Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (11 July 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (11 July 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
July 11, 2021


Notorious (adjective) معروف، بدنام زمانہ، انگشت نما

famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.
Example: “Los Angeles is notorious for its smog”
Synonyms: infamous, of ill repute, with a bad reputation/name, ill-famed, scandalous, well known, famous
Antonyms: unknown, anonymous, faceless


Discretionary (adjective) صوابدیدی، اختیاری

available for use at the discretion of the user.
Example: “there has been an increase in year-end discretionary bonuses”
Synonyms: optional, non-compulsory, voluntary, at one’s discretion, up to the individual
Antonyms: compulsory, obligatory


Plethora (noun) کثرت، بہتات، فروانی، بہت

a large or excessive amount of something.
Example: “a plethora of committees and subcommittees”
Synonyms: excess, abundance, overabundance, superfluity, surfeit, profusion, more than enough
Antonyms: dearth, lack


Complacency (noun) مروت، اطمینان، خاطر جمعی

a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.
Example: “the figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency”
Synonyms: smugness, self-satisfaction, self-approval, self-approbation, self-admiration, self-congratulation
Antonyms: dissatisfaction


Coherent (adjective) معقول، منطقی، تسلسل

(of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent.
Example: “they failed to develop a coherent economic strategy”
Synonyms: logical, reasoned, reasonable, well reasoned, rational, sound, cogent, consistent
Antonyms: incoherent, muddled


Untenable (adjective) ناقابل مدافعت، غیر مستحکم

(especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
Example: “this argument is clearly untenable”
Synonyms: indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable, refutable, unsustainable, unjustified
Antonyms: tenable, defensible


Devastate (verb) برباد کرنا، اجاڑنا، تباہ کرنا

destroy or ruin.
Example: “the city was devastated by a huge earthquake”
Synonyms: destroy, ruin, leave in ruins, wreck, lay waste, wreak havoc on, ravage, ransack
Antonyms: unbroken


Cripple (verb) کمزور کرنا، لنگڑانا

cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.
Example: “developing countries are crippled by their debts”
Synonyms: ruin, destroy, wipe out, crush, break, impair, hamstring, hamper, impede
Antonyms: boost


Frighten (verb) دہشت زدہ، خوفزدہ

make (someone) afraid or anxious.
Example: “the savagery of his thoughts frightened him”
Synonyms: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, appal, agitate, panic
Antonyms: reassure, comfort, comforting


Dearth (noun) کمی، گرانی، کم تعداد

a scarcity or lack of something.
Example: “there is a dearth of evidence”
Synonyms: lack, scarcity, scarceness, shortage, shortfall, want, deficiency, insufficiency
Antonyms: abundance, surfeit


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