Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (15 March 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (15 March 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
March 15, 2021


Malevolent (adjective) بددل، بدخواہ

having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
Example: “the glint of dark, malevolent eyes”
Synonyms: malicious, spiteful, hostile, evil-minded, baleful, bitter, evil-intentioned, poisonous
Antonyms: benevolent


Qualm (noun) پستی، دقتی، طبیعت بہتر محسوس نہ ہونا

an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving.
Example: “military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press”
Synonyms: misgiving, doubt, reservation, second thought, worry, concern, anxiety, hesitation
Antonyms: confidence


Despicable (adjective) قابل نفرت، گھناﺅنا، مایوسی

deserving hatred and contempt.
Example: “a despicable crime”
Synonyms: contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable, reprehensible, abhorrent, abominable, awful
Antonyms: admirable, noble


Preclude (verb) روکنا، باز رکھنا، مانع ہونا

prevent from happening; make impossible.
Example: “the secret nature of his work precluded official recognition”
Synonyms: prevent, make it impossible for, make it impracticable for, rule out, put a stop to, stop, prohibit
Antonyms: admit, promote, further, advance


Accentuate (verb) تاکید کرنا، زور ڈالنا، زور دینا

make more noticeable or prominent.
Example: “his jacket unfortunately accentuated his paunch”
Synonyms: focus attention on, bring/call/draw attention to, point up, underline, underscore, accent
Antonyms: mask, divert attention from


Acrimony (noun) تلخ مزاجی، بداخلاقی، کھردرا پن

bitterness or ill feeling.
Example: “the AGM dissolved into acrimony”
Synonyms: bitterness, rancour, resentment, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility
Antonyms: goodwill


Gruelling (adjective) مشقت سے بھرپور، کٹھن

extremely tiring and demanding.
Example: “a gruelling schedule”
Synonyms: exhausting, tiring, fatiguing, wearying, enervating, taxing, draining, sapping, debilitating
Antonyms: easy, effortless, facile, gentle


Travesty (noun) توڑ مروڑ دینا، مزاحیہ ڈرامہ

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, mockery
Antonyms: representation, reproduction, portraiture


Lucrative (adjective) نفع بخش، مفید، دولت خیز

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, well paid
Antonyms: unprofitable


Regrettable (adjective) قابل مذمت، قابل افسوس

(of conduct or an event) giving rise to regret; undesirable; unwelcome.
Example: “the loss of this number of jobs is regrettable”
Synonyms: undesirable, unfortunate, unwelcome, sad, sorry, woeful, disappointing, distressing
Antonyms: desirable, welcome


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