Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (20 January 2020)

Daily English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (20 January 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
January 20, 2020


Insurgent (noun) باقی، سرکش، فتنہ انگیز

a person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary.
Example: “an attack by armed insurgents”
Synonyms: rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, mutineer, agitator, subversive, guerrilla, anarchist, terrorist,
Antonyms: loyalist


Hostility (noun) دشمنی، عداوت،جارحیت

hostile behaviour; unfriendliness or opposition.
Example: “their hostility to all outsiders”
Synonyms: antagonism, unfriendliness, bitterness, malevolence, malice, unkindness, spite
Antonyms: friendliness, approval


Impulsive (adjective) من کی خواہش پر، من مانا، اکسایا ہوا

acting or done without forethought.
Example: “they’d married as impulsive teenagers”
Synonyms: impetuous, spontaneous, hasty, passionate, emotional, uninhibited, unrepressed
Antonyms: cautious, premeditated


Fatigue (verb) تھکاوٹ، تھکن، کمزوری

cause (someone) to feel exhausted.
Example: “they were fatigued by their journey”
Synonyms: tire, tire out, exhaust, wear out, drain, make weary, weary, wash out
Antonyms: invigorate, refresh


Vicious (adjective) شیطانی، فاسق،بدکار، بدکردار

deliberately cruel or violent.
Example: “a vicious assault”
Synonyms: brutal, ferocious, savage, violent, dangerous, ruthless, remorseless, merciless
Antonyms: gentle, kindly, benevolent


Denounce (verb) مذمت کرنا، اعلانیہ خلاف ہونا، مخبری کرنا

publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
Example: “the Assembly denounced the use of violence”
Synonyms: condemn, criticize, attack, censure, castigate, decry, revile, vilify, besmirch, discredit
Antonyms: praise


Perverse (adjective) مخالفانہ، گمراہ

showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
Example: “Kate’s perverse decision not to cooperate held good”
Synonyms: awkward, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, obstructive
Antonyms: accommodating, cooperative


Arouse (verb) شہوت بڑھانا، جنسی طور پر بیدار کرنا

evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response).
Example: “something about the man aroused the guard’s suspicions”
Synonyms: cause, induce, prompt, set off, trigger, stir up, inspire, call forth, call/bring into being
Antonyms: allay


Disparage (verb) نفی کرنا، بدنام کرنا، کم قدری کرنا

regard or represent as being of little worth.
Example: “he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors”
Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, deflate,
Antonyms: praise, overrate, complimentary


Reprehensible (adjective) قصور وار، قابل مذمت،قابل نفرت

deserving censure or condemnation.
Example: “his complacency and reprehensible laxity”
Synonyms: deplorable, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, blameworthy, culpable
Antonyms: creditable, praiseworthy, good


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