Vocabulaire

matter

Nom

Exemple: “It doesn’t matter.”

Synonymes: be important

chemistry

Nom

Exemple: “Chemistry is my favorite subject.”

Synonymes: science of substances

Antonymes: literature

physics

Nom

Exemple: “Physics is an interesting subject.”

Synonymes: science of nature

Antonymes: art

agenda

Nom

Exemple: “The meeting agenda is short.”

Synonymes: plan, schedule

Antonymes: disorder

smattering

Nom

Exemple: “I have only a smattering of Italian.”

Synonymes: small amount, little knowledge

Antonymes: mastery, expertise

divination

Nom

Exemple: “In ancient cultures, divination was often linked to religion.”

Synonymes: fortune-telling, prophecy

Antonymes: reason, science

pertinent

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: relevant, applicable

Antonymes: irrelevant, unrelated

coal

Nom

Exemple: “The old house was heated with coal.”

Synonymes: fuel

Antonymes:

materialism

Nom

Exemple: “The novel criticizes modern materialism.”

Synonymes: consumerism, worldliness

Antonymes: spirituality, idealism

irrelevancy

Nom

Exemple: “The lawyer objected to the irrelevancy of the question.”

Synonymes: irrelevance, inapplicability

Antonymes: relevance, pertinence

mass

Nom

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

Synonymes: bulk, quantity

Antonymes: emptiness

thing

Nom

Exemple: “That is the best thing about this job.”

Synonymes: object, matter

Antonymes: nothing

nostalgically

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke nostalgically about the early days of the company.”

Synonymes: wistfully

Antonymes: matter-of-factly

instinctively

Adverbe

Exemple: “She instinctively stepped back when she heard the noise.”

Synonymes: naturally

Antonymes: deliberately

panel

Nom

Exemple: “A panel of experts reviewed the report.”

Synonymes: committee

quixotic

/kwɪkˈsɑːtɪk/

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

Synonymes: impractical, wild-eyed, romantic