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T-2 / U-1 — Tepid to Unequivocal (50 words)

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The end of letter T and the start of U: 50 words, from Tepid to Unequivocal.

1. TEPID (adj.)

  • Urdu: نیم گرم؛ بے دلی والا
  • Meaning: lukewarm; showing little enthusiasm
  • Synonyms: lukewarm, half-hearted, unenthusiastic, apathetic, cool
  • Antonyms: enthusiastic, passionate, eager; hot, cold
  • Use: The budget received a tepid response from markets.

2. TERSE (adj.)

  • Urdu: مختصر (اکثر روکھا)
  • Meaning: sparing in words; abrupt
  • Synonyms: brief, curt, concise, succinct, laconic
  • Antonyms: verbose, wordy, long-winded, expansive
  • Use: The Foreign Office issued a terse statement.

3. TESTY (adj.)

  • Urdu: چڑچڑا، جلد غصہ کرنے والا
  • Meaning: easily irritated
  • Synonyms: irritable, touchy, tetchy, peevish, cross
  • Antonyms: good-natured, easy-going, calm, patient
  • Use: The minister grew testy under tough questioning.

4. THRIFTY (adj.)

  • Urdu: کفایت شعار
  • Meaning: using money carefully
  • Synonyms: frugal, economical, careful, prudent, sparing
  • Antonyms: extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, spendthrift
  • Use: Thrifty households saved during the inflation years.

5. THWART (v.)

  • Urdu: ناکام بنانا، روکنا
  • Meaning: to prevent someone from achieving something
  • Synonyms: foil, frustrate, stymie, block, obstruct
  • Antonyms: assist, aid, facilitate, support
  • Use: Police thwarted a terror plot in Lahore.

6. TIMID (adj.)

  • Urdu: ڈرپوک، شرمیلا
  • Meaning: showing lack of courage or confidence
  • Synonyms: shy, fearful, timorous, diffident, nervous
  • Antonyms: bold, brave, confident, audacious
  • Use: Timid reforms cannot fix a broken system.

7. TIMOROUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: ڈرا ہوا، سہما ہوا
  • Meaning: showing or suffering from nervousness
  • Synonyms: timid, fearful, apprehensive, faint-hearted, mousy
  • Antonyms: bold, confident, fearless, daring
  • Use: The timorous witness spoke in a whisper.

8. TIRADE (n.)

  • Urdu: غصیلی تقریر، لعن طعن
  • Meaning: a long, angry speech of criticism
  • Synonyms: diatribe, harangue, rant, invective, broadside
  • Antonyms: praise, eulogy, compliment, tribute
  • Use: He launched a tirade against the media.

9. TITANIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: عظیم الشان، بہت بڑا
  • Meaning: of exceptional strength, size or power
  • Synonyms: colossal, gigantic, huge, mighty, monumental
  • Antonyms: tiny, minute, small, insignificant
  • Use: The final was a titanic struggle.

10. TOLERANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: روادار، بردبار
  • Meaning: willing to accept views or behaviour different from one's own
  • Synonyms: open-minded, broad-minded, forbearing, liberal, patient
  • Antonyms: intolerant, bigoted, narrow-minded, prejudiced
  • Use: A tolerant society protects its minorities.

11. TORPID (adj.)

  • Urdu: سست، بے حس و حرکت
  • Meaning: mentally or physically inactive
  • Synonyms: lethargic, sluggish, inert, listless, dormant
  • Antonyms: active, energetic, lively, vigorous
  • Use: The heat left the whole city torpid.

12. TORRID (adj.)

  • Urdu: شدید گرم؛ پرجوش؛ مشکل
  • Meaning: very hot and dry; full of intensity; difficult
  • Synonyms: scorching, sweltering; passionate, intense; harrowing
  • Antonyms: cold, cool, frigid; dull, calm
  • Use: Jacobabad endures torrid summers.

13. TORTUOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: پیچیدہ، ٹیڑھا میڑھا
  • Meaning: full of twists and turns; excessively complex
  • Synonyms: winding, twisting, convoluted, complicated, circuitous
  • Antonyms: straight, direct, simple, straightforward
  • Use: The tortuous legal process delays justice for years.
  • ⚠️ Trap: tortuous (twisting) is not torturous (painful).

14. TOTALITARIAN (adj.)

  • Urdu: آمرانہ، مطلق العنان
  • Meaning: relating to a centralized, dictatorial state
  • Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannical
  • Antonyms: democratic, liberal, free, pluralist
  • Use: Totalitarian regimes control every newspaper.

15. TOUCHSTONE (n.)

  • Urdu: کسوٹی، معیار
  • Meaning: a standard by which something is judged
  • Synonyms: criterion, standard, benchmark, yardstick, measure
  • Antonyms: exception, anomaly
  • Use: Rule of law is the touchstone of good governance.

16. TRACTABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: فرمانبردار، قابو میں آنے والا
  • Meaning: easy to control or deal with
  • Synonyms: manageable, docile, compliant, amenable, obedient
  • Antonyms: intractable, unruly, stubborn, recalcitrant
  • Use: The problem became tractable once data was available.

17. TRANQUIL (adj.)

  • Urdu: پرسکون، پرامن
  • Meaning: free from disturbance; calm
  • Synonyms: peaceful, calm, serene, placid, still
  • Antonyms: noisy, turbulent, agitated, chaotic
  • Use: The tranquil valley was untouched by conflict.

18. TRANSCEND (v.)

  • Urdu: حد سے بڑھ جانا، بالاتر ہونا
  • Meaning: to go beyond the limits of
  • Synonyms: surpass, exceed, rise above, outstrip, go beyond
  • Antonyms: fall short, lag behind
  • Use: Music transcends borders.

19. TRANSGRESS (v.)

  • Urdu: حد سے تجاوز کرنا، قانون توڑنا
  • Meaning: to go beyond the limits set by law or morality
  • Synonyms: violate, break, breach, infringe, contravene
  • Antonyms: obey, observe, comply, respect
  • Use: No institution may transgress its constitutional limits.

20. TRANSIENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: عارضی، فانی
  • Meaning: lasting only for a short time
  • Synonyms: temporary, fleeting, ephemeral, short-lived, passing
  • Antonyms: permanent, lasting, enduring, perpetual
  • Use: Fame on social media is transient.

21. TRANSITORY (adj.)

  • Urdu: عارضی، آنی جانی
  • Meaning: not permanent
  • Synonyms: temporary, transient, fleeting, momentary, brief
  • Antonyms: permanent, eternal, lasting, abiding
  • Use: Worldly power is transitory.

22. TRANSLUCENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: نیم شفاف
  • Meaning: allowing light to pass through, but not clearly
  • Synonyms: semi-transparent, pellucid, clear, diaphanous, sheer
  • Antonyms: opaque, solid, dense
  • Use: The lamp had a translucent onyx shade.

23. TRANSPARENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: شفاف
  • Meaning: see-through; open and honest
  • Synonyms: clear, see-through; open, candid, accountable
  • Antonyms: opaque; secretive, deceptive, murky
  • Use: Procurement must be transparent.

24. TRAVESTY (n.)

  • Urdu: مضحکہ خیز نقل، بگڑی ہوئی صورت
  • Meaning: a false, absurd or distorted representation
  • Synonyms: mockery, farce, parody, distortion, sham
  • Antonyms: reality, true version, fidelity
  • Use: The trial was a travesty of justice.

25. TREACHEROUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: غدار؛ خطرناک
  • Meaning: guilty of betrayal; hazardous
  • Synonyms: traitorous, disloyal, perfidious; dangerous, perilous
  • Antonyms: loyal, faithful; safe, secure
  • Use: The treacherous Babusar pass is closed in winter.

26. TREMULOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: لرزتا ہوا، کانپتا ہوا
  • Meaning: shaking slightly; timid
  • Synonyms: trembling, shaky, quivering, nervous, timid
  • Antonyms: steady, firm, confident, calm
  • Use: She answered in a tremulous voice.

27. TRENCHANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: تیز اور بامعنی، کاٹ دار
  • Meaning: vigorous and incisive in expression
  • Synonyms: incisive, penetrating, cutting, sharp, forceful
  • Antonyms: vague, woolly, feeble, mild
  • Use: The editorial was a trenchant critique of policy.

28. TREPIDATION (n.)

  • Urdu: خوف، گھبراہٹ
  • Meaning: a feeling of fear or agitation about something
  • Synonyms: fear, anxiety, apprehension, dread, alarm
  • Antonyms: calm, confidence, composure, courage
  • Use: Candidates enter the exam hall with trepidation.

29. TRITE (adj.)

  • Urdu: گھسا پٹا، باسی
  • Meaning: overused and lacking originality
  • Synonyms: hackneyed, clichéd, banal, stale, commonplace
  • Antonyms: original, fresh, novel, innovative
  • Use: Trite openings bore examiners.

30. TRIVIAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: معمولی، غیر اہم
  • Meaning: of little value or importance
  • Synonyms: trifling, minor, insignificant, petty, negligible
  • Antonyms: important, significant, serious, momentous
  • Use: Parliament wasted hours on trivial matters.

31. TRUCULENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: جارحانہ، لڑاکا
  • Meaning: eager to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
  • Synonyms: belligerent, combative, pugnacious, hostile, aggressive
  • Antonyms: peaceable, friendly, meek, conciliatory
  • Use: His truculent tone worsened relations.

32. TRUNCATE (v.)

  • Urdu: کاٹ کر مختصر کرنا
  • Meaning: to shorten by cutting off
  • Synonyms: shorten, cut, curtail, abbreviate, trim
  • Antonyms: lengthen, extend, prolong, expand
  • Use: The session was truncated due to the protest.

33. TUMULTUOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: ہنگامہ خیز، پرشور
  • Meaning: making loud noise; confused and disorderly
  • Synonyms: loud, uproarious, turbulent, chaotic, stormy
  • Antonyms: quiet, calm, orderly, peaceful
  • Use: The Quaid received a tumultuous welcome.

34. TURBID (adj.)

  • Urdu: گدلا، مٹیالا
  • Meaning: cloudy or muddy (of liquid); confused
  • Synonyms: muddy, murky, cloudy, opaque; confused
  • Antonyms: clear, limpid, transparent, pellucid
  • Use: The Indus runs turbid during the monsoon.

35. TURBULENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: پر آشوب، متلاطم
  • Meaning: characterized by conflict, disorder or confusion
  • Synonyms: stormy, unstable, chaotic, violent, volatile
  • Antonyms: calm, peaceful, stable, tranquil
  • Use: Pakistan's political history has been turbulent.

36. TURGID (adj.)

  • Urdu: پھولا ہوا؛ پرتصنع (طرزِ تحریر)
  • Meaning: swollen; (of language) pompous and boring
  • Synonyms: swollen, bloated; bombastic, pompous, grandiloquent
  • Antonyms: shrunken; simple, plain, lucid
  • Use: The report was written in turgid prose.

37. TURMOIL (n.)

  • Urdu: ہلچل، انتشار
  • Meaning: a state of great disturbance or uncertainty
  • Synonyms: chaos, confusion, upheaval, disorder, tumult
  • Antonyms: peace, calm, order, tranquillity
  • Use: The markets were in turmoil after the announcement.

38. TURPITUDE (n.)

  • Urdu: اخلاقی گراوٹ، بدکرداری
  • Meaning: depravity; wickedness
  • Synonyms: depravity, wickedness, vileness, corruption, immorality
  • Antonyms: virtue, integrity, probity, rectitude
  • Use: Crimes of moral turpitude disqualify a candidate.

