Vocabulaire

objective

Nom

Exemple: “Our main objective is growth.”

Synonymes: goal, aim

Antonymes: bias

grievance

Nom

Exemple: “Employees filed a grievance.”

Synonymes: complaint, objection

Antonymes: satisfaction

artifact

Nom

Exemple: “The museum displayed an ancient artifact.”

Synonymes: object, relic

Antonymes: natural object

kinetic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The object has kinetic energy.”

Synonymes: motion-related

Antonymes: static

barrier

Nom

Exemple: “Language can be a barrier.”

Synonymes: obstacle, block

Antonymes: access

satellite

Nom

Exemple: “The satellite is in space.”

Synonymes: space object

Antonymes: planet

animation

Nom

Exemple: “The animation is funny.”

Synonymes: cartoon, moving image

Antonymes: still picture

vehicle

Nom

Exemple: “A car is a vehicle.”

Synonymes: transport, car

Antonymes: pedestrian

protest

Nom

Exemple: “There was a protest in the city.”

Synonymes: demonstration, objection

Antonymes: support

instrument

Nom

Exemple: “He plays a musical instrument.”

Synonymes: tool, device

Antonymes: voice

furniture

Nom

Exemple: “The room has new furniture.”

Synonymes: chairs and tables, household items

Antonymes: empty room

ball

Nom

Exemple: “The ball is under the table.”

Synonymes: sphere

Antonymes: cube

toy

Nom

Exemple: “The child has a toy.”

Synonymes: plaything

Antonymes: tool

button

Nom

Exemple: “Press the button.”

Synonymes: switch, key

Antonymes: hole

egg

Nom

Exemple: “I eat an egg for breakfast.”

telescopic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The camera has a telescopic lens.”

Synonymes: extendable, magnifying

Antonymes: fixed, ordinary

echolocate

Verbe

Exemple: “Bats echolocate to navigate in darkness.”

Synonymes: navigate by sound

Antonymes:

denotation

Nom

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

Synonymes: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonymes: connotation, implication

silhouette

Nom

Exemple: “We could see her silhouette in the doorway.”

Synonymes: outline, shadow shape

Antonymes: detail, full image

row

Nom

Exemple: “We sat in the front row.”

Synonymes: line, rank

Antonymes: column

rim

Nom

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

Synonymes: edge, border

Antonymes: center

pin

Nom

Exemple: “Use a pin to attach the note.”

Synonymes: needle, fastener

Antonymes:

stuff

Nom

Exemple: “I have too much stuff in my bag.”

Synonymes: things, objects

Antonymes: nothing

image

Nom

Exemple: “The image on the screen is very clear.”

Synonymes: picture, photo

Antonymes:

them

Pronom

Exemple: “I can help them with homework.”

Synonymes: those people

Antonymes: us

moon

Nom

Exemple: “The moon is bright tonight.”

Synonymes: satellite

Antonymes: sun

remonstrate

Verbe

Exemple: “She remonstrated with the manager over the unfair policy.”

Synonymes: protest, object

Antonymes: accept, comply

irrelevancy

Nom

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

Synonymes: irrelevance, inapplicability

Antonymes: relevance, pertinence

declination

Nom

Exemple: “The astronomer calculated the star’s declination precisely.”

Synonymes: deviation, inflection

Antonymes: inclination, alignment

onto

Préposition

Exemple: “The cat jumped onto the table.”

Synonymes: on top of

Antonymes: off

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

remonstrance

Nom

Exemple: “Despite public remonstrance, the policy was implemented.”

Synonymes: objection

Antonymes: approval

radar

Nom

Exemple: “The plane appeared on the radar.”

prick

Verbe

Exemple: “I pricked my finger on a needle.”

Synonymes: pierce

frame

Nom

Exemple: “Put the photo in a simple frame.”

Synonymes: border

stack

Nom

Exemple: “There is a stack of papers.”

Synonymes: pile

Antonymes: scatter

orbit

Nom

Exemple: “The Earth moves in orbit around the Sun.”

Synonymes: path

Antonymes:

size

/saɪz/

Exemple: “What size do you need?”

Synonymes: sized, sizing, size of it