Vocabulaire

lower

Verbe

Exemple: “They lowered the price to attract customers.”

Synonymes: reduce

Antonymes: raise

abundance

Nom

Exemple: “The garden has an abundance of flowers.”

Synonymes: plenty, wealth

Antonymes: scarcity

relegate

Verbe

Exemple: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”

Synonymes: demote, downgrade

Antonymes: promote

hoist

Verbe

Exemple: “They hoisted the flag.”

Synonymes: raise, lift

Antonymes: lower

adorn

Verbe

Exemple: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Synonymes: decorate, embellish

Antonymes: strip

elevator

Nom

Exemple: “Take the elevator to the third floor.”

Synonymes: lift

Antonymes: stairs

garden

Nom

Exemple: “The children play in the garden.”

Synonymes: yard

buzz

Verbe

Exemple: “I could hear bees buzz around the flowers.”

Synonymes: hum, vibrate

Antonymes: be silent

dip

Verbe

Exemple: “Dip the bread into the soup.”

Synonymes: lower briefly, immerse

Antonymes: lift

bud

Nom

Exemple: “The rose bush is full of new buds.”

Synonymes: young flower

Antonymes: full bloom

microcomputer

Nom

Exemple: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Synonymes: small computer

Antonymes: mainframe

raise

Verbe

Exemple: “Please raise your hand if you know the answer.”

Synonymes: lift

Antonymes: lower

rose

Nom

Exemple: “He gave her a red rose.”

Synonymes: flower

Antonymes:

lily

Adverbe

Exemple: “There is a white lily in the garden.”

Synonymes: flower

Antonymes:

taste-maker

Nom

Exemple: “The critic became a taste-maker in contemporary art.”

Synonymes: trendsetter, influencer

Antonymes: follower, outsider

degradation

Nom

Exemple: “Environmental degradation is accelerating in the region.”

Synonymes: deterioration, decline

Antonymes: improvement, restoration

moss

Nom

Exemple: “Green moss covered the old stones.”

Synonymes: soft plant

Antonymes:

these

Pronom

Exemple: “These flowers are beautiful.”

Synonymes: these ones

Antonymes: those

below

Préposition

Exemple: “Please read the text below.”

Synonymes: under

Antonymes: above

deprecatingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Synonymes: self-effacingly

Antonymes: proudly

subordinate

Adjectif

Exemple: “He refused to be treated as subordinate in the partnership.”

Synonymes: junior

Antonymes: superior

pluck

Verbe

Exemple: “She plucked the flowers from the garden.”

Synonymes: pull off

Antonymes: plant

junior

Adjectif

Exemple: “He is a junior worker.”

Synonymes: younger

Antonymes: senior

flower

Nom

Exemple: “This flower is yellow.”

Synonymes: bloom

plant

Nom

Exemple: “She watered the plant.”

Synonymes: flower

Antonymes:

reduce

/rɪˈduːs/

Exemple: “We need to reduce costs.”

Synonymes: subjugate, subdue, contract

Antonymes: enlarge, blow up, magnify