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V-2 / W / X / Y / Z — Vituperate to Zest (41 words)

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The last page of the bank: the end of V, then W, X, Y and Z. 41 words, from Vituperate to Zest.

1. VITUPERATE (v.)

  • Urdu: برا بھلا کہنا، سخت سست کہنا
  • Meaning: to blame or insult in strong, violent language
  • Synonyms: revile, berate, vilify, castigate, denounce
  • Antonyms: praise, commend, laud, extol
  • Use: Politicians vituperate against rivals instead of debating policy.

2. VIVACIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: زندہ دل، پرجوش
  • Meaning: attractively lively and animated
  • Synonyms: lively, spirited, bubbly, sparkling, animated
  • Antonyms: dull, listless, lifeless, lethargic
  • Use: The vivacious host kept the audience engaged.

3. VOCIFEROUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: شور مچانے والا، بلند آہنگ
  • Meaning: expressing opinions loudly and forcefully
  • Synonyms: vehement, loud, strident, outspoken, clamorous
  • Antonyms: quiet, silent, reticent, restrained
  • Use: Vociferous protests forced a rollback of the tax.

4. VOLATILE (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر مستحکم، تیزی سے بدلنے والا؛ اڑنے والا
  • Meaning: liable to change rapidly and unpredictably
  • Synonyms: unstable, unpredictable, explosive, erratic, capricious
  • Antonyms: stable, steady, constant, calm
  • Use: The stock market remained volatile ahead of elections.

5. VOLITION (n.)

  • Urdu: ارادہ، مرضی
  • Meaning: the power of using one's will
  • Synonyms: free will, choice, will, preference, discretion
  • Antonyms: compulsion, coercion, force, obligation
  • Use: He resigned of his own volition.

6. VOLUBLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: باتونی، روانی سے بولنے والا
  • Meaning: speaking fluently and at length
  • Synonyms: talkative, loquacious, garrulous, chatty, articulate
  • Antonyms: taciturn, reticent, quiet, laconic
  • Use: The voluble guest dominated the conversation.

7. VOLUMINOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: ضخیم، بہت بڑا
  • Meaning: occupying great space; very lengthy
  • Synonyms: capacious, bulky, extensive, copious, lengthy
  • Antonyms: small, brief, slim, concise
  • Use: The commission produced a voluminous report.

8. VORACIOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: بہت زیادہ کھانے والا؛ شوقین
  • Meaning: wanting great quantities of food; very eager
  • Synonyms: insatiable, ravenous, greedy, avid, keen
  • Antonyms: satisfied, indifferent, apathetic
  • Use: A voracious reader finishes two books a week.

9. VOUCH (v.)

  • Urdu: ضمانت دینا، تصدیق کرنا
  • Meaning: to assert or confirm as true from experience
  • Synonyms: guarantee, attest, certify, stand behind, support
  • Antonyms: deny, reject, refute
  • Use: I can vouch for his honesty.

10. VULGAR (adj.)

  • Urdu: بے ہودہ، بازاری
  • Meaning: lacking good taste; crude
  • Synonyms: crude, coarse, indecent, tasteless, uncouth
  • Antonyms: refined, tasteful, decent, elegant
  • Use: Vulgar language has no place in Parliament.

11. VULNERABLE (adj.)

  • Urdu: غیر محفوظ، آسانی سے متاثر ہونے والا
  • Meaning: exposed to the possibility of harm
  • Synonyms: exposed, susceptible, defenceless, unprotected, weak
  • Antonyms: invulnerable, safe, protected, resilient
  • Use: Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change.

12. WAIVE (v.)

  • Urdu: دستبردار ہونا، معاف کرنا
  • Meaning: to refrain from insisting on a right or rule
  • Synonyms: relinquish, forgo, renounce, set aside, exempt
  • Antonyms: enforce, insist on, claim, impose
  • Use: The university waived fees for flood-affected students.

13. WANE (v.)

  • Urdu: گھٹنا، زوال پذیر ہونا
  • Meaning: to decrease in power or extent
  • Synonyms: decline, diminish, decrease, ebb, fade
  • Antonyms: wax, grow, increase, strengthen
  • Use: Public interest in the issue soon waned.

14. WANTON (adj.)

  • Urdu: بلا وجہ، بے دردی سے؛ بے لگام
  • Meaning: deliberate and unprovoked; unrestrained
  • Synonyms: deliberate, gratuitous, malicious, unprovoked, reckless
  • Antonyms: justified, provoked, restrained, careful
  • Use: The wanton destruction of forests must stop.

