Vocabulaire

very

Adverbe

Exemple: “She is very happy today.”

Synonymes: really

Antonymes: slightly

intrinsic

Adjectif

Exemple: “Education has intrinsic value.”

Synonymes: inherent, essential

Antonymes: external

subsist

Verbe

Exemple: “Some families subsist on very little money.”

Synonymes: survive, live

Antonymes: prosper

hamper

Verbe

Exemple: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Synonymes: hinder, obstruct

Antonymes: help

quirk

Nom

Exemple: “Everyone has a small quirk.”

Synonymes: oddity, habit

Antonymes: normality

shipping

Nom

Exemple: “Shipping is free today.”

Synonymes: delivery, transport

Antonymes: pickup

discovery

Nom

Exemple: “The discovery changed science.”

Synonymes: finding, revelation

Antonymes: loss

delivery

Nom

Exemple: “The delivery is fast.”

Synonymes: shipment, transport

Antonymes: pickup

storm

Nom

Exemple: “A storm is coming.”

Synonymes: bad weather, tempest

Antonymes: calm

baby

Nom

Exemple: “The baby is sleeping.”

Synonymes: infant, little child

Antonymes: adult

tea

Nom

Exemple: “I drink tea every morning.”

Synonymes: hot drink

Antonymes: coffee

apple

Nom

Exemple: “I eat an apple every day.”

Synonymes: fruit

torrential

Adjectif

Exemple: “Torrential rain flooded the streets.”

Synonymes: heavy, pouring

Antonymes: light, gentle

hysterical

Adjectif

Exemple: “She became hysterical when she heard the news.”

Synonymes: uncontrollable, frantic

Antonymes: calm, composed

forfeiture

Nom

Exemple: “Late payment may result in forfeiture of the deposit.”

Synonymes: loss, seizure

Antonymes: retention, recovery

deliberate

Adjectif

Exemple: “His deliberate silence made everyone uncomfortable.”

Synonymes: intentional, calculated

Antonymes: accidental, impulsive

uniformity

Nom

Exemple: “The factory demands strict uniformity in production.”

Synonymes: consistency, sameness

Antonymes: variety, diversity

voracious

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a voracious reader of history books.”

Synonymes: greedy, avid

Antonymes: moderate, indifferent

sarcastic

Adjectif

Exemple: “His sarcastic reply upset everyone.”

Synonymes: mocking, ironic

Antonymes: sincere, kind

cool

Adjectif

Exemple: “It is cool outside this evening.”

Synonymes: chilly, great

Antonymes: hot, uncool

bony

Adjectif

Exemple: “The dog looked thin and bony.”

Synonymes: skinny, thin

Antonymes: fleshy

icy

Adjectif

Exemple: “Be careful, the road is icy.”

Synonymes: frozen, cold

Antonymes: warm

father-in-law

Nom

Exemple: “Her father-in-law visits every weekend.”

Synonymes: relative by marriage

Antonymes:

hope

Verbe

Exemple: “I hope everything goes well.”

Synonymes: wish, expect positively

Antonymes: despair

fond

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is very fond of music.”

Synonymes: loving, keen on

Antonymes: dislike

fair

Adjectif

Exemple: “The teacher tried to be fair to everyone.”

Synonymes: just, reasonable

Antonymes: unfair

bang

Nom

Exemple: “We heard a loud bang from outside.”

Synonymes: crash, slam

Antonymes: silence

ski

Verbe

Exemple: “They go to the mountains to ski every winter.”

Synonymes: winter sport

Antonymes:

per

Préposition

Exemple: “The speed limit is sixty miles per hour.”

Synonymes: for each

Antonymes:

jog

Verbe

Exemple: “I jog in the park every morning.”

Synonymes: run slowly

Antonymes: walk

dot

Nom

Exemple: “Put a dot at the end of the sentence.”

Synonymes: point, spot

Antonymes: line

friendliness

Nom

Exemple: “Her friendliness made everyone feel welcome.”

Synonymes: kindness, warmth

Antonymes: coldness, hostility

acquaintance

Nom

Exemple: “He is only an acquaintance, not a close friend.”

Synonymes: contact, associate

Antonymes: stranger, close friend

image

Nom

Exemple: “The image on the screen is very clear.”

Synonymes: picture, photo

Antonymes:

daily

Adjectif

Exemple: “Walking is part of my daily routine.”

Synonymes: everyday

Antonymes: weekly

crazy

Adjectif

Exemple: “That sounds like a crazy idea.”

Synonymes: wild, strange

Antonymes: normal, sensible

awful

Adjectif

Exemple: “The weather was awful all day.”

