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Word: apparent (‫)ظاہر‬

Meaning: (Adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so

Synonyms: credible, illusive, illusory, likely, ostensible, outward, plausible, possible,

probable, semblant, specious, superficial, supposed, suppositious

Antonyms: doubtful, equivocal, hidden, questionable, uncertain, unlikely

Word: woes (‫)مسائل‬

Meaning: (Noun) misery resulting from affliction

Synonyms: adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, bad news, bemoaning, blues, bummer,
burden, calamity, care, cataclysm, catastrophe, clutch, crunch, curse, dejection, deploring

Antonyms: happiness, joy

Word: contribute (‫)حصہ ڈالنا‬

Meaning: (Verb) bestow a quality on

Synonyms: accord, add, afford, ante up, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come
through, commit, confer, devote, dispense

Antonyms: detract, harm, hurt, minus, subtract, take away, withhold

Word: concessions (‫)رعایتیں‬

Meaning: (Noun) a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

Synonyms: acknowledgment, adjustment, admission, allowance, assent, authorization,

boon, buyback, compromise, confession, copout, deal, giveback, giving in, grant, indulgence

Antonyms: denial, difference, disputation, fighting, protest, refusal

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Word: threshold (‫)حد‬

Meaning: (Noun) the starting point for a new state or experience

Synonyms: beginning, brink, dawn, door, doorstep, doorway, edge, entrance, gate,
inception, origin, outset, point, sill, start, starting

Antonyms: closing, conclusion, end, ending, finale

Word: devoid (‫)عاری‬

Meaning: (Adjective) completely wanting or lacking

Synonyms: bare, barren, bereft, deficient, denuded, destitute, free from, innocent, lacking,
needed, sans, unprovided with, vacant, void, wanting, without

Antonyms: filled, full, replete, supplied

Word: elusive (‫ہون واال‬

‫ں‬ ‫)مشکل ےس حاصل‬

Meaning: (Adjective) be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

Synonyms: ambiguous, baffling, cagey, deceitful, deceptive, elusory, equivocal, evanescent,

fallacious, fleeting, fraudulent, fugacious, fugitive, greasy, illusory, imponderable

Antonyms: actual, easy to grasp, tangible, within reach

Word: moribund (‫)زوال پذیر‬

Meaning: (Adjective) not growing or changing without force or vitality

Synonyms: corrupt, debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degraded,

depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, gone bad

Antonyms: benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral

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Word: dictator (‫)آمر‬

Meaning: (Noun) a ruler who is unconstrained by law

Synonyms: absolutist, adviser, autocrat, baron, boss, caesar, caliph, chief, commander,
czar, despot, disciplinarian, duce, emir, fascist, kaiser, lama, leader, lord, magnate

Antonyms: anarchist

Word: transpire (‫)رونما ہونا‬

Meaning: (Verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas

Synonyms: arise, befall, betide, chance, come about, come down, come off, develop,
ensue, eventuate, fall out, gel, go, hap, happen

Antonyms: cease, die down, diminish, end, halt

Word: sentiment (‫)جذبہں‬

Meaning: (Noun) a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

Synonyms: affect, affectivity, attitude, belief, bias, conception, conviction, disposition,

emotionalism, eye, feeling, idea, inclination, inclining, judgment, leaning

Antonyms: coldness, disgust, hatred, loathing

Word: menial (‫)کم تنخوا ںہ واال‬

Meaning: (Adjective) a domestic servant

Synonyms: abject, base, baseborn, boring, common, degrading, demeaning, dull, fawning,
grovelling, humble, humdrum, ignoble

Antonyms: elevated, noble

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Word: testament (‫)ثبوت‬

Meaning: (Noun) strong evidence for something

Synonyms: attestation, colloquy, confirmation, covenant, demonstration, earnest,

evidence, exemplification, instrument, last wishes, proof, testimonial, testimony

Antonyms: contradiction, question, repudiation

Word: lucrative (‫)مناف ںع بخش‬

Meaning: (Adjective) producing a sizeable profit

Synonyms: advantageous, cost effective, fat, fruitful, gainful, good, high-income, money-
making, paying, profitable, remunerative, sweet, well-paid, worthwhile

Antonyms: unproductive, unprofitable

Word: feat (‫)کارنامہ‬

Meaning: (Noun) a notable achievement

Synonyms: accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation,

coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution

Antonyms: failure, inaction

Word: ascendancy (‫)عروج‬

Meaning: (Noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Synonyms: advantage, ascendency, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion,

edge, influence, jump, leg up, mastery

Antonyms: inferiority, subordination, weakness

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