Vocabulaire

under

Préposition

Exemple: “The cat is under the table.”

Synonymes: below

Antonymes: above

undergraduate

Nom

Exemple: “She worked part-time while she was an undergraduate.”

Synonymes: college student

Antonymes: graduate

understand

Verbe

Exemple: “I understand the situation.”

Synonymes: realize, see

Antonymes: misunderstand

underscore

Verbe

Exemple: “The incident underscored the need for better monitoring.”

undermine

/ˌʌndərˈmaɪn/

Exemple: “Poor planning can undermine success.”

Synonymes: subvert, counteract, cave

hindsight

Nom

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

Synonymes: retrospection

Antonymes: foresight

cognitive

Adjectif

Exemple: “Sleep affects cognitive performance.”

Synonymes: mental, intellectual

Antonymes: physical

venture

Nom

Exemple: “The new venture attracted investors.”

Synonymes: enterprise, project

Antonymes: safe routine

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

poise

Nom

Exemple: “She answered with poise.”

Synonymes: composure, balance

Antonymes: panic

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

scrutiny

Nom

Exemple: “The decision is under public scrutiny.”

Synonymes: inspection, careful examination

Antonymes: neglect

conceive

Verbe

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

Synonymes: imagine, think of

Antonymes: misunderstand

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

statistics

Nom

Exemple: “Statistics helps us understand data.”

Synonymes: data analysis, numbers

Antonymes: guesswork

project

Nom

Exemple: “We finished the project.”

Synonymes: plan, task

Antonymes: routine

storm

Nom

Exemple: “A storm is coming.”

Synonymes: bad weather, tempest

Antonymes: calm

intelligence

Nom

Exemple: “Artificial intelligence is changing education.”

Synonymes: smartness, mental ability

Antonymes: stupidity

knowledge

Nom

Exemple: “Knowledge helps people grow.”

Synonymes: understanding, information

Antonymes: ignorance

ball

Nom

Exemple: “The ball is under the table.”

Synonymes: sphere

Antonymes: cube

review

Verbe

Exemple: “Review your notes before the test.”

Synonymes: check

shoe

Nom

Exemple: “One shoe is under the bed.”

vocational

Adjectif

Exemple: “Vocational training can lead directly to employment.”

Synonymes: career-oriented, technical

Antonymes: academic, general

philistine

Nom

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

Synonymes: boor, uncultured person

Antonymes: connoisseur, cultured person

formidably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The team performed formidably under pressure.”

Synonymes: powerfully, impressively

Antonymes: weakly, poorly

privileged

Adjectif

Exemple: “She grew up in a privileged environment.”

Synonymes: advantaged, favored

Antonymes: underprivileged, disadvantaged

perceptive

Adjectif

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

Synonymes: insightful, observant

Antonymes: unaware, dull

ordinarily

Adverbe

Exemple: “Ordinarily, the office closes at six.”

Synonymes: normally, usually

Antonymes: abnormally, rarely

convoluted

Adjectif

Exemple: “The instructions were so convoluted that nobody understood them.”

Synonymes: complicated, twisted

Antonymes: simple, straightforward

crab

Nom

Exemple: “We saw a crab near the rocks.”

Synonymes: sea animal

Antonymes:

ph

Nom

Exemple: “The pH of the water was tested in the lab.”

Synonymes: acidity level

Antonymes:

comprehension

Nom

Exemple: “Reading comprehension improves with practice.”

Synonymes: understanding, grasp

Antonymes: confusion

translation

Nom

Exemple: “This translation is easier to understand than the older one.”

Synonymes: rendering, interpretation

Antonymes: original

fall

Verbe

Exemple: “Be careful not to fall on the stairs.”

Synonymes: drop, autumn

Antonymes: rise

misunderstanding

Nom

Exemple: “Their argument started because of a misunderstanding.”

Synonymes: confusion, mistake

Antonymes: understanding, clarity

biochemistry

Nom

Exemple: “She studies biochemistry at university.”

Synonymes: life chemistry

Antonymes:

shade

Nom

Exemple: “We sat in the shade under a tree.”

Synonymes: shadow

Antonymes: sunlight

fully

Adverbe

Exemple: “I fully understand your idea.”

Synonymes: completely

Antonymes: partly

yeah

Interjection

Exemple: “Yeah, I understand what you mean.”

Synonymes: yes

Antonymes: no

that

Pronom

Exemple: “That is my friend over there.”

Synonymes: that one

Antonymes: this

read

Verbe

Exemple: “I read a story before bed.”

