Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 October 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (18 October 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
October 18, 2021


Federate (verb) متحد ہونا، وفاقی جماعت، آپس میں مل جانا

(with reference to a number of states or organizations) form or be formed into a single centralized unit, within which each state or organization keeps some internal autonomy.
Example: “in 1901 the six colonies federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia”
Synonyms: confederate, combine, ally, unite, unify, merge, amalgamate, integrate, fuse
Antonyms: divide, separate


Impugn (verb) رد کرنا

dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question.
Example: “the father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother”
Synonyms: call into question, challenge, question, dispute, query, take issue with, impeach
Antonyms: support


Frivolous (adjective) غیر سنجیدہ، خفیف

not having any serious purpose or value.
Example: “frivolous ribbons and lacy frills”
Synonyms: flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey, light-hearted, facetious, fatuous, inane
Antonyms: serious, practical, important


Enshrine (verb) پرجوش، متبرک سمجھ کا محفوظ کرنا

preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected.
Example: “the right of all workers to strike was enshrined in the new constitution”
Synonyms: set down, set out, spell out, express, lay down, set in stone, embody, realize
Antonyms: condemn, desecrate, defile, disrespect


Beleaguer (verb) محاصرہ کرنا، گھیر لینا، قبضہ کرنا

cause problems or difficulties for.
Example: “he attempts to answer several questions that beleaguer the industry”
Synonyms: hard-pressed, troubled, in difficulties, under pressure, under stress, with one’s back to the wall
Antonyms: aid, make happy, please, assist


Erode (verb) کم ہونا، کاٹ دینا

gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed.
Example: “this humiliation has eroded what confidence Jean has”
Synonyms: wear away/down, abrade, scrape away, grind down, crumble, dissolve, weather
Antonyms: build, ignore, neglect, preserve


Brunt (noun) ضرب، صدمہ

the worst part or chief impact of a specified action.
Example: “education will bear the brunt of the cuts”
Synonyms: full force, force, impact, shock, burden, pressure, strain, stress, impetus, thrust
Antonyms: ease, peace, relaxation


Promulgate (verb) شائع کرنا، نفاذ کا اعلان کرنا

promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).
Example: “these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization”
Synonyms: make known, make public, publicize, spread, communicate, propagate, disseminate
Antonyms: collect, hide, keep, keep quiet


Buttress (verb) سہارا، پشتہ،کسی دیوار کی پشتہ بندی کرنا

increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce.
Example: “authority was buttressed by religious belief”
Synonyms: strengthen, reinforce, fortify, support, prop up, bolster up, shore up
Antonyms: disallow, boycott, disapproval, invalidate


Oversight (noun) نگرانی، خطا

an unintentional failure to notice or do something.
Example: “he had simply missed Parsons out by an oversight”
Synonyms: mistake, error, fault, failure, omission, lapse, inaccuracy, slip, blunder
Antonyms: accuracy, attention, correction, perfection


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