39. TYRANNY (n.)

  • Urdu: ظلم، آمریت
  • Meaning: cruel and oppressive government or rule
  • Synonyms: despotism, oppression, dictatorship, autocracy, cruelty
  • Antonyms: democracy, freedom, liberty, justice
  • Use: Resisting tyranny is a moral duty.

40. TYRO (n.)

  • Urdu: نو آموز، ناتجربہ کار
  • Meaning: a beginner or novice
  • Synonyms: novice, beginner, learner, apprentice, neophyte
  • Antonyms: expert, veteran, master, professional
  • Use: Even a tyro can learn précis writing with practice.

41. UBIQUITOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: ہر جگہ موجود
  • Meaning: present or found everywhere
  • Synonyms: omnipresent, pervasive, universal, everywhere, rife
  • Antonyms: rare, scarce, uncommon, absent
  • Use: Smartphones are now ubiquitous, even in villages.

42. ULTERIOR (adj.)

  • Urdu: خفی، پوشیدہ (مقصد)
  • Meaning: existing beyond what is obvious; hidden
  • Synonyms: hidden, concealed, secret, covert, undisclosed
  • Antonyms: obvious, overt, open, declared
  • Use: The aid came with ulterior motives.

43. ULTIMATUM (n.)

  • Urdu: آخری انتباہ، حتمی مطالبہ
  • Meaning: a final demand with a threat of consequences
  • Synonyms: final warning, final demand, final offer, threat
  • Antonyms: request, suggestion, proposal
  • Use: Protesters gave the government a three-day ultimatum.

44. UNANIMOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: متفقہ، اتفاقِ رائے سے
  • Meaning: fully in agreement
  • Synonyms: united, undivided, concerted, consensual, agreed
  • Antonyms: divided, split, disputed, discordant
  • Use: The resolution was passed by a unanimous vote.

45. UNASSUMING (adj.)

  • Urdu: منکسر مزاج، سادہ
  • Meaning: not pretentious or arrogant; modest
  • Synonyms: modest, humble, unpretentious, self-effacing, simple
  • Antonyms: arrogant, pretentious, boastful, conceited
  • Use: Despite his fame, Dr Salam remained unassuming.

46. UNBRIDLED (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے لگام، بے قابو
  • Meaning: uncontrolled; unconstrained
  • Synonyms: unrestrained, unchecked, uncontrolled, rampant, wild
  • Antonyms: restrained, controlled, curbed, checked
  • Use: Unbridled population growth strains resources.

47. UNCANNY (adj.)

  • Urdu: پراسرار، غیر معمولی
  • Meaning: strange or mysterious; beyond the ordinary
  • Synonyms: eerie, strange, weird, extraordinary, remarkable
  • Antonyms: normal, ordinary, natural, unremarkable
  • Use: She has an uncanny ability to predict results.

48. UNCTUOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: چاپلوسی بھرا، چکنی چپڑی باتیں کرنے والا
  • Meaning: excessively flattering in an insincere way; oily
  • Synonyms: sycophantic, obsequious, fawning, ingratiating, oily
  • Antonyms: sincere, frank, blunt, honest
  • Use: The unctuous salesman praised every customer.

49. UNDERMINE (v.)

  • Urdu: کمزور کرنا، جڑیں کھوکھلی کرنا
  • Meaning: to weaken gradually or secretly
  • Synonyms: weaken, subvert, sabotage, erode, compromise
  • Antonyms: strengthen, support, reinforce, bolster
  • Use: Corruption undermines public trust.

50. UNEQUIVOCAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر مبہم، واضح
  • Meaning: leaving no doubt; unambiguous
  • Synonyms: unambiguous, clear, explicit, categorical, definite
  • Antonyms: equivocal, ambiguous, vague, uncertain
  • Use: Pakistan gave an unequivocal condemnation of the attack.