Vocabulaire

owe

Verbe

Exemple: “I owe you ten dollars.”

Synonymes: be in debt to

Antonymes: repay, own

incipient

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company showed signs of incipient growth.”

Synonymes: emerging, early

Antonymes: developed

facsimile

Nom

Exemple: “The museum showed a facsimile of the letter.”

Synonymes: copy, replica

Antonymes: original

abundance

Nom

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

Synonymes: plenty, wealth

Antonymes: scarcity

rhetoric

Nom

Exemple: “The speech used powerful rhetoric.”

Synonymes: persuasive speech, oratory

Antonymes: silence

relegate

Verbe

Exemple: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”

Synonymes: demote, downgrade

Antonymes: promote

allegory

Nom

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

Synonymes: symbolic story

Antonymes: literal story

cogent

Adjectif

Exemple: “She made a cogent argument.”

Synonymes: convincing, clear

Antonymes: weak

hoist

Verbe

Exemple: “They hoisted the flag.”

Synonymes: raise, lift

Antonymes: lower

adorn

Verbe

Exemple: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Synonymes: decorate, embellish

Antonymes: strip

dominant

Adjectif

Exemple: “This company is dominant in the market.”

Synonymes: leading, powerful

Antonymes: weak

invoice

Nom

Exemple: “Please send the invoice today.”

Synonymes: bill, payment request

Antonymes: receipt

investor

Nom

Exemple: “The investor gave money to the company.”

Synonymes: backer, financier

Antonymes: borrower

abuse

Nom

Exemple: “Abuse of power is dangerous.”

Synonymes: misuse, harm

Antonymes: care

loan

Nom

Exemple: “He took a loan from the bank.”

Synonymes: credit, borrowed money

Antonymes: saving

electricity

Nom

Exemple: “The house has no electricity.”

Synonymes: power, electric power

Antonymes: darkness

elevator

Nom

Exemple: “Take the elevator to the third floor.”

Synonymes: lift

Antonymes: stairs

bath

Nom

Exemple: “I take a bath at night.”

Synonymes: wash, bathtub

Antonymes: shower

bathroom

Nom

Exemple: “The bathroom is clean.”

Synonymes: toilet, washroom

Antonymes: bedroom

airport

Nom

Exemple: “We arrived at the airport early.”

garden

Nom

Exemple: “The children play in the garden.”

Synonymes: yard

revelatory

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: revealing, illuminating

Antonymes: concealing, secretive

protrusion

Nom

Exemple: “The scan showed a small protrusion in the bone.”

Synonymes: bulge, projection

Antonymes: indentation, recession

locomotion

Nom

Exemple: “Birds use different forms of locomotion.”

Synonymes: movement, mobility

Antonymes: stillness, immobility

habitation

Nom

Exemple: “The island showed signs of early human habitation.”

Synonymes: dwelling, residence

Antonymes: vacancy, emptiness

formidably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The team performed formidably under pressure.”

Synonymes: powerfully, impressively

Antonymes: weakly, poorly

formidable

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a formidable opponent in debate.”

Synonymes: powerful, intimidating

Antonymes: weak, harmless

inherently

Adverbe

Exemple: “Power is not inherently harmful.”

Synonymes: essentially, intrinsically

Antonymes: externally, accidentally

domination

Nom

Exemple: “The team’s domination lasted for years.”

Synonymes: control, supremacy

Antonymes: submission, equality

dominantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The market is dominantly controlled by a few firms.”

Synonymes: powerfully, predominantly

Antonymes: weakly, marginally

accustomed

Adjectif

Exemple: “I am accustomed to working late.”

Synonymes: used to, familiar with

Antonymes: unaccustomed, unused

shortlist

Nom

Exemple: “Her name was added to the final shortlist.”

Synonymes: selected list

Antonymes: long list, rejection

possessor

Nom

Exemple: “The possessor of the document must sign here.”

Synonymes: owner, holder

Antonymes: loser, borrower

buzz

Verbe

Exemple: “I could hear bees buzz around the flowers.”

Synonymes: hum, vibrate

Antonymes: be silent

saw

Nom

Exemple: “He used a saw to cut the wood.”

Synonymes: cutting tool

Antonymes:

hay

Nom

Exemple: “The horses were eating hay.”

Synonymes: dried grass

Antonymes: fresh grass

dip

Verbe

Exemple: “Dip the bread into the soup.”

Synonymes: lower briefly, immerse

Antonymes: lift

bud

Nom

Exemple: “The rose bush is full of new buds.”

Synonymes: young flower

Antonymes: full bloom

microcomputer

Nom

Exemple: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Synonymes: small computer

Antonymes: mainframe

holy

Adjectif

Exemple: “This is a holy place for many people.”

