Vocabulaire

delivery

Nom

Exemple: “The delivery is fast.”

Synonymes: shipment, transport

Antonymes: pickup

delineate

Verbe

Exemple: “The document delineates the main risks.”

Synonymes: outline

deliberate

Adjectif

Exemple: “His deliberate silence made everyone uncomfortable.”

Synonymes: intentional, calculated

Antonymes: accidental, impulsive

delicatessen

Nom

Exemple: “We stopped at a delicatessen for cheese and cured meat.”

Synonymes: deli

deliver

/dɪˈlɪvər/

Exemple: “They deliver food to our office.”

Synonymes: render, present, cede

consign

Verbe

Exemple: “They consigned the goods to storage.”

Synonymes: deliver, entrust

Antonymes: keep

hamper

Verbe

Exemple: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Synonymes: hinder, obstruct

Antonymes: help

shipping

Nom

Exemple: “Shipping is free today.”

Synonymes: delivery, transport

Antonymes: pickup

perversity

Nom

Exemple: “Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.”

Synonymes: contrariness, depravity

Antonymes: reasonableness, decency

ingratiate

Verbe

Exemple: “He tried to ingratiate himself with the boss.”

Synonymes: charm, curry favor

Antonymes: alienate, offend

salvation

Nom

Exemple: “For many, education is a path to salvation from poverty.”

Synonymes: rescue, deliverance

Antonymes: ruin, damnation

rapturously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The audience applauded rapturously at the finale.”

Synonymes: ecstatically, enthusiastically

Antonymes: coldly, indifferently

provocation

Nom

Exemple: “The statement was seen as a deliberate provocation.”

Synonymes: incitement, taunt

Antonymes: appeasement, calm

fabrication

Nom

Exemple: “The story turned out to be a complete fabrication.”

Synonymes: invention, falsehood

Antonymes: truth, fact

consignment

Nom

Exemple: “The consignment was delayed at customs.”

Synonymes: shipment, delivery batch

Antonymes:

affectation

Nom

Exemple: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”

Synonymes: pretension, artifice

Antonymes: naturalness, sincerity

intuitively

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: naturally, instinctively

Antonymes: deliberately, awkwardly

instinctive

Adjectif

Exemple: “Her reaction was immediate and instinctive.”

Synonymes: innate, natural

Antonymes: deliberate, calculated

mail

Nom

Exemple: “I received your mail this morning.”

Synonymes: post, message

Antonymes:

contractually

Adverbe

Exemple: “We are contractually obliged to deliver by June.”

Synonymes: by agreement

Antonymes: informally

spontaneously

Adverbe

Exemple: “They spontaneously changed the plan at the last minute.”

Synonymes: impulsively

Antonymes: deliberately

instinctively

Adverbe

Exemple: “She instinctively stepped back when she heard the noise.”

Synonymes: naturally

Antonymes: deliberately

price

Nom

Exemple: “The price includes delivery.”

Synonymes: cost

equivocal

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”

Synonymes: ambiguous, unclear

Antonymes: explicit

prevaricate

/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/

Exemple: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”

Synonymes: palter, equivocate, tergiversate

soliloquy

/səˈlɪləkwɪ/

Exemple: “The actor delivered a powerful soliloquy.”

Synonymes: monologue

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

Exemple: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

Synonymes: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

subtle

Adjectif

Exemple: “There was a subtle shift in his tone.”

Synonymes: insidious, delicate, pernicious

coherent

Adjectif

Exemple: “She delivered a coherent argument backed by evidence.”

Synonymes: tenacious, rational, orderly

Antonymes: incoherent

ambiguous

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”

Synonymes: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal

Antonymes: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous