Daily Dawn Vocabulary 25 December 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on December 25, 2020:
Daily Dawn Vocabulary 25 December 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Befit (verb)
مناسب، موزوں
To be suitable for someone or something
Example: The befitting response in UN General Assembly session has made PM Imran Khan a sincere leader of Muslim Ummah.
Synonyms: correspond, match, suit, appropriate, suitable, behoove
Antonyms: disagree, refuse
Atrocity (noun)
سفاکی، ظالمانہ طرز عمل، سنگ دلی، بد تہذیبی
An extremely cruel
Example: By the advent of Islam, the trend of savagery and atrocity ended forever and the glorious blessings of love provoked Muhajideen and Ansar and they became brothers.
Synonyms: barbarity, horror, savagery, enormity, heinousness, atrociousness
Antonyms: kindness, pleasantry
Overture (noun)
کسی شخص یا ملک سے دوستانہ تعلقات کے آغاز کے لئےکوشش، تحریک، درخواست، ابتدائی کاروائی
An initiative toward agreement
Example: Since August 2018, Pakistan making overture to India consistently but New Delhi denying it persistently.
Synonyms: invitation, prologue, proposition, suggestion, proposal, preamble, preliminary, prelude
Antonyms: finish, ending
Rebuff (verb)
ٹھکرا دینا، جھڑک دینا، مستر د کرنا، انکار کرنا، رد کرنا، دھتکار دینا
An abrupt rejection of an offer
Example: Consistently, India is rebuffing the friendship offer of Pakistan and denying to establish the peace in Occupied Kashmir.
Synonyms: denial, rebuke, reject, reprimand, refusal, turndown, rejection
Antonyms: compliment, accept, welcome
Chauvinist (adjective)
جارحانہ وطن پرستی کاحامی، جنونی وطن پرست،محب وطن، اپنی بالا دستی ماننے والا
Believing or showing an unreasonable belief that your own country or race is the best or most important
Example: Several aspirants were interviewed for drama serial role of Chauvinist.
Synonyms: patriot, jingo, bigot, superpatriotism, nationalism
Antonyms: expatriot, traitor
