Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (19 January 2020)

Daily English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (19 January 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
January 19, 2020


Depreciation (noun) فرسودگی، گھٹنا

a reduction in the value of an asset over time, due in particular to wear and tear.
Example: “provision should be made for depreciation of fixed assets”
Synonyms: devaluation, devaluing, decrease in value, lowering in value, reduction in value
Antonyms: rise


Chunk (noun) بڑا ٹکڑا، گلٹی

a thick, solid piece of something.
Example: “huge chunks of masonry littered the street”
Synonyms: lump, hunk, wedge, block, slab, square, nugget, nub, brick, cube,
Antonyms: atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment


Phenomenon (noun) مظاہر قدرت، عجوبہ،کرشمہ، ظہور

a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.
Example: “glaciers are interesting natural phenomena”
Synonyms: occurrence, event, happening, fact, situation, circumstance, experience, case,
Antonyms: usualness, normality, regularity


Grumble (verb) بڑبڑانا، شکایت کرنا، گھورنا

complain about something in a bad-tempered way.
Example: “‘I’m getting old,’ she grumbled”
Synonyms: complain, moan, groan, whine, mutter, grouse, bleat, carp, cavil, protest
Antonyms: commendation, compliment, plaudit


Amicable (adjective) مہربان، یارانہ، دوستانہ

characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.
Example: “an amicable settlement of the dispute”
Synonyms: friendly, good-natured, cordial, civil, courteous, polite, easy, easy-going, neighbourly
Antonyms: unfriendly, hostile


Precarious (adjective) غیر مستحکم، فرضی، نازک 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
Antonyms: safe, secure


Simultaneously (adverb) ایک ہی وقت میں، بیک وقت

at the same time.
Example: “the telethon was broadcast simultaneously on 31 US networks”
Synonyms: at the same time, at one and the same time, at the same instant/moment, at once, concurrently
Antonyms: singly


Soar (verb) اضافہ، بلند پرواز

fly or rise high in the air.
Example: “the bird spread its wings and soared into the air”
Synonyms: fly up, wing, wing its way, take off, take flight, take to the air, ascend, climb
Antonyms: plummet


Culminate (verb) اختتام پذیر ہونا، انتہا پر ختم ہو جانا

reach a climax or point of highest development.
Example: “weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate”
Synonyms: come to a climax, come to a crescendo, come to a head, reach a finale, peak
Antonyms: start, begin, peter out


Stringent (adjective) کڑی، بہت سخت، شدید

(of regulations, requirements, or conditions) strict, precise, and exacting.
Example: “stringent guidelines on air pollution”
Synonyms: strict, firm, rigid, rigorous, severe, harsh, tough, tight, exacting, demanding
Antonyms: lenient, flexible


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