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E-2 / F-1 — Equanimity to Fallible (50 words)

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The end of letter E and the start of F: 50 words, from Equanimity to Fallacious.

1. EQUANIMITY (n.)

  • Urdu: ضبط، ٹھہراؤ، سکونِ قلب
  • Meaning: mental calmness, especially in difficulty
  • Synonyms: composure, calmness, poise, serenity, self-possession
  • Antonyms: agitation, anxiety, panic, discomposure
  • Use: She accepted the result with equanimity.

2. EQUITABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: منصفانہ، عادلانہ
  • Meaning: fair and impartial
  • Synonyms: fair, just, even-handed, impartial, reasonable
  • Antonyms: unfair, unjust, biased, inequitable
  • Use: The NFC Award aims at equitable distribution of revenue.

3. EQUIVOCAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: مبہم، ذو معنی
  • Meaning: open to more than one interpretation
  • Synonyms: ambiguous, vague, unclear, evasive, cryptic
  • Antonyms: unequivocal, clear, definite, explicit
  • Use: His equivocal statement satisfied no one.
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4. EQUIVOCATE (v.)

  • Urdu: گول مول بات کرنا
  • Meaning: to use ambiguous language to avoid commitment
  • Synonyms: prevaricate, hedge, evade, dodge, waffle
  • Antonyms: state plainly, be direct, commit
  • Use: The spokesman equivocated when asked about the deal.

5. ERADICATE (v.)

  • Urdu: جڑ سے ختم کرنا، مٹانا
  • Meaning: to destroy completely
  • Synonyms: eliminate, abolish, wipe out, root out, exterminate
  • Antonyms: establish, create, foster, spread
  • Use: Pakistan is working to eradicate polio.

6. ERRATIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر مستقل، بے ترتیب
  • Meaning: not even or regular in pattern
  • Synonyms: unpredictable, irregular, inconsistent, fitful, variable
  • Antonyms: consistent, regular, steady, predictable
  • Use: Erratic power supply hurts industry.

7. ERRONEOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: غلط، خطا پر مبنی
  • Meaning: wrong; incorrect
  • Synonyms: incorrect, mistaken, inaccurate, false, flawed
  • Antonyms: correct, accurate, right, true
  • Use: The report was based on erroneous data.

8. ERUDITE (adj.)

  • Urdu: عالم، فاضل، پڑھا لکھا
  • Meaning: having or showing great learning
  • Synonyms: learned, scholarly, knowledgeable, well-read, cultured
  • Antonyms: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate, unlearned
  • Use: The erudite scholar quoted Rumi and Kant alike.

9. ESCHEW (v.)

  • Urdu: پرہیز کرنا، اجتناب کرنا
  • Meaning: to deliberately avoid
  • Synonyms: avoid, shun, abstain from, forgo, spurn
  • Antonyms: embrace, adopt, seek, welcome
  • Use: A good writer eschews jargon.

10. ESOTERIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: باطنی، دقیق
  • Meaning: understood by only a few
  • Synonyms: obscure, arcane, abstruse, recondite
  • Antonyms: obvious, well-known, accessible
  • Use: Sufi texts contain esoteric meanings.
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11. ESPOUSE (v.)

  • Urdu: اپنانا، حمایت کرنا
  • Meaning: to adopt or support a cause or belief
  • Synonyms: adopt, embrace, champion, advocate, support
  • Antonyms: reject, oppose, abandon, renounce
  • Use: Sir Syed espoused modern education for Muslims.

12. ESTRANGE (v.)

  • Urdu: دور کرنا، بیگانہ کرنا
  • Meaning: to cause someone to be no longer close
  • Synonyms: alienate, distance, separate, divide, drive apart
  • Antonyms: reconcile, unite, reunite
  • Use: A property dispute estranged the brothers.

13. ETHEREAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: لطیف، آسمانی، غیر مادی
  • Meaning: extremely delicate and light; heavenly
  • Synonyms: delicate, airy, heavenly, celestial, otherworldly
  • Antonyms: earthly, solid, substantial, heavy
  • Use: The mountains looked ethereal in the mist.

14. EULOGY (n.)

  • Urdu: تعریفی خطبہ، مدح
  • Meaning: a speech praising someone, especially one who has died
  • Synonyms: tribute, encomium, panegyric, praise, accolade
  • Antonyms: criticism, condemnation, tirade
  • Use: He delivered a moving eulogy for his teacher.

15. EUPHEMISM (n.)

  • Urdu: نرم الفاظ میں کہنا، شائستہ اصطلاح
  • Meaning: a mild word substituted for a harsh or blunt one
  • Synonyms: polite term, understatement, softening, substitute
  • Antonyms: dysphemism, bluntness, plain speaking
  • Use: "Passed away" is a euphemism for "died".

16. EUPHORIA (n.)

  • Urdu: سرشاری، بے پناہ خوشی
  • Meaning: intense happiness
  • Synonyms: elation, ecstasy, bliss, joy
  • Antonyms: melancholy, despair, misery
  • Use: Euphoria swept the country after the World Cup win.
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17. EVANESCENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: مٹ جانے والا، لمحاتی
  • Meaning: soon passing out of sight or memory
  • Synonyms: fleeting, ephemeral, transient, vanishing, momentary
  • Antonyms: permanent, lasting, enduring
  • Use: The rainbow's beauty was evanescent.

18. EVASIVE (adj.)

  • Urdu: ٹال مٹول والا، گول مول
  • Meaning: tending to avoid commitment or direct answers
  • Synonyms: equivocal, vague, elusive, indirect, cagey
  • Antonyms: direct, frank, straightforward, candid
  • Use: He gave evasive answers to the committee.
  • 🔁 CSS 2026 (antonym of candour)

19. EVOKE (v.)

  • Urdu: یاد دلانا، جذبات ابھارنا
  • Meaning: to bring a feeling or memory to mind
  • Synonyms: summon, arouse, elicit, conjure up, awaken
  • Antonyms: suppress, repress, stifle
  • Use: The old song evoked memories of childhood.

20. EXACERBATE (v.)

  • Urdu: مزید بگاڑنا، شدت بڑھانا
  • Meaning: to make a problem worse
  • Synonyms: aggravate, worsen, intensify, inflame, compound
  • Antonyms: alleviate, ease, improve, soothe
  • Use: Deforestation exacerbated the floods.

21. EXACTING (adj.)

  • Urdu: سخت مطالبے والا، کڑا
  • Meaning: making great demands on skill or attention
  • Synonyms: demanding, strict, rigorous, stringent, taxing
  • Antonyms: easy, lenient, undemanding, lax
  • Use: The CSS exam sets exacting standards.

22. EXALT (v.)

  • Urdu: بلند مرتبہ دینا، ستائش کرنا
  • Meaning: to raise in rank; to praise highly
  • Synonyms: elevate, glorify, praise, extol, honour
  • Antonyms: degrade, debase, humble, demote
  • Use: Poets exalted the martyrs in their verses.

23. EXASPERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: سخت ناراض کرنا، تنگ کرنا
  • Meaning: to irritate intensely
  • Synonyms: infuriate, annoy, irritate, frustrate, anger
  • Antonyms: please, soothe, calm, placate
  • Use: Endless delays exasperated the passengers.

24. EXCULPATE (v.)

  • Urdu: بری الذمہ قرار دینا
  • Meaning: to show or declare someone not guilty
  • Synonyms: exonerate, absolve, acquit, clear, vindicate
  • Antonyms: incriminate, inculpate, blame, convict
  • Use: New evidence exculpated the accused.

25. EXECRABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: نہایت برا، قابلِ نفرت
  • Meaning: extremely bad or unpleasant
  • Synonyms: appalling, dreadful, abominable, atrocious, horrible
  • Antonyms: excellent, admirable, superb
  • Use: The hotel's service was execrable.

