Pakistan is experiencing a major blackout across the country. There was no power in all major cities, including Karachi, Islamabad’s capital, Lahore, and Peshawar. A “frequency variation” in southern Pakistan caused the grid failure, according to power minister Khurrum Dastagir. Dawn news published an article, covering this news and I selected 12 Newspaper vocabulary words from those articles and explained them in this lesson. If you are preparing for a competitive exam, this lesson will help you. Newspaper Vocabulary Words with Urdu Meaning learning this video lesson will help you read the Newspaper without any confusion.
These Newspaper Vocabulary Words are selected from following article:
Hours after major outage hits Pakistan, govt says power restoration under way
1. Outage (Noun)
• Meaning:
A period when power supply or other services are not available
2. Breakdown (Noun)
• Meaning:
A failure in system
3. Utmost (Noun, Adjective)
• Meaning:
• Of the greatest or highest extreme
4. Fluctuation (Noun)
• Meaning:
An irregular rise and fall
5. Oversee (Verb)
• Meaning:
To supervise a person or work
6. Sought (Verb)
• Meaning:
Attempt to find something
7. Pinpoint (verb)
• Meaning:
To identify with great accuracy
8. Swift (Adjective)
• Meaning:
Fast and quick
9. Apprise (Verb)
• Meaning:
To tell or inform
10. Directive (Noun)
• Meaning:
An official instruction
11. Degradation (Noun)
• Meaning:
Something becoming worse and weaker
12. Crook (Noun)
• Meaning:
A person who is dishonest or criminal
