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E-1 — Earnest to Epitome (50 words)

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Letter E, part 1: 50 words, from Earnest to Epitome.

1. EARNEST (adj.)

  • Urdu: سنجیدہ، پرخلوص
  • Meaning: resulting from sincere and intense conviction
  • Synonyms: serious, sincere, solemn, intent, wholehearted
  • Antonyms: frivolous, flippant, insincere, casual
  • Use: He made an earnest effort to improve his English.

2. EBB (v./n.)

  • Urdu: اتار، گھٹنا، کم ہونا
  • Meaning: (of tide) to flow back; to gradually decrease
  • Synonyms: recede, decline, wane, subside, dwindle
  • Antonyms: flow, rise, increase, surge
  • Use: His enthusiasm began to ebb after the defeat.

3. EBULLIENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: پرجوش، خوشی سے بھرپور
  • Meaning: cheerful and full of energy
  • Synonyms: exuberant, buoyant, enthusiastic, lively, effervescent
  • Antonyms: depressed, gloomy, subdued, apathetic
  • Use: The ebullient crowd danced after the victory.

4. ECCENTRIC (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: سنکی، عجیب و غریب
  • Meaning: unconventional and slightly strange
  • Synonyms: odd, quirky, unconventional, peculiar, idiosyncratic
  • Antonyms: normal, conventional, ordinary, conformist
  • Use: The eccentric professor wore a scarf in summer.

5. ECLECTIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: متنوع، مختلف ذرائع سے ماخوذ
  • Meaning: drawing ideas or taste from diverse sources
  • Synonyms: diverse, varied, wide-ranging, broad, heterogeneous
  • Antonyms: narrow, limited, uniform, homogeneous
  • Use: Her eclectic music taste ranges from qawwali to jazz.

6. EDIFY (v.)

  • Urdu: اخلاقی یا ذہنی تربیت کرنا
  • Meaning: to instruct or improve morally or intellectually
  • Synonyms: educate, enlighten, instruct, inform, uplift
  • Antonyms: corrupt, mislead, confuse
  • Use: Iqbal's poetry edifies as well as inspires.

7. EFFACE (v.)

  • Urdu: مٹانا، محو کرنا
  • Meaning: to erase a mark; to make oneself inconspicuous
  • Synonyms: erase, obliterate, rub out, remove, wipe out
  • Antonyms: preserve, highlight, emphasise
  • Use: Time had effaced the writing on the tomb.

8. EFFERVESCENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: جھاگ دار؛ زندہ دل
  • Meaning: fizzy; vivacious and enthusiastic
  • Synonyms: bubbly, fizzy, lively, vivacious, ebullient
  • Antonyms: flat, dull, lifeless, apathetic
  • Use: Her effervescent personality lit up the room.

9. EFFICACY (n.)

  • Urdu: اثر اندازی، تاثیر
  • Meaning: the ability to produce a desired result
  • Synonyms: effectiveness, potency, success, power, usefulness
  • Antonyms: inefficacy, ineffectiveness, uselessness
  • Use: Trials tested the efficacy of the new vaccine.

10. EFFIGY (n.)

  • Urdu: پتلا، مجسمہ
  • Meaning: a sculpture or model of a person, often burnt in protest
  • Synonyms: image, likeness, dummy, statue, figure
  • Antonyms: (no true antonym)
  • Use: Protesters burnt an effigy of the leader.

11. EFFRONTERY (n.)

  • Urdu: گستاخی، بے شرمی
  • Meaning: insolent or impertinent behaviour
  • Synonyms: impudence, audacity, gall, nerve, temerity
  • Antonyms: timidity, respect, politeness, modesty
  • Use: He had the effrontery to demand a bribe openly.

12. EGALITARIAN (adj.)

  • Urdu: مساوات پسند
  • Meaning: believing in equal rights for all people
  • Synonyms: equal, democratic, fair, just, impartial
  • Antonyms: elitist, hierarchical, unequal, discriminatory
  • Use: Islam envisions an egalitarian society.

13. EGREGIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: شرمناک حد تک برا، صریح
  • Meaning: outstandingly bad; shocking
  • Synonyms: flagrant, glaring, blatant, outrageous, shocking
  • Antonyms: minor, trivial, slight, excellent
  • Use: It was an egregious error by the umpire.

14. ELATED (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے حد خوش، مسرور
  • Meaning: extremely happy and excited
  • Synonyms: overjoyed, jubilant, ecstatic, thrilled, euphoric
  • Antonyms: dejected, depressed, miserable, crestfallen
  • Use: She was elated to see her name in the result.

15. ELICIT (v.)

  • Urdu: نکالنا، حاصل کرنا (جواب/ردعمل)
  • Meaning: to draw out a response or answer
  • Synonyms: evoke, extract, draw out, provoke, obtain
  • Antonyms: suppress, repress, withhold
  • Use: The question elicited a long silence.
  • Trap: illicit = illegal.

16. ELOQUENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: فصیح، خوش بیان
  • Meaning: fluent and persuasive in speaking or writing
  • Synonyms: articulate, fluent, expressive, persuasive, silver-tongued
  • Antonyms: inarticulate, tongue-tied, halting, dull
  • Use: Jinnah was an eloquent advocate.

17. ELUCIDATE (v.)

  • Urdu: وضاحت کرنا، سمجھانا
  • Meaning: to make clear; to explain
  • Synonyms: explain, clarify, illuminate, explicate, expound
  • Antonyms: obscure, confuse, complicate, muddle
  • Use: Please elucidate your point with an example.

18. ELUSIVE (adj.)

  • Urdu: ہاتھ نہ آنے والا، دشوار الحصول
  • Meaning: difficult to find, catch or achieve
  • Synonyms: evasive, slippery, fleeting, intangible, baffling
  • Antonyms: attainable, obvious, catchable, accessible
  • Use: Economic stability has proved elusive.

19. EMACIATED (adj.)

  • Urdu: نحیف، لاغر، ہڈیوں کا ڈھانچہ
  • Meaning: abnormally thin from lack of food
  • Synonyms: gaunt, skeletal, haggard, wasted, scrawny
  • Antonyms: plump, fat, well-fed, robust
  • Use: Emaciated children were rescued from the famine zone.

20. EMANCIPATE (v.)

  • Urdu: آزاد کرانا، نجات دلانا
  • Meaning: to set free from legal, social or political restrictions
  • Synonyms: free, liberate, release, unshackle, enfranchise
  • Antonyms: enslave, subjugate, oppress, restrain
  • Use: Education can emancipate women from poverty.

21. EMBELLISH (v.)

  • Urdu: سجانا؛ مبالغہ آرائی کرنا
  • Meaning: to decorate; to add untrue details to a story
  • Synonyms: decorate, adorn, embroider, exaggerate, ornament
  • Antonyms: simplify, strip, plain, understate
  • Use: He embellished the story to impress his friends.

22. EMBEZZLE (v.)

  • Urdu: غبن کرنا، خیانت کرنا
  • Meaning: to steal money one has been trusted with
  • Synonyms: misappropriate, steal, defraud, pilfer, siphon
  • Antonyms: safeguard, protect, return
  • Use: The clerk embezzled pension funds.

23. EMBLEMATIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: علامتی، نمائندہ
  • Meaning: serving as a symbol of something
  • Synonyms: symbolic, representative, typical, characteristic
  • Antonyms: unrepresentative, atypical
  • Use: Minar-e-Pakistan is emblematic of the freedom struggle.

24. EMBROIL (v.)

  • Urdu: الجھانا، تنازعے میں پھنسانا
  • Meaning: to involve deeply in conflict or difficulty
  • Synonyms: involve, entangle, implicate, mire, drag into
  • Antonyms: extricate, disentangle, free, release
  • Use: The country was embroiled in a long war.

25. EMINENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: ممتاز، نامور
  • Meaning: famous and respected in a field
  • Synonyms: distinguished, renowned, prominent, illustrious, celebrated
  • Antonyms: unknown, obscure, undistinguished
  • Use: Dr. Abdus Salam was an eminent physicist.
  • Trap: imminent = about to happen.

