Daily Dawn Vocabulary

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (07 April 2021)

Daily DAWN News Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning (07 April 2021)
Written by Shahzad F. Malik

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Daily Dawn Newspaper English Vocabulary with Urdu Meaning
April 07, 2021


Harbour (verb) بندرگاہ، پناہ گاہ، پناہ دینا، ذہن میں رکھنا

keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one’s mind, especially secretly.
Example: “she started to harbour doubts about the wisdom of their journey”
Synonyms: bear, nurse, nurture, cherish, entertain, foster, feel secretly, hold on to
Antonyms: hand over


Protestation (noun) قول، احتجاج، مخالفت

an emphatic declaration in response to doubt or accusation.
Example: “her protestations of innocence were in vain”
Synonyms: declaration, announcement, statement, profession, assertion, insistence
Antonyms: acceptance, agreement, allowance, answer


Flagrant (adjective) انتہائی برا، قابل مذمت، فاش

(of an action considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive.
Example: “a flagrant violation of the law”
Synonyms: blatant, glaring, obvious, overt, evident, conspicuous, naked, barefaced
Antonyms: unobtrusive, slight


Proactive (adjective) فعال، پیش قدمی کے ذریعے صورتحال پر قابو پانیوالا

(of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened.
Example: “employers must take a proactive approach to equal pay”
Synonyms: enterprising, take-charge, energetic, driven, bold, dynamic, motivated, go-ahead
Antonyms: passive, inactive, retroactive


Vicinity (noun) آس پاس کا علاقہ، محلہ ، پڑوس

the area near or surrounding a particular place.
Example: “the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small”
Synonyms: surrounding district, surrounding area, neighbourhood, locality, locale, local area
Antonyms: distance, remoteness, separation, removal


Abundance (noun) بہتات، زیادہ، فراوانی، کثرت

a very large quantity of something.
Example: “the tropical island boasts an abundance of wildlife”
Synonyms: profusion, plentifulness, profuseness, copiousness, amplitude, affluence, lavishness
Antonyms: lack, scarcity


Refrain (verb) روکنا، پرہیز کرنا

stop oneself from doing something.
Example: “she refrained from comment”
Synonyms: abstain, desist, hold back, stop oneself, withhold, forbear, forgo, do without
Antonyms: indulge, venture, continue, persist


Combative (adjective) لڑاکا، متنازع، جھگڑالو

ready or eager to fight or argue.
Example: “he made some enemies with his combative style”
Synonyms: pugnacious, aggressive, antagonistic, quarrelsome, argumentative, contentious, hostile
Antonyms: conciliatory


Aisle (noun) طویل تنگ راستہ، نشتوں کے درمیان راستہ

a passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or theatre, an aircraft, or train.
Example: “the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles”
Synonyms: passage, passageway, corridor, gangway, walkway, path, lane, alley
Antonyms: definitions, examples,·thesaurus


Untenable (adjective) ناقابل مدافعت، غیر مستحکم، جو دلیل سے ثابت نہ ہو سکے

(especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
Example: “this argument is clearly untenable”
Synonyms: indefensible, undefendable, unarguable, insupportable, refutable, unsustainable
Antonyms: tenable, defensible


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