15. WARY (adj.)

  • Urdu: محتاط، ہوشیار
  • Meaning: feeling or showing caution about danger
  • Synonyms: cautious, careful, circumspect, chary, guarded
  • Antonyms: unwary, careless, trusting, reckless
  • Use: Investors are wary of sudden policy shifts.

16. WAVER (v.)

  • Urdu: ڈگمگانا، تذبذب کا شکار ہونا
  • Meaning: to be undecided; to become unsteady
  • Synonyms: vacillate, hesitate, falter, dither, fluctuate
  • Antonyms: decide, resolve, stand firm, persist
  • Use: The nation never wavered in its support for Palestine.

17. WAYWARD (adj.)

  • Urdu: آوارہ، بے راہ، ضدی
  • Meaning: difficult to control because of unpredictable behaviour
  • Synonyms: wilful, headstrong, unruly, errant, perverse
  • Antonyms: obedient, docile, compliant, well-behaved
  • Use: The wayward son returned home after years.

18. WEAN (v.)

  • Urdu: عادت چھڑانا؛ دودھ چھڑانا
  • Meaning: to make someone give up a habit or dependence
  • Synonyms: detach, break the habit, withdraw, free, disengage
  • Antonyms: addict, attach, habituate
  • Use: Pakistan must wean itself off imported fuel.

19. WHEEDLE (v.)

  • Urdu: چکنی چپڑی باتوں سے منوانا
  • Meaning: to persuade through flattery
  • Synonyms: coax, cajole, inveigle, sweet-talk, charm
  • Antonyms: force, compel, coerce, order
  • Use: The child wheedled money out of his grandfather.

20. WHET (v.)

  • Urdu: تیز کرنا، بڑھانا (شوق یا بھوک)
  • Meaning: to sharpen; to excite (desire or interest)
  • Synonyms: sharpen, hone; stimulate, arouse, kindle
  • Antonyms: blunt, dull; dampen, suppress
  • Use: The trailer whetted the audience's appetite.

21. WHIMSICAL (adj.)

  • Urdu: من موجی، انوکھا
  • Meaning: playfully quaint; acting on whims
  • Synonyms: fanciful, playful, capricious, quirky, impulsive
  • Antonyms: serious, sensible, predictable, practical
  • Use: Whimsical decisions destroy institutional stability.

22. WILY (adj.)

  • Urdu: مکار، چالاک
  • Meaning: skilled at gaining advantage by deceit
  • Synonyms: cunning, crafty, sly, shrewd, artful
  • Antonyms: naive, ingenuous, guileless, honest
  • Use: The wily politician switched parties before every election.

23. WINSOME (adj.)

  • Urdu: دلکش، پرکشش
  • Meaning: attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way
  • Synonyms: charming, engaging, endearing, appealing, winning
  • Antonyms: unattractive, repellent, disagreeable
  • Use: The child's winsome smile won everyone over.

24. WISTFUL (adj.)

  • Urdu: حسرت بھرا، یادوں میں کھویا ہوا
  • Meaning: having a feeling of vague, regretful longing
  • Synonyms: nostalgic, yearning, longing, melancholy, pensive
  • Antonyms: content, cheerful, satisfied, indifferent
  • Use: Elders speak wistfully of pre-Partition Lahore.

25. WITHER (v.)

  • Urdu: مرجھانا، سوکھ جانا
  • Meaning: to become dry and shrivelled; to decline
  • Synonyms: wilt, shrivel, droop, fade, decline
  • Antonyms: flourish, bloom, thrive, prosper
  • Use: Crops withered in the drought.

26. WITHSTAND (v.)

  • Urdu: مقابلہ کرنا، برداشت کرنا
  • Meaning: to remain undamaged by; to resist
  • Synonyms: resist, endure, bear, survive, hold out against
  • Antonyms: succumb, yield, surrender, give in
  • Use: New buildings must withstand earthquakes.

27. WITTY (adj.)

  • Urdu: ظریف، بذلہ سنج
  • Meaning: showing quick and inventive verbal humour
  • Synonyms: humorous, clever, amusing, droll, sharp
  • Antonyms: dull, humourless, boring, serious
  • Use: Mushtaq Yusufi's witty prose delights readers.

