Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 27, 2021

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Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 27, 2021

Foresight (noun) 

احتیاط، دور اندیشی

"the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future."

Examples: 

• Betsy had the foresight to take her computer.
• Alex had the foresight to have the builders install a gas range.

Synonyms: forethought, anticipation, planning, forward planning, provision, prescience, circumspection

Antonyms: hindsight

Purport (verb) 

مفہوم، مطلب پا جانا

"appear to be or do something, especially falsely."

Examples:

• They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school. 
• It was their traditions as to the purport of that teaching which he was concerned to preserve.

Synonyms: claim, lay claim, profess, pretend, set oneself up (as), appear, seem, be apparently

Antonyms: abandon, disavow, disclaim

Figurative (adjective) 

مرادی، اصطلاحی، مجازی، رنگین

departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.

Examples: 

• He's my son, in the figurative sense of the word. 
• He imprisoned her, in a figurative sense. 

Synonyms: metaphorical, non-literal, symbolic, allegorical, representative, emblematic, imaginative
Antonyms: literal

Semblance (noun)

 جھلک، مشابہت، ظاہریت

the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Examples: 

• she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order.
• His mouth wore its usual semblance of a smile.

Synonyms: appearance, outward appearance, approximation, show, air, guise, pretence
Antonyms: difference, concrete, dissimilarity, unlikeness

Neutrality (noun)

 علیحدگی،غیر جانبداری

the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.

Examples: 

• They have been violently advocating neutrality.
• Switzerland declared its neutrality. 

Synonyms: impartiality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, objectivity, open-mindedness, disinterestedness
Antonyms: partiality, bias, participation, taking sides

Strife (noun) 

اختلاف، نزاع، جھگڑا

angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict.

Examples: 

• But the centre of strife was not to be Arabia.
• With this civil strife the importance and prosperity of Louvain declined.

Synonyms: conflict, friction, discord, disagreement, dissension, variance, dispute, argument

Antonyms: harmony, peace, cooperation

Disdain (noun) 

تحقیر، توہین، حقارت،دھتکار دینا

the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect.

Examples: 

• Janet looked at him with disdain. 
• He regards the political process with disdain. 

Synonyms: contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect, disparagement
Antonyms: admiration, respect

Indulgence (noun) 

حماقت کی انتہا، احمقانہ حرکت، بے عقلی

the action or fact of indulging.

Examples: 

• You will kill the child with indulgence. 
• Constant indulgence in bad habits brought about his ruin.

Synonyms: satisfaction, satisfying, gratification, gratifying, fulfilment, fulfilling, satiation

Antonyms: denial, moderation