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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
March 06, 2019
Thrall (noun) غلام بنانا، مطیع، حلقہ بگوش، چاکر
the state of being in someone’s power, or of having great power over someone.
Example: “the town in thrall to a villain”
Synonyms: power, clutches, hands, control, grip, grasp, yoke; enslavement, bondage, slavery
Antonyms: freeman, master
Pretence (noun) دکھاوے، نمود، ڈھونگ
an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.
Example: “his anger is masked by a pretence that all is well”
Synonyms: make-believe, act, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, shamming, sham,
Antonyms: reality, honesty
Brash (Adjective) جلد باز، انتہائی اعتماد سے برتاﺅ
self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way.
Example: “he was brash, cocky, and arrogant”
Synonyms: self-assertive, assertive, cocksure, full of oneself, self-confident, arrogant, thrusting
Antonyms: meek, diffident
Envisage (Verb) غور کرنا، آمنے سامنے ہونا، تصور کرنا،
contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
Example: “the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers”
Synonyms: foresee, predict, forecast, foretell, anticipate, expect, think likely, envision
Antonyms: disregard, ignore
Bigotry (noun) تعصب، متعصب آدمی، ہٹ دھرمی
intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.
Example: “the difficulties of combating prejudice and bigotry”
Synonyms: prejudice, bias, partiality, partisanship, sectarianism, discrimination, unfairness
Antonyms: tolerance
Derogatory (Adjective) توہین آمیز، حقارت آمیز
showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.
Example: “she tells me I’m fat and is always making derogatory remarks”
Synonyms: disparaging, denigratory, belittling, diminishing, slighting, deprecatory, depreciatory
Antonyms: complimentary, flattering
Rhetoric (noun) بیان بازی، خطیبانہ، علم انشائ
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
Example: “he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole”
Synonyms: oratory, eloquence, power of speech, command of language, expression,
Antonyms: inarticulateness, conciseness
Instigate (Verb) ترغیب، بھڑکانا، اکسانا
bring about or initiate (an action or event).
Example: “they instigated a reign of terror”
Synonyms: set in motion, put in motion, get under way, get going, get in operation, start, begin
Antonyms: halt, dissuade
Noxious (Adjective) نقصان دہ، مضر، موذی
harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
Example: “they were overcome by the noxious fumes”
Synonyms: poisonous, toxic, deadly, virulent; harmful, dangerous, pernicious, damaging
Antonyms: innocuous, safe, pleasant
Rabid (Adjective) غضبناک، دیوانہ، پاگال
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