Vocabulaire

rather

Adverbe

Exemple: “I would rather stay home.”

Synonymes: preferably

oblique

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: indirect, slanted

Antonymes: direct

rhetorical

Adjectif

Exemple: “That was a rhetorical question, not a real one.”

Synonymes: oratorical, persuasive

Antonymes: literal, plain

punitively

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: harshly, penally

Antonymes: leniently, mercifully

ornamental

Adjectif

Exemple: “The garden includes ornamental trees.”

Synonymes: decorative, fancy

Antonymes: functional, plain

bent

Adjectif

Exemple: “The metal rod is bent.”

Synonymes: curved, not straight

Antonymes: straight

quite

Adverbe

Exemple: “The test was quite easy.”

Synonymes: fairly, rather

Antonymes: hardly

local

Adjectif

Exemple: “We bought fruit from a local shop.”

Synonymes: nearby, regional

Antonymes: foreign

misdemeanor

Nom

Exemple: “The offense was classified as a misdemeanor rather than a felony.”

Synonymes: minor offense, infraction

Antonymes: felony, major crime

intuitively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The interface is designed so users can navigate it intuitively.”

Synonymes: naturally, instinctively

Antonymes: deliberately, awkwardly

truth

Nom

Exemple: “It is important to tell the truth.”

Synonymes: fact, reality

Antonymes: lie, falsehood

rhetorically

Adverbe

Exemple: “He asked rhetorically, knowing no one would answer.”

Synonymes: for effect

Antonymes: literally

ingratiating

Adjectif

Exemple: “His ingratiating manner felt calculated rather than sincere.”

Synonymes: sycophantic

Antonymes: genuine

hypothetical

Adjectif

Exemple: “Let’s consider a hypothetical scenario where demand doubles overnight.”

Synonymes: theoretical

Antonymes: actual

domestically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The company expanded domestically before going global.”

Synonymes: internally

Antonymes: internationally

impressionistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The report offered an impressionistic overview.”

Synonymes: evocative

Antonymes: precise

synthetically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The material was produced synthetically.”

Synonymes: artificially

Antonymes: naturally

infer

Verbe

Exemple: “From the logs, we inferred that the service restarted twice.”

arbitrary

Adjectif

Exemple: “The deadline felt arbitrary and poorly justified.”

capricious

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

Exemple: “The weather here is capricious.”

Synonymes: arbitrary, whimsical, impulsive

empirical

/ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/

Exemple: “We need empirical evidence.”

Synonymes: experiential, experimental, existential

Antonymes: theoretical, theoretic