Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (07 January 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (07 January 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
January 07, 2021


Optimistic (adjective) امید پرستانہ، خوش امیدانہ

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,


Intensification (noun) سختی، شدت، بڑھانا، تیز کرنا

the action of making or becoming more intense.
Example: “the intensification of the conflict”
Synonyms: escalation, stepping up, boosting, increase, pickup, build-up, sharpening, strengthening
Antonyms: lessening, abatement


Desperately (adverb) نڈر،بے خوفی کے ساتھ

in a way that shows despair.
Example: “he looked around desperately”
Synonyms: in desperation, in despair, despairingly, in anguish, in distress, miserably, wretchedly
Antonyms: slightly


Perish (verb) تباہ ہونا، ہلاک ہونا، برباد ہونا

die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
Example: “a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease”
Synonyms: die, lose one’s life, be killed, fall, expire, meet one’s death, be lost, lay down one’s life
Antonyms: be born, be immortal, begin, come into being


Barricade (verb) مورچہ، ناکہ لگانا، کچا پشتہ

block or defend with a barricade.
Example: “they barricaded the building and occupied it all night”
Synonyms: blockade, obstruct, close up, bar, block off, shut off/in, fence in, seal up
Antonyms: admittance, entrance, opening, passage


Peril (noun) خوف، ڈر، خطرہ

serious and immediate danger.
Example: “you could well place us both in peril”
Synonyms: danger, jeopardy, risk, riskiness, hazard, insecurity, uncertainty, menace
Antonyms: safety, security


Frigid (adjective) برفیلا، انتہائی ٹھنڈا، نہایت سرد

very cold in temperature.
Example: “the air was frigid, and spectators shivered against the cold”
Synonyms: very cold, bitterly cold, bitter, freezing, frozen, frosty, icy, icy-cold, ice-cold, chilly
Antonyms: hot, tropical


Befall (verb) آن پڑنا ، واقع ہونا، ہونا

(especially of something bad) happen to (someone).
Example: “a tragedy befell his daughter”
Synonyms: happen to, overtake, come upon, fall upon, hit, strike, be visited on, happen
Antonyms: miss, pass, spare, pretermit


Tenuous (adjective) نازک، پتلا، کمزور

very weak or slight.
Example: “the tenuous link between interest rates and investment”
Synonyms: slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy, doubtful, dubious
Antonyms: convincing, substantial, strong


Plight (noun) خطرناک صورتحال، بری حالت، حالت زار

a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.
Example: “we must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty”
Synonyms: predicament, sorry condition, sad state, trouble, difficulty, mess, dire straits, extremity
Antonyms: misuse, disagree, break


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