Vocabulario

rather

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “I would rather stay home.”

Sinónimos: preferably

oblique

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

Sinónimos: indirect, slanted

Antónimos: direct

rhetorical

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “That was a rhetorical question, not a real one.”

Sinónimos: oratorical, persuasive

Antónimos: literal, plain

punitively

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The rules were applied punitively rather than fairly.”

Sinónimos: harshly, penally

Antónimos: leniently, mercifully

ornamental

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The garden includes ornamental trees.”

Sinónimos: decorative, fancy

Antónimos: functional, plain

bent

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The metal rod is bent.”

Sinónimos: curved, not straight

Antónimos: straight

quite

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The test was quite easy.”

Sinónimos: fairly, rather

Antónimos: hardly

local

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “We bought fruit from a local shop.”

Sinónimos: nearby, regional

Antónimos: foreign

misdemeanor

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The offense was classified as a misdemeanor rather than a felony.”

Sinónimos: minor offense, infraction

Antónimos: felony, major crime

intuitively

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The interface is designed so users can navigate it intuitively.”

Sinónimos: naturally, instinctively

Antónimos: deliberately, awkwardly

truth

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “It is important to tell the truth.”

Sinónimos: fact, reality

Antónimos: lie, falsehood

rhetorically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “He asked rhetorically, knowing no one would answer.”

Sinónimos: for effect

Antónimos: literally

ingratiating

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “His ingratiating manner felt calculated rather than sincere.”

Sinónimos: sycophantic

Antónimos: genuine

hypothetical

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “Let’s consider a hypothetical scenario where demand doubles overnight.”

Sinónimos: theoretical

Antónimos: actual

domestically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The company expanded domestically before going global.”

Sinónimos: internally

Antónimos: internationally

impressionistic

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The report offered an impressionistic overview.”

Sinónimos: evocative

Antónimos: precise

synthetically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The material was produced synthetically.”

Sinónimos: artificially

Antónimos: naturally

infer

Verbo

Ejemplo: “From the logs, we inferred that the service restarted twice.”

arbitrary

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The deadline felt arbitrary and poorly justified.”

capricious

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

Ejemplo: “The weather here is capricious.”

Sinónimos: arbitrary, whimsical, impulsive

empirical

/ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/

Ejemplo: “We need empirical evidence.”

Sinónimos: experiential, experimental, existential

Antónimos: theoretical, theoretic