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U-2 / V-1 — Unfettered to Vitriolic (50 words)

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The end of letter U and most of V: 50 words, from Unfettered to Vitriolic.

1. UNFETTERED (adj.)

  • Urdu: آزاد، بے قید
  • Meaning: not restricted or controlled
  • Synonyms: unrestricted, unrestrained, free, unchecked, uncontrolled
  • Antonyms: restricted, fettered, constrained, bound
  • Use: Unfettered powers invite abuse.

2. UNFOUNDED (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے بنیاد
  • Meaning: having no basis in fact
  • Synonyms: baseless, groundless, unsupported, unjustified, false
  • Antonyms: well-founded, justified, proven, valid
  • Use: The rumours of a bank collapse were unfounded.

3. UNILATERAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: یک طرفہ
  • Meaning: performed by one side only
  • Synonyms: one-sided, independent, solo, individual, arbitrary
  • Antonyms: bilateral, multilateral, mutual, joint
  • Use: India's unilateral action in Kashmir violated UN resolutions.

4. UNKEMPT (adj.)

  • Urdu: بکھرا ہوا، بے ترتیب
  • Meaning: untidy in appearance
  • Synonyms: untidy, dishevelled, messy, scruffy, ungroomed
  • Antonyms: neat, tidy, groomed, well-kept
  • Use: The unkempt park was full of litter.

5. UNPRECEDENTED (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے مثال، پہلے کبھی نہ ہوا
  • Meaning: never done or known before
  • Synonyms: unparalleled, unheard-of, novel, unique, exceptional
  • Antonyms: common, usual, familiar, routine
  • Use: The 2022 floods were unprecedented in scale.

6. UNSCRUPULOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے اصول، بے ضمیر
  • Meaning: having no moral principles
  • Synonyms: unprincipled, dishonest, corrupt, immoral, shameless
  • Antonyms: scrupulous, honest, principled, ethical
  • Use: Unscrupulous traders hoard flour to raise prices.

7. UNTENABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: ناقابلِ دفاع
  • Meaning: not able to be maintained or defended
  • Synonyms: indefensible, unsustainable, weak, flawed, groundless
  • Antonyms: tenable, defensible, sound, justifiable
  • Use: The minister's position became untenable after the leak.

8. UNWARRANTED (adj.)

  • Urdu: ناجائز، بلاجواز
  • Meaning: not justified or authorized
  • Synonyms: unjustified, unjustifiable, uncalled-for, unfounded, gratuitous
  • Antonyms: justified, warranted, deserved, legitimate
  • Use: The raid was an unwarranted intrusion.

9. UNWIELDY (adj.)

  • Urdu: بھاری بھرکم، سنبھالنا مشکل
  • Meaning: difficult to carry or manage because of size or complexity
  • Synonyms: cumbersome, awkward, bulky, unmanageable, ponderous
  • Antonyms: manageable, handy, compact, convenient
  • Use: An unwieldy cabinet of eighty ministers slows decisions.

10. UPBRAID (v.)

  • Urdu: سرزنش کرنا، لعن طعن کرنا
  • Meaning: to find fault with or scold
  • Synonyms: scold, reprimand, rebuke, berate, chide
  • Antonyms: praise, commend, compliment
  • Use: The judge upbraided the police for delay.

11. UPHOLD (v.)

  • Urdu: برقرار رکھنا، حمایت کرنا
  • Meaning: to confirm or support
  • Synonyms: support, maintain, sustain, defend, confirm
  • Antonyms: overturn, reject, abandon, oppose
  • Use: The Supreme Court upheld the verdict.

12. URBANE (adj.)

  • Urdu: مہذب، شائستہ
  • Meaning: courteous and refined in manner
  • Synonyms: suave, sophisticated, polished, courteous, cultivated
  • Antonyms: boorish, crude, uncouth, rustic
  • Use: The urbane diplomat charmed his hosts.

