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S-2 — Smug to Subside (50 words)

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Letter S, part 2: 50 words, from Smug to Subside.

1. SMUG (adj.)

  • Urdu: خود پسند، خود سے مطمئن
  • Meaning: excessively pleased with oneself
  • Synonyms: self-satisfied, complacent, conceited, superior, self-righteous
  • Antonyms: humble, modest, self-critical, diffident
  • Use: He wore a smug expression after winning the debate.

2. SOBER (adj.)

  • Urdu: سنجیدہ، متوازن؛ ہوش میں
  • Meaning: serious and sensible; not drunk
  • Synonyms: serious, sensible, grave, level-headed, restrained
  • Antonyms: frivolous, flippant, drunk, excited
  • Use: The report makes sober reading.

3. SOLACE (n.)

  • Urdu: تسلی، تشفی
  • Meaning: comfort in a time of distress
  • Synonyms: comfort, consolation, relief, succour, support
  • Antonyms: distress, anguish, torment, affliction
  • Use: She found solace in the Quran after her loss.

4. SOLEMN (adj.)

  • Urdu: سنجیدہ، پروقار
  • Meaning: formal and dignified; not cheerful
  • Synonyms: grave, serious, dignified, sombre, earnest
  • Antonyms: frivolous, light-hearted, cheerful, jovial
  • Use: Ministers took a solemn oath of office.

5. SOLICITOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: فکرمند، خیال رکھنے والا
  • Meaning: showing interest or concern
  • Synonyms: concerned, attentive, caring, considerate, anxious
  • Antonyms: unconcerned, indifferent, careless, neglectful
  • Use: The nurse was solicitous about the patient's comfort.

6. SOLITARY (adj.)

  • Urdu: تنہا، اکیلا
  • Meaning: done or existing alone
  • Synonyms: lonely, alone, single, isolated, reclusive
  • Antonyms: sociable, accompanied, communal, gregarious
  • Use: A solitary tree stood in the desert.

7. SOLILOQUY (n.)

  • Urdu: خود کلامی
  • Meaning: speaking one's thoughts aloud when alone, especially in a play
  • Synonyms: monologue, speech, address, oration
  • Antonyms: dialogue, conversation, colloquy
  • Use: Hamlet's soliloquy explores doubt and death.

8. SOMNOLENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: غنودگی والا، نیند آور
  • Meaning: sleepy; drowsy
  • Synonyms: sleepy, drowsy, lethargic, soporific, sluggish
  • Antonyms: alert, awake, lively, energetic
  • Use: The somnolent town woke up only at harvest time.

9. SOPHISTICATED (adj.)

  • Urdu: شائستہ؛ پیچیدہ و جدید
  • Meaning: worldly-wise and refined; highly developed and complex
  • Synonyms: refined, cultured, worldly; advanced, complex
  • Antonyms: naive, unsophisticated; primitive, simple
  • Use: Cybercriminals now use sophisticated tools.

10. SOPHISTRY (n.)

  • Urdu: مغالطہ، فریب کارانہ دلیل
  • Meaning: clever but false argument meant to deceive
  • Synonyms: fallacy, casuistry, specious reasoning, quibbling
  • Antonyms: sound reasoning, logic, truth
  • Use: Justifying censorship as "protecting freedom" is sophistry.

11. SOPORIFIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: نیند آور، اکتا دینے والا
  • Meaning: tending to induce sleep; boring
  • Synonyms: sleep-inducing, sedative, boring, tedious, monotonous
  • Antonyms: stimulating, invigorating, exciting, lively
  • Use: The soporific lecture sent half the class to sleep.

12. SORDID (adj.)

  • Urdu: شرمناک، گھٹیا؛ گندا
  • Meaning: morally ignoble; dirty
  • Synonyms: sleazy, shameful, disreputable; squalid, filthy
  • Antonyms: honourable, noble; clean, pure
  • Use: The inquiry exposed a sordid tale of bribery.

