Vocabulaire

more

Déterminant

Exemple: “We need more time to finish the work.”

Synonymes: additional, extra

Antonymes: less

vestigial

Adjectif

Exemple: “The organ is vestigial in humans.”

Synonymes: remaining, rudimentary

Antonymes: fully developed

paramount

Adjectif

Exemple: “Safety is paramount.”

Synonymes: most important, chief

Antonymes: minor

abundance

Nom

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

Synonymes: plenty, wealth

Antonymes: scarcity

merger

Nom

Exemple: “The merger created a larger company.”

Synonymes: union, combination

Antonymes: separation

allude

Verbe

Exemple: “He did not allude to the problem.”

Synonymes: hint, refer indirectly

Antonymes: state clearly

allot

Verbe

Exemple: “We should allot more time for research.”

Synonymes: assign, allocate

Antonymes: withhold

adorn

Verbe

Exemple: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Synonymes: decorate, embellish

Antonymes: strip

contract

Nom

Exemple: “We signed a contract.”

Synonymes: agreement, deal

Antonymes: cancellation

development

Nom

Exemple: “Development takes time.”

Synonymes: growth, progress

Antonymes: decline

court

Nom

Exemple: “He went to court.”

Synonymes: law court

Antonymes: street

advantage

Nom

Exemple: “Good English is an advantage.”

Synonymes: benefit, plus

Antonymes: disadvantage

information

Nom

Exemple: “I need more information.”

Synonymes: data, details

Antonymes: ignorance

sofa

Nom

Exemple: “The cat is on the sofa.”

Synonymes: couch

say

Verbe

Exemple: “Please say that again more slowly.”

Synonymes: tell, speak

Antonymes: stay silent

rim

Nom

Exemple: “There was tea on the rim of the cup.”

Synonymes: edge, border

Antonymes: center

hire

Verbe

Exemple: “The company plans to hire two more workers.”

Synonymes: employ, rent

Antonymes: fire

gain

Verbe

Exemple: “She hopes to gain more experience this year.”

Synonymes: get, achieve

Antonymes: lose

space

Nom

Exemple: “We need more space in this room.”

Synonymes: room, area

Antonymes: crowding

they

Pronom

Exemple: “They are my best friends.”

Synonymes: those people

Antonymes: we

only

Adverbe

Exemple: “I have only one question.”

Synonymes: just

Antonymes: many

vestigially

Adverbe

Exemple: “The trait survives only vestigially in modern species.”

Synonymes: residually, rudimentarily

Antonymes: fully, functionally

taciturnity

Nom

Exemple: “His taciturnity made him seem cold at first.”

Synonymes: reserve, reticence

Antonymes: talkativeness, loquacity

superfluous

Adjectif

Exemple: “Most of the explanation was superfluous.”

Synonymes: unnecessary, redundant

Antonymes: essential, necessary

redundantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The idea was expressed redundantly several times.”

Synonymes: repetitively, superfluously

Antonymes: succinctly, economically

flightiness

Nom

Exemple: “Her apparent flightiness hid a sharp intelligence.”

Synonymes: frivolity, fickleness

Antonymes: seriousness, steadiness

correlation

Nom

Exemple: “Researchers found a strong correlation between sleep and memory.”

Synonymes: association, relationship

Antonymes: disconnect, independence

affectation

Nom

Exemple: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”

Synonymes: pretension, artifice

Antonymes: naturalness, sincerity

predecessor

Nom

Exemple: “The new model is far more efficient than its predecessor.”

Synonymes: forerunner, previous version

Antonymes: successor

personalize

Verbe

Exemple: “Users can personalize the dashboard to suit their workflow.”

Synonymes: customize, tailor

Antonymes: standardize, generalize

mere

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was not a major issue, just a mere detail.”

Synonymes: only, simply

Antonymes: significant

worse

Adjectif

Exemple: “The weather got worse in the evening.”

Synonymes: more serious, inferior

Antonymes: better

those

Pronom

Exemple: “Those shoes look expensive.”

Synonymes: those ones

Antonymes: these

these

Pronom

Exemple: “These flowers are beautiful.”

Synonymes: these ones

Antonymes: those

speak

Verbe

Exemple: “Can you speak more slowly?”

Synonymes: talk

Antonymes: stay silent

sleep

Nom

Exemple: “I need more sleep these days.”

Synonymes: rest

Antonymes: wakefulness

again

Adverbe

Exemple: “Please say that again.”

Synonymes: once more

Antonymes: never again

superfluously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The document was superfluously long and hard to scan.”

Synonymes: unnecessarily

Antonymes: essentially

collaborative

Adjectif

Exemple: “We need a more collaborative approach to decision-making.”

Synonymes: cooperative

Antonymes: competitive

anymore

Adverbe

Exemple: “I don’t smoke anymore.”

Synonymes: no longer

senior

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a senior manager.”

Synonymes: older

Antonymes: junior

rather

Adverbe

Exemple: “I would rather stay home.”

Synonymes: preferably

prefer

Verbe

Exemple: “I prefer tea to coffee.”

Synonymes: like better

another

Déterminant

Exemple: “I want another one.”

Synonymes: one more

Antonymes: same

better

Adjectif

Exemple: “I feel better today.”

Synonymes: improved

Antonymes: worse

popularization

Nom

Exemple: “The popularization of science is important.”

Synonymes: promotion

Antonymes: suppression

spare

Adjectif

Exemple: “Do you have a spare key?”

Synonymes: extra

Antonymes: necessary

further

Adjectif

Exemple: “The shop is further down the street.”

Synonymes: farther

Antonymes: nearer

explore

Verbe

Exemple: “We want to explore the city.”

Synonymes: discover

Antonymes: ignore

favorite

Adjectif

Exemple: “Blue is my favorite color.”

Synonymes: preferred

Antonymes: least favorite

equivocal

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”

Synonymes: ambiguous, unclear

Antonymes: explicit

streamline

Verbe

Exemple: “We streamlined onboarding to reduce drop-off.”

expedite

Verbe

Exemple: “We expedited the release by automating the tests.”

paradox

Nom

Exemple: “It’s a paradox that more options can make decisions harder.”

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Exemple: “These are preliminary results.”

Synonymes: overture, prelude, exploratory

ambiguous

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”

Synonymes: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal

Antonymes: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous