Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 15, 2021

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Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 15, 2021

 

Scarcely (adverb) 

دقت سے، مشکل سے

"only just; almost not"

Examples: 

• The city had scarcely changed in 20 years.
• her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying.

Synonyms: hardly, barely, only just, almost not
Antonyms: often

Torrential (adjective) 

سیلابی بارش، سیلاب سا

"(of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities"

Examples: 

• We got caught in a torrential downpour. 
• It had been a night of stormy weather, with torrential rain and high winds. 

Synonyms: copious, severe, heavy, rapid, relentless, violent, soaking, teeming
Antonyms: scarce, controlled

Catastrophic (adjective) 

تباہ کن، تباہی، بربادی

"involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering"

Examples:

•  His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him.
• The result has been catastrophic.

Synonyms: disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, ruinous, tragic, fatal, dire, awful, terrible
Antonyms: fortunate, beneficial

Robust (adjective) 

طاقتور، صحت مند، مضبوط

"strong and healthy; vigorous"

Examples: 

• His robust strength made him survive the disaster. 
• He looks robust and healthy enough.

Synonyms: strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, powerful, powerfully built, solidly built, as strong as a horse/ox
Antonyms: weak, frail

Strident (adjective) 

سخت، کرخت اور اونچی آواز

"(of a sound) loud and harsh; grating"

Examples: 

• People are put off by his strident voice
•  The plan has provided strident criticism from local residents.

Synonyms: harsh, raucous, rough, grating, rasping, jarring, loud, stentorian, shrill
Antonyms: soft, dulcet

Reprehensible (adjective) 

مجرمانہ، قابل مذمت، قابل نفرت

deserving censure or condemnation.

Examples: 

• His conduct was thoroughly reprehensible. 
•  I find their behaviour morally reprehensible.

Synonyms: deplorable, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, blameworthy, culpable
Antonyms: creditable, praiseworthy, good

Assert (verb) 

قسم کھانا، حق جتانا، وثوق سے کہنا

"state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully"

Examples:

• She continued to assert that she was innocent.
• She continued to assert her innocence. 

Synonyms: declare, maintain, contend, argue, state, claim, propound, submit, posit, postulate
Antonyms: deny, contradict, contravene, waive

Acquaintance (noun)

 شناسائی، جان پہچان، روشناس

"knowledge or experience of something"

Examples: 

•  He's just a business acquaintance.
•  I bumped into an old acquaintance on the train.

Synonyms: familiarity, conversance, conversancy, contact, acquaintanceship, knowledge of, experience of
Antonyms: ignorance, unfamiliarity, inexperience

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