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Q / R-1 — Quack to Reluctant (50 words)

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Letter Q and the start of R: 50 words, from Quack to Reluctant.

1. QUACK (n.)

  • Urdu: عطائی، نیم حکیم
  • Meaning: a person who dishonestly claims medical or special knowledge
  • Synonyms: charlatan, impostor, fraud, mountebank, sham
  • Antonyms: professional, expert, genuine doctor
  • Use: Rural patients often fall into the hands of quacks.

2. QUAINT (adj.)

  • Urdu: انوکھا اور پرکشش (پرانے طرز کا)
  • Meaning: attractively unusual or old-fashioned
  • Synonyms: charming, old-fashioned, picturesque, quirky, unusual
  • Antonyms: modern, ordinary, contemporary, commonplace
  • Use: The quaint streets of old Lahore charm visitors.

3. QUALM (n.)

  • Urdu: خدشہ، ضمیر کی خلش
  • Meaning: an uneasy feeling of doubt or conscience
  • Synonyms: misgiving, scruple, doubt, hesitation, compunction
  • Antonyms: confidence, certainty, assurance
  • Use: He had no qualms about taking bribes.

4. QUANDARY (n.)

  • Urdu: مخمصہ، شش و پنج
  • Meaning: a state of uncertainty over what to do
  • Synonyms: dilemma, predicament, plight, impasse, fix
  • Antonyms: certainty, solution, resolution, ease
  • Use: The IMF deal left the government in a quandary.

5. QUARANTINE (n./v.)

  • Urdu: قرنطینہ، الگ تھلگ رکھنا
  • Meaning: isolation to prevent the spread of disease
  • Synonyms: isolation, segregation, confinement; isolate, separate
  • Antonyms: release, freedom; mix, integrate
  • Use: Travellers were quarantined during COVID-19.

6. QUELL (v.)

  • Urdu: کچلنا، دبا دینا
  • Meaning: to put an end to, usually by force; to calm
  • Synonyms: suppress, crush, subdue, quash; allay, calm
  • Antonyms: incite, provoke, foment, arouse
  • Use: Troops were sent to quell the riots.

7. QUERULOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: شکایتی، ہر وقت گلہ کرنے والا
  • Meaning: complaining in a whining manner
  • Synonyms: complaining, peevish, petulant, fretful, whining
  • Antonyms: contented, uncomplaining, easy-going, cheerful
  • Use: The querulous old man grumbled about everything.

8. QUIBBLE (v./n.)

  • Urdu: معمولی بات پر اعتراض کرنا، بال کی کھال نکالنا
  • Meaning: to argue about a trivial matter; a minor objection
  • Synonyms: cavil, nitpick, split hairs; objection, criticism
  • Antonyms: agree, accept; approval
  • Use: Let us not quibble over minor wording.

9. QUIESCENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: ساکن، خاموش، غیر فعال
  • Meaning: in a state of inactivity
  • Synonyms: dormant, inactive, inert, latent, still
  • Antonyms: active, dynamic, busy, lively
  • Use: The volcano has been quiescent for centuries.

10. QUINTESSENTIAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: مثالی، اصل روح کا حامل
  • Meaning: representing the most perfect example of a quality
  • Synonyms: typical, classic, archetypal, ideal, definitive
  • Antonyms: atypical, unrepresentative, abnormal
  • Use: Biryani is the quintessential Karachi dish.

11. QUIRK (n.)

  • Urdu: عجیب عادت، انوکھاپن
  • Meaning: a peculiar habit or behaviour
  • Synonyms: idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, eccentricity, oddity, foible
  • Antonyms: normality, conformity, regularity
  • Use: A quirk of history made Karachi the first capital.

12. QUIXOTIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: خیالی، غیر حقیقت پسندانہ حد تک آئیڈیلسٹ
  • Meaning: extremely idealistic and impractical
  • Synonyms: idealistic, impractical, romantic, visionary, utopian
  • Antonyms: practical, pragmatic, realistic, down-to-earth
  • Use: Ending poverty in one year is a quixotic promise.