Synonymes: study

Antonymes: write

over

Préposition

Exemple: “The plane flew over the city.”

Synonymes: above

Antonymes: under

lion

Nom

Exemple: “The lion is sleeping under the tree.”

Synonymes: big cat

Antonymes:

unequivocal

Adjectif

Exemple: “The statement was an unequivocal rejection of the proposal.”

Synonymes: unambiguous, clear

Antonymes: ambiguous, vague

requisition

Nom

Exemple: “The supplies were seized under military requisition.”

Synonymes: claim, official request

Antonymes: release, return

magnanimous

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was magnanimous of her to forgive them so quickly.”

Synonymes: generous, noble

Antonymes: petty, vindictive

centralized

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company adopted a highly centralized management structure.”

Synonymes: concentrated, controlled from one center

Antonymes: decentralized, distributed

intuitively

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: naturally, instinctively

Antonymes: deliberately, awkwardly

insensitive

Adjectif

Exemple: “His comment was seen as insensitive and offensive.”

Synonymes: thoughtless, unfeeling

Antonymes: sensitive, considerate

sink

Verbe

Exemple: “The boat began to sink in the storm.”

Synonymes: go under, basin

Antonymes: float, rise

mouse

Nom

Exemple: “The mouse ran under the table.”

Synonymes: rodent

Antonymes:

below

Préposition

Exemple: “Please read the text below.”

Synonymes: under

Antonymes: above

treacherously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The surface looked solid but behaved treacherously underfoot.”

Synonymes: deceitfully

Antonymes: reliably

confabulation

Nom

Exemple: “Under pressure, he drifted into confabulation and filled gaps with fiction.”

Synonymes: fabrication

Antonymes: accuracy

accessibility

Nom

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

Synonymes: usability

Antonymes: inaccessibility

idiosyncrasy

Nom

Exemple: “Every founder has an idiosyncrasy that shapes the culture.”

Synonymes: quirk

Antonymes: normality

contemptuous

Adjectif

Exemple: “His contemptuous smile undermined any claim of respect.”

Synonymes: scornful

Antonymes: respectful

conglomerate

Nom

Exemple: “The conglomerate acquired three startups in a single quarter.”

Synonymes: corporate group

anticlimactic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The ending felt anticlimactic after so much build-up.”

Synonymes: underwhelming

Antonymes: dramatic

phenomenally

Adverbe

Exemple: “The team performed phenomenally under pressure.”

Synonymes: exceptionally

Antonymes: poorly

perceptively

Adverbe

Exemple: “She perceptively noticed the real conflict behind the words.”

Synonymes: insightfully

Antonymes: blindly

jurisdiction

Nom

Exemple: “The case falls under federal jurisdiction.”

Synonymes: authority

insightfully

Adverbe

Exemple: “She spoke insightfully about the risks and trade-offs.”

Synonymes: perceptively

Antonymes: naively

enterprising

Adjectif

Exemple: “An enterprising team can turn constraints into advantage.”

Synonymes: resourceful

Antonymes: passive

anthropology

Nom

Exemple: “She studied anthropology to understand cultures better.”

Synonymes: study of humans

rudimentary

Adjectif

Exemple: “He has only a rudimentary understanding of the topic.”

Synonymes: basic

Antonymes: advanced

shaky

Adjectif

Exemple: “The bridge felt shaky under our feet.”

Synonymes: unstable

Antonymes: steady

sense

Nom

Exemple: “That explanation doesn’t make sense.”

Synonymes: meaning

Antonymes: nonsense

moody

Adjectif

Exemple: “He can be moody under stress.”

Synonymes: temperamental

Antonymes: stable

gross

Adjectif

Exemple: “It was a gross misunderstanding.”

Synonymes: serious

Antonymes: minor

grasp

Verbe

Exemple: “It took me a while to grasp the main idea.”

Synonymes: understand

Antonymes: miss

drown

Verbe

Exemple: “He almost drowned in the river.”

confuse

Verbe

Exemple: “These words confuse me.”

Synonymes: mix up

Antonymes: clarify

clearly

Adverbe

Exemple: “Please speak clearly.”

Synonymes: plainly

Antonymes: unclearly

clever

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is clever and kind.”

Synonymes: smart

Antonymes: stupid

popularization

Nom

Exemple: “The popularization of science is important.”

Synonymes: promotion

Antonymes: suppression

superficially

Adverbe

Exemple: “He only understood the issue superficially.”

Synonymes: shallowly

Antonymes: thoroughly