The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on July 1, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 1 July 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Anecdotal (adjective)
حکایت سے متعلق، حکایتی، افسانوی
an information not based on facts or careful study Or based on someone’s personal experience and not on facts or figures
Example: Anecdotal would not allow you to ascertain the real picture of COVID–19 cases.
Synonyms: unscientific, illogical, informal, unreliable, irrational, unsystematic
Antonyms: logical, reasonable, scientific, formal
Fiasco (noun)
ذلت آمیز شکست، رسوائی، شرمناک ناکامی
a complete failure
Example: Everyone said the ceremony was a fiasco because there was no food.
Synonyms: debacle, clinker, catastrophe, disaster, washout, clunker, embarrassment
Antonyms: hit, success, winner, blockbuster, triumph, miracle, achievement
Bequeath (verb)
میراث کے طور پر دینا، وصیت کرنا، ورثہ ملنا
to give or leave by will
Example: He bequeathed all his paintings and sculptures to Italy
Synonyms: bestow, leave, entrust, will, impart, hand down
Antonyms: keep, take
Indignant (adjective)
رنجیدہ، خفا، ناراض، برہم
angry because of something unfair
Example: The amendments in the Government India Act 1935 without getting attention of Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad made him indignant.
Synonyms: angry, ballistic, resentful, furious, inflamed, outraged, infuriated, annoyed, scornful
Antonyms: pleased, cheerful, delighted, happy
Lumbering (adjective)
بے ڈھنگا، بے ڈھنگے پن سے حرکت کرنے والا، بھدا
moving in a slow, heavy and awkward way
Example: An elephant lumbering along the road.
Synonyms: awkward, unwieldy, clumsy, graceless
Antonyms: agile, clever, elegant, graceful
Blatant (adjective)
کھلم کھلا، واضح طور پر، شور سے بھرپور، ادھم مچانے والا
completely obvious especially in an offensive manner
Example: The way in which India poses blatant threats to its neighbors are traditional not new one.
Synonyms: overt, clamant, outright, vociferant, glaring, unabashed
Antonyms: concealed, secret
Expropriation (noun)
ضبطی ، قبضہ، بے دخلی، لا تعلقی
the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner
Example: After appointing fuhrer of the Germany, Hitler set biased laws of expropriation for Jews to persecute them.
Synonyms: seizure, arrogation, confiscation, appropriation, usurpation, commandeering
Antonyms: letting go, release, bestow
Patron (noun)
پشت پناہ، سرپرست
a person (or country) who gives financial or other support to a person (or a country) or organization
Example: Amnesty International is a well-known patron of Human Rights.
Synonyms: sponsor, benefactor, customer, well-wisher, supporter, philanthropist, client
Antonyms: opponent, opposer
Viable (adjective)
قابل عمل، قابل تعمیل، وہ چیز جو ممکن ہو
able to work as intended or able to succeed
Example: This year, the school trip plan is not financially viable.
Synonyms: feasible, applicable, achievable, attainable, workable, realizable, practicable
Antonyms: hopeless, unrealizable, unattainable, impossible, unworkable
Protrude (verb)
آگے کو نکلا ہوا حصہ، نمایاں طور پر ابھرا ہواہونا، آگے کو نکلاہونا، ابھرنا، باہر نکل آنا
to stick out from or through something
Example: His defeat in the general election is due to his protruded attitude.
Synonyms: jut out, bulge, poke, bunch, overhang, beetle, project, jut
Antonyms: contract, shrink
