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owe

Verb

Beispiel: “I owe you ten dollars.”

Synonyme: be in debt to

Antonyme: repay, own

incipient

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “The company showed signs of incipient growth.”

Synonyme: emerging, early

Antonyme: developed

facsimile

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The museum showed a facsimile of the letter.”

Synonyme: copy, replica

Antonyme: original

abundance

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The garden has an abundance of flowers.”

Synonyme: plenty, wealth

Antonyme: scarcity

rhetoric

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The speech used powerful rhetoric.”

Synonyme: persuasive speech, oratory

Antonyme: silence

relegate

Verb

Beispiel: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”

Synonyme: demote, downgrade

Antonyme: promote

allegory

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Synonyme: symbolic story

Antonyme: literal story

cogent

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “She made a cogent argument.”

Synonyme: convincing, clear

Antonyme: weak

hoist

Verb

Beispiel: “They hoisted the flag.”

Synonyme: raise, lift

Antonyme: lower

adorn

Verb

Beispiel: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Synonyme: decorate, embellish

Antonyme: strip

dominant

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “This company is dominant in the market.”

Synonyme: leading, powerful

Antonyme: weak

invoice

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Please send the invoice today.”

Synonyme: bill, payment request

Antonyme: receipt

investor

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The investor gave money to the company.”

Synonyme: backer, financier

Antonyme: borrower

abuse

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Abuse of power is dangerous.”

Synonyme: misuse, harm

Antonyme: care

loan

Substantiv

Beispiel: “He took a loan from the bank.”

Synonyme: credit, borrowed money

Antonyme: saving

electricity

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The house has no electricity.”

Synonyme: power, electric power

Antonyme: darkness

elevator

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Take the elevator to the third floor.”

Synonyme: lift

Antonyme: stairs

bath

Substantiv

Beispiel: “I take a bath at night.”

Synonyme: wash, bathtub

Antonyme: shower

bathroom

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The bathroom is clean.”

Synonyme: toilet, washroom

Antonyme: bedroom

airport

Substantiv

Beispiel: “We arrived at the airport early.”

garden

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The children play in the garden.”

Synonyme: yard

revelatory

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “The letters were revelatory and deeply personal.”

Synonyme: revealing, illuminating

Antonyme: concealing, secretive

protrusion

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The scan showed a small protrusion in the bone.”

Synonyme: bulge, projection

Antonyme: indentation, recession

locomotion

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Birds use different forms of locomotion.”

Synonyme: movement, mobility

Antonyme: stillness, immobility

habitation

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The island showed signs of early human habitation.”

Synonyme: dwelling, residence

Antonyme: vacancy, emptiness

formidably

Adverb

Beispiel: “The team performed formidably under pressure.”

Synonyme: powerfully, impressively

Antonyme: weakly, poorly

formidable

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “She is a formidable opponent in debate.”

Synonyme: powerful, intimidating

Antonyme: weak, harmless

inherently

Adverb

Beispiel: “Power is not inherently harmful.”

Synonyme: essentially, intrinsically

Antonyme: externally, accidentally

domination

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The team’s domination lasted for years.”

Synonyme: control, supremacy

Antonyme: submission, equality

dominantly

Adverb

Beispiel: “The market is dominantly controlled by a few firms.”

Synonyme: powerfully, predominantly

Antonyme: weakly, marginally

accustomed

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “I am accustomed to working late.”

Synonyme: used to, familiar with

Antonyme: unaccustomed, unused

shortlist

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Her name was added to the final shortlist.”

Synonyme: selected list

Antonyme: long list, rejection

possessor

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The possessor of the document must sign here.”

Synonyme: owner, holder

Antonyme: loser, borrower

buzz

Verb

Beispiel: “I could hear bees buzz around the flowers.”

Synonyme: hum, vibrate

Antonyme: be silent

saw

Substantiv

Beispiel: “He used a saw to cut the wood.”

Synonyme: cutting tool

Antonyme:

hay

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The horses were eating hay.”

Synonyme: dried grass

Antonyme: fresh grass

dip

Verb

Beispiel: “Dip the bread into the soup.”

Synonyme: lower briefly, immerse

Antonyme: lift

bud

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The rose bush is full of new buds.”

Synonyme: young flower

Antonyme: full bloom

microcomputer

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Synonyme: small computer

Antonyme: mainframe

holy

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “This is a holy place for many people.”

Synonyme: sacred

Antonyme: ordinary, unholy

damp

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “The towels are still damp.”

