2002 · Q30
His voice sounded haughty when I spoke to him over the telephone.
General EnglishVocabulary
- Apleasant
- Bhumble
- Csoft
- Dcheerful
Explanation
'Haughty' means arrogantly superior and disdainful; its antonym is 'humble'. 'Pleasant' (A), 'soft' (C) and 'cheerful' (D) describe manner or mood, not the opposite of arrogance. Note: the printed option (C) reads 'so', a scan truncation of 'soft'. Hence (B) is correct.