Vocabulaire

incumbent

Adjectif

Exemple: “The incumbent president won the election.”

Synonymes: current, officeholder

Antonymes: challenger

allot

Verbe

Exemple: “We should allot more time for research.”

Synonymes: assign, allocate

Antonymes: withhold

official

Nom

Exemple: “The official answered the question.”

Synonymes: officer, authority

Antonymes: private citizen

entertainment

Nom

Exemple: “Television is a form of entertainment.”

Synonymes: fun, amusement

Antonymes: work

furniture

Nom

Exemple: “The room has new furniture.”

Synonymes: chairs and tables, household items

Antonymes: empty room

hand

Nom

Exemple: “Wash your hands.”

Synonymes: palm

Antonymes: foot

supermarket

Nom

Exemple: “I buy food at the supermarket.”

Synonymes: market, store

Antonymes: home

bottle

Nom

Exemple: “The bottle is full of water.”

remittance

Nom

Exemple: “Many families depend on remittances from abroad.”

Synonymes: transfer, payment sent

Antonymes: debt, withholding

engrossing

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was such an engrossing novel that I forgot the time.”

Synonymes: absorbing, captivating

Antonymes: boring, dull

possessor

Nom

Exemple: “The possessor of the document must sign here.”

Synonymes: owner, holder

Antonymes: loser, borrower

jaw

Nom

Exemple: “He hurt his jaw while playing sports.”

Synonymes: mouth bone

Antonymes:

clip

Nom

Exemple: “Use this clip to hold the papers together.”

Synonymes: fastener, cut

Antonymes: separate

domesticity

Nom

Exemple: “The novel portrays the quiet routines of domesticity.”

Synonymes: home life, household life

Antonymes: adventure, public life

disseminate

Verbe

Exemple: “The findings were disseminated through academic journals.”

Synonymes: circulate, spread

Antonymes: suppress, withhold

folder

Nom

Exemple: “Save the file in the blue folder.”

Synonymes: directory, file holder

Antonymes: loose file

sixty

Déterminant

Exemple: “The room can hold sixty people.”

Synonymes: 60

Antonymes:

catch

Verbe

Exemple: “Can you catch the ball?”

Synonymes: grab

Antonymes: miss

preoccupation

Nom

Exemple: “His preoccupation with details delayed the decision.”

Synonymes: obsession

Antonymes: detachment

grasp

Verbe

Exemple: “It took me a while to grasp the main idea.”

Synonymes: understand

Antonymes: miss

breathe

Verbe

Exemple: “Breathe slowly.”

Synonymes: take air

Antonymes: hold breath

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

threshold

/ˈθreʃhoʊld/

Exemple: “We passed the profitability threshold.”

Synonymes: verge, limen, brink

capacity

/kəˈpæsəti/

Exemple: “The hall has a capacity of 500 people.”

Synonymes: content, capability, capacitance

Antonymes: incapacity

carry

/ˈkæri/

Exemple: “Can you carry this bag?”

Synonymes: convey, conduct, hold

ticket

/ˈtɪkɪt/

Exemple: “Where can I buy a ticket?”

Synonymes: fine