Dawn Vocabulary 13 December 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on December 13, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 13 December 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Predicament (noun)
ناخوشگوار، پریشان کن، خطرناک صورتحال، تکلیف دہ صورت
An unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out
Example: Prime Minister quoted an example of China to tackle financial predicament.
Synonyms: dilemma, circumstance, impasse, corner, quagmire, quandary, deadlock, wicket, crisis, mire, swamp
Antonyms: blessing, benefit, advantage
Agitation (noun)
ذہنی بے چینی، افراتفری، انتشار، احتجاج، اشتعال، مظاہرہ، جسمانی ہل چل، ہیجان، خیالات کا الجھاو
Worry and anxiety
Example: She reached office in a state of agitation for her first interview.
Synonyms: turmoil, unrest, disturbance, feverishness, furor, hysteria, uproar, deliriousness, frenzy, delirium, rampage
Antonyms: tranquility, peace, harmony
Shoddy (adjective)
نقلی، مصنوعی، بناوٹی، بھدا، گمراہ کن
Badly and carelessly made, using low quality materials
Example: The poor and shoddy performance needs rehearsal and contemplation.
Synonyms: shabby, cheapjack, shameful, gaudy, junky, crappy, miserable, wretched, execrable, mediocre, lousy
Antonyms: superior, excellent, sophisticated, respectable, refined
Fits and Starts (idiom)
بے ترتیبی سے، باربار شروع کرنا اور ختم کرنا
Periods of activity mixed with periods when nothing happens
Example: Success cannot be achieved by fits and starts, it requires stark contemplation and consistency.
Synonyms: changeable, choppy, irregular, desultory, shaky, inappropriate, unfitting
Antonyms: constant, adherent, unchangeable, fit, appropriate
Whim (noun)
انہونی خواہش، خواہش، آرزو، حواس باختگی
A sudden wish or idea especially one that cannot be reasonably explained Or a sudden desire to do something unplanned
Example: Minister didn’t leave his job to the whim of opposition.
Synonyms: impulse, dream, conceit, fancy, humor, vagrancy, caprice, freak
Antonyms: seriousness, certainty
