Vocabulaire

light

Adjectif

Exemple: “Turn on the light, please.”

Synonymes: lamp

Antonymes: darkness

lamp

Nom

Exemple: “The lamp is on the table.”

Synonymes: light

Antonymes: darkness

sun

Nom

Exemple: “The sun is bright.”

Synonymes: star

Antonymes: moon

window

Nom

Exemple: “Open the window, please.”

Synonymes: glass opening

Antonymes: wall

torrential

Adjectif

Exemple: “Torrential rain flooded the streets.”

Synonymes: heavy, pouring

Antonymes: light, gentle

profoundly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The speech profoundly affected the audience.”

Synonymes: deeply, greatly

Antonymes: slightly, superficially

marginally

Adverbe

Exemple: “Sales improved only marginally.”

Synonymes: slightly, barely

Antonymes: substantially, greatly

enormously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The project has grown enormously in the past year.”

Synonymes: greatly, massively

Antonymes: slightly, barely

bend

Verbe

Exemple: “Bend your knees slightly.”

Synonymes: curve, lean

Antonymes: straighten

beam

Nom

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

Synonymes: ray, support bar

Antonymes: shadow

tap

Verbe

Exemple: “Tap the screen to continue.”

Synonymes: touch lightly, faucet

Antonymes: slam

doze

Verbe

Exemple: “I dozed on the sofa for ten minutes.”

Synonymes: nap, sleep lightly

Antonymes: wake up

bump

Verbe

Exemple: “I bumped my head on the door.”

Synonymes: hit lightly, knock

Antonymes: avoid

off

Préposition

Exemple: “Please turn off the lights.”

Synonymes: away, not on

Antonymes: on

nod

Verbe

Exemple: “He nodded to show that he agreed.”

Synonymes: bow head slightly

Antonymes: shake head

hop

Verbe

Exemple: “The rabbit began to hop across the field.”

Synonymes: jump lightly

Antonymes: stand still

shade

Nom

Exemple: “We sat in the shade under a tree.”

Synonymes: shadow

Antonymes: sunlight

dizzy

Adjectif

Exemple: “I felt dizzy after standing up too quickly.”

Synonymes: light-headed

Antonymes: steady

very

Adverbe

Exemple: “She is very happy today.”

Synonymes: really

Antonymes: slightly

ponderously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The speech moved ponderously from one topic to another.”

Synonymes: heavily, cumbersomely

Antonymes: lightly, gracefully

flightiness

Nom

Exemple: “Her apparent flightiness hid a sharp intelligence.”

Synonymes: frivolity, fickleness

Antonymes: seriousness, steadiness

edification

Nom

Exemple: “The lecture was intended for the edification of the audience.”

Synonymes: instruction, enlightenment

Antonymes: corruption, misguidance

atmospheric

Adjectif

Exemple: “The lighting gave the restaurant an atmospheric feel.”

Synonymes: evocative, moody

Antonymes: bland, plain

toss

Verbe

Exemple: “He tossed the keys onto the table.”

Synonymes: throw lightly

Antonymes: catch

pale

Adjectif

Exemple: “She looked pale after the long trip.”

Synonymes: light-colored, faint

Antonymes: bright, healthy-looking

deeply

Adverbe

Exemple: “She was deeply moved by the story.”

Synonymes: strongly, intensely

Antonymes: slightly

adjust

Verbe

Exemple: “You can adjust the chair height.”

Synonymes: adapt, change slightly

Antonymes: keep unchanged

sunny

Adjectif

Exemple: “It is a sunny day today.”

Synonymes: bright

Antonymes: cloudy

heavy

Adjectif

Exemple: “This box is too heavy.”

Synonymes: weighty

Antonymes: light

ephemerality

Nom

Exemple: “Social media highlights the ephemerality of attention.”

Synonymes: transience

Antonymes: permanence

substantially

Adverbe

Exemple: “The new policy substantially reduced complaints.”

Synonymes: significantly

Antonymes: slightly

glint

Verbe

Exemple: “I saw a glint of light on the glass.”

Synonymes: sparkle

flash

Verbe

Exemple: “There was a flash of lightning.”

Synonymes: burst of light

delay

Verbe

Exemple: “The flight had a delay of two hours.”

Synonymes: postpone

Antonymes: hurry

blind

Adjectif

Exemple: “The bright light made me almost blind for a second.”

bright

Adjectif

Exemple: “The sun is bright today.”

Synonymes: shiny

Antonymes: dark

pressurization

Nom

Exemple: “Cabin pressurization is vital during flights.”

Synonymes: compression

Antonymes: decompression

heavily

Adverbe

Exemple: “It is raining heavily.”

Synonymes: strongly

Antonymes: lightly

greatly

Adverbe

Exemple: “I greatly appreciate your help.”

Synonymes: very

Antonymes: slightly

salient

Adjectif

Exemple: “The report highlights salient issues.”

Synonymes: notable, prominent

Antonymes: trivial

marginal

Adjectif

Exemple: “The improvement was marginal.”

Synonymes: minor, slight

Antonymes: significant

day

/deɪ/

Exemple: “It is a nice day.”

Synonymes: daylight, daytime, sidereal day

Antonymes: dark, night, nighttime