Nascent (adjective)
ابھرا ہوا، نومولود
(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
Example: “the nascent space industry”
Synonyms: just beginning, budding, developing, growing, embryonic, incipient, young, in its infancy
Antonyms: mature, aged, confirmed, developed
Befit (verb)
زیب دینا، موزوں ہونا، مناسب ہونا
be appropriate for; suit.
Example: “as befits a Quaker, he was a humane man”
Synonyms: in keeping with, as befits, fitting, appropriate to, fit for, suitable for, suited to
Antonyms: out of keeping with
Contemporary (adjective)
ہم عمر، آج کے دور کا، معاصر
living or occurring at the same time.
Example: “the event was recorded by a contemporary historian”
Synonyms: modern, present-day, present, current, present-time, immediate, extant, up to date
Antonyms: old-fashioned, out of date
Dearth (noun)
کمی، گرانی، چھوٹی مقدار
a scarcity or lack of something.
Example: “there is a dearth of evidence”
Synonyms: lack, scarcity, scarceness, shortage, shortfall, want, deficiency, insufficiency, the inadequacy
Antonyms: abundance, surfeit
Rhetoric (noun)
شوکت الفاظ، لسانی، علم بیان
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
Example: “he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole”
Synonyms: oratory, eloquence, power of speech, command of language, expression, way with words
Antonyms: quiet, conciseness
Embezzlement (noun)
غبن، خیانت
theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one’s trust or belonging to one’s employer.
Example: “charges of fraud and embezzlement”
Synonyms: misappropriation, theft, stealing, robbing, robbery, thieving, pilfering, pilferage
Antonyms: give, receive, compensate, pay
Blistering (adjective)
آہلہ انگیز، چھالا
(of heat) intense.
Example: “the blistering heat of the desert”
Synonyms: intense, extreme, ferocious, fierce, acute, strong, very great, scorching
Antonyms: icy
Impropriety (noun)
نامعقولیت، بے جا حرکت
failure to observe standards of honesty or modesty; improper behaviour or character.
Example: “she was scandalized at the impropriety of the question”
Synonyms: wrongdoing, misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, unscrupulousness, illegitimacy
Antonyms: propriety
Accusation (noun)
الزام دہی، قصور وار ٹھہرانا، جرم کا الزام لگانا
a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
Example: “accusations of bribery”
Synonyms: allegation, charge, claim, assertion, asseveration, attribution, incrimination
Antonyms: approval, commendation, praise, compliment
Acrimony (noun)
تلخ مزاجی، بداخلاقی، کھردرا پن
bitterness or ill feeling.
Example: “the AGM dissolved into acrimony”
Synonyms: bitterness, rancour, resentment, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity
Antonyms: goodwill