Bucket 89 — Morality, Sin & Wrongdoing

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Base

• Urdu: پست، گھٹیا، بے اصول
• Meaning: morally low, dishonorable, or crude
• Synonyms: ignoble, vile
• Antonyms: noble, honorable
• ✍️ Use: The investigation exposed the base motives behind the scheme.
• 🧠 Hook: Base = the lowest level.

Iniquity

• Urdu: بدکاری، ناانصافی، گناہ
• Meaning: injustice, wickedness, or sin
• Synonyms: wickedness, injustice
• Antonyms: virtue, righteousness
• ✍️ Use: The reform sought to eliminate institutional iniquity.
• 🧠 Hook: Opposite of equity/fairness.

Peccadillo

• Urdu: چھوٹی غلطی یا گناہ
• Meaning: a minor fault or small wrongdoing
• Synonyms: minor offense, lapse
• Antonyms: virtue, innocence
• ✍️ Use: The official admitted a few peccadilloes but denied any serious misconduct.
• 🧠 Hook: A small fault, not a major crime.

Reprobate

• Urdu: بدکردار، بے اصول شخص
• Meaning: a depraved or unprincipled person
• Synonyms: scoundrel, degenerate
• Antonyms: saint, upright person
• ✍️ Use: The novel portrays the corrupt official as a reprobate.
• 🧠 Hook: Fails every test of probity.

Turpitude

• Urdu: اخلاقی پستی، بدکرداری
• Meaning: depravity or baseness of character
• Synonyms: depravity, wickedness
• Antonyms: virtue, morality
• ✍️ Use: The court condemned the moral turpitude involved in the fraud.
• 🧠 Hook: Think: extremely low moral character.