Synonymes: sacred

Antonymes: ordinary, unholy

damp

Adjectif

Exemple: “The towels are still damp.”

Synonymes: wet, moist

Antonymes: dry

calf

Nom

Exemple: “The calf followed its mother across the field.”

Synonymes: young cow

Antonymes: bull

bill

Nom

Exemple: “We asked for the bill after dinner.”

Synonymes: invoice, note

Antonymes: payment

base

Nom

Exemple: “The lamp has a heavy base.”

Synonymes: foundation, bottom

Antonymes: top

but

Conjonction

Exemple: “I wanted to go, but I was too tired.”

Synonymes: however

Antonymes: and

trick

Nom

Exemple: “The magician showed us a clever trick.”

Synonymes: move, deception

Antonymes: truth

raise

Verbe

Exemple: “Please raise your hand if you know the answer.”

Synonymes: lift

Antonymes: lower

power

Nom

Exemple: “The storm cut the power in our area.”

Synonymes: energy, strength

Antonymes: weakness

magic

Nom

Exemple: “The film is full of magic and wonder.”

Synonymes: sorcery

Antonymes: reality

rose

Nom

Exemple: “He gave her a red rose.”

Synonymes: flower

Antonymes:

lion

Nom

Exemple: “The lion is sleeping under the tree.”

Synonymes: big cat

Antonymes:

lily

Adverbe

Exemple: “There is a white lily in the garden.”

Synonymes: flower

Antonymes:

taste-maker

Nom

Exemple: “The critic became a taste-maker in contemporary art.”

Synonymes: trendsetter, influencer

Antonymes: follower, outsider

athleticism

Nom

Exemple: “The role demands both grace and athleticism.”

Synonymes: physical prowess, fitness

Antonymes: clumsiness, frailty

degradation

Nom

Exemple: “Environmental degradation is accelerating in the region.”

Synonymes: deterioration, decline

Antonymes: improvement, restoration

unwavering

Adjectif

Exemple: “She showed unwavering support throughout the crisis.”

Synonymes: steadfast, firm

Antonymes: uncertain, wavering

thus

Adverbe

Exemple: “The road was closed, thus we had to wait.”

Synonymes: therefore, in this way

Antonymes: however

stem

Verbe

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

Synonymes: come from, plant stalk

Antonymes: end

moss

Nom

Exemple: “Green moss covered the old stones.”

Synonymes: soft plant

Antonymes:

these

Pronom

Exemple: “These flowers are beautiful.”

Synonymes: these ones

Antonymes: those

below

Préposition

Exemple: “Please read the text below.”

Synonymes: under

Antonymes: above

magnanimously

Adverbe

Exemple: “She magnanimously credited the team for the success.”

Synonymes: generously

Antonymes: pettily

deprecatingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Synonymes: self-effacingly

Antonymes: proudly

proportional

Adjectif

Exemple: “The response must be proportional to the risk.”

Synonymes: commensurate

Antonymes: disproportionate

paralyzingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Synonymes: immobilizingly

Antonymes: empoweringly

jurisdiction

Nom

Exemple: “The case falls under federal jurisdiction.”

Synonymes: authority

bureaucratic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The process is slowed by bureaucratic requirements.”

Synonymes: administrative

Antonymes: streamlined

subordinate

Adjectif

Exemple: “He refused to be treated as subordinate in the partnership.”

Synonymes: junior

Antonymes: superior

remorseless

Adjectif

Exemple: “The remorseless attacker showed no regret.”

Synonymes: pitiless

Antonymes: remorseful

range

Nom

Exemple: “The price range is from $10 to $50.”

Synonymes: spectrum

pluck

Verbe

Exemple: “She plucked the flowers from the garden.”

Synonymes: pull off

Antonymes: plant

mogul

Nom

Exemple: “He became a real-tech mogul in his 40s.”

Synonymes: tycoon

midst

Nom

Exemple: “In the midst of the meeting, the power went out.”

Synonymes: middle

lower

Verbe

Exemple: “They lowered the price to attract customers.”

Synonymes: reduce

Antonymes: raise

force

Nom

Exemple: “They used force to open the door.”

Synonymes: power

Antonymes: weakness

faith

Nom

Exemple: “He kept faith even in difficult times.”

Synonymes: belief

Antonymes: doubt

consist

Verbe

Exemple: “The team consists of five people.”

Synonymes: be made of

theirs

Pronom

Exemple: “This house is theirs.”

Synonymes: belonging to them

junior

Adjectif

Exemple: “He is a junior worker.”

Synonymes: younger

Antonymes: senior

flower

Nom

Exemple: “This flower is yellow.”

Synonymes: bloom