Vocabulaire

pit

Nom

Exemple: “Watch out for the deep pit.”

Synonymes: hole

Antonymes: hill

pitch

Verbe

Exemple: “She pitched the idea to investors.”

Synonymes: present

malice

Nom

Exemple: “He acted with malice.”

Synonymes: spite, ill will

Antonymes: kindness

clinical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The drug passed clinical testing.”

Synonymes: medical, hospital-based

Antonymes: nonmedical

investment

Nom

Exemple: “This investment is risky.”

Synonymes: funding, capital

Antonymes: withdrawal

investor

Nom

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

Synonymes: backer, financier

Antonymes: borrower

finance

Nom

Exemple: “He works in finance.”

Synonymes: money management, banking

Antonymes: spending without plan

ambulance

Nom

Exemple: “Call an ambulance.”

Synonymes: emergency vehicle

Antonymes: taxi

hospital

Nom

Exemple: “My uncle is in the hospital.”

provincial

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: regional, small-town

Antonymes: cosmopolitan, urban

outpatient

Nom

Exemple: “The treatment can be given to an outpatient.”

Synonymes: non-hospital patient

Antonymes: inpatient

headquarters

Nom

Exemple: “The company moved its headquarters to the capital.”

Synonymes: main office, central office

Antonymes: branch

chirp

Verbe

Exemple: “Birds chirp early in the morning.”

Synonymes: tweet

Antonymes: be silent

tenaciously

Adverbe

Exemple: “She tenaciously pursued the case despite repeated setbacks.”

Synonymes: persistently, doggedly

Antonymes: weakly, halfheartedly

maliciously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The rumor had been spread maliciously.”

Synonymes: spitefully, malevolently

Antonymes: kindly, benevolently

unscathing

Adjectif

Exemple: “The review was surprisingly unscathing despite the film’s flaws.”

Synonymes: mild, lenient

Antonymes: scathing, harsh

anyway

Adverbe

Exemple: “It was raining, but we went anyway.”

Synonymes: in any case

Antonymes: therefore not

voice

Nom

Exemple: “I recognized her voice immediately.”

Synonymes: sound, tone

Antonymes: silence

ignominiously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The plan failed ignominiously, despite all the hype.”

Synonymes: shamefully

Antonymes: gloriously

remonstrance

Nom

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

Synonymes: objection

Antonymes: approval

remorselessly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He remorselessly exploited people’s fears for profit.”

Synonymes: pitilessly

Antonymes: mercifully

remorseless

Adjectif

Exemple: “The remorseless attacker showed no regret.”

Synonymes: pitiless

Antonymes: remorseful

flute

Nom

Exemple: “She plays the flute in a band.”

though

Conjonction

Exemple: “I went out, though it was cold.”

Synonymes: although

spite

Nom

Exemple: “He did it out of spite.”

Synonymes: malice

Antonymes: kindness

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

Exemple: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Synonymes: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal