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P-3 — Portend to Pusillanimous (50 words)

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Letter P, part 3: 50 words, from Portend to Pusillanimous.

1. PORTEND (v.)

  • Urdu: پیش گوئی کرنا، شگون ہونا
  • Meaning: to be a sign of something to come, usually bad
  • Synonyms: presage, foreshadow, augur, herald, forebode
  • Antonyms: follow, result
  • Use: Falling exports portend a wider economic crisis.

2. POSTERITY (n.)

  • Urdu: آنے والی نسلیں
  • Meaning: all future generations
  • Synonyms: future generations, descendants, successors, heirs
  • Antonyms: ancestors, forefathers, predecessors
  • Use: We must preserve Mohenjo-daro for posterity.

3. POSTHUMOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: بعد از مرگ
  • Meaning: occurring after death
  • Synonyms: after death, post-mortem, subsequent
  • Antonyms: antemortem, during lifetime
  • Use: He was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider posthumously.

4. POSTULATE (v./n.)

  • Urdu: مفروضہ قائم کرنا؛ مفروضہ
  • Meaning: to assume as a basis of reasoning; an assumption
  • Synonyms: assume, presuppose, hypothesize, posit; premise
  • Antonyms: prove, demonstrate; conclusion, fact
  • Use: Economists postulate that people act rationally.

5. PRAGMATIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: عملیت پسند، حقیقت پسند
  • Meaning: dealing with things sensibly and realistically
  • Synonyms: practical, realistic, sensible, down-to-earth, businesslike
  • Antonyms: idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, quixotic
  • Use: Foreign policy must be pragmatic, not emotional.

6. PRECARIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر یقینی، خطرناک، ڈانواں ڈول
  • Meaning: not securely held; dangerously unstable
  • Synonyms: insecure, unstable, risky, perilous, shaky
  • Antonyms: secure, stable, safe, steady
  • Use: The country's foreign reserves are in a precarious state.

7. PRECEDENT (n.)

  • Urdu: نظیر، مثال
  • Meaning: an earlier event used as an example or guide
  • Synonyms: example, model, pattern, standard, exemplar
  • Antonyms: novelty, departure, exception
  • Use: The judgment set a precedent for future cases.

8. PRECIPITATE (v./adj.)

  • Urdu: جلد رونما کرنا؛ جلد بازی کا
  • Meaning: to cause suddenly; done hastily
  • Synonyms: trigger, hasten, spark; hasty, rash, impetuous
  • Antonyms: delay, prevent; careful, deliberate
  • Use: The assassination precipitated a civil war.

9. PRECIPITOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: نہایت ڈھلوان؛ اچانک
  • Meaning: dangerously steep; sudden and dramatic
  • Synonyms: steep, sheer, abrupt, sudden, sharp
  • Antonyms: gradual, gentle, gentle-sloping, level
  • Use: The precipitous road to Skardu frightens travellers.

10. PRECLUDE (v.)

  • Urdu: روک دینا، ناممکن بنا دینا
  • Meaning: to prevent from happening
  • Synonyms: prevent, prohibit, rule out, exclude, bar
  • Antonyms: allow, permit, enable, facilitate
  • Use: Poverty should not preclude a child from school.

11. PRECOCIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: قبل از وقت ذہین، کم عمری میں ہوشیار
  • Meaning: developed abilities earlier than usual
  • Synonyms: advanced, gifted, mature, bright, forward
  • Antonyms: backward, slow, retarded, immature
  • Use: The precocious child solved algebra at eight.

12. PRECURSOR (n.)

  • Urdu: پیش رو، پیش خیمہ
  • Meaning: something that comes before another of the same kind
  • Synonyms: forerunner, predecessor, harbinger, herald, antecedent
  • Antonyms: successor, follower, descendant, sequel
  • Use: The Aligarh Movement was a precursor of the Pakistan Movement.

