Rapprochement

Meaning: مُفاہمت ۔ مصالِحت ۔ مُتناسب تَعلُقات کا مقام ۔ کِسی مُعاہدے کے تحت آنا

Explanation: (Noun)- (especially in international affairs) an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations.

Example: There were signs of a growing rapprochement between the two countries.

Synonyms: Detente, Friendship, Harmonization, Harmony.

Antonyms: Aloofness, Disagreement.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 21-06-2021]

Splatter

Meaning: چھینٹوں سے ساننا یا آلودہ کرنا ۔ زور کی آواز کے ساتھ مسلسل چھینٹے اُڑانا ۔ پھیلانا

Explanation: (Verb)- Splash with a liquid, typically a thick or viscous one.

Example: A passing cart rolled by, splattering him with mud.

Synonyms: Bespatter, Douse, Drench.

Antonyms: Collect, Dehydrate.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 20-06-2021]

Grope

Meaning: ٹٹولنا ۔ کِسی شے کو اندھوں کی طرح تلاش کَرنا ۔ ٹٹول کَر معلوم کَرنا ۔ ٹٹول کَر راستہ معلوم کَرنا

Explanation: (Verb)- Search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands.

Example: She groped for her spectacles.

Synonyms: Cast about, Flounder, Examine, Explore.

Antonyms: Leave alone.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 20-06-2021]

Rigmarole

Meaning: بکواس ۔ بے سرو یا داستان یا گفتگو ۔-بے سروپا بات ۔ لمبی چوڑی بے تکی تقریر

Explanation: (Noun)- A long, rambling story or statement.

Example: She went into a long rigmarole about the different jobs she’d had.

Synonyms: Babble, Balderdash, Baloney.

Antonyms: Possessions, Sense, Truth.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 19-06-2021]

Inhibition

Meaning: اِمتَناع ۔ رُکاوَٹ ۔ عمَل کا جُزوی یا مُکَمَّل ضیاع جو ذہنی یا جِسمانی ہو

Explanation: (Noun)- A feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way.

Example: The children, at first shy, soon lost their inhibitions.

Synonyms: Reticence, Shyness, Bar.

Antonyms: Advantage, Aid, Allowance.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 19-06-2021]

Modesty

Meaning: شرم و حیا ۔ پاکدامنی ۔ لاج ۔ حجاب ۔ نیک نیّتی

Explanation: (Noun)- The quality or state of being unassuming in the estimation of one’s abilities.

Example: With typical modesty he insisted on sharing the credit with others.

Synonyms: Decency, Humility, Propriety.

Antonyms: Immorality, Impropriety, Boldness.

[Dawn Vocabulary: 19-06-2021]