1. Agnostic : noun
- Meaning : who believes that God or creation of the universe cannot be known(not to be confused with Atheist: who doesn’t believe in God)
- Synonyms: sceptic, questioner
- Antonyms: believer
- Usage : He was a scientist and therefore, an agnostic.
2. Bully : verb, noun
- Meaning : someone who oppresses or teases in a forcible manner on people who are lower in
- position, or the act of oppressing and teasing weaker section
- Synonyms: intimidate, tyrant/tyrannize
- Antonym: support/supporter, pamper
- Usage : John is a bully who disturbs young boys in his school.
3. Glum : verb
- Meaning : being sad
- Synonyms : miserable, downcast
- Antonyms: cheerful, happy
- Usage : She worked hard yet she couldn’t pass the exam and this is why she is glum.
4. Gruelling : adjective
- Meaning: which is tiring
- Synonyms: exhausting, strenuous
- Antonyms: easy, light
- Usage: He had a gruelling five hours walk to the hills.
5. Hypochondriac: adjective
- Meaning: one who is obsessed with their health, worries about illness
- Synonyms: malingering
- Antonyms : carefree
- Usage : Old people are often hypochondriac.
6. Inflate : verb
- Meaning: (for things) to pump up, to exaggerate something
- Synonyms : amplify, expand
- Antonyms: flattened, cut short/reduce
- Usage : He always inflates his stories of achievements.
7. Lousy : adjective
- Meaning : which is lowly, degraded
- Synonyms : mean, despicable
- Antonyms: great, high
- Usage : He played a lousy trick on his friend which earned him a bad repute
8. Magnate : noun
- Meaning : a tycoon or baron
- Synonyms: executive, captain of industry
- Antonyms : commoner
- Usage : The Ambani’s is the magnate of the Jio companies
9. Magnanimous : adjective
- Meaning: who is very generous or does charity
- Synonyms : benevolent , big-hearted
- Antonyms : mean, selfish
- Usage : He was not rich but was magnanimous.
10. Ornate : adjective
- Meaning : which is very elaborately designed and decorated
- Synonyms : embellished, fancy
- Antonyms: plain, simple
- Usage : The girl wore ornate jewellery in her wedding.