26. EXEMPLARY (adj.)

  • Urdu: مثالی، قابلِ تقلید
  • Meaning: serving as a desirable model; very good
  • Synonyms: ideal, model, excellent, admirable, commendable
  • Antonyms: poor, deplorable, reprehensible, bad
  • Use: The officer showed exemplary courage.

27. EXHORT (v.)

  • Urdu: تلقین کرنا، زور دے کر ترغیب دینا
  • Meaning: to strongly encourage or urge
  • Synonyms: urge, encourage, press, implore, spur
  • Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, deter
  • Use: The Quaid exhorted the nation to work hard.

28. EXIGENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: فوری توجہ طلب، کڑے تقاضے والا
  • Meaning: pressing; demanding
  • Synonyms: urgent, pressing, critical, demanding, exacting
  • Antonyms: unimportant, trivial, easy, undemanding
  • Use: The exigent circumstances required quick action.

29. EXODUS (n.)

  • Urdu: بڑے پیمانے پر نقلِ مکانی، ہجرت
  • Meaning: a mass departure of people
  • Synonyms: departure, migration, exit, flight, evacuation
  • Antonyms: influx, arrival, return, immigration
  • Use: Brain drain has become an exodus of young professionals.

30. EXONERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: بری کرنا
  • Meaning: to officially clear of blame
  • Synonyms: acquit, absolve, vindicate, clear, exculpate
  • Antonyms: convict, blame, incriminate
  • Use: The court exonerated him after ten years.
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31. EXORBITANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: حد سے زیادہ مہنگا، بے جا
  • Meaning: unreasonably high (of price)
  • Synonyms: excessive, extortionate, inflated, steep, outrageous
  • Antonyms: reasonable, moderate, cheap, fair
  • Use: Electricity bills have become exorbitant.

32. EXPEDIENT (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: مصلحت آمیز، فوری فائدے مند
  • Meaning: convenient and practical, though possibly improper
  • Synonyms: convenient, advantageous, pragmatic, politic, useful
  • Antonyms: inexpedient, impractical, principled, unwise
  • Use: Borrowing again was expedient but not wise.

33. EXPEDITE (v.)

  • Urdu: تیز کرنا، جلدی نمٹانا
  • Meaning: to make an action happen sooner
  • Synonyms: speed up, hasten, accelerate, hurry, facilitate
  • Antonyms: delay, hinder, slow, obstruct
  • Use: The court ordered to expedite the trial.

34. EXPLICIT (adj.)

  • Urdu: واضح، صریح
  • Meaning: stated clearly and in detail
  • Synonyms: clear, plain, direct, specific, unambiguous
  • Antonyms: implicit, vague, ambiguous, implied
  • Use: The instructions were explicit.

35. EXPOUND (v.)

  • Urdu: تفصیل سے بیان کرنا، شرح کرنا
  • Meaning: to present and explain a theory in detail
  • Synonyms: explain, set forth, elucidate, detail, describe
  • Antonyms: conceal, obscure, confuse
  • Use: Iqbal expounded his philosophy of khudi.

36. EXPUNGE (v.)

  • Urdu: حذف کرنا، مٹانا
  • Meaning: to erase or remove completely
  • Synonyms: erase, delete, remove, strike out, obliterate
  • Antonyms: add, insert, include, retain
  • Use: The Speaker expunged the remarks from the record.

37. EXTANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: موجود، باقی بچا ہوا
  • Meaning: still in existence
  • Synonyms: surviving, existing, remaining, living, in existence
  • Antonyms: extinct, lost, gone, destroyed
  • Use: Only a few extant copies of the manuscript remain.

