Tag: Dawn News Vocabulary

Meaning: سرسری۔ عاجلانہ۔ ایک نظر

Explanation: (Adjective)- Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

Example: A cursory glance at the figures.

Synonyms: Desultory, Offhand, Perfunctory, Random.

Antonyms: Careful, Detailed, Complete.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 29-08-2021]

Meaning: جَرّاحی کا چاقُو ۔ نَشتَر ۔ چھوٹی تيز دھار چھُری – سرجری۔میں۔ایک۔چاقو۔کا۔نام

Explanation: (Noun) – A knife with a small, sharp, sometimes detachable blade, as used by a surgeon.

Synonyms: Bayonet, Blade, Cutter, Dagger.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 28-08-2021]

Meaning: مُضر۔ ضرر رساں۔ مُلہک

Explanation: (Adjective)- Causing harm or damage.

Example: Divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children.

Synonyms: Bad, Destroying, Destructive.

Antonyms: Aiding, Assisting.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 27-08-2021]

Meaning: سرپرستی ۔دست گیری ۔ حمایت ۔ پرورش

Explanation: (Noun)- The support given by a patron.

Example: The arts could no longer depend on private patronage.

Synonyms: Aegis, Auspices, Backing.

Antonyms: Attack, Blockage, Disapproval.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 26-08-2021]

Meaning: چوری چُھپے۔ پوشیدہ طور پر۔ مخفی طور پر

Explanation: (Adverb)- In a secretive and illicit way.

Example: Traffickers operate clandestinely.

Synonyms: Confidentially, Covertly, Stealthily.

Antonyms: Openly, Publicly.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 25-08-2021]

Meaning: کھائی۔ غار۔ قعر

Explanation: (Noun)- A deep fissure in the earth’s surface.

Example: A chasm a mile long.

Synonyms: Cleavage, Crater, Crevasse, Fissure.

Antonyms: Closing, Closure, Remembrance.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 24-08-2021]

Meaning: کیچڑ ، ددلدل ، گہری دلدل ، غلاظت

Explanation: (Noun)- A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

Example: Acres of land had been reduced to a mire.

Synonyms: Guagmire, Bog, Dirt, Fen.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 23-08-2021]

Meaning: نئی مہم میں شریک ہونا ۔ نیا کام شروع کرنا ۔ لنگر اٹھانا ۔ جہاز پر سوار ہونا یا کرنا

Explanation: (Verb)- Go on board a ship or aircraft.

Example: He embarked for Pakistan in 1950.

Synonyms: Commence, Enter, Launch.

Antonyms: Cease, End, Finish, Stop.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 22-08-2021]