Vocabulary

1.Querulous

Meaning: complaining in an annoyed way
Synonym: crabby, cranky, grouchy,
Antonym: affable, agreeable, amiable, genial, good-humored
Sentence: car trips that were frequently spoiled by a couple of querulous passengers in the back.

2.Brigand
Meaning: a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.
Synonym: bandit
Sentence: Jake was a brigand who stole from his own family.

3.Inebriate
Meaning: make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.
Synonym: besotted
Antonym: teetotal; abstemious, abstinent
Sentence: “I got mildly inebriated”

4. Penurious
Meaning: lacking money; excessively unwilling to spend, not having enough money to pay for necessities.
Synonyms: parsimonious, hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched
Sentence: Warren Buffett, famous multi-billionaire, still drives a cheap sedan, not because he is penurious, but because luxury cars are gaudy and impractical.

5. Ponderous
Meaning: having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
Synonyms: heavy, lumbering
Sentence: Laden with 20 kilograms of college text books, the freshman moved ponderously across the campus.