Daily Dawn Vocabulary December 19, 2020

 

Each aspirant understands the significance of the language and vocabulary of English. We have begun a new trend of posting vocabulary on our website in order to encourage aspirants. In this way aspirants can save time and enhance their vocabulary. Moreover PDF file is also available for aspirants. So, keep in touch with us for daily dawn vocabulary with Urdu meaning. 

Daily Dawn Vocabulary December 19, 2020 

Catastrophe (noun) 

تباہی، بربادی

"an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster"
Example: an environmental catastrophe.
Synonyms: disaster, calamity, cataclysm, crisis, holocaust, ruin, ruination, tragedy, blow
Antonyms: salvation, godsend

Acrimony (noun) 

تلخ کلامی، بداخلاقی، کھردرا پن

"bitterness or ill feeling"
Example: the AGM dissolved into acrimony.
Synonyms: bitterness, rancour, resentment, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility
Antonyms: goodwill

Litigant (noun) 

مقدمہ لڑنے والا، جھگڑالو

"a person involved in a lawsuit"
Synonyms: litigator, opponent in law, opponent, contestant, contender, disputant, plaintiff
Antonyms: ally, assistant, friend

Perilous (adjective) 

خطرناک، خوفناک

"full of danger or risk"
Example: a perilous journey south.
Synonyms: dangerous, fraught with danger, hazardous, risky, unsafe, treacherous, precarious
Antonyms: safe, secure

Prevalence (noun) 

پھیلاﺅ، ترویج

"the fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness"
Example: the prevalence of obesity in adults.
Synonyms: commonness, currency, widespread presence, generality, pervasiveness, universality
Antonyms: disuse, desuetude, obsoleteness

Censure (verb) 

مذمت، ڈانٹ، تنقید

"express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement"
Example: the company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade.
Synonyms: condemn, criticize, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, attack, find fault with
Antonyms: praise, commend

Deride (verb) 

مذاق اڑانا، تضحیک کرنا

"express contempt for; ridicule"
Example: the decision was derided by environmentalists.
Synonyms: ridicule, mock, jeer at, scoff at, jibe at, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at
Antonyms: respect, praise

Jolt (verb) 

ہچکولہ، جھٹکا، جھنجھوڑنا

"push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly"
Example: a surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards.

Synonyms: push, thrust, jar, bump, knock, bang, jostle, shake, joggle, jog
Antonyms: rise, recede, ascend, ride, linger

Ravage (verb) 

برباد کرنا، اجاڑنا، تباہ کرنا

"cause severe and extensive damage to"
Example: the hurricane ravaged southern Florida.
Synonyms: lay waste, devastate, ruin, leave in ruins, destroy, wreak havoc on, leave desolate
Antonyms: spare, conserve, preserve, indemnify