Vocabulaire

contagion

Nom

Exemple: “Schools closed to prevent contagion.”

Synonymes: infection, spread

Antonymes: immunity

engender

Verbe

Exemple: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Synonymes: cause, produce

Antonymes: prevent

induce

Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can induce headaches.”

Synonymes: cause, trigger

Antonymes: prevent

hamper

Verbe

Exemple: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Synonymes: hinder, obstruct

Antonymes: help

hygiene

Nom

Exemple: “Good hygiene prevents disease.”

Synonymes: cleanliness

Antonymes: dirtiness

inexorably

Adverbe

Exemple: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Synonymes: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonymes: hesitantly, reversibly

cause

Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Synonymes: reason, make happen

Antonymes: prevent

accountability

Nom

Exemple: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Synonymes: responsibility

Antonymes: impunity

paralyzingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Synonymes: immobilizingly

Antonymes: empoweringly

exploitation

Nom

Exemple: “The law aims to prevent the exploitation of workers.”

Synonymes: abuse

Antonymes: protection

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

Exemple: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Synonymes: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal

avoid

/əˈvɔɪd/

Exemple: “Try to avoid making the same mistake.”

Synonymes: void, obviate, nullify

Antonymes: face, validate, confront