Dawn Vocabulary 12 December 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on December 12, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 12 December 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Stark (adjective)
صاف طور پر، واضح
Simple or obvious especially without decoration
Example: The stark picture of ranking shows Facebook global rank is declining.
Synonyms: simple, blunt, without decoration, definite, clean, obvious
Antonyms: abstruse, indefinite, clothed
Mammoth (adjective)
دیوہیکل جسامت کا، ایک قسم کا ہاتھی جس کی نسل اب معدوم ہو چکی ہےاس کے آثاریورپ ایشیا اور شمالی امریکہ میں مدفون ملتے ہیں۔
Extremely large, a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.
Example: Several political prestigious personalities took part in the Lahore procession on March 23, 1940.
Synonyms: enormous, gigantic, prodigious, massive, giant, leviathan, colossal, blockbuster, titan, dinosaur, whopper, mastodon, monumental
Antonyms: insignificant, minute, tiny, pygmy
Precarious (adjective)
غیر مستحکم، خطرناک، نازک، مشکوک، غیر مقرر، مشتبہ، غیر یقینی، بے مقام
In a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in space firmly
Example: Ahmad got poor grades in O Level because of his precarious and careless attitude.
Synonyms: perilous, hazardous, problematic, unreliable, slippery, unstable, insecure, unsteady, insecure, risky
Antonyms: reliable, secure, safe, undoubted
Beckon (verb)
مائل کرنا،ہاتھ ہلا کر اشارہ کرنا، اشارے سے اپنی طرف متوجہ کرنا، اطلاع دینا، مخاطب کرنا
To summon or signal typically with a wave or nod Or to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer
Example: The NAB official beckoned the former prime minister to his office.
Synonyms: attract, call, invite, allure, cajole, coax, seduce, beguile
Antonyms: repel, deter
Contemplation (noun)
غوروفکر، سوچ بچار، دھیان، تصور، خیال
Serious and quiet thought for a period of time
Example: The sharp rise in COVID19 patients require serious long term economic friendly contemplation.
Synonyms: meditation, reflection, cogitation, deliberation
Antonyms: rejection, avoidance, neglect
