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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (15 September 2020)

October 2, 2020
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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (15 September 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
September 15, 2020

Assertion (noun) حتمی موقف، اقرار واثق

a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
Example: “his assertion that his father had deserted the family”
Synonyms: declaration, contention, statement, claim, submission, postulation, averment, opinion
Antonyms: bashfulness, confusion, consternation

Demarcation (noun) حدود کا تعین، حد بندی، انتہا

the action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.
Example: “the demarcation of the maritime border”
Synonyms: separation, distinction, differentiation, division, delimitation, marking off, definition
Antonyms: indefiniteness, openness, space, waste

Vestige (noun) کھوج، ذرہ،سراغ

a trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
Example: “the last vestiges of colonialism”
Synonyms: remnant, remainder, fragment, relic, echo, indication, sign, trace, mark, print
Antonyms: misindication, obliteration, effacement

Antagonistic (adjective) حریفانہ، معاندانہ، مخاصمانہ

showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.
Example: “he was antagonistic to the government’s reforms”
Synonyms: hostile, opposed, inimical, antipathetic, unsympathetic, ill-disposed, resistant
Antonyms: pro, sympathetic

Reluctant (adjective) نارضامند، اڑیل

unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
Example: “today, many ordinary people are still reluctant to talk about politics”
Synonyms: unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, grudging, resistant, resisting, opposed, antipathetic
Antonyms: willing, eager, ready

Exorbitant (adjective) گراں، مہنگا، بہت زیادہ

(of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.
Example: “some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls”
Synonyms: extortionate, excessively high, extremely high, excessive, sky-high, prohibitive, outrageous
Antonyms: reasonable, competitive

Pathetic (adjective) قابل رحم، قابل افسوس، دلسوز

arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.
Example: “she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her”
Synonyms: pitiful, pitiable, piteous, to be pitied, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, stirring
Antonyms: comical, cheerful

Disincentive (noun) کسی عمل میں باز رہنے کی ترغیب

a factor, especially a financial disadvantage, that discourages a particular action.
Example: “spiralling house prices are beginning to act as a disincentive to development”
Synonyms: deterrent, discouragement, dissuasion, damper, brake, curb, check, restraint
Antonyms: incentive

Sectarian (adjective) فرقہ پرست، فرقہ بندی

rigidly following the doctrines of a sect or other group.
Example: “the sectarian Bolshevism advocated by Moscow”
Synonyms: factional, schismatic, cliquish, clannish, partisan, parti pris, denominational, doctrinaire
Antonyms: tolerant, liberal, broad-minded

Fragile (adjective) نازک، کمزور، آسانی سے ٹوٹ جانیوالا

(of an object) easily broken or damaged.
Example: “fragile items such as glass and china”
Synonyms: breakable, easily broken, brittle, frangible, smashable, splintery, flimsy, weak, frail
Antonyms: robust

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