Vocabulaire

ache

Verbe

Exemple: “My legs ache after the long walk.”

Synonymes: hurt, pain

Antonymes: feel fine

emulate

Verbe

Exemple: “Young artists emulate their teachers.”

Synonymes: imitate, copy

Antonymes: ignore

distill

Verbe

Exemple: “The teacher distilled the idea into one sentence.”

Synonymes: extract, simplify

Antonymes: complicate

rebuke

Verbe

Exemple: “The teacher rebuked the student.”

Synonymes: criticize, scold

Antonymes: praise

induce

Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can induce headaches.”

Synonymes: cause, trigger

Antonymes: prevent

rapport

Nom

Exemple: “The teacher built rapport with the students.”

Synonymes: connection, trust

Antonymes: distance

revere

Verbe

Exemple: “Many people revere great teachers.”

Synonymes: respect, admire

Antonymes: despise

professor

Nom

Exemple: “The professor teaches chemistry.”

Synonymes: teacher, academic

Antonymes: student

assistant

Nom

Exemple: “The assistant helped the teacher.”

Synonymes: helper, aide

Antonymes: leader

lecture

Nom

Exemple: “The lecture starts at ten.”

Synonymes: talk, lesson

Antonymes: break

academy

Nom

Exemple: “She studies at an academy.”

Synonymes: school, institute

Antonymes: uneducated place

proverbial

Adjectif

Exemple: “He displayed the proverbial patience of a teacher.”

Synonymes: well-known, famous

Antonymes: unfamiliar, unusual

trampoline

Nom

Exemple: “The children jumped on the trampoline all afternoon.”

Synonymes: springy jumping surface

Antonymes:

impersonal

Adjectif

Exemple: “The email sounded cold and impersonal.”

Synonymes: formal, detached

Antonymes: personal, warm

tag

Nom

Exemple: “Do not remove the price tag.”

Synonymes: label, mark

Antonymes: untag

fair

Adjectif

Exemple: “The teacher tried to be fair to everyone.”

Synonymes: just, reasonable

Antonymes: unfair

ski

Verbe

Exemple: “They go to the mountains to ski every winter.”

Synonymes: winter sport

Antonymes:

schoolteacher

Nom

Exemple: “My mother works as a schoolteacher.”

Synonymes: teacher, educator

Antonymes: student

windsurfing

Nom

Exemple: “Windsurfing is popular on this beach in summer.”

Synonymes: water sport

Antonymes:

rumor

Nom

Exemple: “I heard a rumor about a new teacher.”

Synonymes: gossip

Antonymes: fact

cause

Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Synonymes: reason, make happen

Antonymes: prevent

nice

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a very nice teacher.”

Synonymes: kind, pleasant

Antonymes: mean, nasty

treacherous

Adjectif

Exemple: “The path became treacherous after the snowstorm.”

Synonymes: perilous, deceitful

Antonymes: safe, trustworthy

indulgently

Adverbe

Exemple: “The teacher smiled indulgently at the child’s imagination.”

Synonymes: leniently, tolerantly

Antonymes: strictly, severely

mountaineer

Nom

Exemple: “The mountaineer reached the summit before dawn.”

Synonymes: climber, alpinist

Antonymes:

teach

Verbe

Exemple: “She teaches math at school.”

Synonymes: instruct

Antonymes: learn

treacherously

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: deceitfully

Antonymes: reliably

accessibility

Nom

Exemple: “Accessibility must be designed in, not added later.”

Synonymes: usability

Antonymes: inaccessibility

porch

Nom

Exemple: “They sat on the porch and talked.”

Synonymes: veranda

strict

Adjectif

Exemple: “The teacher is strict.”

Synonymes: firm

Antonymes: lenient

stick

Verbe

Exemple: “The label will not stick.”

Synonymes: attach

Antonymes: detach

stern

Adjectif

Exemple: “The teacher gave a stern warning.”

Synonymes: serious

Antonymes: gentle

reach

Verbe

Exemple: “We reached the station.”

Synonymes: arrive

Antonymes: leave

evaluate

/ɪˈvæljueɪt/

Exemple: “The teacher evaluates progress.”

Synonymes: assess, appraise, value

teacher

/ˈtiːtʃər/

Exemple: “The teacher is kind.”

Synonymes: instructor

man

/mæn/

Exemple: “That man is my teacher.”

Synonymes: world, piece, valet

Antonymes: woman, civilian, adult female