Vocabulaire

novel

Adjectif

Exemple: “I am reading a novel.”

Synonymes: fiction book

Antonymes: textbook

allegory

Nom

Exemple: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Synonymes: symbolic story

Antonymes: literal story

provincial

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel contrasts provincial life with life in the capital.”

Synonymes: regional, small-town

Antonymes: cosmopolitan, urban

interweave

Verbe

Exemple: “The novel interweaves history and fiction.”

Synonymes: blend, interlace

Antonymes: separate, untangle

depressive

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel has a depressive atmosphere from beginning to end.”

Synonymes: gloomy, bleak

Antonymes: uplifting, cheerful

perceptive

Adjectif

Exemple: “She made a perceptive comment about the novel.”

Synonymes: insightful, observant

Antonymes: unaware, dull

engrossing

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was such an engrossing novel that I forgot the time.”

Synonymes: absorbing, captivating

Antonymes: boring, dull

puritanical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel satirizes puritanical attitudes toward pleasure.”

Synonymes: strict, moralistic

Antonymes: permissive, liberal

materialism

Nom

Exemple: “The novel criticizes modern materialism.”

Synonymes: consumerism, worldliness

Antonymes: spirituality, idealism

domesticity

Nom

Exemple: “The novel portrays the quiet routines of domesticity.”

Synonymes: home life, household life

Antonymes: adventure, public life

immortalize

Verbe

Exemple: “The novel helped immortalize the city in popular culture.”

Synonymes: preserve forever, commemorate

Antonymes: erase, forget

evil

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel describes the struggle between good and evil.”

Synonymes: wicked, bad

Antonymes: good, kind

screenwriter

Nom

Exemple: “The screenwriter adapted the novel for film.”

Synonymes: scriptwriter

protagonist

Nom

Exemple: “The protagonist changes dramatically by the end of the novel.”

Synonymes: main character

Antonymes: antagonist

verisimilitude

Nom

Exemple: “The novel achieved remarkable verisimilitude.”

Synonymes: authenticity

Antonymes: implausibility