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English to Urdu Vocabulary Dated 26/10/2023

 

Evacuate (verb) خطرے کی جگہ سے باہر نکلنا

Meaning: remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place.

Example: “several families were evacuated from their homes”

Synonyms: remove, clear, move out, shift, take away, turn out, expel, evict

Antonyms: return to


Minuscule (Adjective) بہت چھوٹا

Meaning: extremely small; tiny.

Example: “a minuscule fragment of DNA”

Synonyms: tiny, minute, microscopic, nanoscopic, very small

Antonyms: vast, huge


Reliance (noun) اعتماد، انحصار، بھروسہ

Meaning: dependence on or trust in someone or something.

Example: “the farmer’s reliance on pesticides”

Synonyms: dependence, dependency, seeking support from, leaning on

Antonyms: disbelief, distrust, doubt, misgiving


Indicative (Adjective) نشاندہی، دکھانے والا

Meaning: serving as a sign or indication of something.

Example: “having recurrent dreams is not necessarily indicative of any psychological problem”

Synonyms: symptomatic, expressive, suggestive, evocative, typical, characteristic, representative

Antonyms: Non-indicative, Unindicative, Irrelevant


Revile (Verb) برا بھلا کہنا، ملامت کرنا

Meaning: criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.

Example: “he was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead”

Synonyms: criticize, censure, condemn, attack, inveigh against

Antonyms: praise, extol


Brittle (Adjective) نازک، خستہ

Meaning: hard but liable to break easily.

Example: “her bones became fragile and brittle”

Synonyms: breakable, splintery, shatter able, fragile

Antonyms: flexible, resilient


Euphoria (Noun) راحت، احساس خوشی

Meaning: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

Example: “in his euphoria, he had become convinced he could defeat them”

Synonyms: elation, happiness, joy, joyousness, delight

Antonyms: misery, depression


Conceal (verb) مخفی رکھنا ، پوشیدہ، چھپانا

Meaning: not allow to be seen; hide.

Example: “a line of sand dunes concealed the distant sea”

Synonyms: hide, keep out of sight, keep hidden, secrete, tuck away, screen, cover, obscure

Antonyms: reveal, expose


Purveyor (noun) فراہم کرنیوالا، دروغہ رسد

Meaning: a person who sells or deals in particular goods.

Example: “a purveyor of large luxury vehicles”

Synonyms: seller, vendor, trader, retailer, supplier, provider, stockiest, tout, trafficker, peddler

Antonyms: buyer, purchaser, customer, client


Pitiful (Adjective) دردمند، دلسوز، افسوسناک، نرم دل

Meaning: deserving or arousing pity.

Example: “two children in a very pitiful state”

Synonyms: distressing, sad, piteous, to be pitied, pitiable, pathetic, disturbing, heart-rending

Antonyms: fortunate, comfortable, achiever


Invasion (noun) حملہ کرنا، چڑھائی کرنا

Meaning: an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force.

Example: “Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812”

Synonyms: occupation, conquering, capture, seizure

Antonyms: withdrawal


Besiege (verb) گھیر لینا، محاصرہ کرنا

Meaning: surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.

Example: “the king marched north to besiege Berwick”

Synonyms: lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround

Antonyms: let go, leave alone


Compunction (noun) پچھتاوا، ندامت

Meaning: a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.

Example: “they used their tanks without compunction”

Synonyms: scruples, misgivings, qualms, worries

Antonyms: disdain, happiness, indifference


Erstwhile (Adjective) پرانے وقتوں کا، اس سے پہلے

Meaning: former.

Example: “the erstwhile president of the company”

Synonyms: former, old, past, one-time, sometime

Antonyms: present, future


Foe (noun) دشمن

Meaning: an enemy or opponent.

Example: “his work was praised by friends and foes alike”

Synonyms: enemy, adversary, opponent, rival

Antonyms: friend


Worrisome (Adjective) پریشان کن، تکلیف دہ

Meaning: causing anxiety or concern.

Example: “a worrisome problem”

Synonyms: worrying, daunting, alarming, perturbing

Antonyms: reassuring, settling, calming


Murky (adjective) دھندلا، گہرا، اداس

Meaning: dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

Example: “the sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling”

Synonyms: dark, gloomy, grey, leaden, dull, dim, overcast, cloudy, clouded, sunless

Antonyms: bright, sunny


Transitory (Adjective) عارضی، ناپائیدار، عبوری

Meaning: not permanent.

Example: “transitory periods of medieval greatness”

Synonyms: temporary, transient, brief, short, short-lived, short-term, impermanent, ephemeral

Antonyms: permanent, perpetual, lasting


Detrimental (adjective) نقصان دہ، مضر، ضرررساں

Meaning: tending to cause harm.

Example: “recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people”

Synonyms: harmful, damaging, injurious, hurtful, inimical, deleterious, dangerous, destructive

Antonyms: benign, beneficial


Plebiscite (noun) مجلس عوام، رائے شماری

Meaning: the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.

Example: “the administration will hold a plebiscite for the approval of constitutional reforms”

Synonyms: vote, referendum, ballot, poll

Antonyms: straight ticket, split ticket



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