VOCABULARY OF THE DAY 24-01-2021

 VOCABULARY OF THE DAY

Sustain (verb)    جاری رکھنا - بڑھانا - سہارا دینا 

strengthen or support physically or mentally.

Example: “this thought had sustained him throughout the years”

Synonyms: comfort, help, assist, encourage, succour, support, give strength to

Antonyms: torment, plague

Autonomy (noun)     خودمختاری - اختیار 

freedom from external control or influence; independence.

Example: “the courts enjoy a considerable degree of autonomy”

Synonyms: self-government, independence, self-rule, home rule, sovereignty, self-determination

Antonyms: dependency, nonautonomy

Dubious (adjective)     مشکوک - مشتبہ 

hesitating or doubting.

Example: “I was rather dubious about the whole idea”

Synonyms: doubtful, uncertain, unsure, in doubt, hesitant, undecided, unsettled, unconfirmed

Antonyms: certain, definite

Jingoism (noun)     جارحانہ وطن پرستی- شدید قوم پرست 

extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.

Example: “the popular jingoism that swept the lower–middle classes”

Synonyms: extreme patriotism, blind patriotism, chauvinism, extreme nationalism, flag-waving, xenophobia

Antonyms: disloyalty, internationalism, multiculturalism

Atrocious (adjective)    ظالمانہ - سفاکانہ 

horrifyingly wicked.

Example: “atrocious cruelties”

Synonyms: brutal, barbaric, barbarous, brutish, savage, vicious, wicked, cruel, nasty, ruthless

Antonyms: admirable, kindly

Indulge (verb)    مطمئن کرنا - مزے اڑانا - بخشنا

allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.

Example: “we indulged in a cream tea”

Synonyms: wallow in, give oneself up to, give way to, yield to, abandon oneself to, give rein to

Antonyms: stifle

Brute (noun)    حیوانی - بے رحم 

a savagely violent person or animal.

Example: “he was a cold-blooded brute”

Synonyms: savage, beast, monster, animal, sadist, barbarian, devil, demon, fiend, ogre

Antonyms: atrocious, barbaric, barbarous

Abet (verb)     غلط کام کرنے کے لئے مدد کرنا - اکسانا

encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.

Example: “he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others”

Synonyms: assist, aid, help, lend a hand, support, back, encourage, cooperate with

Antonyms: hinder

Lamentable (adjective)     بدقسمتی - افسوسناک 

(of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable.

Example: “the industry is in a lamentable state”

Synonyms: deplorable, regrettable, tragic, terrible, awful, wretched, woeful, sorrowful

Antonyms: august, beneficent, commanding, dignified

Delinquent (adjective)     غیر ذمہ دار - طفل خطا کار

(typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

Example: “delinquent teenagers”

Synonyms: lawless, lawbreaking, criminal, offending, errant, badly behaved, troublesome

Antonyms: well behaved, conformist