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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 April 2021)

April 26, 2021
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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 April 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
April 18, 2021

Reciprocate (verb) بات برابر کرنا، جوابی عمل کرنا

respond to (a gesture or action) by making a corresponding one.
Example: “the favour was reciprocated”
Synonyms: do the same (in return), respond in kind, return the favour, give as good as one gets, give tit for tat
Antonyms: absolve, acquit, excuse, forget

Formidable (adjective) ڈراﺅنا، خوفناک

inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
Example: “a formidable opponent”
Synonyms: intimidating, forbidding, redoubtable, daunting, alarming, frightening, terrifying, petrifying
Antonyms: pleasant-looking, comforting, easy, weak

Reliance (noun) بھروسہ، انحصار، اعتماد

dependence on or trust in someone or something.
Example: “the farmer’s reliance on pesticides”
Synonyms: dependence, dependency, seeking support from, leaning on, trust in, confidence in
Antonyms: distrust, misgiving, suspicion

Obstruct (verb) روکنا، رکاوٹ، روڑے اٹکانا

block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.
Example: “she was obstructing the entrance”
Synonyms: block, block up, clog, clog up, get/stand in the way of, cut off, shut off
Antonyms: clear

Peasant (noun) گنوار شخص، دیہاتی بالخصوص یورپ میں وحشی

a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries).
Example: “peasants left the farms to work in industry”
Synonyms: agricultural worker, small farmer, rustic, son of the soil, countryman, countrywoman
Antonyms: citizen, cockney, townsman

Tenancy (noun) کرایہ داری، لگان دار، تصرف

possession of land or property as a tenant.
Example: “Holding took over the tenancy of the farm”
Synonyms: occupancy, period of occupancy, occupation, period of occupation, residence
Antonyms: freehold

Abolition (noun) منسوخی، تنسیخ، خاتمہ

the action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
Example: “the abolition of the death penalty”
Synonyms: scrapping, ending, stopping, doing away with, termination, eradication, elimination, extermination
Antonyms: retention, creation

Abet (verb) غلط کام کےلئے مدد کرنا، اکسانا

encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.
Example: “he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others”
Synonyms: assist, aid, help, lend a hand, support, back, encourage, cooperate with
Antonyms: hinder

Prerogative (noun) اختیار، خصوصی مراعات، استحقاق

a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
Example: “in some countries, higher education is predominantly the prerogative of the rich”
Synonyms: entitlement, right, privilege, advantage, due, birthright, liberty, authority
Antonyms: disqualification, disfranchisement

Relatively (adverb) متفقہ طریقے سے، نسبتاً

in relation, comparison, or proportion to something else.
Example: “they were very poor, but, relatively speaking, they had been lucky”
Synonyms: comparatively, in comparison, by comparison, proportionately, quite, fairly, reasonably
Antonyms: frightfully, heavily, substantially

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