Vocabulaire

Exemple: “Press the button to start.”

Synonymes: push

Antonymes: release

pressurize

Verbe

C2Verbe

Exemple: “Do not let them pressurize you into agreeing.”

Synonymes: coerce, pressure

Antonymes: relieve, ease

pressurization

Nom

Exemple: “Cabin pressurization is vital during flights.”

Synonymes: compression

Antonymes: decompression

stipulate

Verbe

Exemple: “The contract stipulates a deadline.”

Synonymes: specify, require

Antonymes: omit

idiomatic

Adjectif

Exemple: “This phrase sounds idiomatic in English.”

Synonymes: natural, native-like

Antonymes: unnatural

disparage

Verbe

Exemple: “Do not disparage other people’s work.”

Synonymes: belittle, criticize

Antonymes: praise

succumb

Verbe

Exemple: “He did not succumb to pressure.”

Synonymes: yield, give in

Antonymes: resist

oblique

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: indirect, slanted

Antonymes: direct

connote

Verbe

Exemple: “The word can connote danger.”

Synonymes: suggest, imply

Antonymes: denote

embody

Verbe

Exemple: “She embodies courage.”

Synonymes: represent, express

Antonymes: contradict

poise

Nom

Exemple: “She answered with poise.”

Synonymes: composure, balance

Antonymes: panic

intuition

Nom

Exemple: “My intuition tells me this is wrong.”

Synonymes: instinct, gut feeling

Antonymes: logic

obscure

Adjectif

B2Adjectif

Exemple: “The meaning of the sentence is obscure.”

Synonymes: unclear, unknown

Antonymes: clear

evoke

Verbe

Exemple: “This song can evoke strong memories.”

Synonymes: bring out, call up

Antonymes: suppress

quote

Nom

A2Nom

Exemple: “I used a quote in my essay.”

Synonymes: citation, excerpt

Antonymes: original text

formula

Nom

A2Nom

Exemple: “Learn this formula.”

Synonymes: rule, equation

Antonymes: guess

sentence

Nom

A1Nom

Exemple: “Write one sentence.”

Synonymes: phrase, statement

Antonymes: word

button

Nom

A1Nom

Exemple: “Press the button.”

Synonymes: switch, key

Antonymes: hole

remorseful

Adjectif

Exemple: “He sounded genuinely remorseful.”

Synonymes: sorry, repentant

Antonymes: unrepentant, defiant

melancholy

Adjectif

Exemple: “The song has a melancholy tone.”

Synonymes: sad, wistful

Antonymes: joyful, cheerful

inchoately

Adverbe

Exemple: “He expressed the idea only inchoately.”

Synonymes: vaguely, rudimentarily

Antonymes: clearly, coherently

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

elasticity

Nom

Exemple: “The material has excellent elasticity.”

Synonymes: flexibility, stretchiness

Antonymes: rigidity, stiffness

disdainful

Adjectif

Exemple: “He gave a disdainful look and walked away.”

Synonymes: contemptuous, scornful

Antonymes: respectful, admiring

depressive

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel has a depressive atmosphere from beginning to end.”

Synonymes: gloomy, bleak

Antonymes: uplifting, cheerful

denotation

Nom

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

Synonymes: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonymes: connotation, implication

staggering

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company reported staggering losses.”

Synonymes: astonishing, enormous

Antonymes: modest, ordinary

phenomenal

Adjectif

Exemple: “The response to the product was phenomenal.”

Synonymes: extraordinary, remarkable

Antonymes: ordinary, poor

lackluster

Adjectif

Exemple: “The team gave a lackluster performance.”

Synonymes: dull, uninspired

Antonymes: brilliant, impressive

exhilarate

Verbe

Exemple: “Fast movement can exhilarate some people.”

Synonymes: excite, thrill

Antonymes: depress, bore

compulsion

Nom

Exemple: “He felt a compulsion to check the door again.”

Synonymes: urge, pressure

Antonymes: choice, freedom

animatedly

Adverbe

C1Adverbe

Exemple: “They were talking animatedly about the election.”

Synonymes: lively, energetically

Antonymes: quietly, lifelessly

stylistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The two authors differ in stylistic choices.”

Synonymes: artistic, expressive

Antonymes: content-based, plain

sarcastic

Adjectif

Exemple: “His sarcastic reply upset everyone.”

Synonymes: mocking, ironic

Antonymes: sincere, kind

damn

Interjection

B2Interjection

Exemple: “Damn, I forgot my keys again.”

Synonymes: curse

Antonymes: bless

cope

Verbe

Exemple: “It was hard to cope with the pressure.”

Synonymes: manage, deal with

Antonymes: fail, collapse

say

Verbe

Exemple: “Please say that again more slowly.”

Synonymes: tell, speak

Antonymes: stay silent

sag

Verbe

Exemple: “The old roof began to sag.”

Synonymes: droop, sink

Antonymes: rise, tighten

rub

Verbe

Exemple: “Rub your hands together to stay warm.”

