Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 06, 2021
Excoriate (verb)
کھینچنا ، ادھیڑنا، کھال چھیلنا
"criticize (someone) severely"
Example: he excoriated the government for censorship.
Synonyms: criticize, find fault with, censure, denounce, condemn, arraign, attack, lambaste
Antonyms: praise, approve of
Furtherance (noun)
فروغ، ترقی، امداد
"the advancement of a scheme or interest"
Example: the court held that the union’s acts were not in furtherance of a trade dispute.
Synonyms: promotion, furthering, advancement, forwarding, improvement, development, betterment
Antonyms: hindrance
Deprivation (noun)
تنگ دستی، مفلسی، ضرورتمند ہونا
"the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society"
Example: low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation.
Synonyms: poverty, impoverishment, penury, privation, hardship, destitution, need, neediness
Antonyms: wealth
Reluctance (noun)
ہچکچاہٹ، نارضا مند
"unwillingness or disinclination to do something"
Example: she sensed his reluctance to continue.
Synonyms: unwillingness, disinclination, lack of enthusiasm, hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy, diffidence
Antonyms: willingness, eagerness
Recalcitrant (adjective)
نافرمان، سرکش، ضدی
"having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline"
Example: a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds.
Synonyms: uncooperative, obstinately disobedient, intractable, unmanageable, ungovernable, refractory, insubordinate
Antonyms: amenable, docile, compliant
Auspicious (adjective)
سازگار، موزوں، امیدافزائ، حوصلہ افزائ
"conducive to success; favourable"
Example: it was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election.
Synonyms: favourable, propitious, promising, full of promise, bright, rosy, good, optimistic
Antonyms: inauspicious
Connoisseur (noun)
ماہر، واقف کار،دقیقہ نویس، قدردان
"an expert judge in matters of taste"
Example: a connoisseur of music.
Synonyms: expert judge (of), authority (on), specialist (in), arbiter of taste, pundit, savant, one of the cognoscenti
Antonyms: ignoramus
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
Adamant (adjective)
اٹل، ثابت قدم، سختی سے قائم
"refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind"
Example: he is adamant that he is not going to resig.
Synonyms: unshakeable, immovable, inflexible, unwavering, uncompromising, resolute, resolved, determined
Antonyms: unsure
Abhorrence (noun)
(noun)
نفرت، ناپسند کرنا، چڑ
Synonyms: hatred, loathing, detestation, execration, revulsion, abomination, disgust, repugnance, horror
Antonyms: love, admiration, delight
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