun) جبر، دباﺅ، زور
the action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats
Synonyms: force,constraint, compulsion, duress,enforcement, oppression, harassment
Antonyms: persuasion
Obstacle (noun) رکاوٹ، روک، آڑ
a thing that blocks one’s way or prevents or hinders progress.
Example: “the major obstacle to achieving that goal is money”
Synonyms: barrier,stumbling block, hurdle, bar,hindrance, block, impediment,catch, snag
Antonyms: asset, advantage, aid
Abysmal (adjective) انتہائی پست، بے انتہا گہرا،پرلے درجے کی جہالت
extremely bad; appalling.
Example: “the quality of her work is abysmal”
Synonyms: very bad, awful, dreadful, terrible,atrocious, frightful, disgraceful, shameful, deplorable
Antonyms: superb
Accolade (noun) واہ واہ، شاباش، خراج تحسین
an expression of praise or admiration.
Example: “poignant accolades and urgent testimonials of thanks”
Synonyms: tribute,acclaim, commendation, applause, acclamation, ovation, approval
Antonyms: criticism
Ebb (verb) تنزل، زوال، اتار
(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede.
Example: “the tide began to ebb”
Synonyms: recede,retreat, go out, flow back, fall back, draw back, fall away, subside; abate
Antonyms: increase, intensification, intensify
Etch (verb) کنندہ کاری، ٹھپہ لگانا،نقش کاری کرنا
engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it.
Example: “aquatint is a process of achieving tone by etching a metal plate”
Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, carve, cut (in),chisel, impress, incise, chase, notch, score, imprint
Antonyms:
Assert (verb) حق جتانا، دعویٰ، وثوق سے کہنا
state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.
Example: “the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development”
Synonyms: declare,contend, maintain, argue, claim, state, propound,posit, submit, postulate
Antonyms: minimize, understate
Obscenity (noun) گندا پن، فحاشی
the state or quality of being obscene.
Example: “the book was banned for obscenity”
Synonyms: indecency,impropriety, immorality, smuttiness, salaciousness,lewdness, smut
Antonyms: decency, cleanness, innocence
Peculiar (adjective) عجیب ، انوکھا، نرالا،خصوصیت سے
different to what is normal or expected; strange.
Example: “he gave her some very peculiar looks”
Synonyms: strange,odd, unusual, funny,bizarre, curious, weird,queer, uncanny, unexpected
Antonyms: normal, ordinary