English Vocabulary
1. QUANDARY (NOUN): Difficulty
Synonyms: dilemma, predicament Antonyms: good fortune, advantageExample Sentence: These days he is in quandary because he got his walking papers.
2. PIQUE (NOUN): Anger
Synonyms: annoyance, grudge Antonyms: pleasure, joyExample Sentence: Why are you fixed in your ways and always show pique towards him?
3. PECCADILLO (NOUN): Small fault
Synonyms: impropriety, indiscretion Antonyms: blunder, goofExample Sentence: Why are you doing a runner over such a peccadio?
4. PANOPLY (NOUN): Display
Synonyms: exhibition, presentation Antonyms: concealment, hidingExample Sentence: His profane words were a pure panoply of his rigidness.
5. PROPITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): Friendly
Synonyms: benevolent, kind Antonyms: unfavourable, unfriendlyExample Sentence: She is a propitious lady and usually chews the fat.
6. QUISLING (NOUN): Traitor
Synonyms: betrayer, judas Antonyms: loyalist, jingoistExample Sentence: His upbringing has gone pear shaped for he is a bounty quisling.
7. PROFUNDITY (NOUN): Wisdom
Synonyms: intelligence, perspicacity Antonyms: stupidity, imprudenceExample Sentence: He pulled off smoking cold turkey and showed his profundity.
8. OPPROBRIOUS (ADJECTIVE): Abusive
Synonyms: abasing, calumniatory Antonyms: kind, complimentaryExample Sentence: She took umbrage on his opprobrious remarks.
9. KOWTOW (VERB): Grovel
Synonyms: genuflect, pander Antonyms: unravel, unbendExample Sentence: Surely I’ll kowtow before anyone when pigs fly.
10. LAMBENT (ADJECTIVE): Luminous
Synonyms: bright, brilliant Antonyms: dim, dullExample Sentence: Don’t even touch this lambent stone, this may have fallen off the back of a lorry.