13. SOVEREIGN (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: خودمختار؛ حاکمِ اعلیٰ
  • Meaning: possessing supreme power; independent
  • Synonyms: independent, autonomous, supreme; monarch, ruler
  • Antonyms: dependent, subordinate; subject
  • Use: Pakistan is a sovereign state.

14. SPARTAN (adj.)

  • Urdu: سادہ، سخت کوش، عیش سے خالی
  • Meaning: austere; lacking comfort or luxury
  • Synonyms: austere, frugal, simple, stark, ascetic
  • Antonyms: luxurious, lavish, opulent, comfortable
  • Use: Soldiers live in spartan conditions at Siachen.

15. SPASMODIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: وقفے وقفے سے، غیر مسلسل
  • Meaning: occurring in brief, irregular bursts
  • Synonyms: intermittent, sporadic, irregular, fitful, erratic
  • Antonyms: continuous, steady, regular, constant
  • Use: Reform efforts have been spasmodic.

16. SPECIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: بظاہر درست مگر درحقیقت غلط
  • Meaning: superficially plausible but actually wrong
  • Synonyms: misleading, deceptive, fallacious, plausible, sophistical
  • Antonyms: valid, sound, genuine, accurate
  • Use: He offered a specious argument for tax exemptions.

17. SPECULATE (v.)

  • Urdu: قیاس آرائی کرنا؛ سٹہ بازی کرنا
  • Meaning: to form a theory without firm evidence; to invest riskily
  • Synonyms: conjecture, guess, surmise, theorize; gamble
  • Antonyms: know, prove, confirm
  • Use: Analysts speculate that elections will be delayed.

18. SPENDTHRIFT (n./adj.)

  • Urdu: فضول خرچ
  • Meaning: a person who spends money wastefully
  • Synonyms: squanderer, prodigal, wastrel; extravagant, profligate
  • Antonyms: miser, saver; thrifty, frugal
  • Use: The spendthrift heir sold the family land.

19. SPORADIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: کہیں کہیں، کبھی کبھار
  • Meaning: occurring at irregular intervals or in few places
  • Synonyms: occasional, intermittent, irregular, scattered, infrequent
  • Antonyms: frequent, regular, continuous, constant
  • Use: Sporadic firing was heard through the night.

20. SPURIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: جعلی، نقلی، بے بنیاد
  • Meaning: false or fake; based on false reasoning
  • Synonyms: fake, bogus, counterfeit, false, fallacious
  • Antonyms: genuine, authentic, real, valid
  • Use: Spurious drugs flood the local market.

21. SPURN (v.)

  • Urdu: حقارت سے ٹھکرانا
  • Meaning: to reject with disdain
  • Synonyms: reject, rebuff, scorn, snub, repudiate
  • Antonyms: accept, welcome, embrace, grab
  • Use: She spurned the offer of a bribe.

22. SQUALID (adj.)

  • Urdu: غلیظ، گندا، بدحال
  • Meaning: extremely dirty and unpleasant, through poverty or neglect
  • Synonyms: filthy, dirty, sordid, wretched, seedy
  • Antonyms: clean, pristine, luxurious, pleasant
  • Use: Millions live in squalid katchi abadis.

23. SQUANDER (v.)

  • Urdu: ضائع کرنا، اڑا دینا
  • Meaning: to waste in a reckless manner
  • Synonyms: waste, fritter away, dissipate, misspend, blow
  • Antonyms: save, conserve, preserve, husband
  • Use: We squandered the benefits of the aid years.

24. STAGNANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: رکا ہوا، جمود کا شکار
  • Meaning: not flowing; showing no activity or growth
  • Synonyms: still, standing, static, inactive, sluggish
  • Antonyms: flowing, moving, dynamic, thriving
  • Use: Stagnant water breeds dengue mosquitoes.

25. STAID (adj.)

  • Urdu: سنجیدہ اور بور، روایتی
  • Meaning: sedate, respectable and unadventurous
  • Synonyms: sedate, sober, serious, conventional, stuffy
  • Antonyms: adventurous, lively, flamboyant, daring
  • Use: The staid institution resisted every innovation.