28. WOE (n.)

  • Urdu: دکھ، غم، مصیبت
  • Meaning: great sorrow or distress
  • Synonyms: misery, sorrow, grief, anguish, distress
  • Antonyms: joy, happiness, delight, bliss
  • Use: The economy's woes deepened after the floods.

29. WRATH (n.)

  • Urdu: غضب، قہر
  • Meaning: extreme anger
  • Synonyms: fury, rage, anger, ire, indignation
  • Antonyms: calm, pleasure, happiness, forgiveness
  • Use: The government faced the wrath of voters.

30. WRETCHED (adj.)

  • Urdu: بدحال، خستہ حال
  • Meaning: in a very unhappy or unfortunate state; very bad
  • Synonyms: miserable, pitiful, unhappy, dismal, squalid
  • Antonyms: happy, fortunate, excellent, cheerful
  • Use: Brick-kiln workers live in wretched conditions.

31. WRY (adj.)

  • Urdu: طنزیہ (خشک مزاح کے ساتھ)
  • Meaning: using dry, mocking humour
  • Synonyms: ironic, sardonic, dry, sarcastic, droll
  • Antonyms: earnest, serious, straightforward
  • Use: He gave a wry smile at the promise of cheap sugar.

32. XENOPHOBIA (n.)

  • Urdu: غیر ملکیوں سے نفرت یا خوف
  • Meaning: dislike or prejudice against people from other countries
  • Synonyms: racism, chauvinism, bigotry, intolerance, nativism
  • Antonyms: xenophilia, tolerance, openness, cosmopolitanism
  • Use: Rising xenophobia in Europe affects Pakistani migrants.

33. YEARN (v.)

  • Urdu: تڑپنا، شدید خواہش کرنا
  • Meaning: to have an intense longing
  • Synonyms: long, pine, crave, ache, hanker
  • Antonyms: dislike, loathe, be indifferent
  • Use: Overseas workers yearn for home during Eid.

34. YIELD (v./n.)

  • Urdu: پیداوار دینا؛ ہار ماننا
  • Meaning: to produce; to give way; an amount produced
  • Synonyms: produce, generate; surrender, submit; output, harvest
  • Antonyms: resist, withstand; loss
  • Use: Wheat yield per acre remains low in Pakistan.

35. YOKE (n./v.)

  • Urdu: جوا، غلامی کا طوق
  • Meaning: a wooden bar joining oxen; oppressive control
  • Synonyms: bondage, subjugation, servitude, oppression, burden
  • Antonyms: freedom, liberty, independence
  • Use: Muslims of India threw off the colonial yoke in 1947.

36. ZANY (adj.)

  • Urdu: مسخرا، عجیب و غریب اور مزاحیہ
  • Meaning: amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic
  • Synonyms: eccentric, madcap, wacky, quirky, comical
  • Antonyms: serious, sober, conventional, sensible
  • Use: The zany comedy became a surprise hit.

37. ZEAL (n.)

  • Urdu: جوش، ولولہ
  • Meaning: great energy or enthusiasm for a cause
  • Synonyms: passion, fervour, ardour, enthusiasm, eagerness
  • Antonyms: apathy, indifference, lethargy, reluctance
  • Use: Volunteers worked with great zeal in the relief camps.

38. ZEALOT (n.)

  • Urdu: متعصب، انتہا پسند
  • Meaning: a person who is fanatical in pursuing their ideals
  • Synonyms: fanatic, extremist, radical, bigot, militant
  • Antonyms: moderate, sceptic, liberal
  • Use: Zealots have no tolerance for debate.

39. ZEALOUS (adj.)

  • Urdu: پرجوش، سرگرم
  • Meaning: having or showing great zeal
  • Synonyms: fervent, ardent, passionate, eager, keen
  • Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, half-hearted, unenthusiastic
  • Use: A zealous officer cleared the backlog in a month.

40. ZENITH (n.)

  • Urdu: عروج، بلند ترین نقطہ
  • Meaning: the highest point; the peak of power or success
  • Synonyms: peak, pinnacle, summit, apex, acme
  • Antonyms: nadir, bottom, low point, base
  • Use: The Mughal Empire reached its zenith under Akbar.

41. ZEST (n.)

  • Urdu: ذوق شوق، امنگ
  • Meaning: great enthusiasm and energy
  • Synonyms: enthusiasm, gusto, relish, eagerness, vigour
  • Antonyms: apathy, indifference, boredom, lethargy
  • Use: He approached every task with zest.

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That completes the alphabet. Revise it in reverse (Z → A) once, since the later letters get less revision time.