The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on June 28, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning | 28 June 2020
Wrangling(noun)
تکرار، تو تو میں میں، لڑناجھگڑنا،مباحثہ، منہ ماری
arguments, especially one that continue for a long time
Example: After a period of wrangling, we are entering an era of negotiation.
Synonyms: argue, dispute, fight, disagree, altercate, argufy, quibble, hassle, squabble, bicker
Antonyms: agree, concur, approve, consent
Aggravate(verb)
شدید تر کرنا، بگاڑنا
make something worse or more serious
Example: Hina left the party early so the noise would not aggravate her headache.
Synonyms: annoy, bother, frost, grate, irritate, irk, persecute, provoke, pique
Antonyms: delight, help, happy, prosperous
Trickle (verb)
ٹپکنا، قطرہ قطرہ ہو کر گرنا
to flow in a thin gentle stream
Example: The water was slowed to trickle because of elevation.
Synonyms: drop, drip, crawl, creep, percolate, dribble, run out
Antonyms: pour, surplus, vast, enormous
Jostle (verb)
دھکا دینا، کسی چیز کیلئے جدوجہد کرنا
to compete or struggle for something Or to knock or push roughly against someone to get more space when you are in a crowd of people
Example: The fans will jostle to get an autograph from Arjit Singh.
Synonyms: bump, bulldoze, shave, press, push, scramble, shove, squeeze
Antonyms: leave alone
Swirl(verb)
بھنور، چکر لگانا، گردش کرنا
to move quickly with a twisting or circular movement
Example: One can make water swirl in the glass by spinning it around with a straw.
Synonyms: agitate, churn, stir, whirl, spin around, twirl
Antonyms: straight, without bend
Hammer out(verb)
کسی نتیجے پر پہنچنا
to reach an agreement after a lot of argument
Example: After wrangling for a month, government finally retracted and hammer out to hike fuel prices.
Synonyms: work out, negotiate, work out, work up, agree, consult, mediate, settle
Antonyms: unsettle, confuse, unresolved, ambiguous, vague, unclear
Bizarre (adjective)
بے تکا، بے ڈھنگا، عجیب
very strange and odd
Example: On wearing a wedding dress after ten year’s gap, she felt a bizarre look.
Synonyms: strange, awkward, peculiar, odd, foolish, insane, nonsensical, ridiculous
Antonyms: realistic, common, normal, reasonable, ordinary, sensible
Inundate(verb)
بھر جانا، ڈوب جانا
overwhelm with things or people
Example: The natural force of the hurricane will soon inundate the province with water.
Synonyms: drown, engulf, overwhelm, swamp, submerse
Antonyms: underwhelm, float
Convalescent (noun)
روبصحت، افاقہ یاب
person who is recovering after medical treatment
Example: Dr. Tahir Shamsi suggested the idea of convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Synonyms: recapturing, improving, snap back
Antonyms: worsening, weak, illness
Desperation (noun)
مایوسی
a state of hopelessness
Example: In a desperation, she jumped out of her room window to escape the fire.
Synonyms: despair, despondency, anxiety, discomfort, gloom, grim, melancholy, pain, grief, dolefulness, sorrow, unhappiness, forlornness
Antonyms: happiness, eagerness, joyfulness, comfort, pleasure, hopefulness
