Vocabulaire

log

Nom

Exemple: “They sat on a log by the fire.”

Synonymes: record, wood trunk

Antonymes:

logo

Nom

Exemple: “The company changed its logo last year.”

Synonymes: brand mark, symbol

Antonymes:

anthology

Nom

Exemple: “The book is an anthology of poems.”

Synonymes: collection, compilation

Antonymes: single work

jargon

Nom

Exemple: “The report uses too much jargon.”

Synonymes: technical language, terminology

Antonymes: plain language

ethos

Nom

Exemple: “Honesty is part of the school’s ethos.”

Synonymes: values, spirit

Antonymes: corruption

intuition

Nom

Exemple: “My intuition tells me this is wrong.”

Synonymes: instinct, gut feeling

Antonymes: logic

psychology

Nom

Exemple: “Psychology studies human behavior.”

Synonymes: study of mind

Antonymes: physics

astronomy

Nom

Exemple: “Astronomy studies stars and planets.”

Synonymes: space science

Antonymes: astrology

addiction

Nom

Exemple: “Addiction can damage health.”

Synonymes: dependence

Antonymes: freedom

catalog

Nom

Exemple: “Look at the product catalog.”

Synonymes: list, directory

Antonymes: single item

mathematics

Nom

Exemple: “Mathematics is useful.”

Synonymes: math

Antonymes: literature

calculation

Nom

Exemple: “The calculation is correct.”

Synonymes: math work, counting

Antonymes: guess

infection

Nom

Exemple: “The infection needs treatment.”

Synonymes: disease, illness

Antonymes: health

psychologist

Nom

Exemple: “The psychologist talked to the student.”

Synonymes: therapist, mental health specialist

Antonymes: patient

imposition

Nom

Exemple: “He apologized for the imposition.”

Synonymes: burden, intrusion

Antonymes: favor, relief

screenplay

Nom

Exemple: “She wrote the screenplay for the film.”

Synonymes: script

Antonymes:

profoundly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The speech profoundly affected the audience.”

Synonymes: deeply, greatly

Antonymes: slightly, superficially

geological

Adjectif

Exemple: “The region is famous for its geological formations.”

Synonymes: earth-related

Antonymes:

demography

Nom

Exemple: “Demography helps explain population change.”

Synonymes: population study

Antonymes:

repertory

Nom

Exemple: “The theater expanded its repertory this season.”

Synonymes: repertoire, catalog

Antonymes:

pertinent

Adjectif

Exemple: “Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic.”

Synonymes: relevant, applicable

Antonymes: irrelevant, unrelated

clog

Verbe

Exemple: “Hair can clog the drain.”

Synonymes: block, jam

Antonymes: clear

ton

Nom

Exemple: “The truck carried a ton of sand.”

Synonymes: weight unit

Antonymes:

biotechnology

Nom

Exemple: “Biotechnology is changing modern medicine.”

Synonymes: biotech

Antonymes:

archaeologist

Nom

Exemple: “The archaeologist discovered ancient tools.”

Synonymes: historical scientist

Antonymes:

telecommunications

Nom

Exemple: “Telecommunications have changed the way people work.”

Synonymes: communication technology

Antonymes:

biochemistry

Nom

Exemple: “She studies biochemistry at university.”

Synonymes: life chemistry

Antonymes:

comic

Adjectif

Exemple: “I bought a comic book for my brother.”

Synonymes: funny, cartoon story

Antonymes: serious

soliloquize

Verbe

Exemple: “The actor paused, then began to soliloquize.”

Synonymes: monologue, speak to oneself

Antonymes: converse, dialogue

methodology

Nom

Exemple: “The methodology must be transparent and reproducible.”

Synonymes: approach, system of methods

Antonymes: guesswork, disorder

meteorology

Nom

Exemple: “She studied meteorology before becoming a climate analyst.”

Synonymes: weather science

Antonymes:

thus

Adverbe

Exemple: “The road was closed, thus we had to wait.”

Synonymes: therefore, in this way

Antonymes: however

mass

Nom

Exemple: “The mass of the object is hard to measure exactly.”

Synonymes: bulk, quantity

Antonymes: emptiness

sorry

Adjectif

Exemple: “I am sorry for being late.”

Synonymes: apologetic

Antonymes: unapologetic

physiological

Adjectif

Exemple: “Stress has physiological effects that can’t be ignored.”

Synonymes: bodily

chronological

Adjectif

Exemple: “Present the evidence in chronological order to avoid confusion.”

Synonymes: time-ordered

Antonymes: random

authenticity

Nom

Exemple: “The brand’s authenticity depends on actions, not slogans.”

Synonymes: genuineness

Antonymes: fake

remorsefully

Adverbe

Exemple: “He apologized remorsefully for the harm he caused.”

Synonymes: regretfully

Antonymes: remorselessly

mythological

Adjectif

Exemple: “The painting contains mythological references.”

Synonymes: legendary

Antonymes: historical

geologically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The region is geologically active and prone to earthquakes.”

Synonymes: in geological terms

facilitation

Nom

Exemple: “The facilitator’s role is the facilitation of productive dialogue.”

Synonymes: support

Antonymes: obstruction

anthropology

Nom

Exemple: “She studied anthropology to understand cultures better.”

Synonymes: study of humans

sense

Nom

Exemple: “That explanation doesn’t make sense.”

Synonymes: meaning

Antonymes: nonsense

motto

Nom

Exemple: “Our motto is “Never give up.””

Synonymes: slogan

method

Nom

Exemple: “This method is easy.”

Synonymes: way

physiologically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The drug acts physiologically on the nervous system.”

Synonymes: biologically

Antonymes: psychologically

chronologically

Adverbe

Exemple: “Events were arranged chronologically.”

Synonymes: sequentially

Antonymes: randomly

anthropological

Adjectif

Exemple: “The research offered anthropological insights.”

Synonymes: ethnographic

Antonymes:

methodological

Adjectif

Exemple: “The study faced methodological limitations.”

Synonymes: systematic

Antonymes: unsystematic

meteorological

Adjectif

Exemple: “Meteorological data predicted severe storms.”

Synonymes: climatic

Antonymes:

digitalization

Nom

Exemple: “Digitalization changed the industry.”

Synonymes: digitization

Antonymes: manualization

anthropologist

Nom

Exemple: “The anthropologist studied ancient cultures.”

Synonymes: researcher

Antonymes:

paradoxical

Adjectif

Exemple: “Success had a paradoxical effect.”

Synonymes: contradictory, ironic

Antonymes: logical

rationalize

Verbe

Exemple: “He rationalized the delay by blaming external factors.”

infer

Verbe

Exemple: “From the logs, we inferred that the service restarted twice.”

perfunctory

/pərˈfʌŋktəri/

Exemple: “He gave a perfunctory apology.”

Synonymes: cursory, casual, careless

coherent

Adjectif

Exemple: “She delivered a coherent argument backed by evidence.”

Synonymes: tenacious, rational, orderly

Antonymes: incoherent

valid

/ˈvælɪd/

Exemple: “Your argument is valid.”

Synonymes: sound, legitimate, logical

Antonymes: invalid