Vocabulario

but

Conjunción

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

Sinónimos: however

Antónimos: and

button

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “Press the button.”

Sinónimos: switch, key

Antónimos: hole

recourse

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “They had no recourse but to sue.”

Sinónimos: option, remedy

Antónimos: helplessness

merit

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The proposal has merit.”

Sinónimos: value, worth

Antónimos: fault

angst

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “Teenagers often feel social angst.”

Sinónimos: anxiety, worry

Antónimos: calm

assistant

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The assistant helped the teacher.”

Sinónimos: helper, aide

Antónimos: leader

delivery

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The delivery is fast.”

Sinónimos: shipment, transport

Antónimos: pickup

economy

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The economy is growing.”

Sinónimos: financial system

Antónimos: poverty

belt

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “I need a belt.”

Sinónimos: strap

Antónimos: button

personality

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “She has a strong personality.”

Sinónimos: character, nature

Antónimos: facelessness

ostensible

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The ostensible reason for the visit was business.”

Sinónimos: apparent, supposed

Antónimos: real, genuine

inartistic

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The design was practical but inartistic.”

Sinónimos: plain, uncreative

Antónimos: artistic, aesthetic

denotation

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”

Sinónimos: literal meaning, direct reference

Antónimos: connotation, implication

tap

Verbo

Ejemplo: “Tap the screen to continue.”

Sinónimos: touch lightly, faucet

Antónimos: slam

qualification

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “She has the right qualifications for the job.”

Sinónimos: credential, ability

Antónimos: inexperience

tuberculosis

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.”

Sinónimos: TB

Antónimos: health

anchorperson

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The anchorperson introduced the evening news.”

Sinónimos: news presenter, host

Antónimos: guest

subjunctive

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “In some languages, the subjunctive is used to express doubt or possibility.”

Sinónimos: grammar mood

Antónimos: indicative

fake

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The watch looked expensive, but it was fake.”

Sinónimos: false, not real

Antónimos: real, genuine

acquaintance

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “He is only an acquaintance, not a close friend.”

Sinónimos: contact, associate

Antónimos: stranger, close friend

shape

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “What shape is the table?”

Sinónimos: form

Antónimos:

loose

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The button is loose.”

Sinónimos: not tight

Antónimos: tight

fault

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “It was not my fault.”

Sinónimos: blame, mistake

Antónimos: success, virtue

error

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “There is an error in this sentence.”

Sinónimos: mistake

Antónimos: correctness

apart

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The twins look similar, but you can tell them apart.”

Sinónimos: separately

Antónimos: together

utilitarian

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The building is functional but aggressively utilitarian.”

Sinónimos: practical, functional

Antónimos: decorative, ornamental

proprietary

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The company uses proprietary software for data analysis.”

Sinónimos: private, exclusive

Antónimos: open-source, public

centralized

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The company adopted a highly centralized management structure.”

Sinónimos: concentrated, controlled from one center

Antónimos: decentralized, distributed

attributive

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “In grammar, an attributive adjective comes before the noun.”

Sinónimos: descriptive, qualifying

Antónimos: predicative

primitively

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The shelter was primitively built but still usable.”

Sinónimos: crudely, basically

Antónimos: sophisticatedly, refinedly

circulation

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The newspaper has a daily circulation of over 100,000 copies.”

Sinónimos: distribution, flow

Antónimos: stagnation

abstraction

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The theory is useful, but it remains an abstraction for most people.”

Sinónimos: concept, generalization

Antónimos: concreteness, reality

anyway

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “It was raining, but we went anyway.”

Sinónimos: in any case

Antónimos: therefore not

other

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “One shoe is here, but where is the other one?”

Sinónimos: another

Antónimos: same

unexceptional

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The first draft was competent but unexceptional.”

Sinónimos: ordinary

Antónimos: remarkable

treacherously

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The surface looked solid but behaved treacherously underfoot.”

Sinónimos: deceitfully

Antónimos: reliably

paradoxically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “Paradoxically, strict rules can increase creativity.”

Sinónimos: ironically

Antónimos: predictably

marketability

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The design improved usability but reduced marketability.”

Sinónimos: sellability

Antónimos: unappeal

idiomatically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The phrase is grammatically correct but not idiomatically natural.”

Sinónimos: naturally

Antónimos: literally

dissemination

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The dissemination of misinformation was faster than the correction.”

Sinónimos: distribution

Antónimos: suppression

confabulation

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “Under pressure, he drifted into confabulation and filled gaps with fiction.”

Sinónimos: fabrication

Antónimos: accuracy

solitariness

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The solitariness of the job suits some people but not others.”

Sinónimos: isolation

Antónimos: companionship

muscle-bound

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “He looked muscle-bound, but he tired quickly.”

Sinónimos: buff

Antónimos: slender

idiosyncrasy

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “Every founder has an idiosyncrasy that shapes the culture.”

Sinónimos: quirk

Antónimos: normality

happenstance

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Sinónimos: chance

Antónimos: design

eccentricity

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “His eccentricity is charming, but it can confuse new colleagues.”

Sinónimos: quirkiness

Antónimos: conventionality

decentralize

Verbo

Ejemplo: “The company decided to decentralize decision-making to speed up execution.”

Sinónimos: distribute

Antónimos: centralize

catastrophic

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “A catastrophic failure is rare, but we must design for it.”

Sinónimos: disastrous

Antónimos: manageable

specification

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The device meets the specification, but not the real user needs.”

Sinónimos: requirements

eccentrically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “He dressed eccentrically but spoke with precision.”

Sinónimos: oddly

Antónimos: normally

structurally

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The argument is structurally sound but poorly evidenced.”

Sinónimos: in structure

commercially

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The product is strong technically but not commercially viable yet.”

Sinónimos: financially

unmusically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “He sang unmusically, but with great enthusiasm.”

Sinónimos: off-key

Antónimos: musically

uninspiring

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The presentation was correct but uninspiring.”

Sinónimos: dull

Antónimos: inspiring

nomad

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “Nomads move from place to place.”

Sinónimos: wanderer

Antónimos: settler

input

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “We need your input before we decide.”

Sinónimos: feedback

click

Verbo

Ejemplo: “Click the button to continue.”

Sinónimos: tap

civil

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “Please stay civil during the discussion.”

Sinónimos: polite

Antónimos: rude

spread

Verbo

Ejemplo: “Don’t spread rumors.”

Sinónimos: share

Antónimos: hide

nearly

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “We are nearly ready.”

Sinónimos: almost

Antónimos: completely

likely

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “It is likely to rain today.”

Sinónimos: probable

Antónimos: unlikely

almost

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “It is almost ready.”

Sinónimos: nearly

Antónimos: completely

demystification

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The book contributed to the demystification of science.”

Sinónimos: clarification

Antónimos: mystification

press

Verbo

Ejemplo: “Press the button to start.”

Sinónimos: push

Antónimos: release

paradoxical

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “Success had a paradoxical effect.”

Sinónimos: contradictory, ironic

Antónimos: logical

latent

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The conflict had latent causes.”

Sinónimos: hidden, dormant

Antónimos: overt

complex

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The system is complex but efficient.”

Sinónimos: complicated, intricate

Antónimos: simple

develop

Verbo

Ejemplo: “The company developed quickly.”

Sinónimos: grow, improve

Antónimos: decline

paradox

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “It’s a paradox that more options can make decisions harder.”

recondite

/ˈrekənˌdaɪt/

Ejemplo: “The lecture was recondite but fascinating.”

Sinónimos: esoteric, deep, abstruse

allocate

/ˈæləkeɪt/

Ejemplo: “We allocated extra budget to marketing.”

Sinónimos: apportion

factor

/ˈfæktər/

Ejemplo: “Cost is an important factor.”

Sinónimos: component, element, agent

contribute

/kənˈtrɪbjuːt/

Ejemplo: “Everyone can contribute to success.”

Sinónimos: impart, lead, give

feature

/ˈfiːtʃər/

Ejemplo: “This app has a useful feature.”

Sinónimos: characteristic, have, boast

Antónimos: miss, lack

sometimes

/ˈsʌmtaɪmz/

Ejemplo: “Sometimes I cook dinner.”