Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (19 August 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (19 August 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
August 19, 2021


Purveyor (noun) داروغہ رسد، فراہم کرنےوالا خاص کر کھانا

a person who sells or deals in particular goods.
Example: “a purveyor of large luxury vehicles”
Synonyms: seller, vendor, trader, retailer, supplier, provider, stockist, tout, trafficker, pedlar
Antonyms: buyer, purchaser, customer, client


Volatile (adjective) بدلتے مزاج والا، کافور صفت

(of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures.
Example: “volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene”
Synonyms: evaporative, vaporous, vaporescent, explosive, eruptive, inflammable, unstable
Antonyms: stable, calm


Sceptic (noun) شک کرنے والا، شکی، وہمی

a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions.

Synonyms: cynic, doubter, questioner, scoffer, pessimist, prophet of doom, Pyrrhonist, minimifidian
Antonyms: believer


Grotesque (adjective) بگڑی ہوئی شکل، بھدی شکل، بے جوڑ

comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
Example: “a figure wearing a grotesque mask”
Synonyms: malformed, deformed, misshapen, misproportioned, distorted, twisted, gnarled
Antonyms: ordinary, normal


Stagnate (verb) بہنے سے رک جانا، کھڑا ہونا، جم جانا

(of water or air) cease to flow or move; become stagnant
Synonyms: stop flowing, become stagnant, become trapped, stand, become foul, become stale, fester, putrefy
Antonyms: flow


Jittery (adjective) گھبرایا ہوا، دباﺅ کا شکار

nervous or unable to relax.
Example: “caffeine makes me jittery”
Synonyms: nervous, anxious, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, strained, stressed
Antonyms: cool, calm, relaxed, laid-back


Prelude (noun) آغاز کرنا، شروع کرنا

an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
Example: “a ceasefire had been agreed as a prelude to full peace negotiations”
Synonyms: preliminary, overture, opening, preparation, introduction, start, beginning, curtain-raiser
Antonyms: conclusion, postscript


Impend (verb) واقع ہونے کو، منڈلانا، قریب ہونا

(of an event regarded as threatening or significant) be about to happen.
Example: “it seemed certain that some great trial of strength impended between the opponents”
Synonyms: imminent, at hand, close, close at hand, near, nearing, approaching, coming
Antonyms: abate, decline, de-escalate


Pragmatic (adjective) حقیقت پسندی، عملیت

dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
Synonyms: practical, matter-of-fact, realistic, sensible, down-to-earth, commonsensical, hard-headed
Antonyms: impractical, unrealistic, idealistic


Dissension (noun) مخالفت، بگاڑ، نااتفاقی، اختلاف، پھوٹ

disagreement that leads to discord.
Example: “these issues caused bitter dissension in the party”
Synonyms: disagreement, difference of opinion, dispute, dissent, variance, conflict, friction, strife
Antonyms: agreement, harmony


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