Vocabulaire

sign

Verbe

Exemple: “Please sign your name at the bottom.”

Synonymes: mark, signature

Antonymes: erase

significant

/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

Exemple: “There was significant progress.”

Synonymes: profound, substantial, portentous

Antonymes: insignificant, unimportant, nonsignificant

incipient

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company showed signs of incipient growth.”

Synonymes: emerging, early

Antonymes: developed

relegate

Verbe

Exemple: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”

Synonymes: demote, downgrade

Antonymes: promote

consign

Verbe

Exemple: “They consigned the goods to storage.”

Synonymes: deliver, entrust

Antonymes: keep

austere

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room had an austere design.”

Synonymes: plain, severe

Antonymes: luxurious

allot

Verbe

Exemple: “We should allot more time for research.”

Synonymes: assign, allocate

Antonymes: withhold

aesthetic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design has strong aesthetic value.”

Synonymes: artistic, visual

Antonymes: ugly

resignation

Nom

Exemple: “He sent his resignation yesterday.”

Synonymes: quitting, stepping down

Antonymes: appointment

programmer

Nom

Exemple: “The programmer fixed the website.”

Synonymes: developer, coder

Antonymes: nontechnical user

contract

Nom

Exemple: “We signed a contract.”

Synonymes: agreement, deal

Antonymes: cancellation

lease

Nom

Exemple: “We signed the lease today.”

Synonymes: rental agreement, contract

Antonymes: ownership

engineering

Nom

Exemple: “He studies engineering.”

Synonymes: technical design

Antonymes: guesswork

architect

Nom

Exemple: “The architect designed the building.”

Synonymes: building designer

Antonymes: builder

agreement

Nom

Exemple: “We signed an agreement.”

Synonymes: contract, deal

Antonymes: disagreement

document

Nom

Exemple: “Sign the document.”

Synonymes: paper, file

Antonymes: verbal agreement

staff

Nom

Exemple: “The staff is friendly.”

Synonymes: employees, team

Antonymes: customers

architecture

Nom

Exemple: “I like modern architecture.”

Synonymes: building design, structure design

Antonymes: destruction

television

Nom

Exemple: “We watch television at night.”

Synonymes: TV, screen

Antonymes: radio

preeminent

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a preeminent scholar in the field.”

Synonymes: leading, foremost

Antonymes: secondary, inferior

inartistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design was practical but inartistic.”

Synonymes: plain, uncreative

Antonymes: artistic, aesthetic

habitation

Nom

Exemple: “The island showed signs of early human habitation.”

Synonymes: dwelling, residence

Antonymes: vacancy, emptiness

fabulation

Nom

Exemple: “The memoir contains clear signs of fabulation.”

Synonymes: invention, fabrication

Antonymes: fact, accuracy

uneventful

Adjectif

Exemple: “Thankfully, the journey was uneventful.”

Synonymes: calm, ordinary

Antonymes: dramatic, eventful

stretching

Nom

Exemple: “Stretching can help improve flexibility.”

Synonymes: extending, reaching

Antonymes: contracting, tightening

simplicity

Nom

Exemple: “The design is admired for its simplicity.”

Synonymes: plainness, clarity

Antonymes: complexity, ornateness

negligible

Adjectif

Exemple: “The difference was negligible.”

Synonymes: tiny, minimal

Antonymes: significant, considerable

innovative

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company is known for innovative design.”

Synonymes: creative, original

Antonymes: traditional, conventional

commission

Nom

Exemple: “The artist received a commission for a mural.”

Synonymes: fee, assignment

Antonymes: refusal, dismissal

voluntary

Adjectif

Exemple: “Participation in the survey is voluntary.”

Synonymes: optional, willing

Antonymes: compulsory, forced

possessor

Nom

Exemple: “The possessor of the document must sign here.”

Synonymes: owner, holder

Antonymes: loser, borrower

microcomputer

Nom

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

Synonymes: small computer

Antonymes: mainframe

horn

Nom

Exemple: “The driver used the horn to warn people.”

Synonymes: signal, animal horn

nod

Verbe

Exemple: “He nodded to show that he agreed.”

Synonymes: bow head slightly

Antonymes: shake head

audio

Nom

Exemple: “The course includes audio lessons.”

Synonymes: sound

Antonymes: visual

mean

Adjectif

Exemple: “What does this word mean?”

Synonymes: signify

Antonymes: hide

unobtrusive

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design is elegant yet unobtrusive.”

Synonymes: subtle, inconspicuous

Antonymes: intrusive, conspicuous

transmitter

Nom

Exemple: “The radio transmitter stopped working during the storm.”

Synonymes: sender, broadcast device

Antonymes: receiver

consignment

Nom

Exemple: “The consignment was delayed at customs.”