26. STALWART (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: وفادار، ثابت قدم؛ مضبوط
  • Meaning: loyal, reliable and hard-working; strongly built
  • Synonyms: loyal, staunch, faithful, dependable; sturdy
  • Antonyms: disloyal, unreliable; weak, feeble
  • Use: He remained a stalwart of the party for forty years.

27. STATURE (n.)

  • Urdu: قد؛ مرتبہ، مقام
  • Meaning: height; importance or reputation
  • Synonyms: height; standing, status, eminence, prestige
  • Antonyms: insignificance, obscurity, lowliness
  • Use: Pakistan's diplomatic stature grew after the talks.

28. STAUNCH (adj.)

  • Urdu: پکا، وفادار
  • Meaning: very loyal and committed
  • Synonyms: loyal, faithful, steadfast, firm, stalwart
  • Antonyms: disloyal, unfaithful, wavering, fickle
  • Use: China has been a staunch ally of Pakistan.

29. STEADFAST (adj.)

  • Urdu: ثابت قدم، اٹل
  • Meaning: resolutely firm and unwavering
  • Synonyms: firm, resolute, unwavering, loyal, constant
  • Antonyms: wavering, fickle, irresolute, disloyal
  • Use: The Kashmiris remain steadfast in their struggle.

30. STEALTHY (adj.)

  • Urdu: چھپ کر، خفیہ طور پر
  • Meaning: cautious and secretive
  • Synonyms: furtive, secretive, surreptitious, sly, covert
  • Antonyms: open, overt, blatant, conspicuous
  • Use: The thief made a stealthy entry at night.

31. STEREOTYPE (n./v.)

  • Urdu: روایتی تصور، بنا بنایا خاکہ
  • Meaning: a fixed, oversimplified image of a type of person
  • Synonyms: cliché, generalization, pigeonhole, label, typecast
  • Antonyms: individuality, original, exception
  • Use: Media stereotypes of rural women are misleading.

32. STERILE (adj.)

  • Urdu: بانجھ؛ جراثیم سے پاک؛ بے نتیجہ
  • Meaning: unable to produce; free from germs; unproductive
  • Synonyms: barren, infertile; sterilized; fruitless, unproductive
  • Antonyms: fertile, productive; contaminated; fruitful
  • Use: The sterile debate produced no solution.

33. STIFLE (v.)

  • Urdu: دبانا، گلا گھونٹنا
  • Meaning: to suppress; to make breathing difficult
  • Synonyms: suppress, smother, curb, restrain, choke
  • Antonyms: encourage, release, express, foster
  • Use: Red tape stifles entrepreneurship.

34. STIGMA (n.)

  • Urdu: داغ، بدنامی کا نشان
  • Meaning: a mark of disgrace
  • Synonyms: shame, disgrace, dishonour, stain, taint
  • Antonyms: honour, credit, glory, prestige
  • Use: The stigma around mental illness stops people seeking help.

35. STILTED (adj.)

  • Urdu: بناوٹی، غیر فطری
  • Meaning: stiff and self-conscious; unnatural
  • Synonyms: stiff, wooden, forced, unnatural, laboured
  • Antonyms: natural, fluent, spontaneous, relaxed
  • Use: Memorized essays often read stilted.

36. STINGY (adj.)

  • Urdu: کنجوس، بخیل
  • Meaning: unwilling to give or spend
  • Synonyms: mean, miserly, parsimonious, tight-fisted, niggardly
  • Antonyms: generous, lavish, liberal, munificent
  • Use: The stingy landlord never fixed the leaks.

37. STIPULATE (v.)

  • Urdu: شرط عائد کرنا، طے کرنا
  • Meaning: to demand or specify as part of an agreement
  • Synonyms: specify, require, state, lay down, prescribe
  • Antonyms: omit, waive, leave open
  • Use: The loan stipulates tax reforms within a year.

