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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (23 December 2021)

January 14, 2022
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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (23 December 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
December 23, 2021

Captive (noun) جنگی قیدی، حوالاتی

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, hostage
Antonyms: free

Deplete (verb) خرچ کرنا، گھٹانا، خالی کرنا

use up the supply or resources of.
Example: “reservoirs have been depleted by years of drought”
Synonyms: exhaust, use up, consume, expend, spend, drain, empty, sap, milk, suck dry
Antonyms: augment, increase

Assertion (noun) عمل توثیق، دعویٰ، حتمی موقف

a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
Example: “his assertion that his father had deserted the family”
Synonyms: declaration, contention, statement, claim, submission, postulation, averment, opinion
Antonyms: bashfulness, confusion

Precision (noun) درستگی، ٹھیک، صحت سے متعلق

the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.
Example: “the deal was planned and executed with military precision”
Synonyms: exactness, exactitude, accuracy, accurateness, correctness, preciseness, clarity
Antonyms: carelessness., disregard., ignorance., inaccuracy

Perish (verb) تباہ ہونا، برباد ہونا، معدوم ہونا

die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
Example: “a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease”
Synonyms: die, lose one’s life, be killed, fall, expire, meet one’s death, be lost, lay down one’s life
Antonyms: live, survive

Blithe (adjective) بے فکری سے، خوش دل

showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.
Example: “a blithe disregard for the rules of the road”
Synonyms: heedless, uncaring, careless, casual, indifferent, thoughtless, unconcerned
Antonyms: thoughtful

Abhorrent (adjective) مکروہ، ناگوار، گھناﺅنا

inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.
Example: “racism was abhorrent to us all”
Synonyms: detestable, detested, hateful, hated, loathsome, loathed, despicable, despised
Antonyms: admirable, loved

Elongate (verb) کھینچ کر لمبا کرنا، بڑھانا

make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
Example: “an artist known for elongating the human figures in his paintings”
Synonyms: lengthen, stretch out, make longer, extend, broaden, widen, enlarge
Antonyms: shorten

Curious (adjective) شوقین، رازجو، تجسس کرنےوالا

strange; unusual.
Example: “a curious sensation overwhelmed her”
Synonyms: strange, odd, peculiar, funny, unusual, bizarre, weird, eccentric, queer, unexpected
Antonyms: ordinary

Intrigue (verb) چشم پوش کرنا، دغا، دوانی سازش

arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.
Example: “I was intrigued by your question”
Synonyms: interest, be of interest to, fascinate, be a source of fascination to, arouse someone’s curiosity
Antonyms: bore

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Shahzad F. Malik

Shahzad Faisal Malik is the administrator of CSSTimes.pk and is responsible for managing the content, design, and overall direction of the blog. He has a strong background in Competitive Exams and is passionate and sharing information with others.
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