The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 14th October 2026

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  14th October 2026

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Temerity (noun)

Meaning: excessive confidence or shameless boldness (उतावलापन)

Synonyms: audacity, arrogance, effrontery

Antonyms: timidity, modesty, hesitancy

Sentence: He had the temerity to ask for higher wages after only a day’s work.

2. Cognoscente (noun)

Meaning: a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts (विशेषज्ञ)

Synonyms: scholar, connoisseur, devotee

Antonyms: amateur, novice, apprentice

Sentence: Cognoscenti in the art world knew that most of the works being auctioned off were second-rate stuff.

3. Improvident (adj.)

Meaning: not thinking about and providing for the future (बेपरवाह)

Synonyms: careless, reckless, wasteful

Antonyms: provident, prudent, judicious

Sentence: You will pay for your improvident undisciplined behavior.

4. Vamoose (verb)

Meaning: to leave a place often for another (भाग जाना)

Synonyms: depart, move, flee

Antonyms: arrive, stay

Sentence: We told the boy playing in our yard to vamoose.

5. Menagerie (noun)

Meaning: an unorganized collection or mixture of various things (समूह)

Synonyms: assortment, variety, medley

Sentence: The living room is eclectically furnished with a menagerie of garage-sale finds.

6. Acerbic (adj.)

Meaning: marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings (व्यंग्यात्मक)

Synonyms: sarcastic, satiric

Antonyms: amusing, playful

Sentence: The letter was written in her usual acerbic style.

7. Wreak (verb)

Meaning: cause (a large amount of damage or harm). (नुकसान)

Synonyms: inflict, impose

Sentence: The new tax could wreak havoc among smaller companies.

8. Deliquesce (verb)

Meaning: to go from a solid to a liquid state (पिघलना)

Synonyms: melt, thaw, liquefy

Antonyms: solidify, harden

Sentence: A rotting tomato slowly deliquescing in the hot summer sun.

9. Truculent (adj.)

Meaning: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant. (लड़ाकू)

Synonyms: defiant, aggressive, antagonistic

Antonyms: peaceful, nonaggressive, pacific

Sentence: He became very truculent and started arguing with me angrily.

10. Fulgent (adj.)

Meaning: giving off or reflecting much light (चमकता हुआ)

Synonyms: luminous, shining, glowing

Antonyms: dim, dull, dark

Sentence: A fulgent sun peeked from behind the clouds.

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