Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (05 November 2020 )

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (05 November 2020 )
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
November 05, 2020


Desperate (adjective) مایوس، ناامید، خوفزدہ

feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
Example: “a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth”
Synonyms: despairing, hopeless, anguished, distressed, in despair, suicidal, miserable
Antonyms: cheerful, composed


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

cease developing; become inactive or dull.
Example: “teaching can easily stagnate into a set of routines”
Synonyms: become stagnant, do nothing, stand still, be sluggish, lie dormant, be inert, languish
Antonyms: rise, boom


Captive (adjective) جنگی قیدی، حوالاتی

imprisoned or confined.
Example: “the farm was used to hold prisoners of war captive”
Synonyms: confined, caged, incarcerated, locked up, penned up, chained, shackled, fettered, ensnared
Antonyms: free


Erratic (adjective) ڈانواڈول، غیر یقینی، آوارہ

not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
Example: “her breathing was erratic”
Synonyms: unpredictable, inconsistent, changeable, variable, inconstant, uncertain, irregular
Antonyms: predictable, consistent


Lucrative (adjective) منافع بخش، مفید

producing a great deal of profit.
Example: “a lucrative career as a stand-up comedian”
Synonyms: profitable, profit-making, gainful, remunerative, moneymaking, paying, high-income
Antonyms: unprofitable


Susceptible (adjective) متاثر ہونے والا، اثر پذیری

likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
Example: “patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection”
Synonyms: open to, receptive to, vulnerable to, defenceless against, an easy target for, susceptive to
Antonyms: immune, resistant


Consternation (noun) اضطراب، سراسیمگی، حیرت

a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
Example: “to her consternation her car wouldn’t start”
Synonyms: dismay, perturbation, anxiety, distress, disquiet, disquietude, discomposure, angst
Antonyms: satisfaction


Cumbersome (adjective) بوجھل، بھاری، وزنی

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
Example: “cumbersome diving suits”
Synonyms: unwieldy, unmanageable, awkward, clumsy, ungainly, inconvenient, incommodious
Antonyms: manageable, convenient


Disburse (verb) خرچ کرنا، ادا کرنا

pay out (money from a fund).
Example: “$67 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed”
Synonyms: pay out, lay out, spend, expend, dole out, hand out, part with, donate, give, fork out
Antonyms: claim


Glacial (adjective) سرد مہر، گرمجوشی کے بغیر، برفانی تودا

relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers.
Example: “thick glacial deposits”
Synonyms: freezing, bitterly cold, icy, ice-cold, sub-zero, frozen, wintry, arctic
Antonyms: tropical, hot


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