26. EMOLLIENT (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: نرم کرنے والا، تسکین دینے والا
  • Meaning: softening the skin; calming and conciliatory
  • Synonyms: soothing, softening, moisturising, conciliatory, calming
  • Antonyms: irritating, harsh, abrasive, provocative
  • Use: The minister struck an emollient tone with critics.

27. EMPATHY (n.)

  • Urdu: ہمدردی، دوسروں کے جذبات سمجھنا
  • Meaning: the ability to understand and share another's feelings
  • Synonyms: compassion, understanding, sympathy, sensitivity
  • Antonyms: indifference, callousness, apathy, coldness
  • Use: A good civil servant needs empathy for citizens.

28. EMPIRICAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: تجرباتی، مشاہداتی
  • Meaning: based on observation or experience rather than theory
  • Synonyms: observational, experimental, practical, evidence-based
  • Antonyms: theoretical, hypothetical, speculative
  • Use: Policy should rest on empirical evidence.

29. EMULATE (v.)

  • Urdu: تقلید کرنا، پیروی کر کے بڑھنا
  • Meaning: to match or surpass by imitation
  • Synonyms: imitate, copy, follow, mirror, rival
  • Antonyms: ignore, disregard, differ from
  • Use: Young cricketers emulate Babar Azam's style.

30. ENAMOURED (adj.)

  • Urdu: فریفتہ، دلدادہ
  • Meaning: filled with love or admiration for
  • Synonyms: captivated, charmed, infatuated, smitten, fond
  • Antonyms: disenchanted, indifferent, repelled
  • Use: Tourists are enamoured of Skardu's lakes.

31. ENCOMIUM (n.)

  • Urdu: مدح، تعریفی بیان
  • Meaning: a speech or piece of writing that praises highly
  • Synonyms: eulogy, tribute, panegyric, praise, accolade
  • Antonyms: criticism, condemnation, diatribe
  • Use: The obituary was an encomium to his service.

32. ENCROACH (v.)

  • Urdu: تجاوز کرنا، قبضہ کرنا
  • Meaning: to intrude on another's territory or rights
  • Synonyms: intrude, trespass, invade, infringe, impinge
  • Antonyms: withdraw, retreat, respect
  • Use: Illegal buildings encroach on the nullahs of Karachi.

33. ENDEMIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: مقامی طور پر عام، مستقل موجود
  • Meaning: regularly found in a particular area or group
  • Synonyms: native, indigenous, prevalent, widespread, rife
  • Antonyms: foreign, exotic, rare, imported
  • Use: Corruption is endemic in some departments.

34. ENERVATE (v.)

  • Urdu: کمزور کرنا، تھکا دینا
  • Meaning: to cause someone to feel drained of energy
  • Synonyms: exhaust, weaken, tire, sap, debilitate
  • Antonyms: energise, invigorate, strengthen
  • Use: The humid heat enervated the workers.
  • Trap: it does not mean "energise"; it means the opposite.

35. ENFRANCHISE (v.)

  • Urdu: حقِ رائے دینا
  • Meaning: to give the right to vote
  • Synonyms: emancipate, liberate, empower, give the vote
  • Antonyms: disenfranchise, subjugate
  • Use: Overseas Pakistanis were enfranchised in 2021.
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36. ENGENDER (v.)

  • Urdu: پیدا کرنا، جنم دینا
  • Meaning: to cause or give rise to a feeling or situation
  • Synonyms: cause, produce, generate, provoke, breed
  • Antonyms: prevent, suppress, stifle, end
  • Use: Injustice engenders resentment.

37. ENHANCE (v.)

  • Urdu: بڑھانا، بہتر بنانا
  • Meaning: to intensify or improve quality or value
  • Synonyms: improve, boost, increase, heighten, augment
  • Antonyms: reduce, diminish, worsen, impair
  • Use: Reading newspapers enhances vocabulary.

