Vocabulaire

look

Verbe

Exemple: “Look at the sky.”

Synonymes: see, watch

Antonymes: ignore

parochial

Adjectif

Exemple: “The policy reflects a parochial view.”

Synonymes: narrow, local

Antonymes: global

forlorn

Adjectif

Exemple: “The house looked forlorn.”

Synonymes: lonely, abandoned

Antonymes: cheerful

condone

Verbe

Exemple: “We cannot condone cheating.”

Synonymes: allow, accept

Antonymes: condemn

catalog

Nom

Exemple: “Look at the product catalog.”

Synonymes: list, directory

Antonymes: single item

angel

Nom

Exemple: “The child looks like an angel.”

Synonymes: heavenly being

Antonymes: devil

disdainful

Adjectif

Exemple: “He gave a disdainful look and walked away.”

Synonymes: contemptuous, scornful

Antonymes: respectful, admiring

effortless

Adjectif

Exemple: “She made the difficult task look effortless.”

Synonymes: easy, natural

Antonymes: laborious, difficult

reminisce

Verbe

Exemple: “We sat for hours and reminisced about university.”

Synonymes: recall, remember fondly

Antonymes: forget, overlook

cure

Nom

Exemple: “Doctors are looking for a cure for the disease.”

Synonymes: heal, remedy

Antonymes: cause, worsen

bony

Adjectif

Exemple: “The dog looked thin and bony.”

Synonymes: skinny, thin

Antonymes: fleshy

awe

Nom

Exemple: “We looked at the mountains in awe.”

Synonymes: wonder, respectful fear

Antonymes: indifference

fake

Adjectif

Exemple: “The watch looked expensive, but it was fake.”

Synonymes: false, not real

Antonymes: real, genuine

sadly

Adverbe

Exemple: “She looked sadly out of the window.”

Synonymes: unhappily

Antonymes: happily

check

Verbe

Exemple: “Please check your answers again.”

Synonymes: look over, verify

Antonymes: ignore

apart

Adverbe

Exemple: “The twins look similar, but you can tell them apart.”

Synonymes: separately

Antonymes: together

ahead

Adverbe

Exemple: “The road ahead looks clear.”

Synonymes: forward, in front

Antonymes: behind

ugly

Adjectif

Exemple: “The wall looks ugly now.”

Synonymes: bad-looking

Antonymes: beautiful

read

Verbe

Exemple: “I read a story before bed.”

Synonymes: study

Antonymes: write

shop

Verbe

Exemple: “We usually shop at the local market.”

Synonymes: store, buy things

Antonymes: sell

scan

Verbe

Exemple: “I scanned the document and sent it by email.”

Synonymes: digitize, look through quickly

Antonymes: ignore

pale

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: light-colored, faint

Antonymes: bright, healthy-looking

those

Pronom

Exemple: “Those shoes look expensive.”

Synonymes: those ones

Antonymes: these

treacherously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The surface looked solid but behaved treacherously underfoot.”

Synonymes: deceitfully

Antonymes: reliably

surreptitious

Adjectif

Exemple: “He took a surreptitious look at the notes during the meeting.”

Synonymes: covert

Antonymes: open

retrospective

Nom

Exemple: “The museum hosted a retrospective of her early work.”

Synonymes: looking back

Antonymes: prospective

preconception

Nom

Exemple: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Synonymes: bias

Antonymes: open-mindedness

disparagingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke disparagingly of competitors, which looked insecure.”

Synonymes: scornfully

Antonymes: respectfully

muscle-bound

Adjectif

Exemple: “He looked muscle-bound, but he tired quickly.”

Synonymes: buff

Antonymes: slender

choreography

Nom

Exemple: “The choreography was so precise that it looked effortless.”

Synonymes: dance design

misty

Adjectif

Exemple: “The mountains look misty in the morning.”

Synonymes: foggy

Antonymes: clear

blush

Verbe

Exemple: “She blushed when everyone looked at her.”

Synonymes: turn red

alike

Adjectif

Exemple: “The two brothers look alike.”

Synonymes: similar

Antonymes: different

search

Verbe

Exemple: “I search for my keys.”

Synonymes: look for

Antonymes: find

pretty

Adjectif

Exemple: “Your dress is pretty.”

Synonymes: nice

Antonymes: ugly

interrogatively

Adverbe

Exemple: “She looked at him interrogatively.”

Synonymes: inquiringly

Antonymes: declaratively

seem

Verbe

Exemple: “He seems tired.”

Synonymes: appear, look

Antonymes: be

care

Verbe

Exemple: “She cares about her family.”

Synonymes: mind, look after

Antonymes: ignore