# Words Meanings Sentences

1. Rigorous Strict

2. Erstwhile belonging to some prior

time e.g erstwhile friend.

3. Retain hold back within || secure

and keep for possible
future use or application
|| keep in one's mind

4. Sought that is looked for.

Example: the long
sought relatives.
‫ب‬
5 Weave ‫بننا‬ At first the 21st Amendment, as it is
‫ک‬ popularly known, was met with much
‫چکرّ کھانا‬ debate, but over time, military courts
‫ب‬ weaved themselves in to the fabric
‫مڑُنا‬
‫ب‬ of Pakistan’s criminal justice system.
‫موُڑنا‬

6 Disband cause to break up or the principal disbanded the political

cease to function student organization

7 Fanfare (music) a short lively tune There are no elaborate procedures

played on brass or fanfare that may lead the accused
instruments to military courts.

8 Cornerstone (Base, the fundamental One of the many cornerstones

Foundation) assumptions from which
something is begun or of a fair trial is the provision of
developed or calculated a detailed written judgment, at
or explained the conclusion of the trial.
‫ب‬
‫بنیاد‬
9 Coercion the act of compelling by They also have no access to the
‫ٴ‬
force of authority ‫دباو‬ outside world, further compounding
their vulnerability not only to torture
ّ‫جبر‬ and ill treatment, but also to other
forms of external pressure and
coercion.
10 Redundant (Superfluous, more than is needed,
Supernumerary) desired, or required
‫ااضِافی‬
‫زائد‬
 || repetition of same
sense in different words

11 Rendering (Interpretation, an explanation of

Interpreting, Translation) something that is not
immediately obvious
ّ‫تفسیر‬
‫تشرّ یح‬
12 grim picture not to be placated or This is indicative of not just the
appeased or moved by
government’s mistrust in the
entreaty ‫کڑُا‬
civil judiciary but also paints a
‫بے رحمانہ‬ grim picture of the sanctity of
‫شدید‬ a Pakistani’s constitutional
‫سنگ ادلِنہ‬ rights.
‫س‬
‫سخَت‬
13 Retrospectively in a manner Trying minors, retrospectively.
contemplative of past
events ّ‫گزشتہ زمانے پرّ نظر‬
‫ڈالتے ہوُئے‬
‫س‬
14 Anomaly َ‫انوُکھا پن‬ Military courts are not an
‫خلفا قااعدگی‬ anomaly.

deviation from the normal

or common order or form
or rule

15 Sanctity (Holiness) the quality of being holy This is indicative of not just the
‫پاکی‬ government’s mistrust in the
‫ب‬ civil judiciary but also paints a
‫حرّمت‬
‫ی‬ grim picture of the sanctity of
‫تقوُی‬
‫ب‬ a Pakistani’s constitutional
ُ‫تقدس‬ rights.
‫ب‬
‫بزرگی‬
16 Suffice be sufficient; be A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me
adequate, either in into medical school.
quality or quantity

17 Ransack (Despoil, Loot, ‫چیز یں چوُری کرّنا‬

Pillage, Plunder)
 steal goods; take as
spoils; search thoroughly
‫چھینَ لینا‬
‫چھیننا‬
‫چوُری کرّنا‬
‫ب‬
‫لوُٹ لینا‬
‫ب‬
‫لوُٹنا‬

‫ڈہوُنڈنا‬
‫ب‬
‫مکمل تلشی لینا‬
‫س س‬
18 Acquit (Clear, Exculpate, pronounce not guilty of ‫کسی الزام سے برّی کرّنا‬
Exonerate) criminal charges ‫س س‬
‫االزام سے برّی کرّ دینا‬
‫ب‬
‫بے گناہ ٹھہرّانا‬
‫س‬
‫برّی کرّنا‬
‫برّی‬
‫س‬
‫ارہِا کرّنا‬
19 menace ,‫خطرّے کا باعث‬ he spoke with desperate menace.

‫دھمکانا اور دھمکانے کا‬ he menaced the bank manager with

a stick.
‫عمل‬
A menacing person.

