The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 23rd September 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  23rd September 2025

In this competitive world, ‘Vocabulary’ is extremely important for almost every exam like Banking, Railway, Insurance, SSC, and other Government exams so here We bring you The Hindu Vocab on daily basis to boost your vocab power and help you in your preparation for different examinations.

 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Wager (noun)

Meaning: an act of betting a sum of money on the outcome of an unpredictable event. (दांव)

Synonyms: bet, gamble, stake

Sentence: Lost her wager when the horse dropped out of the race.

2. Jollity (noun)

Meaning: lively and cheerful activity or celebration. (चहलपहल)

Synonyms: conviviality, festivity, gaiety

Antonyms: dolefulness, melancholy, depression

Sentence: It was a memorable night of riotous jollity.

3. Desolation (noun)

Meaning: a state of complete emptiness or destruction. (वीरानी)

Synonyms: barrenness, bleakness, starkness

Antonyms: blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness

Sentence: His desolation after his twin brother died was incurable.

4. Decrying (verb)

Meaning: publicly denounce. (निंदा)

Synonyms: denounce, condemn, criticize

Antonyms: acclaiming, applauding, praising

Sentence: The prophets weren’t decrying the ritual of the temple.

5. Pander (verb)

Meaning: gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.). (बढ़ावा देना)

Synonyms: indulge, gratify, satisfy

Sentence: Don’t pander to such people.

6. Ebullient (adj.)

Meaning: cheerful and full of energy. (जोशीला)

Synonyms: exuberant, buoyant, cheerful

Antonyms: indolent, lazy, stolid

Sentence: My father is a naturally ebullient personality.

7. Phalanx (noun)

Meaning: formal a large collection of people, animals, or things often placed close together (झुंड)

Synonyms: brigade, crew, platoon

Antonyms: individual, single

Sentence: A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle.

8. Contumacious (adj.)

Meaning: (especially of a defendant’s behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority. (अवज्ञाकारी)

Synonyms: balky, contrary, defiant

Antonyms: amenable, biddable, compliant

Sentence: The judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court.

9. Shrewdness (noun)

Meaning: the quality of having or showing good powers of judgement. (चतुराई)

Synonyms: sharpness, acuteness, acuity

Antonyms: guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence

Sentence: The coach showed considerable tactical shrewdness.

10. Knack (noun)

Meaning: an acquired or natural skill at performing a task. (आदत)

Synonyms: aptitude, aptness, skill

Antonyms: inability, incapacity

Sentence: He has a knack for saying the wrong thing.

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