Vocabulaire

once

Adverbe

Exemple: “I go there once a week.”

Synonymes: one time

Antonymes: twice

vestigial

Adjectif

Exemple: “The organ is vestigial in humans.”

Synonymes: remaining, rudimentary

Antonymes: fully developed

parochial

Adjectif

Exemple: “The policy reflects a parochial view.”

Synonymes: narrow, local

Antonymes: global

diffuse

Verbe

Exemple: “The smell began to diffuse through the room.”

Synonymes: spread, disperse

Antonymes: concentrate

conceive

Verbe

Exemple: “It is hard to conceive a better plan.”

Synonymes: imagine, think of

Antonymes: misunderstand

statistics

Nom

Exemple: “Statistics helps us understand data.”

Synonymes: data analysis, numbers

Antonymes: guesswork

politics

Nom

Exemple: “He studies politics.”

Synonymes: government affairs

Antonymes: private life

interest

Nom

Exemple: “I have an interest in music.”

Synonymes: curiosity, attention

Antonymes: boredom

revelatory

Adjectif

Exemple: “The letters were revelatory and deeply personal.”

Synonymes: revealing, illuminating

Antonymes: concealing, secretive

nonchalant

Adjectif

Exemple: “He gave a nonchalant shrug.”

Synonymes: casual, unconcerned

Antonymes: anxious, concerned

altruistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “Her decision was motivated by altruistic values.”

Synonymes: selfless, generous

Antonymes: selfish, self-centered

revealing

Adjectif

Exemple: “The interview was revealing and emotional.”

Synonymes: informative, exposing

Antonymes: concealing, secretive

gee

Interjection

Exemple: “Gee, that was a close call.”

Synonymes: wow, gosh

Antonymes:

local

Adjectif

Exemple: “We bought fruit from a local shop.”

Synonymes: nearby, regional

Antonymes: foreign

vestigially

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: residually, rudimentarily

Antonymes: fully, functionally

hypothesize

Verbe

Exemple: “Scientists hypothesize that the climate was once much wetter.”

Synonymes: theorize, speculate

Antonymes: verify, confirm

encumbrance

Nom

Exemple: “Excess regulation became an encumbrance to innovation.”

Synonymes: burden, hindrance

Antonymes: aid, advantage

centralized

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company adopted a highly centralized management structure.”

Synonymes: concentrated, controlled from one center

Antonymes: decentralized, distributed

deprivation

Nom

Exemple: “Sleep deprivation can reduce concentration.”

Synonymes: lack, hardship

Antonymes: abundance, comfort

conceivable

Adjectif

Exemple: “We considered every conceivable option before deciding.”

Synonymes: imaginable, possible

Antonymes: inconceivable, impossible

abstraction

Nom

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

Synonymes: concept, generalization

Antonymes: concreteness, reality

twice

Adverbe

Exemple: “I go to the gym twice a week.”

Synonymes: two times

Antonymes: once

again

Adverbe

Exemple: “Please say that again.”

Synonymes: once more

Antonymes: never again

about

Préposition

Exemple: “We talked about the new project.”

Synonymes: regarding

Antonymes: ignoring

topographical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The topographical map shows elevation and terrain in detail.”

Synonymes: terrain-related

preconception

Nom

Exemple: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Synonymes: bias

Antonymes: open-mindedness

intrinsically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The two concepts are intrinsically linked.”

Synonymes: inherently

Antonymes: externally

inexorability

Nom

Exemple: “There was an inexorability to the decline once trust was lost.”

Synonymes: inevitability

Antonymes: avoidability

precociously

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: early

Antonymes: late

nonchalantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He nonchalantly dismissed the criticism as “noise.””

Synonymes: casually

Antonymes: anxiously

conciliation

Nom

Exemple: “Conciliation requires concessions from both sides.”

Synonymes: reconciliation

Antonymes: escalation

superficial

Adjectif

Exemple: “Their analysis was superficial and missed the core issue.”

Synonymes: shallow

Antonymes: thorough

prospective

Adjectif

Exemple: “We spoke with several prospective partners before choosing one.”

Synonymes: potential

Antonymes: past

prime

Adjectif

Exemple: “Safety is our prime concern.”

Synonymes: main

Antonymes: secondary

moral

Adjectif

Exemple: “It’s a moral responsibility to tell the truth.”

Synonymes: ethical

Antonymes: immoral

concern

Verbe

Exemple: “This concerns me.”

Synonymes: worry

Antonymes: reassure

anthropological

Adjectif

Exemple: “The research offered anthropological insights.”

Synonymes: ethnographic

Antonymes:

crowded

Adjectif

Exemple: “The bus is crowded.”

Synonymes: full

Antonymes: empty

fallacy

Nom

Exemple: “The argument is based on a fallacy.”

Synonymes: misconception, error

Antonymes: truth

theory

Nom

Exemple: “The theory explains the results.”

Synonymes: concept, model

Antonymes: fact

care

Verbe

Exemple: “She cares about her family.”

Synonymes: mind, look after

Antonymes: ignore

tentativeness

Nom

Exemple: “His tentativeness disappeared once he saw the results.”

concede

Verbe

Exemple: “He conceded that the timeline was unrealistic.”