13. USURP (v.)

  • Urdu: غصب کرنا، زبردستی قبضہ کرنا
  • Meaning: to take a position of power illegally or by force
  • Synonyms: seize, commandeer, grab, appropriate, take over
  • Antonyms: surrender, relinquish, restore, yield
  • Use: Military rulers usurped power four times.

14. UTILITARIAN (adj.)

  • Urdu: افادی، عملی مقصد والا
  • Meaning: designed to be useful rather than attractive
  • Synonyms: practical, functional, useful, pragmatic, serviceable
  • Antonyms: decorative, ornamental, impractical, aesthetic
  • Use: Government buildings have a utilitarian design.

15. UTOPIAN (adj.)

  • Urdu: خیالی، مثالی مگر غیر حقیقی
  • Meaning: idealistic, imagining a perfect society
  • Synonyms: idealistic, visionary, quixotic, fanciful, unrealistic
  • Antonyms: realistic, practical, pragmatic, dystopian
  • Use: A corruption-free state in one year is a utopian dream.

16. VACILLATE (v.)

  • Urdu: ڈانواں ڈول ہونا، تذبذب کا شکار ہونا
  • Meaning: to waver between different opinions
  • Synonyms: waver, dither, oscillate, hesitate, fluctuate
  • Antonyms: decide, resolve, stand firm, persist
  • Use: The government vacillated on the fuel price decision.

17. VACUOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: خالی از فکر، بے معنی
  • Meaning: lacking thought or intelligence
  • Synonyms: empty-headed, mindless, inane, vapid, blank
  • Antonyms: intelligent, thoughtful, meaningful, profound
  • Use: The talk show was full of vacuous chatter.

18. VAGARY (n.)

  • Urdu: غیر متوقع تبدیلی، من موج
  • Meaning: an unpredictable change
  • Synonyms: whim, caprice, quirk, fluctuation, uncertainty
  • Antonyms: certainty, constancy, stability
  • Use: Farmers are at the mercy of the vagaries of weather.

19. VAGUE (adj.)

  • Urdu: مبہم، غیر واضح
  • Meaning: uncertain or unclear
  • Synonyms: unclear, ambiguous, hazy, imprecise, indefinite
  • Antonyms: clear, precise, definite, explicit
  • Use: Vague answers lose marks in the exam.

20. VAIN (adj.)

  • Urdu: مغرور؛ بے سود
  • Meaning: having too high an opinion of oneself; futile
  • Synonyms: conceited, arrogant, proud; futile, fruitless, useless
  • Antonyms: modest, humble; successful, fruitful
  • Use: Rescuers made a vain attempt to save the boy.

21. VALIANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: بہادر، دلیر
  • Meaning: showing courage or determination
  • Synonyms: brave, courageous, heroic, gallant, intrepid
  • Antonyms: cowardly, craven, timid, pusillanimous
  • Use: Valiant soldiers defended the border.

22. VALIDATE (v.)

  • Urdu: تصدیق کرنا، درست ثابت کرنا
  • Meaning: to check or prove the validity of
  • Synonyms: confirm, verify, corroborate, substantiate, endorse
  • Antonyms: invalidate, disprove, refute, nullify
  • Use: Results must be validated by independent audit.

23. VANGUARD (n.)

  • Urdu: ہراول دستہ، پیش رو
  • Meaning: the leading position in a movement
  • Synonyms: forefront, front line, spearhead, avant-garde, lead
  • Antonyms: rear, tail, back, rearguard
  • Use: Students were in the vanguard of the lawyers' movement.

24. VAPID (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے ذائقہ، پھیکا
  • Meaning: offering nothing stimulating; dull
  • Synonyms: insipid, dull, bland, flat, uninspired
  • Antonyms: lively, exciting, stimulating, interesting
  • Use: The speech was vapid and forgettable.

25. VARIEGATED (adj.)

  • Urdu: رنگ برنگ، متنوع
  • Meaning: marked with different colours; varied
  • Synonyms: multicoloured, mottled, varied, diverse, assorted
  • Antonyms: plain, uniform, monochrome, homogeneous
  • Use: Pakistan has a variegated cultural landscape.

26. VEHEMENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: شدید، پرجوش
  • Meaning: showing strong feeling; forceful
  • Synonyms: forceful, passionate, fervent, intense, fierce
  • Antonyms: mild, calm, indifferent, lukewarm
  • Use: The opposition voiced vehement objections.

27. VENAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: رشوت خور، بکاؤ
  • Meaning: susceptible to bribery
  • Synonyms: corrupt, bribable, mercenary, dishonest, crooked
  • Antonyms: honest, incorruptible, upright, principled
  • Use: Venal officials sold licences to the highest bidder.
  • ⚠️ Trap: venal (bribable) ≠ venial (forgivable).

28. VENEER (n.)

  • Urdu: ظاہری خول، ملمع
  • Meaning: a thin decorative layer; a deceptive outward show
  • Synonyms: facade, front, mask, gloss, pretence
  • Antonyms: reality, substance, core, essence
  • Use: A veneer of democracy hid military control.

29. VENERABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: قابلِ احترام، بزرگ
  • Meaning: accorded great respect because of age or wisdom
  • Synonyms: respected, revered, esteemed, honoured, august
  • Antonyms: disreputable, despised, young, unimportant
  • Use: The venerable scholar taught for sixty years.

30. VENERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: تعظیم کرنا، عقیدت سے احترام کرنا
  • Meaning: to regard with great respect
  • Synonyms: revere, respect, honour, worship, esteem
  • Antonyms: despise, scorn, disdain, disrespect
  • Use: Sufi saints are venerated across Sindh.

31. VENIAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: قابلِ معافی، معمولی (خطا)
  • Meaning: (of a fault) slight and pardonable
  • Synonyms: forgivable, pardonable, excusable, minor, trivial
  • Antonyms: unforgivable, mortal, grave, serious
  • Use: Being late once is a venial fault.

32. VENOMOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: زہریلا؛ کینہ پرور
  • Meaning: secreting venom; full of malice
  • Synonyms: poisonous, toxic; spiteful, malicious, vicious
  • Antonyms: harmless, non-toxic; kind, benevolent
  • Use: The campaign turned venomous in its final week.

33. VERACITY (n.)

  • Urdu: سچائی، صداقت
  • Meaning: conformity to facts; truthfulness
  • Synonyms: truthfulness, accuracy, honesty, credibility, authenticity
  • Antonyms: falsehood, dishonesty, inaccuracy, mendacity
  • Use: Journalists must check the veracity of every claim.

34. VERBOSE (adj.)

  • Urdu: طویل، زیادہ الفاظ والا
  • Meaning: using more words than needed
  • Synonyms: wordy, long-winded, prolix, rambling, garrulous
  • Antonyms: concise, succinct, terse, laconic
  • Use: A verbose précis defeats its own purpose.

35. VERDANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: سرسبز، ہرا بھرا
  • Meaning: green with grass or rich vegetation
  • Synonyms: green, lush, leafy, grassy, luxuriant
  • Antonyms: barren, arid, parched, bare
  • Use: The verdant fields of Punjab stretch to the horizon.

36. VERISIMILITUDE (n.)

  • Urdu: حقیقت سے مشابہت، حقیقی لگنا
  • Meaning: the appearance of being true or real
  • Synonyms: realism, authenticity, plausibility, credibility, lifelikeness
  • Antonyms: implausibility, unreality, falseness
  • Use: Local details give the novel verisimilitude.

37. VERNACULAR (n./adj.)

  • Urdu: مقامی زبان، عوامی بولی
  • Meaning: the language spoken by ordinary people of a region
  • Synonyms: dialect, local language, idiom, colloquial, native
  • Antonyms: formal language, standard, literary, foreign
  • Use: Primary education in the vernacular improves learning.

