Daily Dawn Vocabulary 29 December 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on December 29, 2020:
Daily Dawn Vocabulary 29 December 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Let-up (phrasal verb)
مستقل کئے جانے والے کام کو کرنا بند کر دینا
To stop doing something that you have been doing continuously
Example: There has been no letup in the processions of opposition since 2018.
Synonyms: interruption, interval, dormancy, doldrums, interlude
Antonyms: beginning, persistence
Relent (verb)
گھٹنے ٹیک دینا، کم سخت ہونا، کم ظالم ہونا، کم ضدی ہونا، ملائم ہونا، نرم پڑ جانا، مزاج کا نرم پڑ جانا، دب جانا ، سر جھکا لینا، پسیجنا
To act in a less severe way towards someone and allow something that you had refused to allow before
Example: Her parents eventually relented and let her go to take admission in university.
Synonyms: comply, acquiesce, accede, assent, relax, subside, capitulate
Antonyms: increase, acute, ascend, grow
Dissension (noun)
اختلاف رائے، نا اتفاقی، رنجش، پھوٹ، ان بن
Disagreement that leads to discord
Example: There was dissension in the parliament over the amendment of merger of FATA into KPK in the constitution of 1973.
Synonyms: conflict, quarrel, dissent, disunity, controversy, strife
Antonyms: agreement, approval, harmony, concordance, peace, accord, ratification
Impasse (noun)
جس صورت میں آگے بڑھنا ممکن نہ ہو، پیچیدگی، وہ صورت جس سے بچا نہ جا سکے
A situation in which progress is impossible
Example: The war had reached an impasse, as neither side could win.
Synonyms: deadlock, standoff, gridlock, stalemate, predicament, standstill
Antonyms: agreement, solution
Insurgency (noun)
بغاوت، سرکشی، مسلح بغاوت، شورش
An active revolt
Example: Pakistan’s Army is well aware with the growing insurgency of India in Kashmir.
Synonyms: revolt, rebellion, revolution,
Antonyms: orthodoxy, obedience
