Vocabulaire

tan

Nom

Exemple: “She got a deep tan on vacation.”

Synonymes: brown skin from sun

Antonymes: pale

tantamount

Adjectif

Exemple: “Ignoring the warning is tantamount to admitting failure.”

Synonymes: equivalent, equal to

Antonymes: different, unrelated

tank

Nom

Exemple: “The water tank is almost empty.”

Synonymes: container, reservoir

Antonymes:

tantalizingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The offer was tantalizingly close to what we wanted.”

Synonymes: temptingly

Antonymes: unappealingly

paramount

Adjectif

Exemple: “Safety is paramount.”

Synonymes: most important, chief

Antonymes: minor

parameter

Nom

Exemple: “Change this parameter in the model.”

Synonymes: setting, variable

hindsight

Nom

Exemple: “In hindsight, the decision was wrong.”

Synonymes: retrospection

Antonymes: foresight

commodity

Nom

Exemple: “Oil is an important commodity.”

Synonymes: product, good

cognitive

Adjectif

Exemple: “Sleep affects cognitive performance.”

Synonymes: mental, intellectual

Antonymes: physical

recourse

Nom

Exemple: “They had no recourse but to sue.”

Synonymes: option, remedy

Antonymes: helplessness

perverse

Adjectif

Exemple: “He took a perverse pleasure in failure.”

Synonymes: contrary, twisted

Antonymes: normal

derelict

Adjectif

Exemple: “They bought a derelict building.”

Synonymes: abandoned, neglected

Antonymes: maintained

succumb

Verbe

Exemple: “He did not succumb to pressure.”

Synonymes: yield, give in

Antonymes: resist

eminent

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is an eminent scientist.”

Synonymes: distinguished, famous

Antonymes: unknown

repute

Nom

Exemple: “The university is of high repute.”

Synonymes: reputation, standing

Antonymes: disgrace

opaque

Adjectif

Exemple: “The process is opaque to users.”

Synonymes: unclear, not transparent

Antonymes: transparent

jargon

Nom

Exemple: “The report uses too much jargon.”

Synonymes: technical language, terminology

Antonymes: plain language

extant

Adjectif

Exemple: “This is the oldest extant manuscript.”

Synonymes: existing, surviving

Antonymes: lost

edify

Verbe

Exemple: “The lecture will edify the audience.”

Synonymes: teach, instruct

Antonymes: mislead

mechanism

Nom

Exemple: “We need to understand the mechanism.”

Synonymes: system, process

Antonymes: randomness

inclusion

Nom

Exemple: “Inclusion is important in education.”

Synonymes: involvement, participation

Antonymes: exclusion

condition

Nom

Exemple: “This condition is important.”

Synonymes: requirement, state

Antonymes: freedom

conceive

Verbe

Exemple: “It is hard to conceive a better plan.”

Synonymes: imagine, think of

Antonymes: misunderstand

alienate

Verbe

Exemple: “Bad communication can alienate customers.”

Synonymes: isolate, distance

Antonymes: include

rapport

Nom

Exemple: “The teacher built rapport with the students.”

Synonymes: connection, trust

Antonymes: distance

obscure

Adjectif

Exemple: “The meaning of the sentence is obscure.”

Synonymes: unclear, unknown

Antonymes: clear

linear

Adjectif

Exemple: “The chart shows linear growth.”

Synonymes: straight, sequential

Antonymes: nonlinear

legacy

Nom

Exemple: “His legacy is still important today.”

Synonymes: heritage, inheritance

Antonymes: new beginning

statistics

Nom

Exemple: “Statistics helps us understand data.”

Synonymes: data analysis, numbers

Antonymes: guesswork

consultant

Nom

Exemple: “The consultant gave useful advice.”

Synonymes: advisor, expert

Antonymes: client

applicant

Nom

Exemple: “The applicant sent a document.”

Synonymes: candidate, person applying

Antonymes: reviewer

vitamin

Nom

Exemple: “Vitamin D is important.”

Synonymes: nutrient

Antonymes: toxin

query

Nom

Exemple: “The query returned many results.”

Synonymes: question, request

Antonymes: answer

audit

Nom

Exemple: “The company had an audit.”

Synonymes: inspection, review

Antonymes: neglect

data

Nom

Exemple: “The data is important.”

Synonymes: information, facts

Antonymes: guess

agriculture

Nom

Exemple: “Agriculture is important for the economy.”

Synonymes: farming

Antonymes: industry

nutrition

Nom

Exemple: “Good nutrition is important.”

Synonymes: diet, food intake

Antonymes: malnutrition

chemistry

Nom

Exemple: “Chemistry is my favorite subject.”

Synonymes: science of substances

Antonymes: literature

assistant

Nom

Exemple: “The assistant helped the teacher.”

Synonymes: helper, aide

Antonymes: leader

security

Nom

Exemple: “Security is important online.”