20 Hyperbole (Exaggeration) ‫مبالغہ‬ Nawaz

‫حد سے ز یادہ تعرّ یف‬ Sharif’s hyperbole has
been no less extravagant,
extravagant exaggeration
describing military courts
as the antidote to
“overcome 60 years of
unrest”.
21 extravagant ُ‫بے قابو‬ extravagant praise.
exuberant compliments.
unrestrained, especially overweening ambition.
with regard to feelings || overweening greed.
recklessly wasteful prodigal in their expenditures.
‫س‬ ‫س ب‬
‫فضوُل خرّچی‬
 ‫س‬ ‫س ب‬
‫فضوُل خرّچ‬
‫ضِائع کار‬
22 circumvent (Besiege) ‫گھیرّلینا‬ The authorities have sought to justify
(Beat) (Dodge, Evade, military courts as necessary for the
Hedge)
‫محاصرّہ کرّنا‬ “speedy trial” of terrorist suspects
and to circumvent perceived
‫چکمہ دینا‬ “loopholes” of the civilian justice
‫گوُل کرّنا‬ system.

‫کسی طرّح سے ٹال دینا‬

‫ب‬
23 Corrosive (Caustic, َ‫تباہ کن‬ corrosive cristism.
Erosive, Mordant, Vitriolic)
The (HRCP) has cautioned that
military courts will have a long-
term corrosive impact on Pakistan’s
struggle to create an “independent
and strong judicial system”.
‫ک‬
24 Embody (Incarnate) ‫مادی شکل میں ظاہِرّ کرّنا‬ The HRCP said that the government’s
(Personify) approval of military courts
‫مجسم کرّنا‬ “undermines” the civilian judiciary
‫س‬
‫اانسانی اجسم کی طرّح‬ and will embody the
same pathologies that hobble civilian
‫کسی کا کرّدار ادا کرّنا‬ courts.

25 enthusiasm (Ebullience ‫گرّم جوُشی‬

, Exuberance)
‫ولوُلہ‬

‫جوُش کی حالت‬
26 Scoff (Jeer, Jeering, showing your contempt The crowd jeered at the speaker.
Mockery, Flout, Scoffing, by derision
Gibe) ‫س‬ Nawaz Sharif
‫ہِنسی اڑانا‬ has scoffed at concerns
‫ب‬ ‫س‬
‫مذَاق اڑانا‬ about military courts.
‫توُہِینَ کرّنا‬
‫سس س‬
ّ‫تمسخَر‬
‫س‬
‫تضحیک‬
27 Illusion (Fancy, Fantasy) ‫وہم‬ Instead of undermining the judiciary
(Magic) through the illusory quick fix of
 (Delusion) ‫گمان‬ military trials for terrorism suspects,
the government should instead seek
‫خوُش فہمی‬ to boost the capacity of both the
police and the judiciary against such
‫فرّ یب‬ threats.
‫دھوُکا‬
28 unassailable ّ‫ناقابل تسخَیر‬
‫محفوُظ‬
‫س‬ ‫س س س‬
‫اجسِ پرّ حملہ نہ ہوُ سکے‬

‫بے نقص‬
without flaws or loopholes
‫بغیرّ خرّابی کے‬
immune to attack;
incapable of being
tampered with
‫ب‬ ‫س‬
29 Turbaned ‫پگَڑُی پہنے ہوُۓ‬
‫ب‬ ‫س‬
‫صافہ پہنے ہوُۓ‬
30 Laud (Exalt, Extol, Glorify) praise, glorify, or honor extol the virtues of one's children.
glorify one's spouse's cooking.
‫چڑُھانا‬
‫حمد کرّنا‬
‫س‬
‫حمد بیان کرّنا‬
‫س‬ ‫س‬
‫تعرّ یف کرّنا‬
‫عزت بخَشنا‬
‫ک‬
‫اعزت دینا‬

31 Daunting discouraging through fear

‫ہمت ہِارنا‬
‫ڈانٹنا‬
‫حوُصلہ ہِار جانا‬
32 Ambivalent ‫تذَبذَب میں‬ was ambivalent about having
children.
uncertain or unable to
decide about what
course to follow
33 Expanse the area of a rectangle.

a wide and open space

or area as of surface or
land or sky

34 Mere ‫امحض‬
‫اصرّفا‬ when the friend of
Pakistan acted as a mere
‫فقط‬
spectator to
‫خالص‬
disintegration of
Pakistan.

‫س‬
35 Wrath ّ‫قہر‬
‫ب س‬ ‫س‬
‫شدید غکصہ‬ Pakistan faced the wrath
of this enmity in 1971
‫س‬
36 Fraught ‫معنی خیز‬
the fraught Pak-US relations
will further deteriorate

37 Ebb (Ebbing, Wane) ‫گھٹنا‬

‫کم ہوُنا‬ The patient's strength ebbed away.

‫تنزل‬
the tides ebbed at noon.
‫زوال‬