Daily Dawn Vocabulary 27 December 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on December 27, 2020:
Daily Dawn Vocabulary 27 December 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Lethal (noun)
جان لیوا، مہلک، ضرر رساں، مضر، خطرناک
Extremely dangerous Or able to cause or causing death
Example: The second wave of COVID 19 could be more lethal, according to the experts.
Synonyms: destructive, harmful, mortal, virulent, deadly, dangerous
Antonyms: harmless, healthy, kind
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
Abysmal (adjective)
خراب، بہت برا، عمیق، گہرا، نا قابل پیمائش
Very sad Or very deep
Example: The food was abysmal.
Synonyms: deteriorate, bad, extreme, immeasurable, bottomless, profound, deep
Antonyms: shallow, superficial, low
A Far Cry From (idiom)
اس سے ہٹ کر، اس سے بہت مختلف، بہت فرق
To be completely different from something
Example: This laptop is far cry from the DELL that she had before.
Synonyms: diverse, distant, particular, peculiar, various, contrasting, disparate
Antonyms: same, uniform, standard
Hurtle (verb)
تیزی سے حرکت کرنا، بھاگم بھاگ جانا، تیزی سے پھینکنا، دھکا دینا
To move very fast especially in a way that seems dangerous
Example: Car was hurtling towards an abyss.
Synonyms: collide, bump, breeze, hasten, rocket, pelt, cannonball, bustle, scurry, scuttle
Antonyms: creep, slow, crawl, walk, poke