Vocabulario

seem

Verbo

Ejemplo: “He seems tired.”

Sinónimos: appear, look

Antónimos: be

ostensibly

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The funds were ostensibly for research.”

Sinónimos: apparently, seemingly

Antónimos: actually, genuinely

inexorable

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The rise in costs seemed inexorable.”

Sinónimos: unstoppable, relentless

Antónimos: avoidable, merciful

impervious

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “She seemed impervious to criticism.”

Sinónimos: unaffected, immune

Antónimos: vulnerable, sensitive

exotically

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “The room was exotically decorated with rare fabrics.”

Sinónimos: unusually, distinctively

Antónimos: plainly, ordinarily

believably

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “She played the role believably.”

Sinónimos: convincingly, plausibly

Antónimos: unconvincingly, badly

antiquated

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “The system is antiquated and inefficient.”

Sinónimos: outdated, obsolete

Antónimos: modern, up-to-date

prophetic

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Sinónimos: predictive, visionary

Antónimos: unpredictive, ordinary

plausibly

Adverbio

Ejemplo: “She argued plausibly that the delay was unavoidable.”

Sinónimos: believably, credibly

Antónimos: unconvincingly, implausibly

fade

Verbo

Ejemplo: “The colors began to fade in the sun.”

Sinónimos: disappear slowly, lose color

Antónimos: brighten

taciturnity

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “His taciturnity made him seem cold at first.”

Sinónimos: reserve, reticence

Antónimos: talkativeness, loquacity

appear

Verbo

Ejemplo: “A rainbow appeared after the storm.”

Sinónimos: show up, seem

Antónimos: disappear

paradoxically

Adverbio

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

Sinónimos: ironically

Antónimos: predictably

deprecatingly

Adverbio

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

Sinónimos: self-effacingly

Antónimos: proudly

demystification

Sustantivo

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

Sinónimos: clarification

Antónimos: mystification

verisimilitude

Sustantivo

Ejemplo: “The novel achieved remarkable verisimilitude.”

Sinónimos: authenticity

Antónimos: implausibility

paradoxical

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “Success had a paradoxical effect.”

Sinónimos: contradictory, ironic

Antónimos: logical

paradox

Sustantivo

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

plausible

Adjetivo

Ejemplo: “She offered a plausible explanation for the delay.”

antediluvian

/ˌænti dɪˈluːviən/

Ejemplo: “Their process is antediluvian.”

Sinónimos: archaic, antiquated, old