13. PREDILECTION (n.)

  • Urdu: خاص رغبت، ترجیح
  • Meaning: a preference or special liking
  • Synonyms: liking, preference, penchant, partiality, fondness
  • Antonyms: dislike, aversion, antipathy, disinclination
  • Use: He has a predilection for spicy food.

14. PREDOMINANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: غالب، نمایاں
  • Meaning: present as the main element; having most power
  • Synonyms: main, chief, dominant, prevailing, principal
  • Antonyms: minor, secondary, subordinate, lesser
  • Use: Agriculture is the predominant source of rural income.

15. PREEMINENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: ممتاز، سب سے برتر
  • Meaning: surpassing all others
  • Synonyms: leading, foremost, outstanding, supreme, distinguished
  • Antonyms: unknown, minor, inferior, undistinguished
  • Use: Iqbal is the preeminent poet of the subcontinent.

16. PREMONITION (n.)

  • Urdu: پیش احساس، کھٹکا
  • Meaning: a strong feeling that something bad will happen
  • Synonyms: foreboding, presentiment, intuition, hunch, misgiving
  • Antonyms: hindsight, surprise
  • Use: She had a premonition of disaster before the flight.

17. PREPONDERANCE (n.)

  • Urdu: غلبہ، اکثریت، کثرت
  • Meaning: the quality of being greater in number or importance
  • Synonyms: prevalence, predominance, majority, bulk, dominance
  • Antonyms: minority, inferiority, scarcity
  • Use: A preponderance of evidence pointed to his guilt.

18. PREPOSTEROUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: مضحکہ خیز، نامعقول
  • Meaning: contrary to reason; absurd
  • Synonyms: absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous, outrageous, nonsensical
  • Antonyms: reasonable, sensible, sound, logical
  • Use: The claim that the moon landing was faked is preposterous.

19. PREROGATIVE (n.)

  • Urdu: خصوصی حق، استحقاق
  • Meaning: an exclusive right or privilege
  • Synonyms: right, privilege, entitlement, authority, power
  • Antonyms: obligation, duty, liability
  • Use: Granting pardon is the President's prerogative.

20. PRESAGE (v./n.)

  • Urdu: پیش گوئی کرنا؛ شگون
  • Meaning: to be a sign of a future event; an omen
  • Synonyms: portend, foreshadow, herald, augur; omen
  • Antonyms: follow; aftermath
  • Use: Dark clouds presaged a storm.

21. PRESCIENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: دور اندیش، مستقبل بین
  • Meaning: having knowledge of events before they happen
  • Synonyms: far-sighted, prophetic, visionary, perceptive, provident
  • Antonyms: short-sighted, myopic, improvident
  • Use: Quaid's warnings about provincialism proved prescient.

22. PRESUMPTUOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: گستاخ، حد سے بڑھنے والا
  • Meaning: failing to observe limits of what is appropriate
  • Synonyms: arrogant, forward, bold, audacious, overconfident
  • Antonyms: modest, humble, diffident, respectful
  • Use: It is presumptuous to assume victory before the vote.

23. PRETENTIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: نمائشی، دکھاوا کرنے والا
  • Meaning: trying to impress by claiming greater importance than possessed
  • Synonyms: affected, showy, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose
  • Antonyms: modest, unpretentious, simple, natural
  • Use: Avoid pretentious vocabulary that obscures your point.

24. PREVARICATE (v.)

  • Urdu: گول مول بات کرنا، ٹال مٹول کرنا
  • Meaning: to speak or act evasively
  • Synonyms: equivocate, hedge, evade, dodge, quibble
  • Antonyms: be direct, be frank, be straightforward
  • Use: The minister prevaricated when asked about the loan.

25. PRISTINE (adj.)

  • Urdu: اصلی حالت میں، بالکل صاف ستھرا
  • Meaning: in its original, unspoiled condition
  • Synonyms: immaculate, unspoiled, untouched, pure, spotless
  • Antonyms: dirty, polluted, spoiled, contaminated
  • Use: The pristine valleys of Neelum attract tourists.