Synonyme: wet, moist

Antonyme: dry

calf

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The calf followed its mother across the field.”

Synonyme: young cow

Antonyme: bull

bill

Substantiv

Beispiel: “We asked for the bill after dinner.”

Synonyme: invoice, note

Antonyme: payment

base

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The lamp has a heavy base.”

Synonyme: foundation, bottom

Antonyme: top

but

Konjunktion

Beispiel: “I wanted to go, but I was too tired.”

Synonyme: however

Antonyme: and

trick

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The magician showed us a clever trick.”

Synonyme: move, deception

Antonyme: truth

raise

Verb

Beispiel: “Please raise your hand if you know the answer.”

Synonyme: lift

Antonyme: lower

power

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The storm cut the power in our area.”

Synonyme: energy, strength

Antonyme: weakness

magic

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The film is full of magic and wonder.”

Synonyme: sorcery

Antonyme: reality

rose

Substantiv

Beispiel: “He gave her a red rose.”

Synonyme: flower

Antonyme:

lion

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The lion is sleeping under the tree.”

Synonyme: big cat

Antonyme:

lily

Adverb

Beispiel: “There is a white lily in the garden.”

Synonyme: flower

Antonyme:

taste-maker

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The critic became a taste-maker in contemporary art.”

Synonyme: trendsetter, influencer

Antonyme: follower, outsider

athleticism

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The role demands both grace and athleticism.”

Synonyme: physical prowess, fitness

Antonyme: clumsiness, frailty

degradation

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Environmental degradation is accelerating in the region.”

Synonyme: deterioration, decline

Antonyme: improvement, restoration

unwavering

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “She showed unwavering support throughout the crisis.”

Synonyme: steadfast, firm

Antonyme: uncertain, wavering

thus

Adverb

Beispiel: “The road was closed, thus we had to wait.”

Synonyme: therefore, in this way

Antonyme: however

stem

Verb

Beispiel: “Most of these problems stem from poor planning.”

Synonyme: come from, plant stalk

Antonyme: end

moss

Substantiv

Beispiel: “Green moss covered the old stones.”

Synonyme: soft plant

Antonyme:

these

Pronomen

Beispiel: “These flowers are beautiful.”

Synonyme: these ones

Antonyme: those

below

Präposition

Beispiel: “Please read the text below.”

Synonyme: under

Antonyme: above

magnanimously

Adverb

Beispiel: “She magnanimously credited the team for the success.”

Synonyme: generously

Antonyme: pettily

deprecatingly

Adverb

Beispiel: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Synonyme: self-effacingly

Antonyme: proudly

proportional

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “The response must be proportional to the risk.”

Synonyme: commensurate

Antonyme: disproportionate

paralyzingly

Adverb

Beispiel: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Synonyme: immobilizingly

Antonyme: empoweringly

jurisdiction

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The case falls under federal jurisdiction.”

Synonyme: authority

bureaucratic

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “The process is slowed by bureaucratic requirements.”

Synonyme: administrative

Antonyme: streamlined

subordinate

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “He refused to be treated as subordinate in the partnership.”

Synonyme: junior

Antonyme: superior

remorseless

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “The remorseless attacker showed no regret.”

Synonyme: pitiless

Antonyme: remorseful

range

Substantiv

Beispiel: “The price range is from $10 to $50.”

Synonyme: spectrum

pluck

Verb

Beispiel: “She plucked the flowers from the garden.”

Synonyme: pull off

Antonyme: plant

mogul

Substantiv

Beispiel: “He became a real-tech mogul in his 40s.”

Synonyme: tycoon

midst

Substantiv

Beispiel: “In the midst of the meeting, the power went out.”

Synonyme: middle

lower

Verb

Beispiel: “They lowered the price to attract customers.”

Synonyme: reduce

Antonyme: raise

force

Substantiv

Beispiel: “They used force to open the door.”

Synonyme: power

Antonyme: weakness

faith

Substantiv

Beispiel: “He kept faith even in difficult times.”

Synonyme: belief

Antonyme: doubt

consist

Verb

Beispiel: “The team consists of five people.”

Synonyme: be made of

theirs

Pronomen

Beispiel: “This house is theirs.”

Synonyme: belonging to them

junior

Adjektiv

Beispiel: “He is a junior worker.”

Synonyme: younger

Antonyme: senior

flower

Substantiv

Beispiel: “This flower is yellow.”

Synonyme: bloom