Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning 16 September 2019

Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning 16 September 2019
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
September 16, 2019


Repression (noun) جبر، سرکوبی، زبردستی فرمانبردار بنانا

the action of subduing someone or something by force.
Example: “students sparked off events that ended in brutal repression”
Synonyms: suppression, quelling, quashing, subduing, crushing, squashing, stamping out
Antonyms: freedom, liberty


Deplorable (adjective) قابل رحم، غمگین،شرمناک

deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable.
Example: “children living in deplorable conditions”
Synonyms: disgraceful, shameful, dishonourable, disreputable, discreditable, unworthy, shabby
Antonyms: admirable, excellent


Obdurate (adjective) ضدی، تند، سخت

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
Example: “I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate”
Synonyms: stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, unbending, inflexible, intransigent, implacable
Antonyms: amenable, compliant, malleable, tractable


Burgeon (verb) غنچہ، کلی، بڑھانا

begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
Example: “manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand”
Synonyms: grow rapidly, increase rapidly/exponentially, expand, spring up, shoot up, swell
Antonyms: shrink


Susceptibility (noun) حساسیت، جذباتی، اثر پذیری

the state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
Example: “lack of exercise increases susceptibility to disease”
Synonyms: vulnerability, sensitivity, openness, defencelessness, receptiveness, responsiveness
Antonyms: immunity, resistance


Affluent (adjective) متمول، امیر، دولتمند

(especially of a group or area) having a great deal of money; wealthy.
Example: “the affluent societies of the western world”
Synonyms: wealthy, rich, prosperous, opulent, well off, moneyed, cash rich, with deep pockets
Antonyms: poor, impoverished


Diminutive (adjective) ذرا سا، کم، کوتاہ

extremely or unusually small.
Example: “a diminutive figure dressed in black”
Synonyms: tiny, small, little, petite, minute, miniature, mini, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscopic
Antonyms: enormous


Permeable (adjective) جذب ہونے والا، سرایت کرنے والا

(of a material or membrane) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.
Example: “a frog’s skin is permeable to water”
Synonyms: porous, pervious, penetrable, spongy, absorbent, absorptive
Antonyms: impermeable, watertight


Pedestrian (noun) پیدل چلنے والا

a person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.
Example: “the road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it”
Synonyms: walker, person on foot, hiker, rambler, stroller, wayfarer, footslogger; rarefoot traveller
Antonyms: driver


Minuscule (adjective) بہت چھوٹا

extremely small; tiny.
Example: “a minuscule fragment of DNA”
Synonyms: tiny, minute, microscopic, nanoscopic, very small, little, micro, diminutive, miniature,
Antonyms: vast, huge


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