Daily Dawn Vocabulary 17 December 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on December 17, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 17 December 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Castration (noun)
اخصا، اختہ کاری، نر میں خصیےاور مادہ میں بیضہ دان ختم کرنا
The process of removing the testicles of a male animal or human
Example: The chemical castration needed to be implement to curb sexual violence.
Synonyms: devitalize, emasculation, petrify, enervate, dampen
Antonyms: stimulate, energize, vitalize, invigorate, quicken
Enrage (verb)
بھڑکانا، طیش میں لانا، غصہ دلانا، مشتعل کرنا، غضبناک کر دینا
To cause someone to become very angry
Example: The Indian farmer enraged over the laws passed by Modi’s Government.
Synonyms: irritate, provoke, stimulate, exasperate, infuriate, inflame, outrage
Antonyms: delight, happy, gratify, please, placate, soothe, gladden
Proactive (adjective)
پہل یا پیش قدمی کے ذریعےصورت حال پر قابو پانے والا
(Of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened
Example: The complacent and proactive steps of Govt. of Pakistan had secured the country from great loss in the first wave of COVID 19.
Synonyms: eager, enthusiastic, energetic, aggressive, excited
Antonyms: shortsighted, improvident
Redundant (adjective)
فضول، زیادہ، زائدازضرورت، جس کو نظر انداز کیا جاسکتا ہو
Of a word, phrase etc. unnecessary because it is more than is needed
Example: Sara, please turn off the redundant lights.
Synonyms: extra, unnecessary, excessive, superfluous, surplus, excess, supernumerary, supererogatory
Antonyms: necessary, required, needed, mandatory, essential, concise
Throw Your Toys Out of the Pram (idiom)
بہت خراب اور برے مزاج کے ساتھ برتاو کرنا، غصہ کا اظہار کرنا
To behave in a very bad tempered way because something has gone wrong
Example: Despite the shoddy and precarious performance in the semifinal the instructor asked not to throw her toys out of the pram.
Synonyms: flare, fume, let rip
Antonyms: complacent, peace, pleasure
