Dawn Vocabulary 8 July 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on July 8, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 8 July 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Underbelly (noun)
وہ علاقہ جو حملے سے غیر محفوظ ہو
a hidden unpleasant or criminal part of society
Example: CIA unprovoked attack saved hundreds of scapegoat from sordid underbelly.
Synonyms: vulnerable area, unprotected
Antonyms: secured, protected
Blight (verb)
فرسودا کر دینا، مرجھا دینا، خراب اثر ڈالنا، جھلسا دینا
something that spoils or has a very bad effect on something (often for a long time)
Example: After the renovation of blighted city, it got the attention of tourists.
Synonyms: decay, destroy, plague, affliction, defect, fault, deformity, mildew, deteriorate
Antonyms: purification, blessing, goodness
Kingpin (adjective)
سر غنہ، سردار، قائد
the leader or chief person in an organization
Example: The kingpin of Bolshevik Revolution was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.
Synonyms: biggie, heavyweight, honcho, big shot, big boy, heavy hitter, big foot
Antonyms: shrimp, lightweight, zilch
Inferno (noun)
دوزخ نما مقام، بے قابو آگ، اذیت ناک جگہ
a very large uncontrolled fire
Example: The massive inferno wildfire killed more than 1 billion animals in Australasia.
Synonyms: fire, conflagration, purgatory
Antonyms: comfort, happiness, contentment
Reprisal (noun)
انتقامی کاروائی، انتقام
an act of retaliation
Example: Initial investigation shows that massive inferno is a consequence of reprisal or vendetta.
Synonyms: retaliation, revenge
Antonyms: pardon, forgiveness
Complacency (noun)
اطمینان
self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.
Example: Due to the complacency of the guards, thieves intruded into the bank and plundered everything.
Synonyms: conceit, egotism, contentment, pompousness, smugness, amour, pomposity
Antonyms: humility, humbleness, propriety
Dissident (noun)
مخالف، عقیدے سے انحرافی، اختلاف رائے، اکثریت کی رائے کا مخالف
a person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government
Example: Despite a lot of opposition and dissident, no power could undo Pakistan.
Synonyms: protester, separatist, heretical, maverick, unconventional, nonconformist
Antonyms: conventional, orthodox, conforming
Vicinity (noun)
آس پاس کا علاقہ، گرد نواح
the area near or surrounding a particular place
Example: There are several hotels in the immediate vicinity of the police station.
Synonyms: neighborhood, environs, proximity, backyard, vicinage
Antonyms: faraway, distance, remoteness
Devious (adjective)
چالاک، فریبی، پرُ فریب، گمراہ کن
Showing a skillful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals
Example: Pakistan halted the sabotaging and devious activities of MOSSAD in time.
Synonyms: deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, shrewd, dodgy, guileful, subtle, wily
Antonyms: innocent, artless, ingenuous, fair, forthright, naïve, open, trustworthy, straightforward, undesigning, guileless
Salvage (verb)
تباہی سے بچانا، کسی خطرے وغیرہ سے بچانے کا عمل، بری طرح ٹوٹے جہاز کو بچانا
to save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or a building that has been damaged by fire or a flood
Example: All rescue teams took part in salvage operation of devastated sites of Pakistan.
Synonyms: deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, shrewd, dodgy, guileful, subtle, wily
Antonyms: innocent, artless, ingenuous, fair, forthright, naïve, open, trustworthy, straightforward, undesigning, guileless
