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