Dawn Vocabulary November 26, 2020

 

Daily DAWN News & Articles Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (26 November 2020)

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Daily DAWN News & Articles Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (26 November 20)

Penetrate (verb) گھسنا، ذہن داخل ہونا، آر پار کرنا

go into or through (something), especially with force or effort.
Example: “the shrapnel had penetrated his head”
Synonyms: pierce, puncture, make a hole in, perforate, stab, prick, probe, gore, spike
Antonyms: misconstrue, leave, neglect, misinterpret

Ambiguity (noun) ابہام

"the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness"
Example: we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act.
Synonyms: ambivalence, equivocation, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness, doubtfulness, uncertainty
Antonyms: unambiguous, transparency

Deficit (noun) کمی، کوتاہی، فقدان

a lack or shortage.
Example: “deficit in material resources”
Synonyms: insufficiency, lack, shortage, want, dearth, inadequacy, shortfall, scarcity, scarceness.
Antonyms: surplus

Gratification (noun) تسکین، اطمینان،فرحت

"pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire"
Example: a thirst for sexual gratification.
Synonyms: satisfaction, fulfillment, indulgence, relief, quenching, slaking, satiation, appeasement.
Antonyms: pain, dislike, disappointment.

Depreciation (noun) فرسودگی، گھٹنا

"a reduction in the value of an asset over time, due in particular to wear and tear"
Example: provision should be made for depreciation of fixed assets.
Synonyms: devaluation, devaluing, decrease in value, lowering in value, reduction in value
Antonyms: rise

Lenient (adjective) درگزر کرنے والا، رحم دلی، نرم

"(of a punishment or person in authority) more merciful or tolerant than expected"
Example: In the view of the Court the sentence was too lenient.
Synonyms: merciful, clement, sparing, forgiving, forbearing, tolerant, moderate, charitable
Antonyms: merciless, severe, strict

Quagmire (noun) دلدل

a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
Example: “torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire”
Synonyms: swamp, morass, bog, peat bog, marsh, mire, marshland, Antonyms: agreement, solution, advantage

Moratorium (noun) قانونی مہلت، قرضے میں مہلت

"a temporary prohibition of an activity"
Example: a moratorium on the use of drift nets.
Synonyms: embargo, ban, prohibition, suspension, postponement, stay, stoppage, halt, freeze
Antonyms: resuscitation, renewal, recommencement

Resurgence (noun) قوت بخشی، نئی روح، حیات نو

an increase or revival after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence.
Example: “a resurgence of interest in religion”
Synonyms: renewal, revival, recovery, rally, upturn, comeback, reinvigoration, reawakening
Antonyms: destruction, exhaustion

Severity (noun) سختی، شدت، سخت گیری

"the fact or condition of being severe"
Example:  sentences should reflect the severity of the crime.
Synonyms: acuteness, seriousness, gravity, graveness, severeness, grievousness, extremity
Antonyms: mildness, leniency, geniality, elaboration

Fiscal (adjective)مالی معاملات سے متعلق، خزانہ کے متعلق

relating to government revenue, especially taxes.
Example: “monetary and fiscal policy”
Synonyms: tax, budgetary, revenue, financial, economic, monetary, money, pecuniary
Antonyms: non financial

Expediency (noun) ضرورت، مصلحت

the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience"
Example: an act of political expediency.
Synonyms: convenience, advantage, advantageous, usefulness, utility, benefit, profitability
Antonyms: disadvantage

Momentum (noun) قوت، بہاﺅ

the force or energy with which a body moves.
Example: “hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its momentum”
Synonyms: Impetus, propulsion, impulsion, impelling force, motive force, driving force, drive

Antonyms: counter incentive, disincentive

Utterly (adverb) بالکل، مکمل طور پر، اظہار کرنا

"completely and without qualification; absolutely"
Example: he looked utterly ridiculous.
Synonyms: completely, totally, absolutely, entirely, wholly, fully, thoroughly, quite
Antonyms: partly, partially, somewhat

Eradicate (verb)استیصال، جڑ سے اکھاڑنا، بڑی تعداد میں ہلاک کرنا

destroy completely; put an end to.
Example: “this disease has been eradicated from the world”
Synonyms: get rid of, eliminate, do away with, remove, suppress, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, extirpate
Antonyms: implant, import, instill, foster, propagate

Divergence (noun) عدم اتفاق، تضاد، اختلاف

"the process or state of diverging"
Example: the divergence between primates and other groups.
Synonyms: separation, dividing, parting, forking, branching, fork, division, bifurcation
Antonyms: similarity

Deterrent (noun) رکاوٹ، باز رکھنے والا

"a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something"
Example: cameras are a major deterrent to crime.
Synonyms: disincentive, discouragement, dissuasion, damper, brake, curb, check, restraint
Antonyms: incentive, encouragement

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