Vocabulaire

Exemple: “I write with a pen.”

Synonymes: writing tool

Antonymes: pencil

peninsula

Nom

Exemple: “A peninsula is surrounded by water on three sides.”

Synonymes: landform

Antonymes: island

pension

Nom

Exemple: “My grandfather receives a pension.”

Synonymes: retirement money

Antonymes: salary

penny

Nom

Exemple: “I found a penny on the floor.”

Synonymes: coin

Antonymes:

hindsight

Nom

Exemple: “In hindsight, the decision was wrong.”

Synonymes: retrospection

Antonymes: foresight

austerity

Nom

Exemple: “The government announced austerity measures.”

Synonymes: strictness, frugality

Antonymes: luxury

maverick

Nom

Exemple: “He is a maverick in the industry.”

Synonymes: nonconformist, rebel

Antonymes: conformist

artifice

Nom

Exemple: “The plan depended on artifice.”

Synonymes: trick, deception

Antonymes: honesty

secular

Adjectif

Exemple: “The school has a secular policy.”

Synonymes: nonreligious

Antonymes: religious

oblique

Adjectif

Exemple: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

Synonymes: indirect, slanted

Antonymes: direct

insular

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company had an insular culture.”

Synonymes: narrow-minded, isolated

Antonymes: open-minded

mechanism

Nom

Exemple: “We need to understand the mechanism.”

Synonymes: system, process

Antonymes: randomness

inclusive

Adjectif

B2Adjectif

Exemple: “The school has an inclusive policy.”

Synonymes: welcoming, open to all

Antonymes: exclusive

dependent

Adjectif

B1Adjectif

Exemple: “The result is dependent on the data.”

Synonymes: reliant, controlled by

Antonymes: independent

automatic

Adjectif

A2Adjectif

Exemple: “The door has an automatic lock.”

Synonymes: self-operating

Antonymes: manual

retirement

Nom

Exemple: “Retirement can change a person’s life.”

Synonymes: leaving work, pension age

Antonymes: employment

pharmacist

Nom

Exemple: “The pharmacist gave me medicine.”

Synonymes: drugstore specialist

Antonymes: patient

addiction

Nom

Exemple: “Addiction can damage health.”

Synonymes: dependence

Antonymes: freedom

tuition

Nom

Exemple: “University tuition is expensive.”

Synonymes: education fee

Antonymes: scholarship

finance

Nom

Exemple: “He works in finance.”

Synonymes: money management, banking

Antonymes: spending without plan

cabinet

Nom

Exemple: “The cups are in the cabinet.”

Synonymes: cupboard, storage unit

Antonymes: open shelf

profit

Nom

Exemple: “The business made a profit.”

Synonymes: gain, earnings

Antonymes: loss

user

Nom

Exemple: “The user opened the website.”

Synonymes: customer, person

Antonymes: admin

schedule

Nom

Exemple: “My schedule is full today.”

Synonymes: timetable, plan

Antonymes: chaos

door

Nom

Exemple: “Close the door, please.”

Synonymes: entrance

Antonymes: window

window

Nom

Exemple: “Open the window, please.”

Synonymes: glass opening

Antonymes: wall

remorseful

Adjectif

C2Adjectif

Exemple: “He sounded genuinely remorseful.”

Synonymes: sorry, repentant

Antonymes: unrepentant, defiant

remittance

Nom

Exemple: “Many families depend on remittances from abroad.”

Synonymes: transfer, payment sent

Antonymes: debt, withholding

punitively

Adverbe

C2Adverbe

Exemple: “The rules were applied punitively rather than fairly.”

Synonymes: harshly, penally

Antonymes: leniently, mercifully

forfeiture

Nom

Exemple: “Late payment may result in forfeiture of the deposit.”

Synonymes: loss, seizure

Antonymes: retention, recovery

floodgates

Nom

Exemple: “The decision opened the floodgates to further complaints.”

Synonymes: sluice gates, barriers

Antonymes: closure, blockage

unreliably

Adverbe

C1Adverbe

Exemple: “The device works unreliably in cold weather.”

Synonymes: inconsistently, poorly

Antonymes: reliably, dependably

unassisted

Adjectif

Exemple: “He completed the task unassisted.”

Synonymes: independently, alone

Antonymes: assisted, helped

suspension

Nom

Exemple: “The player faced suspension after the incident.”

Synonymes: pause, temporary ban

Antonymes: continuation, reinstatement

stuffiness

Nom

Exemple: “The room’s stuffiness made it hard to breathe.”

Synonymes: staleness, formality

Antonymes: freshness, openness

dispensary

Nom

Exemple: “The village dispensary provides basic medicine.”

Synonymes: clinic, pharmacy

Antonymes:

contextual

Adjectif

Exemple: “The meaning is easier to grasp with contextual clues.”

Synonymes: situational, related to context

Antonymes: isolated, decontextualized

withdrawn

Adjectif

Exemple: “He became quiet and withdrawn after the move.”

Synonymes: reserved, isolated

Antonymes: outgoing, open

ventilate

Verbe

C1Verbe

Exemple: “Open the windows to ventilate the room.”

Synonymes: air out, oxygenate

Antonymes: seal, stifle

blur

Verbe

B2Verbe

Exemple: “Tears can blur your vision.”

