Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (16 March 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (16 March 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
March 16, 2021


Persuade (verb) راغب کرنا، مائل کرنا، اکسانا

induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
Example: “it wasn’t easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing”
Synonyms: prevail on, talk someone into, coax, convince, make, get, press someone into, induce
Antonyms: dissuade, discourage, deter


Abate (verb) زور ٹوٹنا، ہلکا پڑنا، کم کرنا

(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread.
Example: “the storm suddenly abated”
Synonyms: subside, die down/away/out, drop off/away, lessen, ease (off), let up, decrease, diminish
Antonyms: intensify


Flawed (adjective) غلط، خراب، ناقص

having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.
Example: “a fatally flawed strategy”
Synonyms: unsound, defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise
Antonyms: sound


Autocratic (adjective) مطلق العنان، آمرانہ، بادشاہی

relating to a ruler who has absolute power.
Example: “the constitutional reforms threatened his autocratic power”
Synonyms: despotic, tyrannical, oppressive, repressive, dictatorial, totalitarian, autarchic, absolute
Antonyms: democratic, liberal


Tendency (noun) رغبت، رجحان

an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour.
Example: “for students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings”
Synonyms: propensity, proclivity, proneness, aptness, likelihood, inclination, disposition, predisposition
Antonyms: disinclination, aversion, repulsion


Embolden (verb) حوصلہ افزائی کرنا، ہمت دلانا

give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something.
Example: “emboldened by the claret, he pressed his knee against hers”
Synonyms: give courage, make brave/braver, encourage, hearten, strengthen, fortify, stiffen the resolve of
Antonyms: dishearten, discourage


Curtailment (noun) پابندی، روک، کمی

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


Acute (adjective) شدید ترین، تیز

(of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.
Example: “an acute housing shortage”
Synonyms: severe, critical, drastic, dire, dreadful, terrible, awful, grave, bad, serious
Antonyms: negligible


Salient (adjective) نمایاں، قابل ذکر

most noticeable or important.
Example: “it succinctly covered all the salient points of the case”
Synonyms: important, main, principal, major, chief, primary, notable, noteworthy, outstanding
Antonyms: unimportant, inconspicuous


Budding (adjective) ابھرتا، پھلنا، پھوٹنا

(of a plant) having or developing buds.
Example: “a budding chrysanthemum”
Synonyms: promising, up-and-coming, rising, coming, in the making, aspiring, future, prospective
Antonyms: veteran, experienced


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