26. PROBITY (n.)

  • Urdu: دیانتداری، ایمانداری
  • Meaning: strong moral principles; honesty
  • Synonyms: integrity, honesty, uprightness, rectitude, virtue
  • Antonyms: dishonesty, corruption, deceit, turpitude
  • Use: Public servants must be people of probity.

27. PROCLIVITY (n.)

  • Urdu: رجحان، میلان (اکثر بری عادت کی طرف)
  • Meaning: a tendency to do something regularly
  • Synonyms: tendency, inclination, propensity, predisposition, penchant
  • Antonyms: aversion, disinclination, dislike
  • Use: His proclivity for gambling ruined the family.

28. PROCRASTINATE (v.)

  • Urdu: ٹال مٹول کرنا، کام ملتوی کرنا
  • Meaning: to delay or postpone action
  • Synonyms: delay, postpone, defer, stall, dawdle
  • Antonyms: act, proceed, hasten, expedite
  • Use: Candidates who procrastinate never finish the syllabus.

29. PRODIGAL (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: فضول خرچ
  • Meaning: wastefully extravagant
  • Synonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, profligate, lavish
  • Antonyms: thrifty, frugal, economical, parsimonious
  • Use: The prodigal son squandered his inheritance.

30. PRODIGIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر معمولی، حیرت انگیز حد تک بڑا
  • Meaning: remarkably great in size or degree
  • Synonyms: enormous, colossal, tremendous, remarkable, phenomenal
  • Antonyms: small, tiny, ordinary, insignificant
  • Use: Babar Azam has a prodigious talent for batting.

31. PROFANE (adj./v.)

  • Urdu: ناپاک، گستاخانہ؛ بے حرمتی کرنا
  • Meaning: not sacred; showing disrespect for holy things
  • Synonyms: secular, irreverent, blasphemous, impious; desecrate
  • Antonyms: sacred, holy, reverent; honour
  • Use: Profane language has no place in a place of worship.

32. PROFICIENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: ماہر، مشاق
  • Meaning: competent or skilled
  • Synonyms: skilled, expert, adept, accomplished, competent
  • Antonyms: incompetent, unskilled, inept, amateurish
  • Use: She is proficient in three languages.

33. PROFLIGATE (adj.)

  • Urdu: عیاش؛ فضول خرچ
  • Meaning: recklessly extravagant; immoral
  • Synonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift; dissolute, debauched
  • Antonyms: thrifty, frugal; virtuous, moral
  • Use: Profligate spending by past governments created the debt trap.

34. PROFOUND (adj.)

  • Urdu: گہرا، عمیق
  • Meaning: very great or intense; having deep insight
  • Synonyms: deep, intense, far-reaching, wise, penetrating
  • Antonyms: shallow, superficial, slight, trivial
  • Use: Iqbal's poetry has a profound philosophical depth.

35. PROFUSE (adj.)

  • Urdu: کثیر، بہت زیادہ
  • Meaning: abundant; exuberantly plentiful
  • Synonyms: copious, abundant, lavish, plentiful, ample
  • Antonyms: scanty, sparse, meagre, scarce
  • Use: He offered profuse apologies for the delay.

36. PROLIFERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: تیزی سے بڑھنا، پھیلنا
  • Meaning: to increase rapidly in number
  • Synonyms: multiply, increase, mushroom, spread, burgeon
  • Antonyms: decrease, dwindle, decline, shrink
  • Use: Illegal housing societies have proliferated around cities.

37. PROLIFIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: زرخیز، بہت زیادہ پیدا کرنے والا
  • Meaning: producing much work or many offspring
  • Synonyms: productive, fertile, fruitful, creative, abundant
  • Antonyms: unproductive, barren, sterile, infertile
  • Use: Ibn-e-Safi was a prolific writer.

38. PROLIX (adj.)

  • Urdu: طویل اور اکتا دینے والا
  • Meaning: using too many words; tediously lengthy
  • Synonyms: wordy, verbose, long-winded, rambling, lengthy
  • Antonyms: concise, succinct, terse, pithy
  • Use: A prolix answer wastes the examiner's time.

