Daily Dawn Vocabulary

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

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

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


Ambiguous (adjective) مشکوک، مبہم

open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.
Example: “ambiguous phrases”
Synonyms: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate, open to argument, arguable, debatable, Delphic
Antonyms: unambiguous, clear


Repercussion (noun) واپس پلٹاﺅ، پیچھے ہٹنا

an unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one.
Example: “the move would have grave repercussions for the entire region”
Synonyms: consequence, result, effect, outcome, by-product, reverberation, backlash, ripple
Antonyms: impact, stroke, shock, collision, contact


Befit (verb) جچنا، زیب دینا، موزوں ہونا

be appropriate for; suit.
Example: “as befits a Quaker, he was a humane man”
Synonyms: in keeping with, as befits, fitting, appropriate to, fit for, suitable for, suited to, apt for
Antonyms: out of keeping with


Outshine (verb) دوسروں سے زیادہ توجہ حاصل کرنا، دوسروں سے روشن ہونا

shine more brightly than.
Example: “a supernova would outshine all the other stars in its galaxy”
Synonyms: surpass, be superior to, overshadow, eclipse, outclass, dwarf, tower above/over
Antonyms: aid, be inferior, fail


Eviction (noun) باہر نکالنا، بے دخل کرنا، قانونی تخلیہ

the action of expelling someone from a property; expulsion.
Example: “the forced eviction of residents”
Synonyms: expulsion, ejection, ousting, throwing out, drumming out, driving out, banishing
Antonyms: admission


Dereliction (noun) ترک مال، ترک فرض، کوتاہی

the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated.
Example: “a 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction”
Synonyms: dilapidation, disrepair, decrepitude, deterioration, ruin, rack and ruin, abandonment
Antonyms: fulfilment


Cruelty (noun) ظلم و ستم، بے رحمی

cruel behaviour or attitudes.
Example: “he has treated her with extreme cruelty”
Synonyms: brutality, savagery, savageness, inhumanity, barbarism, barbarousness, brutishness
Antonyms: compassion, mercy


Disingenuous (adjective) چالبازی، مکاری، زمانہ ساز

not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
Example: “he was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical”
Synonyms: dishonest, deceitful, underhand, underhanded, duplicitous, double-dealing, two-faced
Antonyms: ingenuous, frank


Indigenous (adjective) ملکی، مقامی، کسی خاص جگہ پایاجانیوالا

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Example: “the indigenous peoples of Siberia”
Synonyms: native, aboriginal, local, original, earliest, first, initial, ancient, primeval, primordial
Antonyms: expatriate, migrant, adventitious


Cohesion (noun) اتحاد، ملاپ، ربط، ہم آہنگی

the action or fact of forming a united whole.
Example: “the work at present lacks cohesion”
Synonyms: unity, togetherness, solidarity, bond, sticking together, continuity, coherence
Antonyms: incoherence, incoherency


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