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Daily English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (01 January 2020)

January 1, 2020
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Daily English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (01 January 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
January 01, 2020

Optimistic (verb) پر امید، امید کا قائل

hopeful and confident about the future.
Example: “the optimistic mood of the Sixties”
Synonyms: cheerful, cheery, positive, confident, hopeful, sanguine, bullish, buoyant, bright,
Antonyms: pessimistic, negative, gloomy, ominous

Engulf (verb) گھیر لینا، نگلنا، وقف کرنا

(of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.
Example: “the cafe was engulfed in flames”
Synonyms: inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swamp, wash out, swallow up, submerge
Antonyms: dehydrate, dry, parch

Ardent (adjective) پرجوش، انتہائی جذباتی، جوشیلا

very enthusiastic or passionate.
Example: “an ardent supporter of the conservative cause”
Synonyms: passionate, avid, impassioned, fervent, fervid, zealous, wholehearted, eager,
Antonyms: half-hearted

Sceptic (noun) شکی، شک کرنے والا، وہمی، شک پرست

a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions
Synonyms: cynic, doubter, questioner, scoffer, pessimist, prophet of doom
Antonyms: believer

Plethora (noun) فروانی، بہتات،ڈھیر ساری

a large or excessive amount of something.
Example: “a plethora of committees and subcommittees”
Synonyms: excess, abundance, overabundance, superfluity, surfeit, profusion, more than enough
Antonyms: dearth, lack

Atrocity (noun) ظلم، سنگدلی، بے رحمی، سفاکی

an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.
Example: “a textbook which detailed war atrocities”
Synonyms: act of barbarity, act of brutality, act of savagery, act of wickedness, cruelty, abomination,
Antonyms: humaneness, inhumane, mercy

Herculean (adjective) بہت طاقتور، صبر آزما

requiring great strength or effort.
Example: “a Herculean task”
Synonyms: arduous, gruelling, laborious, back-breaking, onerous, strenuous, difficult
Antonyms: easy

Discrimination (noun) امتیاز، فرق، تفریق

the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Example: “victims of racial discrimination”
Synonyms: prejudice, bias, bigotry, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, unfairness, inequity
Antonyms: impartiality

Horrific (adjective) خوفناک، ڈراﺅنا

causing horror.
Example: “horrific injuries”
Synonyms: dreadful, horrendous, horrifying, horrible, frightful, awful, terrible, fearful,
Antonyms: inoffensive, unalarming. awful, dire, direful

Segregate (verb) الگ الگ، نسلی امتیاز کا شکار، علیحدگی

set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.
Example: “apprehensions about groups segregated from the rest of society”
Synonyms: separate, set apart, keep apart, sort out, isolate, quarantine, insulate, exclude
Antonyms: amalgamate

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Shahzad F. Malik

Shahzad Faisal Malik is the administrator of CSSTimes.pk and is responsible for managing the content, design, and overall direction of the blog. He has a strong background in Competitive Exams and is passionate and sharing information with others.
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