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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
July 01, 2021
Ostensibly (adverb) بادی النظر میں ، بظاہر
as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently.
Example: “the party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health””
Synonyms: apparently, seemingly, on the face of it, to all appearances, on the surface, to all intents and purposes
Antonyms: genuinely, really, truly
Captive (noun) حوالاتی، اسیر، جنگی قیدی
a person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined.
Example: “the captives were freed after the kidnappers told them a ransom had been paid”
Synonyms: prisoner, convict, detainee, inmate, prisoner of war, POW, internee
Antonyms: free
Curtailment (noun) پابندی، روک، کانٹ چھانٹ
the action or fact of reducing or restricting something.
Example: “the curtailment of human rights”
Synonyms: reduction, cut, cutback, decrease, lessening, diminution, retrenchment, shrinkage
Antonyms: increase, expansion
Quagmire (noun) دلدل، کیچڑ
a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
Example: “torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire”
Synonyms: swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, quag, marshland, fen, slough
Antonyms: agreement, benefit, blessing, closure
Rivalry (noun) دشمنی، رقابت، مسابقت
competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.
Example: “there always has been intense rivalry between the clubs”
Synonyms: competitiveness, competition, contention, vying, opposition, conflict, struggle, strife
Antonyms: cooperation, indifference, humility,
Abandon (verb) چھوڑ دینا، آوارہ، متروک
cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Example: “her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age”
Synonyms: desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one’s back on, cast aside, break (up) with, jilt
Antonyms: stick by
Prickly (adjective) غصے سے بھرے، بدمزاج، چڑچڑا
covered in prickles.
Example: “masses of prickly brambles”
Synonyms: spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny, pronged, bristled, bristly, briary
Antonyms: affable, easy-going
Imbroglio (noun) پیچیدہ معاملہ، الجھاﺅ
an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.
Example: “the abdication imbroglio of 1936”
Synonyms: complicated situation, complication, complexity, problem, difficulty, predicament, plight
Antonyms: agreement, ease, harmony, peace
Judicious (adjective) عقلمندانہ، دانشمندانہ
having, showing, or done with good judgement or sense.
Example: “the judicious use of public investment”
Synonyms: wise, sensible, prudent, politic, shrewd, astute, canny, sagacious
Antonyms: injudicious, foolish, ill-advised
Pretext (noun) عذر کرنا، حیلہ کرنا، بہانہ
a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.
Example: “the rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move”
Synonyms: excuse, false excuse, ostensible reason, alleged reason, plea, supposed grounds
Antonyms: actuality, candor, fact, frankness
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