Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 29, 2021

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Daily Dawn Vocabulary January 29, 2021

Bastion (noun)

 گڑھ، قلعہ، برج

an institution, place, or person strongly maintaining particular principles, attitudes, or activities.

Examples: 

• The profession remains a bastion of male chauvinism. 
• Football is a bastion of masculinity in this area. 

Synonyms: stronghold, bulwark, defender, support, supporter, guard, protection, protector, defence
Antonyms: weak spot, weakness

Havoc (noun) 

تباہی، اجاڑنا، خراب

"widespread destruction"

Examples:

•  These policies have wreaked havoc on the British economy. 
•  A strike will cause havoc for commuters.

Synonyms: devastation, destruction, damage, desolation, depredation, despoliation, ruination, ruin
Antonyms: peace

Ostensibly (adjective) 

بناوٹی طور پر،ظاہراً

as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently.

Examples:

• She stayed behind at the office, ostensibly to work. 
• Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian.

Synonyms: apparently, seemingly, on the face of it, to all appearances, on the surface, to all intents and purposes
Antonyms: genuinely, really, truly

Entrench (verb) 

مورچہ بند

"establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely"

Examples: 

• Our soldiers have entrenched themselves behind the battle lines.
• The troops were entrenched near the mountains.

Synonyms: establish, settle, ensconce, lodge, set, root, install, plant, embed, anchor

Antonyms: dislodge, superficial

Fester (verb) 

پیپ دار زخم، تلخیاں

"(of a wound or sore) become septic; suppurate"

Examples:

• t's lucky that the wound did not fester. 
• The wound began to fester. 

Synonyms: suppurate, become septic, form pus, secrete pus, discharge, run, weep, ooze

Antonyms: age, develop, grow, mature, ripen

Mortification (noun) 

نفس کشی کرنا، زہد، شرمندگی

"great embarrassment and shame"

Examples:

• The chairman tried to disguise his mortification. 
• To my mortification, my manuscript was rejected. 

Synonyms: embarrassment, humiliation, chagrin, discomfiture, discomposure, awkwardness

Antonyms: delight, exultation, glory, rejoicing, triumph

Fiscal (adjective) 

مالی معاملات سے متعلق، خزانہ کے متعلق

"relating to government revenue, especially taxes"
Examples:

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.
• The minister opened upon the fiscal question.

Synonyms: tax, budgetary, revenue, financial, economic, monetary, money, pecuniary

Antonyms: nonfinancial


Abolition (noun) 

منسوخی، تنسیخ، خاتمہ

"the action of abolishing a system, practice, or institution"

Examples:

• They declared for the abolition of slavery.
• The slaves got freedom after the abolition of slavery. 

Synonyms: scrapping, ending, stopping, doing away with, termination, eradication, elimination
Antonyms: retention, creation