38. VERSATILE (adj.)

  • Urdu: ہمہ جہت، کثیر الصلاحیت
  • Meaning: able to adapt to many functions
  • Synonyms: adaptable, flexible, multi-talented, all-round, resourceful
  • Antonyms: limited, inflexible, one-dimensional
  • Use: Shoaib Malik was a versatile all-rounder.

39. VESTIGE (n.)

  • Urdu: نشان، باقیات
  • Meaning: a trace of something that no longer exists
  • Synonyms: trace, remnant, relic, residue, remains
  • Antonyms: whole, entirety, totality
  • Use: The FCR was a vestige of colonial rule.

40. VEX (v.)

  • Urdu: پریشان کرنا، تنگ کرنا
  • Meaning: to annoy or worry
  • Synonyms: annoy, irritate, trouble, bother, exasperate
  • Antonyms: please, soothe, calm, delight
  • Use: The question of water sharing has long vexed the provinces.

41. VIABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: قابلِ عمل
  • Meaning: capable of working successfully
  • Synonyms: feasible, workable, practicable, possible, sustainable
  • Antonyms: unviable, impractical, unworkable, impossible
  • Use: Solar power is now a viable alternative.

42. VICARIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: دوسروں کے ذریعے محسوس کیا گیا
  • Meaning: experienced through another person
  • Synonyms: indirect, second-hand, surrogate, empathetic, delegated
  • Antonyms: direct, first-hand, personal
  • Use: Parents feel vicarious pride in their children's success.

43. VICISSITUDE (n.)

  • Urdu: اتار چڑھاؤ، زمانے کی گردش
  • Meaning: a change of circumstances, usually unwelcome
  • Synonyms: change, fluctuation, ups and downs, variation, shift
  • Antonyms: stability, constancy, permanence
  • Use: The party survived the vicissitudes of politics.

44. VIGILANT (adj.)

  • Urdu: چوکس، ہوشیار
  • Meaning: keeping careful watch for danger
  • Synonyms: watchful, alert, attentive, wary, observant
  • Antonyms: negligent, careless, inattentive, heedless
  • Use: Citizens must stay vigilant against fraud.

45. VILIFY (v.)

  • Urdu: بدنام کرنا، کردار کشی کرنا
  • Meaning: to speak or write about in an abusive manner
  • Synonyms: defame, disparage, malign, slander, denigrate
  • Antonyms: praise, glorify, extol, commend
  • Use: Opponents vilified him as a traitor.

46. VINDICATE (v.)

  • Urdu: بری الذمہ ثابت کرنا، درست ثابت کرنا
  • Meaning: to clear of blame; to show to be right
  • Synonyms: exonerate, acquit, clear, justify, vouch for
  • Antonyms: accuse, blame, convict, incriminate
  • Use: The final report vindicated the whistle-blower.

47. VINDICTIVE (adj.)

  • Urdu: انتقامی، کینہ پرور
  • Meaning: having a strong desire for revenge
  • Synonyms: vengeful, spiteful, revengeful, malicious, unforgiving
  • Antonyms: forgiving, merciful, magnanimous, kind
  • Use: Vindictive politics targets opponents instead of problems.

48. VIRULENT (adj.)

  • Urdu: مہلک؛ شدید عداوت والا
  • Meaning: extremely severe or harmful; bitterly hostile
  • Synonyms: deadly, lethal, toxic; hostile, vicious, venomous
  • Antonyms: harmless, mild; friendly, benign
  • Use: A virulent strain of dengue spread in the city.

49. VISCOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: گاڑھا، لیسدار
  • Meaning: thick and sticky
  • Synonyms: thick, sticky, gluey, syrupy, gooey
  • Antonyms: thin, runny, watery, fluid
  • Use: Honey is more viscous than water.

50. VITRIOLIC (adj.)

  • Urdu: زہر آلود، نہایت تلخ
  • Meaning: filled with bitter criticism or malice
  • Synonyms: caustic, venomous, acerbic, scathing, bitter
  • Antonyms: kind, gentle, complimentary, mild
  • Use: The two anchors exchanged vitriolic remarks.