38. ENIGMA (n.)

  • Urdu: معمہ، پہیلی
  • Meaning: something mysterious or puzzling
  • Synonyms: mystery, puzzle, riddle, conundrum
  • Antonyms: certainty, clarity, explanation
  • Use: Her disappearance remains an enigma.
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39. ENIGMATIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: پراسرار
  • Meaning: difficult to interpret or understand
  • Synonyms: mysterious, cryptic, inscrutable, puzzling, sibylline
  • Antonyms: clear, obvious, straightforward
  • Use: The Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile fascinates viewers.
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40. ENMITY (n.)

  • Urdu: دشمنی، عداوت
  • Meaning: the state of being actively opposed or hostile
  • Synonyms: hostility, animosity, antagonism, hatred, rancour
  • Antonyms: friendship, amity, goodwill
  • Use: Old tribal enmity led to the clash.

41. ENNUI (n.)

  • Urdu: بیزاری، اکتاہٹ
  • Meaning: listlessness and dissatisfaction from boredom
  • Synonyms: boredom, tedium, listlessness, weariness, lassitude
  • Antonyms: excitement, interest, enthusiasm, zest
  • Use: The long lockdown brought a sense of ennui.

42. ENORMITY (n.)

  • Urdu: شدت، سنگینی، ہولناکی
  • Meaning: the great scale or seriousness of something bad
  • Synonyms: magnitude, gravity, seriousness, wickedness, atrocity
  • Antonyms: triviality, insignificance, pettiness
  • Use: Few grasped the enormity of the disaster.

43. ENSCONCE (v.)

  • Urdu: آرام سے بیٹھ جانا، جم جانا
  • Meaning: to establish or settle comfortably and securely
  • Synonyms: settle, install, establish, nestle, entrench
  • Antonyms: dislodge, remove, evict, expose
  • Use: He was ensconced in his armchair with a book.

44. ENTHRALL (v.)

  • Urdu: مسحور کرنا
  • Meaning: to capture someone's fascinated attention
  • Synonyms: captivate, fascinate, spellbind, enchant, rivet
  • Antonyms: bore, repel, weary
  • Use: The storyteller enthralled the audience.
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45. ENTICE (v.)

  • Urdu: لالچ دینا، فریفتہ کرنا
  • Meaning: to attract by offering pleasure or advantage
  • Synonyms: lure, tempt, attract, coax, allure
  • Antonyms: repel, deter, discourage
  • Use: Discounts entice shoppers during Ramadan.

46. ENTRENCHED (adj.)

  • Urdu: مضبوطی سے جما ہوا، جڑ پکڑا ہوا
  • Meaning: firmly established and difficult to change
  • Synonyms: ingrained, deep-rooted, established, fixed, entrenched
  • Antonyms: superficial, temporary, weak, flexible
  • Use: Feudalism remains entrenched in rural politics.

47. ENUMERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: شمار کرنا، گنوانا
  • Meaning: to mention a number of things one by one
  • Synonyms: list, itemise, count, specify, detail
  • Antonyms: generalise, summarise
  • Use: Enumerate the causes of the energy crisis.

48. EPHEMERAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: عارضی، فانی
  • Meaning: lasting a very short time
  • Synonyms: fleeting, transient, short-lived, momentary
  • Antonyms: enduring, permanent, eternal
  • Use: Fame on TikTok is ephemeral.
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49. EPICURE (n.)

  • Urdu: خوش خوراک، لذیذ کھانوں کا شوقین
  • Meaning: a person who takes special pleasure in fine food and drink
  • Synonyms: gourmet, gastronome, connoisseur, foodie, bon vivant
  • Antonyms: ascetic, glutton (undiscriminating)
  • Use: Lahore's food street is heaven for an epicure.

50. EPITOME (n.)

  • Urdu: مجسم نمونہ، خلاصہ
  • Meaning: a perfect example of a quality
  • Synonyms: embodiment, essence, personification, quintessence
  • Antonyms: antithesis, opposite
  • Use: Edhi was the epitome of humanity.
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