Vocabulaire

deliberate

Adjectif

Exemple: “His deliberate silence made everyone uncomfortable.”

Synonymes: intentional, calculated

Antonymes: accidental, impulsive

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

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

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

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

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

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

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

Synonymes: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

ambiguous

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”

Synonymes: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal

Antonymes: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous