English Vocabulary Cards

innuendo

Nom

C1Nom

Exemple: “The article was full of innuendo.”

Synonymes: hint, suggestion

Antonymes: direct statement

allusion

Nom

C1Nom

Exemple: “The poem contains an allusion to history.”

Synonymes: reference, hint

Antonymes: direct statement

oblique

Adjectif

C1Adjectif

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

Synonymes: indirect, slanted

Antonymes: direct

connote

Verbe

C1Verbe

Exemple: “The word can connote danger.”

Synonymes: suggest, imply

Antonymes: denote

allude

Verbe

C1Verbe

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

Synonymes: hint, refer indirectly

Antonymes: state clearly

euphemistic

Adjectif

C2Adjectif

Exemple: “The statement used euphemistic language to avoid direct blame.”

Synonymes: indirect, softened

Antonymes: blunt, explicit

direct

Adjectif

A2Adjectif

Exemple: “Is there a direct bus to the airport?”

Synonymes: straight, immediate

Antonymes: indirect

imply

Verbe

B2Verbe

Exemple: “Are you implying that I lied?”

Synonymes: suggest

Antonymes: state

euphemistically

Adverbe

C2Adverbe

Exemple: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””

Synonymes: indirectly

Antonymes: bluntly

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innuendo

allusion

oblique

connote

allude

euphemistic

direct

imply

euphemistically

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