Vocabulaire

listen

Verbe

Exemple: “Listen to me, please.”

Synonymes: hear

Antonymes: ignore

pharmacist

Nom

Exemple: “The pharmacist gave me medicine.”

Synonymes: drugstore specialist

Antonymes: patient

catalog

Nom

Exemple: “Look at the product catalog.”

Synonymes: list, directory

Antonymes: single item

analyst

Nom

Exemple: “The analyst studied the data.”

Synonymes: researcher, specialist

Antonymes: beginner

specialist

Nom

Exemple: “We need a specialist.”

Synonymes: expert, professional

Antonymes: beginner

essay

Nom

Exemple: “Write an essay about your family.”

Synonymes: composition, short paper

Antonymes: list

menu

Nom

Exemple: “Please give me the menu.”

Synonymes: food list

Antonymes: bill

psychologist

Nom

Exemple: “The psychologist talked to the student.”

Synonymes: therapist, mental health specialist

Antonymes: patient

vocabulary

Nom

Exemple: “I want to improve my vocabulary.”

Synonymes: word list, words

Antonymes: silence

audience

Nom

Exemple: “The audience listened carefully.”

Synonymes: listeners, viewers

Antonymes: speaker

unfeasibly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The target was unfeasibly high.”

Synonymes: impractically, impossibly

Antonymes: feasibly, realistically

surrealist

Adjectif

Exemple: “Dalí was a famous surrealist painter.”

Synonymes: artist of surrealism

Antonymes: realist

philistine

Nom

Exemple: “He dismissed the critic as a philistine.”

Synonymes: boor, uncultured person

Antonymes: connoisseur, cultured person

believably

Adverbe

Exemple: “She played the role believably.”

Synonymes: convincingly, plausibly

Antonymes: unconvincingly, badly

stylistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The two authors differ in stylistic choices.”

Synonymes: artistic, expressive

Antonymes: content-based, plain

shortlist

Nom

Exemple: “Her name was added to the final shortlist.”

Synonymes: selected list

Antonymes: long list, rejection

portrayal

Nom

Exemple: “The film offers a realistic portrayal of village life.”

Synonymes: depiction, representation

Antonymes: distortion, misrepresentation

environmentalist

Nom

Exemple: “The environmentalist spoke about climate change.”

Synonymes: green activist

Antonymes: polluter

storyteller

Nom

Exemple: “My grandfather is a wonderful storyteller.”

Synonymes: narrator

Antonymes: listener

puritanical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel satirizes puritanical attitudes toward pleasure.”

Synonymes: strict, moralistic

Antonymes: permissive, liberal

connoisseur

Nom

Exemple: “He is a connoisseur of classical music.”

Synonymes: expert, specialist

Antonymes: novice, amateur

compliantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The child sat compliantly and listened.”

Synonymes: obediently, submissively

Antonymes: defiantly, resistantly

rank

Verbe

Exemple: “The university ranks among the best in the region.”

Synonymes: position, grade

Antonymes: ignore, disorder

pick

Verbe

Exemple: “Please pick one option from the list.”

Synonymes: choose, select

Antonymes: reject

materialistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “A materialistic mindset can distort priorities.”

Synonymes: money-oriented

Antonymes: spiritual

predilection

Nom

Exemple: “She has a predilection for minimalist design.”

Synonymes: preference

Antonymes: aversion

stylistically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The text is stylistically inconsistent across chapters.”

Synonymes: in style

probe

Verbe

Exemple: “The journalist probed the reasons behind the decision.”

Synonymes: investigate

juror

Nom

Exemple: “The juror listened carefully to the evidence.”

Synonymes: jury member

index

Nom

Exemple: “Use the index to find the topic quickly.”

Synonymes: list

concede

Verbe

Exemple: “He conceded that the timeline was unrealistic.”

pragmatic

Adjectif

Exemple: “They took a pragmatic approach to shipping the MVP.”

quixotic

/kwɪkˈsɑːtɪk/

Exemple: “It was a quixotic attempt to change everything overnight.”

Synonymes: impractical, wild-eyed, romantic

interlocutor

/ˌɪntərˈlɑːkjətər/

Exemple: “She listened carefully to her interlocutor.”

Synonymes: middleman, conversational partner