Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (24 December 2020)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (24 December 2020)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

Every aspirant knows the importance of English language and vocabulary. In order to facilitate the aspirants, we have started a new trend of posting vocabulary on our website. The vocabulary will include the words from dawn newspaper along with their meanings which will save a lot of time of the aspirants.
So, keep in touch with CSS Times for daily Dawn vocabulary with Urdu Meanings.

Please Encourage us by Liking Our Facebook page. Thanks

Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
December 24, 2020


Acquaint (verb) تعارف کروانا، متعارف کروانا

make someone aware of or familiar with.
Example: “new staff should be acquainted with fire exit routes”
Synonyms: familiarize, make familiar, make conversant, get/keep up to date, accustom to, make known to
Antonyms: unfamiliar, ignorant


Acrimonious (adjective) تیز ، سخت، تکلیف دہ

(typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.
Example: “an acrimonious dispute about wages”
Synonyms: bitter, rancorous, caustic, acerbic, scathing, sarcastic, acid, harsh, sharp
Antonyms: happy, helping, kind, pleasent


Contentious (adjective) متنازعہ، جھگڑالو

causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Example: “a contentious issue”
Synonyms: controversial, disputable, debatable, disputed, contended, open to question/debate, moot
Antonyms: uncontroversial


Emphatic (adjective) زور دار، تاکیدی انداز میں کہنا

expressing something forcibly and clearly.
Example: “the children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience”
Synonyms: vehement, firm, wholehearted, forceful, forcible, energetic, vigorous, ardent
Antonyms: hesitant, tentative


Flawed (adjective) عیب، خامی، نقص

having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.
Example: “a fatally flawed strategy”
Synonyms: unsound, defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise
Antonyms: sound


Dissent (verb) احتجاج، اختلاف رائے 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


Alienation (noun) بیگانگی، انتقال

the state or experience of being alienated.
Example: “a sense of alienation from our environment”
Synonyms: isolation, detachment, estrangement, distance, separation, severance, parting, division
Antonyms: endearment, ingratiation


Cynical (adjective) ترش رو، کلبی

doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile.
Example: “most residents are cynical about efforts to clean mobsters out of their city”
Synonyms: sceptical, doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, disbelieving, unbelieving, scoffing
Antonyms: optimistic, credulous


Induce (verb) قائل کرنا، مائل کرنا، آمادہ کرنا

succeed in persuading or leading (someone) to do something.
Example: “the pickets induced many workers to stay away”
Synonyms: persuade, convince, prevail upon, get, make, prompt, move, inspire, instigat
Antonyms: dissuade


Rive (verb) شکست، دراڑ، جھٹکا، چیرنا، دولخت کرنا

split or tear apart violently.
Example: “the party was riven by disagreements over Europe”
Synonyms: torn apart, split, rent, ripped apart, ruptured, severed, cleft, torn asunder, ripped asunder
Antonyms: doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild


Before you leave this page please Check Our Complete collection for Daily Dawn News English Vocabulary with Urdu Meanings

About the author

Shahzad F. Malik

Shahzad Faisal Malik is the administrator of CSSTimes.pk and is responsible for managing the content, design, and overall direction of the blog. He has a strong background in Competitive Exams and is passionate and sharing information with others.
Shahzad Faisal Malik has worked as a Graphic Designer/Content Creator at CSSTimes in the past. In his free time, Shahzad Faisal Malik enjoys watching Cricket, writing blogs for different websites and is always on the lookout for new and interesting content to share with the readers of this website.
As the website administrator, Shahzad Faisal Malik is dedicated to providing high-quality content and fostering a welcoming and engaging community for readers. He looks forward to connecting with readers and hearing their thoughts and feedback on the website.

Leave a Comment