13. QUOTIDIAN (adj.)

  • Urdu: روزمرہ کا، معمولی
  • Meaning: daily; ordinary
  • Synonyms: daily, everyday, routine, mundane, commonplace
  • Antonyms: unusual, extraordinary, rare, occasional
  • Use: Traffic jams are a quotidian reality in Karachi.

14. RABID (adj.)

  • Urdu: کٹّر، انتہا پسند؛ باولا (کتا)
  • Meaning: having extreme or fanatical views; affected by rabies
  • Synonyms: fanatical, extreme, zealous, fervent, raving
  • Antonyms: moderate, mild, calm, reasonable
  • Use: Rabid nationalism breeds hostility towards neighbours.

15. RAMPANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے قابو، عام، ہر طرف پھیلا ہوا
  • Meaning: flourishing or spreading unchecked
  • Synonyms: widespread, unchecked, rife, uncontrolled, unrestrained
  • Antonyms: controlled, restrained, limited, checked
  • Use: Corruption is rampant in land records.

16. RANCOUR (n.)

  • Urdu: کینہ، بغض، عداوت
  • Meaning: bitterness or resentment, especially long-lasting
  • Synonyms: bitterness, resentment, animosity, malice, spite
  • Antonyms: goodwill, friendship, amity, forgiveness
  • Use: Politics in Pakistan is often driven by personal rancour.

17. RANKLE (v.)

  • Urdu: دل میں کانٹے کی طرح چُبھنا
  • Meaning: to cause lasting annoyance or bitterness
  • Synonyms: irritate, annoy, vex, gall, embitter
  • Antonyms: please, soothe, delight, gratify
  • Use: The unfair decision still rankles with the players.

18. RAPACIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: لالچی، لوٹ مار کرنے والا
  • Meaning: aggressively greedy
  • Synonyms: greedy, grasping, avaricious, predatory, voracious
  • Antonyms: generous, giving, content, unselfish
  • Use: Rapacious land mafias grab state property.

19. RAPPORT (n.)

  • Urdu: ہم آہنگی، اچھے تعلقات
  • Meaning: a close, harmonious relationship
  • Synonyms: harmony, understanding, affinity, bond, empathy
  • Antonyms: discord, hostility, antipathy, alienation
  • Use: A good teacher builds rapport with students.

20. RAPPROCHEMENT (n.)

  • Urdu: تعلقات میں بحالی، مفاہمت
  • Meaning: re-establishment of friendly relations
  • Synonyms: reconciliation, détente, reunion, understanding, accord
  • Antonyms: estrangement, rupture, hostility, breach
  • Use: The Saudi–Iran rapprochement eased regional tension.

21. RASH (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے سوچے سمجھے، جلد باز
  • Meaning: acting without careful thought
  • Synonyms: reckless, hasty, impetuous, impulsive, foolhardy
  • Antonyms: careful, cautious, prudent, considered
  • Use: A rash decision cost the company millions.

22. RATIFY (v.)

  • Urdu: توثیق کرنا، منظوری دینا
  • Meaning: to give formal consent to a treaty or agreement
  • Synonyms: approve, confirm, endorse, sanction, validate
  • Antonyms: reject, veto, repudiate, revoke
  • Use: Pakistan ratified the Paris climate agreement.

23. RATIONAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: معقول، عقلی
  • Meaning: based on reason or logic
  • Synonyms: logical, reasonable, sensible, sound, sane
  • Antonyms: irrational, illogical, unreasonable, absurd
  • Use: Policy should rest on rational analysis, not slogans.

24. RAUCOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: کرخت، شور شرابے والا
  • Meaning: making a harsh, loud noise
  • Synonyms: harsh, strident, noisy, rowdy, grating
  • Antonyms: quiet, soft, gentle, melodious
  • Use: The raucous crowd drowned out the speaker.

25. RAVAGE (v.)

  • Urdu: تباہ کرنا، برباد کرنا
  • Meaning: to cause severe damage to
  • Synonyms: devastate, destroy, wreck, lay waste, ruin
  • Antonyms: restore, rebuild, repair, protect
  • Use: The 2022 floods ravaged Sindh.

26. RAZE (v.)

  • Urdu: مسمار کرنا، زمین بوس کرنا
  • Meaning: to completely destroy a building or town
  • Synonyms: demolish, level, flatten, destroy, bulldoze
  • Antonyms: build, construct, erect, raise
  • Use: Encroachments were razed along the nullahs.
  • ⚠️ Trap: raze (destroy) sounds like raise (build up), its opposite.

27. REACTIONARY (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: رجعت پسند، ترقی کا مخالف
  • Meaning: opposing political or social progress
  • Synonyms: conservative, regressive, traditionalist, die-hard
  • Antonyms: progressive, liberal, radical, reformist
  • Use: Reactionary forces resisted girls' education.

28. REBUFF (v./n.)

  • Urdu: سختی سے رد کرنا، جھڑک دینا
  • Meaning: to reject in an abrupt or ungracious manner
  • Synonyms: reject, spurn, snub, repulse, turn down
  • Antonyms: accept, welcome, embrace, approve
  • Use: India rebuffed every offer of dialogue.

29. REBUKE (v./n.)

  • Urdu: ڈانٹنا، سرزنش کرنا
  • Meaning: to express sharp disapproval
  • Synonyms: reprimand, reproach, scold, admonish, chide
  • Antonyms: praise, commend, compliment, applaud
  • Use: The court rebuked the police for negligence.

30. REBUT (v.)

  • Urdu: تردید کرنا، جوابی دلیل دینا
  • Meaning: to claim or prove that something is false
  • Synonyms: refute, disprove, contradict, counter, negate
  • Antonyms: confirm, prove, support, endorse
  • Use: The ministry rebutted the allegations point by point.

31. RECALCITRANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: سرکش، نافرمان
  • Meaning: stubbornly uncooperative with authority
  • Synonyms: defiant, unruly, disobedient, intractable, refractory
  • Antonyms: obedient, compliant, docile, amenable
  • Use: Recalcitrant tax evaders escape every net.

32. RECANT (v.)

  • Urdu: اپنی بات سے منحرف ہونا، رجوع کرنا
  • Meaning: to withdraw a former statement or belief
  • Synonyms: retract, withdraw, renounce, disavow, take back
  • Antonyms: affirm, maintain, reiterate, uphold
  • Use: The witness recanted his earlier testimony.

33. RECIPROCATE (v.)

  • Urdu: جواب میں ویسا ہی کرنا، بدلہ دینا
  • Meaning: to respond with a similar action
  • Synonyms: return, repay, requite, match, respond
  • Antonyms: ignore, withhold, neglect
  • Use: China reciprocated Pakistan's support at the UN.

34. RECLUSIVE (adj.)

  • Urdu: گوشہ نشیں، تنہائی پسند
  • Meaning: avoiding the company of others
  • Synonyms: solitary, withdrawn, secluded, hermitic, retiring
  • Antonyms: sociable, gregarious, outgoing, convivial
  • Use: The reclusive poet rarely left his village.

35. RECONDITE (adj.)

  • Urdu: دقیق، مشکل، کم معروف
  • Meaning: little known; obscure and difficult
  • Synonyms: obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, profound
  • Antonyms: simple, familiar, obvious, straightforward
  • Use: The lecture was full of recondite legal terms.

36. RECTIFY (v.)

  • Urdu: درست کرنا، اصلاح کرنا
  • Meaning: to put right; correct
  • Synonyms: correct, fix, remedy, amend, repair
  • Antonyms: worsen, damage, spoil, aggravate
  • Use: The board rectified the error in the result.

37. RECTITUDE (n.)

  • Urdu: راست بازی، دیانتداری
  • Meaning: morally correct behaviour
  • Synonyms: integrity, honesty, probity, uprightness, righteousness
  • Antonyms: dishonesty, corruption, immorality, turpitude
  • Use: Justice Cornelius was known for his rectitude.

38. RECUPERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: صحت یاب ہونا، بحال ہونا
  • Meaning: to recover from illness or loss
  • Synonyms: recover, convalesce, heal, rally, bounce back
  • Antonyms: deteriorate, relapse, decline, weaken
  • Use: The economy needs time to recuperate.

39. REDOLENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: خوشبودار؛ یاد دلانے والا
  • Meaning: strongly smelling of; strongly suggestive of
  • Synonyms: fragrant, aromatic; evocative, reminiscent, suggestive
  • Antonyms: odourless; unsuggestive
  • Use: The old haveli is redolent of Mughal grandeur.

40. REDOUBTABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: زبردست، قابلِ احترام (و خوف)
  • Meaning: formidable, especially as an opponent
  • Synonyms: formidable, fearsome, impressive, powerful, mighty
  • Antonyms: weak, feeble, unimpressive, harmless
  • Use: Imran Khan was a redoubtable fast bowler.

41. REDRESS (v./n.)

  • Urdu: ازالہ کرنا، تلافی کرنا
  • Meaning: to remedy a wrong; compensation
  • Synonyms: rectify, remedy, correct; compensation, reparation
  • Antonyms: worsen, aggravate; injury, wrong
  • Use: The ombudsman helps citizens redress grievances.

42. REDUNDANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: زائد، غیر ضروری
  • Meaning: no longer needed; superfluous
  • Synonyms: superfluous, unnecessary, surplus, excess, needless
  • Antonyms: necessary, essential, required, indispensable
  • Use: Remove redundant words from your précis.

43. REFUTE (v.)

  • Urdu: تردید کرنا، غلط ثابت کرنا
  • Meaning: to prove a statement to be wrong
  • Synonyms: disprove, rebut, contradict, negate, discredit
  • Antonyms: prove, confirm, verify, support
  • Use: Data refute the claim that literacy is rising fast.

44. REGRESS (v.)

  • Urdu: پیچھے جانا، تنزلی کا شکار ہونا
  • Meaning: to return to a former or less developed state
  • Synonyms: revert, relapse, retrogress, deteriorate, backslide
  • Antonyms: progress, advance, develop, improve
  • Use: Without reform, the economy will regress.

45. REITERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: دہرانا، بار بار کہنا
  • Meaning: to say again for emphasis
  • Synonyms: repeat, restate, reaffirm, emphasize, recapitulate
  • Antonyms: retract, withdraw, recant
  • Use: Pakistan reiterated its stance on Kashmir.

46. REJUVENATE (v.)

  • Urdu: نئی جان ڈالنا، جوان کرنا
  • Meaning: to make fresh or youthful again
  • Synonyms: revitalize, refresh, restore, renew, revive
  • Antonyms: age, weaken, exhaust, tire
  • Use: The new policy aims to rejuvenate the textile sector.

47. RELEGATE (v.)

  • Urdu: کمتر درجے پر بھیجنا، پسِ پشت ڈالنا
  • Meaning: to assign to a lower rank or position
  • Synonyms: demote, downgrade, consign, banish, sideline
  • Antonyms: promote, elevate, upgrade, advance
  • Use: Climate issues were relegated to the last session.

48. RELENTLESS (adj.)

  • Urdu: مسلسل، بے رحم، نہ رکنے والا
  • Meaning: unceasingly intense; harsh
  • Synonyms: persistent, unremitting, incessant, unyielding, merciless
  • Antonyms: intermittent, occasional, lenient, merciful
  • Use: Relentless rain flooded the lower areas.

49. RELINQUISH (v.)

  • Urdu: دستبردار ہونا، چھوڑ دینا
  • Meaning: to voluntarily give up
  • Synonyms: renounce, surrender, abandon, cede, forgo
  • Antonyms: retain, keep, hold, seize
  • Use: The general refused to relinquish power.

50. RELUCTANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: ہچکچاتا ہوا، نا راضی
  • Meaning: unwilling and hesitant
  • Synonyms: unwilling, hesitant, disinclined, averse, loath
  • Antonyms: willing, eager, keen, enthusiastic
  • Use: Banks are reluctant to lend to small farmers.