Vocabulaire

ram

Nom

Exemple: “The ram stood near the fence.”

Synonymes: male sheep

Antonymes: ewe

paramount

Adjectif

Exemple: “Safety is paramount.”

Synonymes: most important, chief

Antonymes: minor

parameter

Nom

Exemple: “Change this parameter in the model.”

Synonymes: setting, variable

neophyte

Nom

Exemple: “He is a neophyte in programming.”

Synonymes: beginner, novice

Antonymes: expert

temper

Nom

Exemple: “He has a quick temper.”

Synonymes: mood, temperament

Antonymes: calmness

programming

Nom

Exemple: “Programming requires practice.”

Synonymes: coding, software development

Antonymes: manual work

statistics

Nom

Exemple: “Statistics helps us understand data.”

Synonymes: data analysis, numbers

Antonymes: guesswork

programmer

Nom

Exemple: “The programmer fixed the website.”

Synonymes: developer, coder

Antonymes: nontechnical user

presenter

Nom

Exemple: “The presenter introduced the guest.”

Synonymes: host, speaker

Antonymes: audience

welfare

Nom

Exemple: “The program supports child welfare.”

Synonymes: well-being, support

Antonymes: hardship

graduation

Nom

Exemple: “Graduation is next week.”

Synonymes: completion ceremony

Antonymes: enrollment

personality

Nom

Exemple: “She has a strong personality.”

Synonymes: character, nature

Antonymes: facelessness

software

Nom

Exemple: “This software is easy to use.”

Synonymes: program, application

Antonymes: hardware

histrionic

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was overly histrionic.”

Synonymes: dramatic, theatrical

Antonymes: restrained, calm

uneventful

Adjectif

Exemple: “Thankfully, the journey was uneventful.”

Synonymes: calm, ordinary

Antonymes: dramatic, eventful

trampoline

Nom

Exemple: “The children jumped on the trampoline all afternoon.”

Synonymes: springy jumping surface

Antonymes:

structural

Adjectif

Exemple: “The bridge had serious structural problems.”

Synonymes: architectural, framework-related

Antonymes: surface, cosmetic

ton

Nom

Exemple: “The truck carried a ton of sand.”

Synonymes: weight unit

Antonymes:

jaw

Nom

Exemple: “He hurt his jaw while playing sports.”

Synonymes: mouth bone

Antonymes:

microcomputer

Nom

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

Synonymes: small computer

Antonymes: mainframe

subjunctive

Nom

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

Synonymes: grammar mood

Antonymes: indicative

attributive

Adjectif

Exemple: “In grammar, an attributive adjective comes before the noun.”

Synonymes: descriptive, qualifying

Antonymes: predicative

explosively

Adverbe

Exemple: “Prices rose explosively within a few weeks.”

Synonymes: violently, dramatically

Antonymes: gradually, mildly

duel

Nom

Exemple: “The story ends with a dramatic duel.”

Synonymes: fight, contest

Antonymes: peace

tile

Nom

Exemple: “One tile in the kitchen is broken.”

Synonymes: slab, ceramic piece

Antonymes:

mass

Nom

Exemple: “The mass of the object is hard to measure exactly.”

Synonymes: bulk, quantity

Antonymes: emptiness

lamb

Nom

Exemple: “We saw a lamb in the field.”

Synonymes: young sheep

Antonymes: ram

figure

Nom

Exemple: “That figure in the chart shows our growth.”

Synonymes: number, shape

Antonymes: detail

idiomatically

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: naturally

Antonymes: literally

anticlimactic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The ending felt anticlimactic after so much build-up.”

Synonymes: underwhelming

Antonymes: dramatic

temperament

Nom

Exemple: “His calm temperament helps in crises.”

Synonymes: disposition

protagonist

Nom

Exemple: “The protagonist changes dramatically by the end of the novel.”

Synonymes: main character

Antonymes: antagonist

ounce

Nom

Exemple: “The bottle contains eight ounces of water.”

moody

Adjectif

Exemple: “He can be moody under stress.”

Synonymes: temperamental

Antonymes: stable

frame

Nom

Exemple: “Put the photo in a simple frame.”

Synonymes: border

comma

Nom

Exemple: “Put a comma after this word.”

script

Nom

Exemple: “I read the script.”

Synonymes: text

philanthropist

Nom

Exemple: “The philanthropist funded educational programs.”

Synonymes: benefactor

Antonymes: miser

histrionically

Adverbe

Exemple: “She reacted histrionically to minor criticism.”

Synonymes: dramatically

Antonymes: calmly

temperamental

Adjectif

Exemple: “He is known for being temperamental.”

Synonymes: moody

Antonymes: stable

analyze

/ˈænəlaɪz/

Exemple: “We need to analyze the results carefully.”

Synonymes: examine, study, dissect

Antonymes: synthesize, synthesise