The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on July 2, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 2 July 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Showcase (verb)
مظاہرہ کرنا، نمائش کرنا، دکھانا، عیاں کرنا، نمایاں کرنا، ظاہر کرنا
to show the best qualities or parts of something
Example: The main aim of the event was to showcase the Italian design.
Synonyms: display, exhibit, demonstrate, show, examination
Antonyms: hide, conceal, secret, cover up, obscure, wrap, mask
Soar (verb)
تیزی سے اٹھنا، اوپر چڑھنا
increase rapidly above the usual level
Example: Pesticide prices are beginning to soar.
Synonyms: arise, ascend, thrust, climb, lift, mount, escalate, fly
Antonyms: decline, descend, drop, plunge, decrease, lessen
Onslaught (noun)
سخت حملہ، دھاوا، چڑھائی، شدید حملہ، یورش، دھاوا بول دینا، بوچھار
a very powerful attack
Example: President’s verbal onslaughts further fueled the fire of aggressive rhetoric.
Synonyms: aggression, attack, charge, assault, strike, offensive, coup de main, raid
Antonyms: retreat, defense, departure, withdrawal, evacuation
Oust (verb)
بے دخل کر دینا، نکال دینا، محروم کر دینا
to force someone to leave a position of power, place or job etc.
Example: Hitler ousted his political rivals during the night of long knives.
Synonyms: banish, force out, expel, depose, cast out, kick out, dethrone, throw out, let go
Antonyms: allow, welcome, hire, retain
Rattle (verb)
پریشان کرنا، خرخراہٹ، کھڑکھڑانا، بے چین کر دینا،
to worry someone or make someone nervous
Example: The villain’s aggressive tone rattled the actress and she asked for a break.
Synonyms: worry, nervous
Antonyms: prosperous, happy
Dogged (adjective)
پیچھے لگنا، اڑیل، پکا، تعاقب کرنا، زبردست حوصلہ، ضدی، مستقل مزاج
very determined to do something even if it very difficult
Example: The dogged determination of Nelson Mandela raised him so high that he became President of South Africa even after spending 27 years behind the bars.
Synonyms: persistent, insistent, tenacious, determined, staunch
Antonyms: flexible, yielding, surrendering, soft
Bicker (verb)
چھوٹی باتوں پر جھگڑنا، تلخ کلامی، جھگڑا، فضول چیزوں کے بارے میں بحث کرنا
to argue about things that are not important
Example: They are always bickering each other over their political views.
Synonyms: contretemps, disagree, argument, squabble, battle, hassle, wrangle, controversy, dispute, quarrel,
Antonyms: discuss, agree, peace, unite
Ranting (noun)
ولولہ انگیز، زوردارآواز میں بولنا، بلند آوازسے
speaking at length in an angry and impassioned way
Example: Judge rejected the petition saying that ranting about unfairness was wastage of time.
Synonyms: fulminate, spout, bluster, raging
Antonyms: slowly, short, peaceful
Colossal (adjective)
وسیع وعریض، بہت بڑا،زوردار، شاندار، دیو ہیکل
extremely large in size
Example: The new marriage hall is colossal and nearly can hold one hundred thousand people.
Synonyms: gigantic, supersize, immense, vast, monstrous, fairly large, titanic, tremendous
Antonyms: small, little, minute, tiny
Vendetta (noun)
انتقامی لڑائی، خاندانی دشمنی،کوئی طویل اور شدید جھگڑا
a long and violet argument between people (or families in which one group tries to harm the other in a bid to punish them for things that happened in the past)
Example: His defeat in the general election is due to his protruded attitude.
Synonyms: revenge, bickering, squabble, quarrel, hostility, grudge
Antonyms: agreement, peace, calm, harmony
