Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 20, 2021

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Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 20, 2021

Veracity (noun) 

راست گوئی، صداقت

"conformity to facts; accuracy"

Examples: 

•  I can speak to his veracity. 
•  The chairman disallowed the veracity of his report. 

Synonyms: truthfulness, truth, accuracy, accurateness, correctness, exactness, precision

Antonyms: falsity

Nepotism (noun) 

اقرباپروری، اپنوں کو نوازنے کا عمل

"the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs"

Examples: 

• Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism. 
• He was guilty of nepotism and corruption.

Synonyms: favouritism, preferential treatment, keeping it in the family, the old boy network

Antonyms: impartiality

Clandestine (adjective) 

خفیہ، مخفی

"kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit"

Examples:

• The group held weekly clandestine meetings in a church.
• She undertook several clandestine operations for the CIA.

Synonyms: secret, covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hole-in-the-corner
Antonyms: open, above board

Mediocrity (noun)

 اوسط درجے کی صلاحیت

"the quality or state of being mediocre"

Examples:

• We were disappointed by the mediocrity of the wine. 
• He thought that he was a brilliant artist himself and that all his fellow painters were just mediocrities.

Synonyms: ordinariness, commonplaceness, lack of inspiration, passableness, adequacy, indifference

Antonyms: excellence

Dismay (verb)

 مایوسی، ناامیدی، خوفزدہ کرنا

"cause (someone) to feel concern and distress"

Examples:

• He looked at her in dismay.
• She could not hide her dismay at the result.

Synonyms: appal, horrify, shock, shake, shake up, disconcert, take aback, confound, surprise

Antonyms: encourage, please

Fraudulent (adjective)

 فریبی، مکار

"obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception."

Examples: 

• The president had entered into fraudulent property transactions. 
• The investigation has laid bare their fraudulent scheme. 

Synonyms: dishonest, cheating, swindling, corrupt, criminal, illegal, unlawful, illicit
Antonyms: honest, above board

Hefty (adjective) 

طاقتور، ہٹا کٹا، بھاری شخص

"large and heavy."

Examples: 

• Harry gave him a hefty shove and he fell over.
• We have a hefty dossier on his exploits in the war.

Synonyms: burly, heavy, sturdy, strapping, bulky, brawny, husky, strong, muscular
Antonyms: slight, gaunt, light

Evade (verb) 

ٹال دینا، بچنا، ٹال مٹول

escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.

Examples: 

• The released criminal always tries to evade the police. 
• They evade paying taxes by living abroad.

Synonyms: elude, avoid, dodge, escape (from), stay away from, steer clear of, run away from

Antonyms: confront, run into