1. CAVALIER (ADJECTIVE): (अभिमानपूर्ण): Arrogant
Synonyms: haughty, offhand
Antonyms: humble, shy
Example Sentence:
The attack on professionalism so often found in the literature is cavalier and misguided.
2. AGHAST (ADJECTIVE): (भौचक्का): Appalled
Synonyms: awestruck, agog
Antonyms: unsurprised, composed
Example Sentence:
She was aghast at his question.
3. ERSTWHILE (ADJECTIVE): (भूतपूर्व): Former
Synonyms: bygone, previous
Antonyms: recent, new
Example Sentence:
There's now a store where erstwhile lay green and pleasant pastures.
4. POMPOUS (ADJECTIVE): (आडम्बरपूर्ण): arrogant, egotistic
Synonyms: boastful, selfish
Antonyms: humble, kind
Example Sentence:
Because the movie star was pompous, she spent most of her time looking into the mirror.
5. SINISTER (ADJECTIVE): (भयावह): Nasty
Synonyms: ominous, perverse
Antonyms: auspicious, benevolent
Example Sentence:
It was a pretty sinister comment that you made so far.
6. MULISHNESS (NOUN): (हठ): Doggedness
Synonyms: obstinacy, bullheadedness
Antonyms: irresolution, dubiety
Example Sentence:
He is buying everything by showing his heights of mulishness.
7. OSTRACIZE (VERB): (बहिष्कार करना): banish
Synonyms: expel, exclude
Antonyms: accept, embrace
Example Sentence:
Nalini was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers.
8. DOMINEERING (ADJECTIVE): (निरंकुश): Bossy
Synonyms: tyrannical, despotic
Antonyms: yielding, submissive
Example Sentence:
She let her career overtake the relationship, and she's become too controlling and domineering.
9. QUIXOTIC (ADJECTIVE): (विलक्षण): idealistic
Synonyms: impractical, dreamy
Antonyms: realistic, sensible
Example Sentence:
It was clearly a quixotic case against the defendant.
10. LEGATEE (NOUN): (वसीयतदार): Owner
Synonyms: partner, keeper
Antonyms: leaser, renter
Example Sentence:
Varun sees himself as a legatee of his father, Sanjay Gandhi, not his great-grandfather Nehru.
