Vocabulaire

room

Nom

Exemple: “There is not enough room for everyone here.”

Synonymes: space, area

Antonymes: crowding

veritable

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room was a veritable museum.”

Synonymes: true, real

Antonymes: fake

diffuse

Verbe

Exemple: “The smell began to diffuse through the room.”

Synonymes: spread, disperse

Antonymes: concentrate

austere

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room had an austere design.”

Synonymes: plain, severe

Antonymes: luxurious

bereft

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room was bereft of furniture.”

Synonymes: deprived, without

Antonymes: full

adorn

Verbe

Exemple: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Synonymes: decorate, embellish

Antonymes: strip

ceiling

Nom

Exemple: “The lamp is on the ceiling.”

Synonymes: top of room

Antonymes: floor

laboratory

Nom

Exemple: “The students work in the laboratory.”

Synonymes: lab, science room

Antonymes: classroom

bride

Nom

Exemple: “The bride is beautiful.”

Synonymes: wife-to-be

Antonymes: groom

furniture

Nom

Exemple: “The room has new furniture.”

Synonymes: chairs and tables, household items

Antonymes: empty room

apartment

Nom

Exemple: “I live in an apartment.”

Synonymes: flat, home

Antonymes: house

bedroom

Nom

Exemple: “My bedroom is small.”

Synonymes: sleeping room

Antonymes: bathroom

bathroom

Nom

Exemple: “The bathroom is clean.”

Synonymes: toilet, washroom

Antonymes: bedroom

office

Nom

Exemple: “I work in an office.”

Synonymes: workplace, company room

Antonymes: home

wall

Nom

Exemple: “There is a picture on the wall.”

floor

Nom

Exemple: “The toy is on the floor.”

Synonymes: ground

Antonymes: ceiling

classroom

Nom

Exemple: “The students are in the classroom.”

Synonymes: class

infernally

Adverbe

Exemple: “It was infernally hot in the room.”

Synonymes: terribly, devilishly

Antonymes: pleasantly, mildly

impeccably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The room was impeccably clean.”

Synonymes: perfectly, faultlessly

Antonymes: badly, poorly

unoccupied

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room remained unoccupied for months.”

Synonymes: vacant, empty

Antonymes: occupied, full

stuffiness

Nom

Exemple: “The room’s stuffiness made it hard to breathe.”

Synonymes: staleness, formality

Antonymes: freshness, openness

exuberance

Nom

Exemple: “The child’s exuberance filled the room.”

Synonymes: enthusiasm, energy

Antonymes: gloom, reserve

exotically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The room was exotically decorated with rare fabrics.”

Synonymes: unusually, distinctively

Antonymes: plainly, ordinarily

ventilate

Verbe

Exemple: “Open the windows to ventilate the room.”

Synonymes: air out, oxygenate

Antonymes: seal, stifle

beam

Nom

Exemple: “A beam of sunlight entered the room.”

Synonymes: ray, support bar

Antonymes: shadow

dim

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room was dim and quiet.”

Synonymes: faint, darkish

Antonymes: bright

accommodation

Nom

Exemple: “We booked accommodation near the beach.”

Synonymes: lodging, place to stay

Antonymes: homelessness

flat

Nom

Exemple: “They rented a small flat in the city center.”

Synonymes: level, apartment

Antonymes: uneven

bar

Nom

Exemple: “We met at a small bar near the station.”

Synonymes: pub, rod

Antonymes:

space

Nom

Exemple: “We need more space in this room.”

Synonymes: room, area

Antonymes: crowding

globe

Nom

Exemple: “There is a globe in our classroom.”

Synonymes: world model

Antonymes:

rule

Nom

Exemple: “One classroom rule is to be quiet.”

Synonymes: law

Antonymes: freedom

ours

Pronom

Exemple: “This classroom is ours.”

Synonymes: belonging to us

Antonymes: theirs

sixty

Déterminant

Exemple: “The room can hold sixty people.”

Synonymes: 60

Antonymes:

condensation

Nom

Exemple: “Condensation formed on the glass as the room warmed up.”

Synonymes: moisture buildup

compellingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “She argued so compellingly that the room fell silent.”

Synonymes: persuasively

Antonymes: unconvincingly

amplification

Nom

Exemple: “The microphone provides amplification for large rooms.”

Synonymes: boosting

Antonymes: reduction

conservatory

Nom

Exemple: “She studied piano at the conservatory.”

Synonymes: music school

gaudy

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room was decorated in gaudy colors.”

Synonymes: tasteless

Antonymes: elegant

fluid

Nom

Exemple: “Drink plenty of fluids when you are sick.”

Synonymes: liquid

Antonymes: solid

messy

Adjectif

Exemple: “His room is always messy.”

Synonymes: untidy

Antonymes: neat

dusty

Adjectif

Exemple: “The old room was dusty.”

Antonymes: clean

claustrophobic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room felt claustrophobic.”

Synonymes: confined

Antonymes: spacious

clean

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room is clean.”

Synonymes: tidy

Antonymes: dirty

garrulous

/ˈɡærələs/

Exemple: “A garrulous speaker filled the room.”

Synonymes: loquacious, voluble, chatty

reservation

/ˌrezərˈveɪʃən/

Exemple: “I have a reservation for two nights.”

Synonymes: qualification, mental reservation, booking

small

/smɔːl/

Exemple: “The room is small.”

Synonymes: mean, diminutive, modest

Antonymes: large, big, reversion