Synonymes: shipment, delivery batch

Antonymes:

meaningless

Adjectif

Exemple: “Without context, the numbers are meaningless.”

Synonymes: pointless, insignificant

Antonymes: meaningful, significant

intuitively

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: naturally, instinctively

Antonymes: deliberately, awkwardly

inclusively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Synonymes: openly, without exclusion

Antonymes: exclusively, narrowly

slot

Nom

Exemple: “I booked a time slot for Friday morning.”

Synonymes: opening, time period

Antonymes: block

rank

Verbe

Exemple: “The university ranks among the best in the region.”

Synonymes: position, grade

Antonymes: ignore, disorder

mere

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was not a major issue, just a mere detail.”

Synonymes: only, simply

Antonymes: significant

retrospection

Nom

Exemple: “In retrospection, the warning signs were obvious.”

Synonymes: hindsight

Antonymes: foresight

marketability

Nom

Exemple: “The design improved usability but reduced marketability.”

Synonymes: sellability

Antonymes: unappeal

infallibility

Nom

Exemple: “Claims of infallibility are usually a warning sign.”

Synonymes: flawlessness

Antonymes: fallibility

accessibility

Nom

Exemple: “Accessibility must be designed in, not added later.”

Synonymes: usability

Antonymes: inaccessibility

predilection

Nom

Exemple: “She has a predilection for minimalist design.”

Synonymes: preference

Antonymes: aversion

happenstance

Nom

Exemple: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Synonymes: chance

Antonymes: design

colloquially

Adverbe

Exemple: “Colloquially, people call it a “bug,” even when it’s a design flaw.”

Synonymes: informally

Antonymes: formally

choreography

Nom

Exemple: “The choreography was so precise that it looked effortless.”

Synonymes: dance design

catastrophic

Adjectif

Exemple: “A catastrophic failure is rare, but we must design for it.”

Synonymes: disastrous

Antonymes: manageable

substantially

Adverbe

Exemple: “The new policy substantially reduced complaints.”

Synonymes: significantly

Antonymes: slightly

stylistically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The text is stylistically inconsistent across chapters.”

Synonymes: in style

specification

Nom

Exemple: “The device meets the specification, but not the real user needs.”

Synonymes: requirements

meaninglessly

Adverbe

Exemple: “Don’t argue meaninglessly—focus on facts.”

Synonymes: pointlessly

Antonymes: meaningfully

amplification

Nom

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

Synonymes: boosting

Antonymes: reduction

advantageous

Adjectif

Exemple: “It’s advantageous to negotiate before signing.”

Synonymes: beneficial

Antonymes: disadvantageous

acoustically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The hall was designed acoustically to reduce echo.”

Synonymes: in terms of sound

reminiscent

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design is reminiscent of early modern architecture.”

Synonymes: evocative of

major

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was a major change in the plan.”

Synonymes: significant

Antonymes: minor

gleam

Nom

Exemple: “A gleam of hope appeared in his eyes.”

Synonymes: shine

folly

Nom

Exemple: “It was folly to ignore the warning signs.”

Synonymes: foolishness

Antonymes: wisdom

model

Nom

Exemple: “This is the latest model of the phone.”

Synonymes: example

alarm

Nom

Exemple: “The alarm rang at 7 a.m.”

Synonymes: alert

wave

Verbe

Exemple: “She waved at me from the bus.”

Synonymes: signal

symbol

Nom

Exemple: “This heart is a symbol of love.”

Synonymes: sign

choreographical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The performance featured intricate choreographical design.”

Synonymes: dance-related

Antonymes:

shrug

Verbe

Exemple: “He shrugged his shoulders.”

Synonymes: gesture

Antonymes: explain

assess

Verbe

Exemple: “We assessed the risks.”

Synonymes: evaluate

Antonymes: ignore

tenuous

Adjectif

Exemple: “The connection is tenuous at best.”

Synonymes: fragile, weak

Antonymes: strong

equivocal

Adjectif

Exemple: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”

Synonymes: ambiguous, unclear

Antonymes: explicit

marginal

Adjectif

Exemple: “The improvement was marginal.”

Synonymes: minor, slight

Antonymes: significant

formulate

Verbe

Exemple: “They formulated a new strategy.”

Synonymes: develop, design

Antonymes: abandon

predict

Verbe

Exemple: “It is hard to predict the outcome.”

Synonymes: forecast, expect

Antonymes: guess

important

Adjectif

Exemple: “This meeting is important.”

Synonymes: significant

Antonymes: unimportant

spurious

Adjectif

Exemple: “The alert was triggered by a spurious signal.”

threshold

/ˈθreʃhoʊld/

Exemple: “We passed the profitability threshold.”

Synonymes: verge, limen, brink