Vocabulaire

addiction

Nom

Exemple: “Addiction can damage health.”

Synonymes: dependence

Antonymes: freedom

security

Nom

Exemple: “Security is important online.”

Synonymes: safety, protection

Antonymes: danger

accident

Nom

Exemple: “There was an accident on the street.”

Synonymes: crash, incident

Antonymes: safety

self-worth

Nom

Exemple: “Constant criticism can damage self-worth.”

Synonymes: self-esteem, self-respect

Antonymes: self-doubt, worthlessness

refurbish

Verbe

Exemple: “They plan to refurbish the old library.”

Synonymes: renovate, restore

Antonymes: damage, neglect

save

Verbe

Exemple: “Save your work before you leave.”

Synonymes: keep, rescue

Antonymes: waste, lose

credibility

Nom

Exemple: “The scandal damaged the minister’s credibility.”

Synonymes: trustworthiness, believability

Antonymes: unreliability, discredit

mend

Verbe

Exemple: “Can you mend this old shirt?”

Synonymes: repair, fix

Antonymes: damage, tear

break

Verbe

Exemple: “Be careful not to break the glass.”

Synonymes: damage

Antonymes: fix

calamitously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The rollout went calamitously wrong due to a single unchecked assumption.”

Synonymes: disastrously

Antonymes: smoothly

extravagance

Nom

Exemple: “In a crisis, extravagance can damage public trust.”

Synonymes: excess

Antonymes: frugality

patch

Verbe

Exemple: “I patched the hole in my jeans.”

Synonymes: repair

Antonymes: damage

flood

Nom

Exemple: “The flood damaged many houses.”

Synonymes: overflow

worn

Adjectif

Exemple: “These shoes are old and worn.”

Synonymes: used

Antonymes: new

injure

Verbe

Exemple: “Don’t injure your hand.”

Synonymes: hurt

Antonymes: heal

broken

Adjectif

Exemple: “My phone is broken.”

Synonymes: damaged

Antonymes: fixed

detrimental

Adjectif

Exemple: “Constant context switching is detrimental to deep work.”

careful

/ˈkerfəl/

Exemple: “Be careful with the hot tea.”

Synonymes: deliberate, close, conscientious

Antonymes: careless