39. PROMULGATE (v.)

  • Urdu: نافذ کرنا، باقاعدہ اعلان کرنا
  • Meaning: to put a law into effect by official proclamation; to spread an idea
  • Synonyms: proclaim, decree, publish, announce, disseminate
  • Antonyms: repeal, suppress, conceal, revoke
  • Use: The 1973 Constitution was promulgated on 14 August.

40. PROPENSITY (n.)

  • Urdu: رجحان، رغبت
  • Meaning: a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
  • Synonyms: tendency, inclination, proclivity, disposition, predisposition
  • Antonyms: disinclination, aversion, reluctance
  • Use: Pakistanis have a low propensity to save.

41. PROPITIATE (v.)

  • Urdu: راضی کرنا، خوش کرنا
  • Meaning: to win or regain the favour of
  • Synonyms: appease, placate, pacify, conciliate, mollify
  • Antonyms: anger, provoke, enrage, antagonize
  • Use: Ancient people offered sacrifices to propitiate the gods.

42. PROPITIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: سازگار، مبارک، موافق
  • Meaning: favourable; indicating a good chance of success
  • Synonyms: favourable, auspicious, promising, opportune, advantageous
  • Antonyms: unfavourable, inauspicious, ominous, adverse
  • Use: Low oil prices created a propitious moment for reform.

43. PROSAIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: معمولی، روکھا پھیکا، غیر دلچسپ
  • Meaning: lacking poetic beauty; ordinary
  • Synonyms: mundane, dull, humdrum, pedestrian, commonplace
  • Antonyms: imaginative, poetic, exciting, inspired
  • Use: He described the sunset in prosaic terms.

44. PROSCRIBE (v.)

  • Urdu: ممنوع قرار دینا، کالعدم کرنا
  • Meaning: to forbid, especially by law
  • Synonyms: forbid, prohibit, ban, outlaw, interdict
  • Antonyms: allow, permit, sanction, authorize
  • Use: The government proscribed several militant groups.
  • ⚠️ Trap: don't confuse with prescribe (recommend).

45. PROTRACT (v.)

  • Urdu: طول دینا، لمبا کرنا
  • Meaning: to prolong
  • Synonyms: prolong, extend, lengthen, drag out, spin out
  • Antonyms: shorten, curtail, abbreviate, truncate
  • Use: Protracted litigation delays justice.

46. PROVOCATIVE (adj.)

  • Urdu: اشتعال انگیز
  • Meaning: causing annoyance, anger or strong reaction
  • Synonyms: inflammatory, provoking, incendiary, controversial, goading
  • Antonyms: soothing, calming, conciliatory, pacifying
  • Use: Provocative statements can inflame sectarian tension.

47. PRUDENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: دانشمند، محتاط، دور اندیش
  • Meaning: acting with care and thought for the future
  • Synonyms: wise, judicious, sensible, cautious, careful
  • Antonyms: imprudent, reckless, rash, unwise
  • Use: Prudent fiscal policy avoids unnecessary borrowing.

48. PUERILE (adj.)

  • Urdu: بچگانہ
  • Meaning: childishly silly
  • Synonyms: childish, immature, juvenile, infantile, silly
  • Antonyms: mature, adult, sensible, sophisticated
  • Use: Parliamentary debates often descend into puerile name-calling.

49. PUGNACIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: جھگڑالو، لڑاکا
  • Meaning: eager to argue or fight
  • Synonyms: combative, belligerent, aggressive, quarrelsome, bellicose
  • Antonyms: peaceable, conciliatory, docile, gentle
  • Use: His pugnacious style alienated his allies.

50. PUSILLANIMOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: بزدل، کم ہمت
  • Meaning: showing a lack of courage
  • Synonyms: cowardly, timid, fearful, spineless, craven
  • Antonyms: brave, courageous, bold, valiant
  • Use: A pusillanimous leader cannot take hard decisions.