Dawn Vocabulary 17 July 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on July 17, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 17 July 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Surge (noun)
تیزی سے اٹھنا، بڑی لہر، تیزی سے اوپر چڑھنا
a sudden and great increase
Example: There has been a surge in flour prices recently.
Synonyms: rise, deluge, swell, growth
Antonyms: compress, decline, decrease
Lackadaisical (adjective)
قوت اور شوق سے محروم، سست، ناتواں، پھیکا
feeling or showing a lack of interest or enthusiasm
Example: In start, the play was lackadaisical but culmination was fantastic that rocked the audience.
Synonyms: spiritless, careless, languorous, passive, indifferent, lethargic, apathetic, halfhearted, enervated
Antonyms: energetic, ambitious, motivated
Starkly (adverb)
اکڑاہت لئے ہوئے
very obviously and clearly
Example: Prime Minister Imran Khan starkly and beautifully presented the narrative of people of Kashmir.
Synonyms: certainly, undoubtedly, surely, obviously, clearly, apparently
Antonyms: doubtfully, indefinitely, vaguely, uncertainly, dubiously
Downplay (verb)
اصل سے کم بیان کرنا، تخفیف کرنا، کسی چیز کی نفی کرنا، نیچا دکھانا
to make something seem less important Or less bad than it really is
Example: The government has been trying to downplay the flour and sugar crisis.
Synonyms: soften, lessen, soft-pedal, de-emphasize, play-down, devalue
Antonyms: hardened, valued
Reckless (adjective)
لاپرواہ، بے پرواہ،غیر محتاط، بے فکر
doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and the possible result
Example: The recent peace agreement between UAE and Israel showing tainted and reckless attitude of UAE.
Synonyms: negligent, irresponsible, thoughtless, careless, carefree, foolhardy
Antonyms: responsible, attentive, discreet
Erratic (adjective)
غیر یقینی،ڈانواڈول، بھٹکا ہوا، آوارہ گرد، گمراہ
moving or behaving in a way that is not regular, certain or expected
Example: She drove in an erratic course down the road.
Synonyms: arbitrary, aimless, haphazard, inconsistent, mercurial, unreliable, unstable
Antonyms: common, sensible, standard
Assertion (noun)
دعویٰ، عمل توثیق، ایک بولین سٹیٹمنٹ جو کسی کنڈیشن کو استعمال کرنے کے لئے استعمال کی جاتی ہےکہ اگر پروگرام درست طریقے سے چل رہا ہے تو قیمت کا اندازہ درست میں آنا چاہیے۔ورنہ ایرر سٹیٹمنٹ دینے کے ساتھ ختم ہو جائے گا۔
a statement that you strongly believe is true
Example: Turkey has denied the UAE peace assertion with Israel.
Synonyms: affirmation, declaration, pronouncement, insistence, avouchment, profession
Antonyms: disavowal, desertion, silence
Misconstrue (verb)
غلط مطلب لینا، غلط سمجھنا، غلط تعبیر کرنا، غلط مطلب سمجھنا
to interpret something the wrong way
Example: Minister said media had misconstrued his statement.
Synonyms: misinterpret, exaggerate, misunderstand, misread, misperceive
Antonyms: apprehend, penetrate
Patently (adverb)
واضح طور پر، صاف صاف، سیدھی طرح، بظاہر طور پر، آشکار طور پر
in a way that is clear
Example: Time has showed her allegations were patently incorrect.
Synonyms: conspicuously, remarkably, strikingly, markedly, barefaced, apparently
Antonyms: obfuscated, unclarified, clouded, ambiguous, indistinct, equivocal
Unequivocally (adverb)
صاف صاف، واضح طور پر، غیر مبہم طور پر
in a way that is total, or expressed very clearly with no doubt
Example: The judge refused to reconsider the decision unequivocally.
Synonyms: certainly, emphatically, undoubtedly, positively, clearly, firmly
Antonyms: questionably, doubtfully
