The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 18th February 2026

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  18th February 2026

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1. Conscience (noun)

Meaning: an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior. (अंतरात्मा की आवाज)

Synonyms: sense of right, moral sense, inner voice

Sentence: Her conscience told her to find the lost wallet’s owner.

2. Puerile (adj.)

Meaning: having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children (बचकाना)

Synonyms: childish, immature, infantile

Antonyms: adult, experienced, mature

Sentence: I find his sense of humor rather puerile.

3. Deportation (noun)

Meaning: the action of deporting a foreigner from a country. (निर्वासन)

Synonyms: expulsion, expelling, banishment

Antonyms: repatriation, return, immigration

Sentence: Several of the asylum seekers now face deportation.

4. Distraught (adj.)

Meaning: deeply upset and agitated. (व्याकुल)

Synonyms: worried, upset, distressed

Antonyms: calm, peaceful, placid

Sentence: Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.

5. Recalcitrant (adj.)

Meaning: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline. (आज्ञा न माननेवाला)

Synonyms: uncooperative, obstinately disobedient, intractable

Antonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant

Sentence: The University suspended the most recalcitrant students.

6. Cavalier (adj.)

Meaning: showing a lack of proper concern; offhand. (अभिमानपूर्ण)

Synonyms: arrogant, assumptive, bumptious

Antonyms: humble, lowly, modest

Sentence: The club’s owner showed a cavalier attitude to the licensing laws.

7. Dearth (noun)

Meaning: a scarcity or lack of something. (कमी)

Synonyms: lack, scarcity, shortage

Antonyms: abundance, adequacy, opulence

Sentence: There seems to be a dearth of good young players at the moment.

8. Throes (noun)

Meaning: intense or violent pain and struggle, especially accompanying birth, death, or great change. (पीड़ा)

Synonyms: agony, pain, paroxysm

Antonyms: comfort, peace

Sentence: The country is presently in the throes of the worst recession since the second world war.

9. Deliverance (noun)

Meaning: the action of being rescued or set free. (मुक्ति)

Synonyms: liberation, release, freeing

Sentence: We pray for deliverance from our sins.

10. Slipshod (adj.)

Meaning: (typically of a person or method of work) characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization. (असावधानीपूर्ण)

Synonyms: careless, lackadaisical, slapdash

Antonyms: attentive, careful, conscientious

Sentence: He’d caused many problems with his slipshod management.

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