38. EXTOL (v.)

  • Urdu: بہت تعریف کرنا
  • Meaning: to praise enthusiastically
  • Synonyms: praise, laud, acclaim, glorify, eulogise
  • Antonyms: criticise, condemn, disparage
  • Use: Poets extol the beauty of the Neelum valley.
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39. EXTORT (v.)

  • Urdu: زبردستی وصول کرنا، بھتہ لینا
  • Meaning: to obtain by force or threats
  • Synonyms: extract, wring, coerce, blackmail, squeeze
  • Antonyms: give, offer, grant
  • Use: Gangs extorted money from shopkeepers.

40. EXTRANEOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر متعلق، بیرونی
  • Meaning: irrelevant; coming from outside
  • Synonyms: irrelevant, unrelated, extrinsic, unnecessary, immaterial
  • Antonyms: relevant, pertinent, germane, essential
  • Use: Remove extraneous details from your précis.

41. EXTRAVAGANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: فضول خرچ، حد سے بڑھا ہوا
  • Meaning: spending too much; exceeding reasonable limits
  • Synonyms: lavish, wasteful, profligate, excessive, prodigal
  • Antonyms: frugal, thrifty, economical, moderate
  • Use: Extravagant weddings burden poor families.

42. EXTRICATE (v.)

  • Urdu: نکالنا، چھڑانا
  • Meaning: to free from a difficulty
  • Synonyms: free, release, disentangle, rescue, liberate
  • Antonyms: entangle, embroil, trap, involve
  • Use: It took years to extricate the economy from debt.

43. EXUBERANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: پرجوش، خوش و خرم
  • Meaning: full of energy, excitement and cheerfulness
  • Synonyms: ebullient, lively, enthusiastic, buoyant, high-spirited
  • Antonyms: gloomy, melancholy, subdued, depressed
  • Use: The exuberant fans celebrated all night.
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44. FABRICATE (v.)

  • Urdu: گھڑنا، جعل سازی کرنا؛ تیار کرنا
  • Meaning: to invent in order to deceive; to construct
  • Synonyms: invent, forge, falsify, concoct, manufacture
  • Antonyms: verify, tell the truth, destroy
  • Use: The witness fabricated the whole story.

45. FAÇADE (n.)

  • Urdu: سامنے کا حصہ؛ ظاہری دکھاوا
  • Meaning: the front of a building; a deceptive outward appearance
  • Synonyms: front, exterior, pretence, mask, veneer
  • Antonyms: reality, interior, substance
  • Use: Behind the façade of democracy lay military rule.

46. FACETIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے محل مزاح، غیر سنجیدہ مذاق
  • Meaning: treating serious issues with inappropriate humour
  • Synonyms: flippant, frivolous, joking, glib, tongue-in-cheek
  • Antonyms: serious, earnest, solemn, sincere
  • Use: His facetious remark at the funeral offended many.

47. FACILE (adj.)

  • Urdu: سطحی، سہل پسندانہ
  • Meaning: too simple, ignoring complexities; effortless
  • Synonyms: simplistic, superficial, glib, shallow, easy
  • Antonyms: profound, thoughtful, complex, difficult
  • Use: There is no facile solution to terrorism.

48. FACILITATE (v.)

  • Urdu: آسان بنانا، سہولت دینا
  • Meaning: to make an action or process easier
  • Synonyms: ease, assist, enable, expedite, promote
  • Antonyms: hinder, impede, obstruct, hamper
  • Use: Online portals facilitate tax filing.

49. FALLACIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: غلط، گمراہ کن
  • Meaning: based on a mistaken belief or faulty reasoning
  • Synonyms: false, erroneous, flawed, misleading, invalid
  • Antonyms: correct, valid, sound, true
  • Use: The argument that education is useless is fallacious.

50. FALLIBLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: خطا کا پتلا، غلطی کر سکنے والا
  • Meaning: capable of making mistakes
  • Synonyms: imperfect, error-prone, flawed, weak, human
  • Antonyms: infallible, perfect, unerring
  • Use: Judges too are fallible.