Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 24, 2021

Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 24, 2021

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Seminal (adjective) 

بنیادی، بیج سے متعلق، نطفے

strongly influencing later developments.

Examples: 

• She wrote a seminal article on the subject while she was still a student.
• Her theories were seminal for educational reform.

Synonyms: influential, formative, groundbreaking, pioneering, original, creative, innovative

Antonyms: irrelevant, unimportant

Culpable (adjective) 

نامناسب، قابل گرفت، قابل مواخذہ

"deserving blame"

Examples:

• Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.
• The prime minister is highly culpable in this affair.

Synonyms: to blame, guilty, at fault, in the wrong, blameworthy, blameable, censurable, reproachable

Antonyms: blameless, innocent

Chauvinist (noun) 

جنگجو، وطن پرست

a person displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, Examples: 

• He is a male chauvinist.
• The male chauvinist attitude of some people in the company could get you down.

Synonyms: sexist, male chauvinist, misogynist, woman-hater, anti-feminist, male supremacist
Antonyms: fair, happy, impartial, nice, patient

Reprisal (noun) 

انتقامی کارروائی، پاداش میں

"an act of retaliation"

Examples: 

• She wrote a seminal article on the subject while she was still a student.
• Her theories were seminal for educational reform. 

Synonyms: retaliation, counterattack, counterstroke, comeback, revenge, vengeance, retribution, requital

Antonyms: condonation, grace, remission, reprieve

Egregious (adjective) 

انتہائی برا، قابل مذمت، فاش

outstandingly bad; shocking.

Examples:

• It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance.
• It was an egregious breach of protocol.

Synonyms: shocking, appalling, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, grievous

Antonyms: marvellous

Fanatical (adjective) 

جنونی، کٹر، متعصب

filled with excessive and single-minded zeal.

Examples: 

• His enthusiasm for aerobics was almost fanatical.
• As a boy he was a fanatical patriot.

Synonyms: zealous, extremist, extreme, militant, dogmatic, sectarian, bigoted, rabid, maniacal

Antonyms: moderate, open-minded

Vicious (adjective)

 ظالمانہ، نااہل، شیطانی چکر

"deliberately cruel or violent."

Examples: 

His murder triggered vicious race riots .

The drunkard led a vicious life. 

Synonyms: brutal, ferocious, savage, violent, dangerous, ruthless, remorseless, merciless

Antonyms: gentle, kindly, benevolent

Legitimize (verb) 

جائز قرار دینا

make legitimate.

Examples: 

• There is a danger that these films legitimize violence.
• Acceptance by the UN would effectively legitimize the regime.

Synonyms: validate, legitimate, permit, warrant, authorize, sanction, license, give the stamp of approval to
Antonyms: outlaw