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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (20 August 2020)

August 27, 2020
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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (20 August 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
August 20, 2020

Exaggerate (verb) بڑھا چڑھا کر بتانا، مبالغہ آرائی کرنا

represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
Example: “he was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains”
Synonyms: overstate, overemphasize, overstress, overestimate, overvalue, magnify, amplify, aggrandize
Antonyms: play down, understate, understated

Obligation (noun) فرض ، ذمہ داری، احسان

an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment.
Example: “I have an obligation to look after her”
Synonyms: duty, commitment, responsibility, moral imperative, function, task, job, chore, assignment
Antonyms: repayment, discharge, quittance, release

Insolvent (adjective) دیوالیہ پن، مفلسی، قرض دار

unable to pay debts owed.
Example: “the company became insolvent”
Synonyms: bankrupt, unable to pay one’s debts, ruined, collapsed, defaulting, liquidated, wiped out
Antonyms: solvent

Enunciate (verb) بولنا، بیان کرنا، اعلان کرنا

say or pronounce clearly.
Example: “she enunciated each word slowly”
Synonyms: pronounce, articulate, say, speak, utter, express, voice, vocalize, sound
Antonyms: ask, be quiet, conceal

Conscience (noun) ضمیر، عدل، اپنے دل کی گواہی

a person’s moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one’s behaviour.
Example: “he had a guilty conscience about his desires”
Synonyms: sense of right and wrong, sense of right, moral sense, still small voice, inner voice, voice within
Antonyms: pure, evil, wrongness, immoral

Strap (verb) پٹا، چمڑے کی پٹی، کسنا، مارنا، پیٹنا

fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap.
Example: “I had to strap the bag to my bicycle”
Synonyms: fasten, secure, tie, bind, make fast, lash, buckle, truss, pinion
Antonyms: unbind, untie, undo, unfasten

Belie (verb) غلط بیانی کرنا، غلط ترجمانی کرنا، جھٹلانا

(of an appearance) fail to give a true impression of (something).
Example: “his lively, alert manner belied his years”
Synonyms: contradict, be at odds with, call into question, give the lie to, show/prove to be false
Antonyms: testify to, reveal

Brazen (adjective) ڈٹ کر سامنا کرنا، بیباکی سے سامنا کرنا، بے حیا

bold and without shame.
Example: “he went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance”
Synonyms: bold, shameless, as bold as brass, brazen-faced, forward, presumptuous, brash
Antonyms: timid, shy

Curiosity (noun) تجسس، دلچسپی، شوق

a strong desire to know or learn something.
Example: “filled with curiosity, she peered through the window”
Synonyms: inquisitiveness, interest, spirit of inquiry, nosiness
Antonyms: indifference, heedlessness, disregard

Fixate (verb) مضبوط کرنا، منجمد کرنا

cause (someone) to develop an obsessive attachment to someone or something.
Example: “he became fixated on the idea of a Third World War”
Synonyms: obsessed with, preoccupied with/by, obsessive about, single-minded about, possessed by
Antonyms: uninterested

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