Select the correct synonym for the word: Temerity
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → audacity
Temerity means too much boldness, a rash confidence that ignores risk or good manners. Its synonym is audacity.
Example: The new clerk had the temerity to question the director in front of everyone.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Caution | care taken to avoid danger or mistakes (the opposite of rash boldness) | Drive with caution on the wet road. |
| (2) audacity (answer) | daring boldness, often a rude or shocking kind of boldness (both words describe a person who dares to do something risky or disrespectful) | He had the audacity to ask for a holiday on his first day at work. |
| (3) Circumspection | careful thought about all the risks before acting (also an antonym of temerity) | The minister answered the reporters with great circumspection. |
| (4) fulfillment | satisfaction from achieving something, or the carrying out of a promise or wish (it has nothing to do with boldness) | Teaching poor children gave her a deep sense of fulfillment. |
| Synonyms of temerity: audacity, boldness, nerve, rashness Antonyms of temerity: caution, circumspection, timidity, prudence Also asked in CUET (UG): temerity – 21-06-2023 Slot 1 audacity – 12-05-2026 Slot 1, 29-05-2024 Slot 1, 21-06-2023 Slot 1, 10-06-2023 Slot 2, 30-05-2023 Slot 1 |