Dawn Vocabulary 12 July 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on July 12, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 12 July 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Feverish (adjective)
جوش کے ساتھ
unnaturally excited or active
Example: She heard feverish discussion about her dance competition.
Synonyms: excited, hectic, overwrought, overactive, agitated, frenzied, hyperactive
Antonyms: chilled, content, calm
Chatter (verb)
فضول باتیں، چوں چوں کرنا، گپ شپ کرنا، بک بک کرنا، چڑ چڑ، بکواس کرنا
to talk for a long time about things that are not important
Example: The excited couple continued their chatter even though they were supposed to be asleep.
Synonyms: gossip, chit chat, babble, kibitz, rattle, palaver, converse, chaffer, cackle
Antonyms: quiet, drawl
Prompt (verb)
تجویز کرنا، آمادہ کرنا، ترغیب دینا، تحریک دینا
to make something happen
Example: The meticulous speech of president prompted anarchy and political distress among political parties.
Synonyms: bring about, create, cause, induce, produce, engender, draw on, effectuate
Antonyms: delayed, destroy, remove, sluggish, apathetic
Bedevil (verb)
تکلیف میں ڈالنا، پریشان کرنا، اذیت دینا، تذبذب میں ڈالنا
to confuse, annoy or cause problems or difficulties for someone or something
Example: The trainer bedeviling the myriad candidates in order to train them well before the competition.
Synonyms: agonize, annoy, beset, excruciate
Antonyms: delight, please, assist, help
Vulnerable (adjective)
غیر محفوظ، حملے کی زد میں، کمزور، زد پذیر، گھائل ہونے کے لائق، چوٹ کا شکار، ہدف بننے والا، جس پر زخم لگ سکے
exposed or in a position that cannot be completely defended
Example: Older people, children and people with weakened immune systems are more likely to have COVID 19.
Synonyms: endangered, exposed, susceptible, liable, defenseless, unsafe, weak
Antonyms: protected, insusceptible, secure, unexposed, safe, unsusceptible, invulnerable
Turbulent (adjective)
افراتفری سے بھرپور، انتشارانگیز، گدلا، سرکش، پرشور، ہنگامہ خیز، گستاخ، بے ادب، پرہنگامہ
being in a wild or disordered state
Example: The cause of failure of India’s foreign policy are the turbulent policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Synonyms: convulsive, choppy, unstable, fierce, violent, stormy, swirling, bumpy
Antonyms: gentle, nonviolent, peaceful, moderate, smooth, calm, peaceable
Semblance (noun)
جھلک، خاکہ، مماثلت، مشابہت، ظاہریت
an outward appearance of something Or an assumed appearance
Example: Italy referred the semblance of COVID 19 as fragile but time has shown it caused havoc.
Synonyms: disguise, veneer, aura, masquerade, appearance, playacting
Antonyms: concrete, dissimilarity, back
Aphorism (noun)
قول زریں، کہاوت، ضرب المثل
a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth
Example: Giving of reference and elaboration of aphorism in the speech of Prime Minister made his innocuous speech splendid and graceful.
Synonyms: maxim, apothegm, sentential, dictum, proverb, adage, epigram, byword, saying
Antonyms: fun, falsehood
Shear (verb)
کاٹنا، کترنا، بوجھ ڈال کر توڑ ڈالنا
break off or cause to break off
Example: There was no way to shear all of the thick wool without sharp knife.
Synonyms: prune, crop, dock, trim, bob, clip, cut, snip, cut back, poll
Antonyms: join, combine
Taint (verb)
آلودگی، خراب کرنا، داغ لگ جانا، فاسد ہونا
to spoil something or give it an unpleasant quality
Example: The Pakistan Railway has tainted over the time as it has failed in embedding the new technology.
Synonyms: spoil, darken, discredit, darken, stain, vitiate, blemish, touch, credit, pollute, cloud
Antonyms: bless, improve, cleanse, purify
