Vocabulaire

control

Verbe

Exemple: “I can’t control the weather.”

Synonymes: manage

Antonymes: lose control

austerity

Nom

Exemple: “The government announced austerity measures.”

Synonymes: strictness, frugality

Antonymes: luxury

automate

Verbe

Exemple: “We should automate this process.”

Synonymes: mechanize, computerize

Antonymes: do manually

poise

Nom

Exemple: “She answered with poise.”

Synonymes: composure, balance

Antonymes: panic

dependent

Adjectif

Exemple: “The result is dependent on the data.”

Synonymes: reliant, controlled by

Antonymes: independent

automatic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The door has an automatic lock.”

Synonymes: self-operating

Antonymes: manual

dominant

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: leading, powerful

Antonymes: weak

airport

Nom

Exemple: “We arrived at the airport early.”

regulatory

Adjectif

Exemple: “The industry faces strict regulatory controls.”

Synonymes: controlling, governing

Antonymes: unregulated, free

hysterical

Adjectif

Exemple: “She became hysterical when she heard the news.”

Synonymes: uncontrollable, frantic

Antonymes: calm, composed

floodgates

Nom

Exemple: “The decision opened the floodgates to further complaints.”

Synonymes: sluice gates, barriers

Antonymes: closure, blockage

relinquish

Verbe

Exemple: “He refused to relinquish control.”

Synonymes: give up, surrender

Antonymes: keep, retain

domination

Nom

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

Synonymes: control, supremacy

Antonymes: submission, equality

dominantly

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: powerfully, predominantly

Antonymes: weakly, marginally

recessive

Adjectif

Exemple: “The trait is controlled by a recessive gene.”

Synonymes: latent, non-dominant

Antonymes: dominant

chemotherapy

Nom

Exemple: “She began chemotherapy after the diagnosis.”

Synonymes: cancer treatment

Antonymes:

grace

Nom

Exemple: “The dancer moved with grace.”

Synonymes: beauty, elegance

Antonymes: awkwardness

drive

Verbe

Exemple: “Can you drive a car?”

Synonymes: operate, travel by car

Antonymes: walk

contraption

Nom

Exemple: “He built a strange contraption out of spare parts.”

Synonymes: device, gadget

Antonymes:

centralized

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: concentrated, controlled from one center

Antonymes: decentralized, distributed

slip

Verbe

Exemple: “Be careful not to slip on the wet floor.”

Synonymes: slide, lose balance

Antonymes: grip firmly

mouse

Nom

Exemple: “The mouse ran under the table.”

Synonymes: rodent

Antonymes:

hysterically

Adverbe

Exemple: “She laughed hysterically at the absurd irony.”

Synonymes: wildly

Antonymes: calmly

autonomously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The system can autonomously detect anomalies and isolate them.”

Synonymes: independently

Antonymes: dependently

unmanageable

Adjectif

Exemple: “The workload became unmanageable without extra help.”

Synonymes: out of control

Antonymes: manageable

rebel

Nom

Exemple: “The rebel group took control of the town.”

Synonymes: insurgent

pedal

Nom

Exemple: “Press the brake pedal slowly.”

faith

Nom

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

Synonymes: belief

Antonymes: doubt

steer

Verbe

Exemple: “He steered the car carefully.”

Synonymes: guide

Antonymes: mislead

recalcitrant

/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/

Exemple: “A recalcitrant client refused to cooperate.”

Synonymes: defiant, intractable, refractory

conflagration

/ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃən/

Exemple: “A conflagration destroyed the old building.”

Synonymes: inferno