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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
October 08, 2021
Tantamount (adjective) مساوی، اہمیت میں برابر
equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.
Example: “the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt”
Synonyms: equivalent to, equal to, amounting to, as good as, more or less, synonymous with
Antonyms: different, opposite, polar
Intense (adjective) تیز، شدید، بلند
of extreme force, degree, or strength.
Example: “the job demands intense concentration”
Synonyms: great, acute, enormous, fierce, severe, extreme, high, exceptional
Antonyms: mild
Cobble (verb) مرمت کرنا
roughly assemble or produce something from available parts or elements.
Example: “the film was imperfectly cobbled together from two separate stories”
Synonyms: prepare roughly/hastily, make roughly/hastily, put together roughly/hastily, scribble
Antonyms: break, divide, separate, abandon
Vague (adjective) غیر واضح، غیر معین
of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.
Example: “many patients suffer vague symptoms”
Synonyms: indistinct, indefinite, indeterminate, unclear, hazy, cloudy, fuzzy, misty, lacking definition
Antonyms: clear, precise, firm, sharpness
Expediency (noun) مصلحت، صوابدید، حکمت عملی
the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience.
Example: “an act of political expediency”
Synonyms: convenience, advantage, advantageousness, usefulness, utility, benefit
Antonyms: disadvantage
Scuttle (verb) جلدی میں دوڑنا
run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.
Example: “a mouse scuttled across the floor”
Synonyms: scamper, scurry, scramble, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten, make haste, rush
Antonyms: ebb, arrive, malfunction
Volatile (adjective) بدلتے مزاج والا، کافور صفت
(of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures.
Example: “volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene”
Synonyms: evaporative, vaporous, vaporescent, explosive, eruptive, inflammable
Antonyms: stable, calm
Sparse (adjective) منتشر، مقدار میں کم
thinly dispersed or scattered.
Example: “areas of sparse population”
Synonyms: scanty, scant, scattered, thinly distributed, scarce, infrequent, sporadic
Antonyms: abundant, plentiful, thick
Assess (verb) اندازا لگانا، تخمینہ، جائزہ لینا
evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.
Example: “the committee must assess the relative importance of the issues”
Synonyms: evaluate, judge, gauge, rate, estimate, appraise, form an opinion of, check out
Antonyms: aid, assist, help, ignore
Catastrophe (noun) سانحہ، بربادی، تباہی
an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.
Example: “an environmental catastrophe”
Synonyms: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, tragedy
Antonyms: salvation, godsend
