Vocabulaire

austere

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room had an austere design.”

Synonymes: plain, severe

Antonymes: luxurious

rebuke

Verbe

Exemple: “The teacher rebuked the student.”

Synonymes: criticize, scold

Antonymes: praise

traumatic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The accident was a traumatic experience.”

Synonymes: disturbing, shocking

Antonymes: comforting, healing

indulgently

Adverbe

Exemple: “The teacher smiled indulgently at the child’s imagination.”

Synonymes: leniently, tolerantly

Antonymes: strictly, severely

constrained

Adjectif

Exemple: “Budget cuts left the project severely constrained.”

Synonymes: restricted, limited

Antonymes: free, unrestricted

ease

Verbe

Exemple: “The new software should ease your workload.”

Synonymes: relieve, comfort

Antonymes: worsen, strain

mild

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was a mild winter this year.”

Synonymes: gentle, moderate

Antonymes: severe, strong

gentle

Adjectif

Exemple: “She spoke in a gentle voice.”

Synonymes: kind, soft

Antonymes: rough, harsh

stultifyingly

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: oppressively

Antonymes: liberatingly

meteorological

Adjectif

Exemple: “Meteorological data predicted severe storms.”

Synonymes: climatic

Antonymes:

alleviate

Verbe

Exemple: “The new policy alleviated pressure on the support team.”