Vocabulaire

most

Déterminant

Exemple: “Most children like games.”

Synonymes: majority

Antonymes: least

mostly

Adverbe

Exemple: “I mostly drink water.”

Synonymes: mainly

Antonymes: rarely

paramount

Adjectif

Exemple: “Safety is paramount.”

Synonymes: most important, chief

Antonymes: minor

preeminent

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a preeminent scholar in the field.”

Synonymes: leading, foremost

Antonymes: secondary, inferior

denotation

Nom

Exemple: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”

Synonymes: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonymes: connotation, implication

prophetic

Adjectif

Exemple: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Synonymes: predictive, visionary

Antonymes: unpredictive, ordinary

core

Nom

Exemple: “Trust is at the core of a strong friendship.”

Synonymes: center, essence

Antonymes: surface, edge

fox

Nom

Exemple: “A fox ran across the road at night.”

Synonymes: wild animal

Antonymes:

fish

Nom

Exemple: “We had fish for dinner.”

Synonymes: seafood

Antonymes:

deaf

Adjectif

Exemple: “The old man is almost deaf.”

Synonymes: unable to hear

Antonymes: hearing

superfluous

Adjectif

Exemple: “Most of the explanation was superfluous.”

Synonymes: unnecessary, redundant

Antonymes: essential, necessary

principally

Adverbe

Exemple: “The funds will be used principally for education.”

Synonymes: mainly, primarily

Antonymes: secondarily, marginally

abstraction

Nom

Exemple: “The theory is useful, but it remains an abstraction for most people.”

Synonymes: concept, generalization

Antonymes: concreteness, reality

tank

Nom

Exemple: “The water tank is almost empty.”

Synonymes: container, reservoir

Antonymes:

stem

Verbe

Exemple: “Most of these problems stem from poor planning.”

Synonymes: come from, plant stalk

Antonymes: end

main

Adjectif

Exemple: “What is the main reason for the change?”

Synonymes: primary, chief

Antonymes: minor, secondary

worst

Adjectif

Exemple: “That was the worst day of the week.”

Synonymes: least good

Antonymes: best

recuperative

Adjectif

Exemple: “Sleep is the most reliably recuperative habit we have.”

Synonymes: restorative

Antonymes: depleting

precociously

Adverbe

Exemple: “He precociously mastered concepts most students learn years later.”

Synonymes: early

Antonymes: late

philanthropy

Nom

Exemple: “Philanthropy is most effective when paired with accountability.”

Synonymes: charity

Antonymes: selfishness

least

Déterminant

Exemple: “Stay here for at least ten minutes.”

Synonymes: at minimum

Antonymes: most

ivory

Nom

Exemple: “The old piano keys were made of ivory.”

drown

Verbe

Exemple: “He almost drowned in the river.”

chief

Adjectif

Exemple: “He is the chief engineer.”

Synonymes: main

blind

Adjectif

Exemple: “The bright light made me almost blind for a second.”

nearly

Adverbe

Exemple: “We are nearly ready.”

Synonymes: almost

Antonymes: completely

mainly

Adverbe

Exemple: “I mainly work from home.”

Synonymes: mostly

Antonymes: rarely

latest

Adjectif

Exemple: “What is the latest news?”

Synonymes: newest

Antonymes: old

hardly

Adverbe

Exemple: “I can hardly hear you.”

Synonymes: barely

Antonymes: easily

almost

Adverbe

Exemple: “It is almost ready.”

Synonymes: nearly

Antonymes: completely