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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (02 December 2021)

December 17, 2021
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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (02 December 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
December 02, 2021

Autocratic (adjective) آمرانہ، استبدادی

taking no account of other people’s wishes or opinions; domineering.
Example: “a man with a reputation for an autocratic management style”
Synonyms: despotic, tyrannical, oppressive, repressive, dictatorial, totalitarian, autarchic, absolute
Antonyms: democratic, liberal

Browbeat (verb) دھونس جمانا، ڈرانا

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

Ponder (verb) غور و خوض، فکر کرنا، تدبیر کرنا

think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
Example: “I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion”
Synonyms: think about, give thought to, consider, review, reflect on, mull over, contemplate, study
Antonyms: discard, disregard, forget, ignore

Vociferous (adjective) اودھم مچانے والا، شور سے بھرپور

expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful.
Example: “he was a vociferous opponent of the takeover”
Synonyms: vehement, outspoken, vocal, forthright, plain-spoken, frank, candid, open, uninhibited
Antonyms: silent, quiet

Queer (verb) عجیب، انوکھا،ناکام بنا دینا

spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation).
Example: “Reg didn’t want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute”
Synonyms: spoil, damage, impair, harm, be detrimental to, mar, wreck, destroy, devastate
Antonyms: ordinary, conventional

Contentious (adjective) جھگڑالو، متنازعہ

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

Incendiary (adjective) املاک وغیرہ کو آگ لگانے والا مجرم

(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires.
Example: “incendiary bombs”
Synonyms: combustible, flammable, inflammable, fire-producing, fire-raising
Antonyms: conciliatory

Euphemism (noun) خوش کلامی، بری بات کو نرم الفاظ میں ادا کرنا

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Example: “the jargon has given us ‘downsizing’ as a euphemism for cuts”
Synonyms: polite term, substitute, mild alternative, indirect term, understatement, underplaying, softening
Antonyms: dysphemism, calling a spade a spade

Coddle (verb) ناز برداری کرنا،

treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.
Example: “I was coddled and cosseted”
Synonyms: pamper, cosset, mollycoddle, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone’s every whim
Antonyms: neglect, treat harshly, be strict with

Travesty (noun) توڑ موڑ دینا، تمسخرانہ نقل کرنا

a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.
Example: “the absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice”
Synonyms: misrepresentation, distortion, perversion, corruption, poor imitation, poor substitute
Antonyms: flatter, praise, tell the truth

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