Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (22 August 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (22 August 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
August 22, 2021


Dissent (noun) اختلاف رائے ہونا، مخالف ہونا

the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.
Example: “there was no dissent from this view”
Synonyms: disagreement, lack of agreement, difference of opinion, argument, dispute, demur*
Antonyms: agreement, acceptance


Linguistic (adjective) لسانیت

relating to language or linguistics.
Example: “a child’s linguistic ability”
Synonyms: language-producing, semantic, lingual, semasiological, rhetorical, verbal, poetic
Antonyms: nonlexical, nonlinguistic, nonverbal


Manoeuvre (verb) تیز حکمت عملی،تدبیر، داﺅ کرنا

move skilfully or carefully.
Example: “the lorry was unable to manoeuvre comfortably in the narrow street”
Synonyms: steer, guide, drive, negotiate, navigate, pilot, direct, manipulate, move
Antonyms: exit, antinode, node


Intimidation (noun) ڈر، دہشت، رکاوٹ

the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.
Example: “the intimidation of witnesses and jurors”
Synonyms: frightening, menacing, terrifying, scaring, alarming, terrorization, terrorizing, cowing
Antonyms: assure, embolden, encourage, help, inspirit


Behest (noun) ایما، حکم

a person’s orders or command.
Example: “they had assembled at his behest”
Synonyms: instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire, command, order, decree
Antonyms: request, plea, imploration, petition


Portray (verb) تصویرکشی کرنا، کردار ادا کرنا

depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.
Example: “the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh”
Synonyms: paint, draw, paint/draw a picture of, picture, sketch, depict, represent, illustrate
Antonyms: misrepresent, caricature, misportray


Browbeat (verb) ہراساں کرنا، دھونس جمانا

intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.
Example: “a witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination”
Synonyms: bully, hector, intimidate, force, coerce, compel, badger, dragoon, cow
Antonyms: encourage, rally, countenance


Cognizant (adjective) آگاہ ، واقف، محرم ہونا

having knowledge or awareness.
Example: “statesmen must be cognizant of the political boundaries within which they work”
Synonyms: aware, conscious, apprised, abreast, sensible of/to, alive to, sensitive to, alert to
Antonyms: ignorant, senseless, thoughtless, uninformed


Solidify (verb) ٹھوس بنانا، مجتمع کرنا

make or become hard or solid.
Example: “the magma slowly solidifies and forms crystals”
Synonyms: harden, go hard, set, freeze, ice over/up, gel, thicken, stiffen, congeal, clot
Antonyms: liquefy, melt, thaw, gasify


Malign (adjective) شیطانی، ضرر رساں، حسد سے دیکھنا

evil in nature or effect.
Example: “she had a strong and malign influence”
Synonyms: harmful, evil, bad, baleful, hostile, inimical, destructive, malevolent, evil-intentioned
Antonyms: beneficial


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