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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
August 31, 2019
Shoddy (adjective) ناقص، بھدا،مصنوعی
badly made or done.
Example: “we’re not paying good money for shoddy goods”
Synonyms: poor-quality, inferior, second-rate, third-rate, low-grade, cheap, cheapjack, tawdry,
Antonyms: well made, careful
Leaden (adjective) بہت بھاری، بوجھل
dull, heavy, or slow
Example: “his eyelids were leaden with sleep”
Synonyms: dull, heavy, weighty; listless, lifeless, inactive, inert
Antonyms: light, springy
Exacerbate (verb) بڑھ جانا، مرض میں شدت پیدا کرنا
make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
Example: “the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem”
Synonyms: aggravate, make worse, worsen, inflame, compound; intensify, increase, heighten,
Antonyms: calm, reduce
Expeditious (adjective) پھرتیلا، تیز، تیز رو
done with speed and efficiency.
Example: “an expeditious investigation”
Synonyms: speedy, swift, quick, rapid, fast; prompt, punctual, immediate, instant, sudden; high-speed
Antonyms: slow
Inadvertently (adverb) نادانستہ طور پر، بھولے سے، انجانے سے
without intention; accidentally.
Example: “his name had been inadvertently omitted from the list”
Synonyms: accidentally, by accident, unintentionally, unwittingly; unawares, without noticing
Antonyms: deliberately
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Distort (verb) توڑا مروڑا ہوا، غلط بیان، مسخ کرنا
pull or twist out of shape.
Example: “a grimace distorted her mouth”
Synonyms: twist, warp, contort, bend, buckle, deform, malform, misshape, disfigure;
Antonyms: straight
Sordid (adjective) سخت، گھٹیا، بدعنوان
involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
Example: “the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams”
Synonyms: sleazy, seedy, seamy, unsavoury, shoddy, vile, foul, tawdry, louche, cheap, base, low
Antonyms: high-minded, respectable
Hardened (adjective) سخت کیا ہوا، بے حس
strengthened or made secure against attack, especially by nuclear weapons.
Example: “the silos are hardened against air attack”
Synonyms: strengthened, fortified, reinforced, toughened, thickened, fortress-like; literarygirded
Antonyms: unfortified
Pernicious (adjective) نقصان دہ، مضر، فاسد، تباہ کن
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Example: “the pernicious influences of the mass media”
Synonyms: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious, hurtful, detrimental, deleterious, dangerous
Antonyms: beneficial, benign, favourable
Precarious (adjective) خطرناک، مشتبہ
not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
Example: “a precarious ladder”
Synonyms: uncertain, insecure, unreliable, unsure, unpredictable, undependable, risky, hazardous
Antonyms: safe, secure