Synonymes: massage, wipe

Antonymes: leave alone

ow

Interjection

B2Interjection

Exemple: “Ow, that really hurt my finger.”

Synonymes: ouch

Antonymes:

impressionist

Adjectif

B2Adjectif

Exemple: “Monet was a famous impressionist painter.”

Synonymes: artist of impressionism

Antonymes:

impressionism

Nom

Exemple: “Impressionism changed the history of painting.”

Synonymes: art movement

Antonymes:

subjunctive

Nom

Exemple: “In some languages, the subjunctive is used to express doubt or possibility.”

Synonymes: grammar mood

Antonymes: indicative

dial

Verbe

Exemple: “Dial this number for assistance.”

Synonymes: call, press numbers

Antonymes: hang up

nod

Verbe

Exemple: “He nodded to show that he agreed.”

Synonymes: bow head slightly

Antonymes: shake head

gee

Interjection

B1Interjection

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

Synonymes: wow, gosh

Antonymes:

might

Verbe

A2Verbe

Exemple: “It might rain later.”

Synonymes: may, possibly

Antonymes: definitely

brake

Nom

A2Nom

Exemple: “Press the brake slowly.”

Synonymes: stop pedal

Antonymes: accelerator

redundantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The idea was expressed redundantly several times.”

Synonymes: repetitively, superfluously

Antonymes: succinctly, economically

lamentation

Nom

Exemple: “The poem is a lamentation for a lost world.”

Synonymes: mourning, grief

Antonymes: celebration, rejoicing

disseminate

Verbe

C2Verbe

Exemple: “The findings were disseminated through academic journals.”

Synonymes: circulate, spread

Antonymes: suppress, withhold

disparaging

Adjectif

Exemple: “She made several disparaging remarks about his work.”

Synonymes: derogatory, belittling

Antonymes: complimentary, respectful

allegorical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”

Synonymes: symbolic, figurative

Antonymes: literal, direct

physicality

Nom

Exemple: “The role demands both emotional depth and physicality.”

Synonymes: bodily presence, physical expression

Antonymes: intangibility

persecution

Nom

Exemple: “Many families fled the region to escape persecution.”

Synonymes: oppression, harassment

Antonymes: protection, tolerance

feat

Nom

Exemple: “Finishing the marathon was an impressive feat.”

Synonymes: achievement, accomplishment

Antonymes: failure

down

Préposition

B2Préposition

Exemple: “He felt down after hearing the bad news.”

Synonymes: low, depressed

Antonymes: up, cheerful

term

Nom

B1Nom

Exemple: “We agreed to the contract terms.”

Synonymes: period, expression

Antonymes: permanence

sigh

Nom

B1Nom

Exemple: “She let out a sigh of relief.”

Synonymes: breathe out deeply

Antonymes: cheer

push

Verbe

Exemple: “Push the door gently to open it.”

Synonymes: press, shove

Antonymes: pull

ness

suffix

B1suffix

Exemple: “The suffix "ness" turns an adjective into a noun.”

Synonymes: noun suffix

Antonymes:

mash

Verbe

Exemple: “Mash the potatoes until they are smooth.”

Synonymes: crush, blend

Antonymes: separate

kiss

Verbe

Exemple: “She gave her son a kiss before school.”

Synonymes: peck

Antonymes: slap

thank

Verbe

A1Verbe

Exemple: “I want to thank you for your help.”

Synonymes: express gratitude

Antonymes: insult

smile

Verbe

A1Verbe

Exemple: “Her smile made me feel better.”

Synonymes: grin

Antonymes: frown

stultifyingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The process was stultifyingly rigid and killed initiative.”

Synonymes: oppressively

Antonymes: liberatingly

interrogative

Adjectif

Exemple: “He used an interrogative tone that felt accusatory.”

Synonymes: inquiring

Antonymes: declarative

idiomatically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The phrase is grammatically correct but not idiomatically natural.”

Synonymes: naturally

Antonymes: literally

dissemination

Nom

Exemple: “The dissemination of misinformation was faster than the correction.”

Synonymes: distribution

Antonymes: suppression

disparagingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke disparagingly of competitors, which looked insecure.”

Synonymes: scornfully

Antonymes: respectfully

deprecatingly

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: self-effacingly

Antonymes: proudly

confabulation

Nom

Exemple: “Under pressure, he drifted into confabulation and filled gaps with fiction.”

Synonymes: fabrication

Antonymes: accuracy

remonstrance

Nom

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

Synonymes: objection

Antonymes: approval

figuratively

Adverbe

Exemple: “He was figuratively carrying the whole team on his back.”

Synonymes: metaphorically

Antonymes: literally

distillation

Nom

Exemple: “The distillation of the argument into one sentence was impressive.”

Synonymes: refinement

Antonymes: dilution

contemptuous

Adjectif

Exemple: “His contemptuous smile undermined any claim of respect.”

Synonymes: scornful

Antonymes: respectful

colloquially

Adverbe

Exemple: “Colloquially, people call it a “bug,” even when it’s a design flaw.”

Synonymes: informally

Antonymes: formally

articulation

Nom