38. STOIC (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: صابر، درد برداشت کرنے والا
  • Meaning: enduring pain or hardship without complaint
  • Synonyms: patient, uncomplaining, impassive, forbearing, long-suffering
  • Antonyms: complaining, emotional, excitable, impatient
  • Use: Flood victims bore their losses with stoic dignity.

39. STOLID (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے حس، جذبات سے عاری
  • Meaning: calm and showing little emotion
  • Synonyms: impassive, unemotional, phlegmatic, wooden, placid
  • Antonyms: emotional, excitable, lively, animated
  • Use: The stolid guard ignored the crowd's taunts.

40. STRIDENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: کرخت، زوردار اور تیز
  • Meaning: loud and harsh; presenting a view forcefully
  • Synonyms: harsh, shrill, raucous; vociferous, forceful
  • Antonyms: soft, quiet, mellow; moderate
  • Use: Strident voices dominated the talk show.

41. STRINGENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: سخت، کڑا
  • Meaning: strict, precise and exacting
  • Synonyms: strict, rigorous, tough, severe, exacting
  • Antonyms: lax, lenient, flexible, relaxed
  • Use: Stringent SOPs were imposed during Muharram.

42. STUPEFY (v.)

  • Urdu: حیران کر دینا، بدحواس کرنا
  • Meaning: to astonish; to dull the senses
  • Synonyms: astound, amaze, stun, daze, befuddle
  • Antonyms: bore, enliven, awaken
  • Use: The scale of the scam stupefied investigators.

43. STUPENDOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: زبردست، عظیم، حیرت انگیز
  • Meaning: extremely impressive
  • Synonyms: amazing, astounding, tremendous, colossal, phenomenal
  • Antonyms: ordinary, unremarkable, tiny, insignificant
  • Use: Building the Karakoram Highway was a stupendous feat.

44. STUPOR (n.)

  • Urdu: بے حسی، مدہوشی
  • Meaning: a state of near-unconsciousness
  • Synonyms: daze, trance, torpor, lethargy, coma
  • Antonyms: alertness, consciousness, awareness
  • Use: He was found in a drunken stupor.

45. STYMIE (v.)

  • Urdu: راہ میں رکاوٹ ڈالنا
  • Meaning: to prevent the progress of
  • Synonyms: hinder, obstruct, thwart, block, impede
  • Antonyms: assist, facilitate, help, advance
  • Use: Political instability stymied investment.

46. SUBDUE (v.)

  • Urdu: مغلوب کرنا، قابو پانا
  • Meaning: to overcome or bring under control
  • Synonyms: conquer, vanquish, quell, suppress, tame
  • Antonyms: free, liberate, arouse, incite
  • Use: The army subdued the insurgency in Swat.

47. SUBJUGATE (v.)

  • Urdu: محکوم بنانا، غلام بنانا
  • Meaning: to bring under domination
  • Synonyms: conquer, subdue, enslave, oppress, dominate
  • Antonyms: liberate, free, emancipate
  • Use: Colonial powers subjugated much of Asia.

48. SUBLIME (adj.)

  • Urdu: عظیم، اعلیٰ، بلند
  • Meaning: of great excellence or beauty
  • Synonyms: exalted, glorious, majestic, magnificent, noble
  • Antonyms: ridiculous, lowly, base, ordinary
  • Use: Nanga Parbat at dawn is a sublime sight.

49. SUBORDINATE (adj./n.)

  • Urdu: ماتحت، زیرِ دست
  • Meaning: lower in rank; a junior
  • Synonyms: junior, inferior, lesser, secondary; underling
  • Antonyms: superior, senior, chief; boss
  • Use: A good officer listens to subordinates.

50. SUBSIDE (v.)

  • Urdu: کم ہونا، اتر جانا
  • Meaning: to become less intense; to sink
  • Synonyms: abate, diminish, recede, ebb, lessen
  • Antonyms: intensify, increase, rise, escalate
  • Use: Floodwaters took months to subside.