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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (19 June 2021)

June 29, 2021
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Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (19 June 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
June 19, 2021

Pretext (noun) بہانہ، عذر کرنا، حیلہ کرنا

a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.
Example: “the rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move”
Synonyms: excuse, false excuse, ostensible reason, alleged reason, plea, supposed grounds
Antonyms: actuality, candor, fact, frankness

Lambast (verb) درے لگانا، کوڑے مارنا

criticize (someone or something) harshly.
Example: “they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth”
Synonyms: criticize, castigate, chastise, censure, condemn, take to task, harangue, attack
Antonyms: approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

Agitator (noun) احتجاج کرنے والا، مشتعل کرنے والا

a person who urges others to protest or rebel.
Example: “a political agitator”
Synonyms: troublemaker, rabble-rouser, demagogue, soapbox orator, incendiary, revolutionary, firebrand
Antonyms: peacemaker, moderate, reconciler, Uniter

Miraculous (adjective) معجزانہ

of the nature of a miracle or having the power to work miracles.
Example: “a miraculous cure”
Synonyms: supernatural, preternatural, superhuman, inexplicable, unaccountable, fantastic, magical
Antonyms: average, commonplace, everyday

Mayhem (noun) تباہی، بدنظمی، عمل

violent or extreme disorder; chaos.
Example: “complete mayhem broke out”
Synonyms: chaos, disorder, confusion, havoc, bedlam, pandemonium, tumult, uproar, turmoil
Antonyms: calm, calmness, ease, happiness

Cynicism (noun) ناک چڑا پن، ناقد، طعنہ زن

an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; scepticism
Example: “cynicism about the future”
Synonyms: scepticism, doubt, distrust, mistrust, doubtfulness, suspicion, disbelief, incredulity
Antonyms: optimism

Hooligan (noun) بدمعاش، غنڈا، ظالم

a violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang.
Example: “a drunken hooligan”
Synonyms: hoodlum, thug, lout, delinquent, vandal, ruffian, rowdy, troublemaker, tearaway
Antonyms: peacemaker, protector

Cursory (adjective) لاپرواہ، سرسری، برائے نام

hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Example: “a cursory glance at the figures”
Synonyms: perfunctory, desultory, casual, superficial, token, uninterested, half-hearted, inattentive
Antonyms: thorough, painstaking

Credential (noun) تصدیق نامہ، سند، کاغذات جو حقیقت کی تصدیق کریں

a qualification, achievement, quality, or aspect of a person’s background, especially when used to indicate their suitability for something.
Example: “recruitment is based mainly on academic credentials”
Synonyms: documents, papers, identity papers, identification papers, bona fides, warrant, licence
Antonyms: disapproval, refusal

Decelerate (verb) آہستہ، رفتار کم کرنا

reduce or cause to reduce in speed.
Example: “the train began to decelerate”
Synonyms: slow down, slow up, slow, go slower, ease up, slack up, reduce speed, lessen one’s speed
Antonyms: accelerate

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