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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
January 30, 2019
Sanctuary (noun) مقدس یا پاک جگہ
a holy place;
Example “the sanctuaries of Apollo and Athena”
Synonyms: holy place, temple, shrine, tabernacle, altar, sanctum, inner sanctum, holy of holies,
Antonyms: pitfall, trap, snare, betrayal, violation, extradition
Tantalize (verb) بیم و رجا میں رکھنا، للچانا، ترسانا،کلپانا
torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.
Example: “such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world’s best thinkers”
Synonyms: tease, torment, torture, bait; tempt, entice, lure, titillate, intrigue, allure, beguile;
flirt
Antonyms: gratify, satisfy
Leverage (noun) بیعانہ، بیرمی نظام،میکانی مفاد
the exertion of force by means of a lever.
Example: “my spade hit something solid that wouldn’t respond to leverage”
Synonyms: grip, purchase, hold, grasp; contact, attachment, support, anchorage, force, strength;
Antonyms:
Tenuous (adjective) پتلا یا نازک، کمزور، باریک، نزاکت
vvery weak or slight.
Example: “the tenuous link between interest rates and investment”
Synonyms: slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy, doubtful, dubious,
Antonyms: convincing, substantial, strong
Endowment (noun) چندہ، سرمایہ وقف، بندوبستی،
the action of endowing something or someone.
Example: “he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry”
Synonyms: funding, financing, subsidizing; donation of money for, provision of capital for, bequest of money for;
Antonyms: disability, handicap, inability, incapacity
Agrarian (adjective) زرعی، زمینداری
relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.
Example: “Brazil is rapidly diversifying its agrarian economy”
Synonyms: agricultural, rural, countryside, farming, rustic, pastoral, bucolic; literarygeorgic,
Antonyms: metro, metropolitan, urban, nonagricultural
Woeful (adjective) غم انگیز، المناک، غمزدہ، پریشان، غمگینی کے ساتھ
characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.
Example: “her face was woeful”
Synonyms: sad, unhappy, miserable, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, glum, gloomy,
Antonyms: happy, cheerful, uplifting
Distinction (noun) امتیاز، فرق، درجہ بزرگی، مرتبہ
a difference or contrast between similar things or people.
Example: “there is a sharp distinction between domestic politics and international politics”
Synonyms: difference, contrast, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divergence, variance, variation;
Antonyms: similarity
Irreconcilable (adjective) ناقابل مفاہمت، ناقابل مصلحت،
(of ideas or statements) so different from each other that they cannot be made compatible.
Example: “these two views of the economy are irreconcilable”
Synonyms: incompatible, at odds, at variance, incongruous, conflicting, clashing, discordant,
Antonyms: compatible, similar
Spirited (adjective) جوشیلا، پرجوش، آزاد،
full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination.
Example: “a spirited campaigner for women’s rights”
Synonyms: lively, vivacious, vibrant, full of life, vital, animated, high-spirited, sparkling, sprightly,
Antonyms: timid, apathetic, lifeless