Synonymes: safety, protection

Antonymes: danger

distance

Nom

Exemple: “The distance is short.”

Synonymes: space, gap

Antonymes: closeness

chemical

Nom

Exemple: “This chemical is dangerous.”

Synonymes: substance

Antonymes: natural material

tourism

Nom

Exemple: “Tourism is important for the city.”

Synonymes: travel industry

Antonymes: staying home

service

Nom

Exemple: “The service is good.”

Synonymes: help, assistance

Antonymes: neglect

trade

Nom

Exemple: “Trade between countries is important.”

Synonymes: commerce, business

Antonymes: isolation

clerk

Nom

Exemple: “The clerk works at the desk.”

Synonymes: office worker, assistant

Antonymes: manager

soap

Nom

Exemple: “Wash your hands with soap.”

Synonymes: cleaning bar

Antonymes: dirt

salt

Nom

Exemple: “Add some salt.”

Synonymes: seasoning

Antonymes: sugar

drug

Nom

Exemple: “The doctor gave me a drug.”

Synonymes: medicine, medication

Antonymes: poison

intelligence

Nom

Exemple: “Artificial intelligence is changing education.”

Synonymes: smartness, mental ability

Antonymes: stupidity

population

Nom

Exemple: “The city has a large population.”

Synonymes: people, inhabitants

Antonymes: empty area

tradition

Nom

Exemple: “This is an old tradition.”

Synonymes: custom, practice

Antonymes: innovation

knowledge

Nom

Exemple: “Knowledge helps people grow.”

Synonymes: understanding, information

Antonymes: ignorance

invention

Nom

Exemple: “The telephone was an important invention.”

Synonymes: creation, innovation

Antonymes: copy

education

Nom

Exemple: “Education is important.”

Synonymes: learning, schooling

Antonymes: ignorance

leg

Nom

Exemple: “My leg is strong.”

Synonymes: limb

Antonymes: arm

box

Nom

Exemple: “The box is big.”

Synonymes: container, case

Antonymes: bag

medicine

Nom

Exemple: “Take this medicine.”

Synonymes: drug, pill

Antonymes: poison

template

Nom

Exemple: “Use this template for new lessons.”

Synonymes: pattern

sugar

Nom

Exemple: “Do you want sugar in your tea?”

review

Verbe

Exemple: “Review your notes before the test.”

Synonymes: check

telescopic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The camera has a telescopic lens.”

Synonymes: extendable, magnifying

Antonymes: fixed, ordinary

remorseful

Adjectif

Exemple: “He sounded genuinely remorseful.”

Synonymes: sorry, repentant

Antonymes: unrepentant, defiant

remittance

Nom

Exemple: “Many families depend on remittances from abroad.”

Synonymes: transfer, payment sent

Antonymes: debt, withholding

provincial

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel contrasts provincial life with life in the capital.”

Synonymes: regional, small-town

Antonymes: cosmopolitan, urban

procedural

Adjectif

Exemple: “The delay was caused by a procedural error.”

Synonymes: formal, process-related

Antonymes: substantive, informal

preeminent

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: leading, foremost

Antonymes: secondary, inferior

philistine

Nom

Exemple: “He dismissed the critic as a philistine.”

Synonymes: boor, uncultured person

Antonymes: connoisseur, cultured person

perversity

Nom

Exemple: “Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.”

Synonymes: contrariness, depravity

Antonymes: reasonableness, decency

mediocrity

Nom

Exemple: “He refused to settle for mediocrity.”

Synonymes: ordinariness, average quality

Antonymes: excellence, brilliance

interweave

Verbe

Exemple: “The novel interweaves history and fiction.”

Synonymes: blend, interlace

Antonymes: separate, untangle

inexorably

Adverbe

Exemple: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Synonymes: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonymes: hesitantly, reversibly

emulsifier

Nom

Exemple: “The recipe includes an emulsifier to keep the mixture smooth.”

Synonymes: stabilizer

Antonymes:

self-worth

Nom

Exemple: “Constant criticism can damage self-worth.”

Synonymes: self-esteem, self-respect

Antonymes: self-doubt, worthlessness

provisions

Nom

Exemple: “The contract includes several important provisions.”

Synonymes: terms, supplies

Antonymes: omissions, shortages

perceptive

Adjectif

Exemple: “She made a perceptive comment about the novel.”

Synonymes: insightful, observant

Antonymes: unaware, dull

marginally

Adverbe

Exemple: “Sales improved only marginally.”

Synonymes: slightly, barely

Antonymes: substantially, greatly

imperative

Adjectif

Exemple: “It is imperative that we act quickly.”

Synonymes: essential, urgent

Antonymes: optional, unimportant

exotically

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: unusually, distinctively

Antonymes: plainly, ordinarily

divergence

Nom

Exemple: “There is a clear divergence between the two views.”

Synonymes: difference, separation

Antonymes: convergence, agreement