Vocabulaire

event

/ɪˈvent/

Exemple: “The event starts at 6 p.m.”

Synonymes: case

hindsight

Nom

Exemple: “In hindsight, the decision was wrong.”

Synonymes: retrospection

Antonymes: foresight

contagion

Nom

Exemple: “Schools closed to prevent contagion.”

Synonymes: infection, spread

Antonymes: immunity

engender

Verbe

Exemple: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Synonymes: cause, produce

Antonymes: prevent

calamity

Nom

Exemple: “The flood was a calamity for the village.”

Synonymes: disaster, catastrophe

Antonymes: blessing

allegory

Nom

Exemple: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Synonymes: symbolic story

Antonymes: literal story

induce

Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can induce headaches.”

Synonymes: cause, trigger

Antonymes: prevent

hamper

Verbe

Exemple: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Synonymes: hinder, obstruct

Antonymes: help

scenario

Nom

Exemple: “This scenario is possible.”

Synonymes: situation, case

Antonymes: certainty

conference

Nom

Exemple: “The conference starts tomorrow.”

Synonymes: meeting, event

Antonymes: private talk

presenter

Nom

Exemple: “The presenter introduced the guest.”

Synonymes: host, speaker

Antonymes: audience

hygiene

Nom

Exemple: “Good hygiene prevents disease.”

Synonymes: cleanliness

Antonymes: dirtiness

biography

Nom

Exemple: “I read his biography.”

Synonymes: life story

Antonymes: fiction

novel

Nom

Exemple: “I am reading a novel.”

Synonymes: fiction book

Antonymes: textbook

schedule

Nom

Exemple: “My schedule is full today.”

Synonymes: timetable, plan

Antonymes: chaos

party

Nom

Exemple: “We are going to a party.”

Synonymes: celebration

inexorably

Adverbe

Exemple: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Synonymes: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonymes: hesitantly, reversibly

uneventful

Adjectif

Exemple: “Thankfully, the journey was uneventful.”

Synonymes: calm, ordinary

Antonymes: dramatic, eventful

demolition

Nom

Exemple: “The old factory is scheduled for demolition.”

Synonymes: destruction, teardown

Antonymes: construction, restoration

prophetic

Adjectif

Exemple: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Synonymes: predictive, visionary

Antonymes: unpredictive, ordinary

medal

Nom

Exemple: “She won a gold medal in the race.”

Synonymes: award

Antonymes:

death

Nom

Exemple: “The story is about life and death.”

Synonymes: end of life

Antonymes: life

cause

Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Synonymes: reason, make happen

Antonymes: prevent

concurrence

Nom

Exemple: “The proposal was approved with the concurrence of all departments.”

Synonymes: agreement, coincidence

Antonymes: disagreement, divergence

inclusively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Synonymes: openly, without exclusion

Antonymes: exclusively, narrowly

immortalize

Verbe

Exemple: “The novel helped immortalize the city in popular culture.”

Synonymes: preserve forever, commemorate

Antonymes: erase, forget

fate

Nom

Exemple: “She believed it was fate that brought them together.”

Synonymes: destiny

Antonymes: choice, chance

ending

Nom

Exemple: “The movie had a surprising ending.”

Synonymes: finish, conclusion

Antonymes: beginning

during

Préposition

Exemple: “Do not talk during the exam.”

Synonymes: throughout

Antonymes: before, after

accountability

Nom

Exemple: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Synonymes: responsibility

Antonymes: impunity

retrospective

Nom

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

Synonymes: looking back

Antonymes: prospective

paralyzingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Synonymes: immobilizingly

Antonymes: empoweringly

happenstance

Nom

Exemple: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Synonymes: chance

Antonymes: design

insensitively

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke insensitively about a painful event.”

Synonymes: tactlessly

Antonymes: sensitively

exploitation

Nom

Exemple: “The law aims to prevent the exploitation of workers.”

Synonymes: abuse

Antonymes: protection

sponsorship

Nom

Exemple: “The event relied on corporate sponsorship.”

Synonymes: backing

phase

Nom

Exemple: “We are entering the final phase of the project.”

Synonymes: stage

entry

Nom

Exemple: “Entry is free today.”

Synonymes: entrance

Antonymes: exit

after

Préposition

Exemple: “Let’s talk after the meeting.”

Antonymes: before

before

Préposition

Exemple: “Wash your hands before dinner.”

Synonymes: earlier

Antonymes: after

chronologically

Adverbe

Exemple: “Events were arranged chronologically.”

Synonymes: sequentially

Antonymes: randomly

seventy

Déterminant

Exemple: “She is seventy years old.”

Synonymes: 70

Antonymes:

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Exemple: “These are preliminary results.”

Synonymes: overture, prelude, exploratory

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

Exemple: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Synonymes: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal

interpret

/ɪnˈtɝːprɪt/

Exemple: “Data can be interpreted differently.”

Synonymes: render, understand, construe

influence

/ˈɪnfluəns/

Exemple: “Friends can have a strong influence.”

Synonymes: charm, shape, determine

avoid

/əˈvɔɪd/

Exemple: “Try to avoid making the same mistake.”

Synonymes: void, obviate, nullify

Antonymes: face, validate, confront