Synonymes: smudge, soften

Antonymes: sharpen, clarify

tub

Nom

Exemple: “The ice cream came in a large tub.”

Synonymes: container, bath

Antonymes:

bud

Nom

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

Synonymes: young flower

Antonymes: full bloom

commonwealth

Nom

Exemple: “Several countries remain members of the Commonwealth.”

Synonymes: community, association of states

Antonymes: division

hang

Verbe

B1Verbe

Exemple: “Hang your jacket by the door.”

Synonymes: suspend

Antonymes: drop

fake

Adjectif

B1Adjectif

Exemple: “The watch looked expensive, but it was fake.”

Synonymes: false, not real

Antonymes: real, genuine

tin

Nom

Exemple: “We opened a tin of soup.”

Synonymes: can, metal

Antonymes:

nap

Nom

Exemple: “I took a short nap after lunch.”

Synonymes: doze, rest

Antonymes: work, wakefulness

gay

Adjectif

B1Adjectif

Exemple: “He said openly that he is gay.”

Synonymes: homosexual

Antonymes: straight

gap

Nom

Exemple: “There is a gap between the two buildings.”

Synonymes: space, opening

Antonymes: connection, closure

introduction

Nom

Exemple: “The book has a short introduction at the beginning.”

Synonymes: opening, presentation

Antonymes: conclusion

style

Nom

Exemple: “I like her style of writing.”

Synonymes: fashion, way

Antonymes:

smoke

Nom

Exemple: “Smoke came from the kitchen.”

Synonymes: fumes

Antonymes: fresh air

doubt

Verbe

A2Verbe

Exemple: “I doubt that he will come on time.”

Synonymes: question, uncertainty

Antonymes: trust, certainty

daily

Adjectif

A2Adjectif

Exemple: “Walking is part of my daily routine.”

Synonymes: everyday

Antonymes: weekly

cause

Verbe

A2Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Synonymes: reason, make happen

Antonymes: prevent

wish

Verbe

Exemple: “I wish you a happy birthday.”

Synonymes: hope, want

Antonymes: dislike

will

Verbe

Exemple: “I will call you tomorrow.”

Synonymes: shall

Antonymes: won't

when

Conjonction

A1Conjonction

Exemple: “When do you go to school?”

Synonymes: at what time

Antonymes:

wait

Verbe

Exemple: “Wait for me at the door.”

Synonymes: stay, pause

Antonymes: go

this

Pronom

A1Pronom

Exemple: “This is my favorite pen.”

Synonymes: this one

Antonymes: that

save

Verbe

Exemple: “Save your work before you leave.”

Synonymes: keep, rescue

Antonymes: waste, lose

nine

Déterminant

A1Déterminant

Exemple: “There are nine pencils in the box.”

Synonymes: 9

Antonymes:

luck

Nom

Exemple: “Good luck on your test.”

Synonymes: fortune

Antonymes: bad luck

selectivity

Nom

Exemple: “The school is known for the selectivity of its admissions process.”

Synonymes: discrimination, careful choice

Antonymes: openness, inclusiveness

proprietary

Adjectif

C2Adjectif

Exemple: “The company uses proprietary software for data analysis.”

Synonymes: private, exclusive

Antonymes: open-source, public

ingenuously

Adverbe

C2Adverbe

Exemple: “He ingenuously admitted that he had not read the contract.”

Synonymes: naively, innocently

Antonymes: cunningly, calculatingly

correlation

Nom

Exemple: “Researchers found a strong correlation between sleep and memory.”

Synonymes: association, relationship

Antonymes: disconnect, independence

breadwinner

Nom

Exemple: “After his father retired, he became the family’s main breadwinner.”

Synonymes: provider, earner

Antonymes: dependent

ludicrously

Adverbe

C1Adverbe

Exemple: “The apartment was ludicrously expensive for its size.”

Synonymes: absurdly, ridiculously

Antonymes: reasonably, sensibly

inclusively

Adverbe

C1Adverbe

Exemple: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Synonymes: openly, without exclusion

Antonymes: exclusively, narrowly

dispensable

Adjectif

Exemple: “In a crisis, even skilled workers may be treated as dispensable.”

Synonymes: nonessential, replaceable

Antonymes: essential, indispensable

conditional

Adjectif

Exemple: “Their support was conditional on further reforms.”

Synonymes: dependent, provisional

Antonymes: unconditional, absolute

fine

Nom

Exemple: “He had to pay a fine for parking there.”

Synonymes: penalty, good

Antonymes: bad, reward

fear

Nom

Exemple: “Fear can stop people from taking action.”

Synonymes: terror, anxiety

Antonymes: courage

fate

Nom

Exemple: “She believed it was fate that brought them together.”

Synonymes: destiny

Antonymes: choice, chance

defy

Verbe

B2Verbe

Exemple: “He chose to defy the unfair rule.”

Synonymes: resist, challenge

Antonymes: obey

till

Conjonction

B1Conjonction

Exemple: “Stay here till I come back.”

Synonymes: until

Antonymes: after

tend

Verbe

B1Verbe

Exemple: “Children tend to learn languages quickly.”

Synonymes: be likely to, care for

Antonymes: avoid

slot

Nom