Vocabulaire

early

Adjectif

Exemple: “I wake up early.”

Synonymes: soon

Antonymes: late

incipient

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company showed signs of incipient growth.”

Synonymes: emerging, early

Antonymes: developed

oblique

Adjectif

Exemple: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

Synonymes: indirect, slanted

Antonymes: direct

allude

Verbe

Exemple: “He did not allude to the problem.”

Synonymes: hint, refer indirectly

Antonymes: state clearly

obscure

Adjectif

Exemple: “The meaning of the sentence is obscure.”

Synonymes: unclear, unknown

Antonymes: clear

synonym

Nom

Exemple: ““Big” is a synonym of “large.””

Synonymes: similar word

Antonymes: antonym

delineate

Verbe

Exemple: “The document delineates the main risks.”

Synonymes: outline

airport

Nom

Exemple: “We arrived at the airport early.”

revelatory

Adjectif

Exemple: “The letters were revelatory and deeply personal.”

Synonymes: revealing, illuminating

Antonymes: concealing, secretive

promotable

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is clearly promotable after this success.”

Synonymes: advanceable, eligible for promotion

Antonymes: unpromotable, unsuitable

precocious

Adjectif

Exemple: “The child was precocious and unusually articulate.”

Synonymes: advanced, gifted

Antonymes: immature, slow-developing

inchoately

Adverbe

Exemple: “He expressed the idea only inchoately.”

Synonymes: vaguely, rudimentarily

Antonymes: clearly, coherently

habitation

Nom

Exemple: “The island showed signs of early human habitation.”

Synonymes: dwelling, residence

Antonymes: vacancy, emptiness

embodiment

Nom

Exemple: “She is often described as the embodiment of grace.”

Synonymes: personification, representation

Antonymes: negation, absence

indefinite

Adjectif

Exemple: “The meeting was postponed for an indefinite period.”

Synonymes: unclear, unspecified

Antonymes: definite, fixed

dear

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a dear friend of mine.”

Synonymes: beloved, kind

Antonymes: cheap, hostile

beam

Nom

Exemple: “A beam of sunlight entered the room.”

Synonymes: ray, support bar

Antonymes: shadow

microcomputer

Nom

Exemple: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Synonymes: small computer

Antonymes: mainframe

hate

Verbe

Exemple: “I hate waking up early on Sundays.”

Synonymes: dislike strongly

Antonymes: love

fade

Verbe

Exemple: “The colors began to fade in the sun.”

Synonymes: disappear slowly, lose color

Antonymes: brighten

chirp

Verbe

Exemple: “Birds chirp early in the morning.”

Synonymes: tweet

Antonymes: be silent

amorphously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The organization grew amorphously without a clear structure.”

Synonymes: formlessly, vaguely

Antonymes: clearly, structurally

domesticate

Verbe

Exemple: “Early humans began to domesticate animals thousands of years ago.”

Synonymes: tame, civilize

Antonymes: wild, feralize

mile

Nom

Exemple: “We walked for nearly a mile.”

Synonymes: distance unit

Antonymes:

detail

Nom

Exemple: “Please explain every detail clearly.”

Synonymes: particular, information

Antonymes: summary

retrospective

Nom

Exemple: “The museum hosted a retrospective of her early work.”

Synonymes: looking back

Antonymes: prospective

nostalgically

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke nostalgically about the early days of the company.”

Synonymes: wistfully

Antonymes: matter-of-factly

resoundingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The proposal was resoundingly rejected by the committee.”

Synonymes: decisively

Antonymes: narrowly

precociously

Adverbe

Exemple: “He precociously mastered concepts most students learn years later.”

Synonymes: early

Antonymes: late

inexplicably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The app inexplicably crashed right before the demo.”

Synonymes: mysteriously

Antonymes: predictably

reminiscent

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design is reminiscent of early modern architecture.”

Synonymes: evocative of

faint

Verbe

Exemple: “She felt dizzy and nearly fainted.”

Synonymes: pass out

drown

Verbe

Exemple: “He almost drowned in the river.”

wake

Verbe

Exemple: “I wake up early on weekdays.”

Synonymes: wake up

Antonymes: sleep

confuse

Verbe

Exemple: “These words confuse me.”

Synonymes: mix up

Antonymes: clarify

clearly

Adverbe

Exemple: “Please speak clearly.”

Synonymes: plainly

Antonymes: unclearly

nearly

Adverbe

Exemple: “We are nearly ready.”

Synonymes: almost

Antonymes: completely

morning

Nom

Exemple: “I drink coffee in the morning.”

Synonymes: early day

Antonymes: evening

almost

Adverbe

Exemple: “It is almost ready.”

Synonymes: nearly

Antonymes: completely

state

Verbe

Exemple: “The report states the facts clearly.”

Synonymes: declare

Antonymes: deny

plain

Adjectif

Exemple: “The explanation was plain and clear.”

Synonymes: simple

Antonymes: complex

explicit

Adjectif

Exemple: “The policy makes explicit requirements.”

Synonymes: clear, definite

Antonymes: implicit

late

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is late.”

Synonymes: tardy

Antonymes: early

conspicuous

Adjectif

Exemple: “There was a conspicuous absence of documentation.”

compelling

Adjectif

Exemple: “She made a compelling case for investing early.”

always

/ˈɔːlweɪz/

Exemple: “He always arrives early.”

Synonymes: ever, forever

Antonymes: never

explain

/ɪkˈspleɪn/

Exemple: “Can you explain the problem clearly?”

Synonymes: explicate, excuse

Antonymes: retail