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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
May 08, 2019
Hardship (noun) مشکلات، سخت گیری، شدت
severe suffering or privation.
Example: “intolerable levels of hardship”
Synonyms: privation, destitution, deprivation, poverty, penury, austerity, want, neediness, need,
Antonyms: prosperity, ease
Sanitize (verb) صحت گاری کے مطابق، صاف ستھرا بنانا
make clean and hygienic; disinfect.
Example: “new chemicals for sanitizing a pool”
Synonyms: sterilize, clean, disinfect, cleanse, purify, cauterize, fumigate, decontaminate; pasteurize,
Antonyms: dirty
Disarray (noun) تخریب، برہنگی، ابتری،گڑبڑ
a state of disorganization or untidiness.
Example: “her grey hair was in disarray”
Synonyms: disarrange, bring/throw into disarray, make untidy, bring/throw into disorder,
Antonyms: tidy, organiz
Urgency (noun) فوری طور پر، سخت اہمیت، بے حد اصرار
importance requiring swift action.
Example: “the discovery of the ozone hole gave urgency to the issue of CFCs”
Synonyms: importance, imperativeness, top priority, weight, gravity, weightiness, necessity,
Antonyms: noncritical, nonurgent
Hapless (adjective) بدنصیب، بدبخت، کمبخت
(especially of a person) unfortunate.
Example: “the hapless victims of the disaster”
Synonyms: unfortunate, luckless, unlucky, out of luck, ill-fated, ill-starred, jinxed, doomed; cursed,
Antonyms: lucky
Scrupulous (adjective) وہمی، بہت محتاط، باریک بین
(of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
Example: “the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail”
Synonyms: careful, painstaking, meticulous, thorough, sedulous, assiduous, attentive, diligent,
Antonyms: careless, slapdash
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Startle (verb) چونکا دینا، ڈرا دینا، شروع کرنا
cause to feel sudden shock or alarm.
Example: “a sudden sound in the doorway startled her”
Synonyms: surprise, scare, frighten, alarm, give someone a fright, give someone a shock,
Antonyms: put at ease, ordinary, predictable
Assertion (noun) دعویٰ، حق جتانا، وثوق سے کہنا
a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
Example: “his assertion that his father had deserted the family”
Synonyms: declaration, statement, contention, claim, postulation, submission, averment, opinion,
Antonyms: disavowal
Evade (verb) ٹال جانا، بچنا،ٹال مٹول
escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
Example: “friends helped him to evade capture for a time”
Synonyms: elude, dodge, avoid, escape (from), steer clear of, stay away from, run away from,
Antonyms: confront, run into
Heinous (adjective) گھناﺅنا، سخت ، بڑا،وحشیانہ
(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
Example: “a battery of heinous crimes”
Synonyms: odious, evil, wicked, atrocious, disgraceful, monstrous, detestable, abominable
Antonyms: admirable
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