Synonymes: terrible, very bad

Antonymes: wonderful

adult

Nom

Exemple: “Every adult must carry identification.”

Synonymes: grown-up

Antonymes: child

well

Adjectif

Exemple: “She can sing very well.”

Synonymes: nicely

Antonymes: badly

week

Nom

Exemple: “I visit my grandmother every week.”

Synonymes: seven days

Antonymes: day

pray

Verbe

Exemple: “They pray every morning.”

Synonymes: worship

Antonymes:

poor

Adjectif

Exemple: “The poor family needed food and water.”

Synonymes: needy

Antonymes: rich

nice

Adjectif

Exemple: “She is a very nice teacher.”

Synonymes: kind, pleasant

Antonymes: mean, nasty

puritanical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The novel satirizes puritanical attitudes toward pleasure.”

Synonymes: strict, moralistic

Antonymes: permissive, liberal

contraption

Nom

Exemple: “He built a strange contraption out of spare parts.”

Synonymes: device, gadget

Antonymes:

consignment

Nom

Exemple: “The consignment was delayed at customs.”

Synonymes: shipment, delivery batch

Antonymes:

primitively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The shelter was primitively built but still usable.”

Synonymes: crudely, basically

Antonymes: sophisticatedly, refinedly

inclusively

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: openly, without exclusion

Antonymes: exclusively, narrowly

conceivable

Adjectif

Exemple: “We considered every conceivable option before deciding.”

Synonymes: imaginable, possible

Antonymes: inconceivable, impossible

dose

Nom

Exemple: “Take one dose of the medicine every morning.”

Synonymes: portion, amount

Antonymes: overdose

tiny

Adjectif

Exemple: “A tiny crack appeared in the glass.”

Synonymes: very small, minute

Antonymes: huge, large

star

Nom

Exemple: “That young actor became a star very quickly.”

Synonymes: celebrity, sun-like body

Antonymes: ordinary person

room

Nom

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

Synonymes: space, area

Antonymes: crowding

rise

Verbe

Exemple: “Prices continue to rise every month.”

Synonymes: increase, go up

Antonymes: fall, drop

pale

Adjectif

Exemple: “She looked pale after the long trip.”

Synonymes: light-colored, faint

Antonymes: bright, healthy-looking

last

Verbe

Exemple: “The meeting did not last very long.”

Synonymes: final, continue

Antonymes: first, end quickly

joke

Nom

Exemple: “He told a joke that made everyone laugh.”

Synonymes: funny remark

Antonymes: serious statement

huge

Adjectif

Exemple: “They made a huge mistake in the report.”

Synonymes: enormous, very large

Antonymes: tiny, small

except

Préposition

Exemple: “Everyone came except Tom.”

Synonymes: apart from

Antonymes: including

detail

Nom

Exemple: “Please explain every detail clearly.”

Synonymes: particular, information

Antonymes: summary

deeply

Adverbe

Exemple: “She was deeply moved by the story.”

Synonymes: strongly, intensely

Antonymes: slightly

tight

Adjectif

Exemple: “These shoes feel too tight.”

Synonymes: firm, close-fitting

Antonymes: loose

thick

Adjectif

Exemple: “The book is very thick.”

Synonymes: dense

Antonymes: thin

super

Adjectif

Exemple: “That was a super idea.”

Synonymes: great, excellent

Antonymes: awful

study

Nom

Exemple: “I study English every evening.”

Synonymes: learn

Antonymes: ignore

point

Nom

Exemple: “That is a very good point.”

Synonymes: idea, dot

Antonymes: nonsense

peace

Nom

Exemple: “Everyone hopes for peace.”

Synonymes: calm, harmony

Antonymes: war

month

Nom

Exemple: “We pay rent every month.”

Synonymes: 30 days

Antonymes: day

great

Adjectif

Exemple: “You did a great job.”

Synonymes: excellent

Antonymes: terrible

every

Déterminant

Exemple: “She calls her mother every day.”

Synonymes: each

Antonymes: none

year

Nom

Exemple: “This year has been very busy for us.”

Synonymes: twelve months

Antonymes: moment

accountability

Nom

Exemple: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Synonymes: responsibility

Antonymes: impunity

recuperation

Nom

Exemple: “Full recuperation may take months, not weeks.”

Synonymes: recovery

Antonymes: decline

octogenarian

Nom

Exemple: “The octogenarian still runs his business every morning.”

Synonymes: eighty-year-old

muscle-bound

Adjectif

Exemple: “He looked muscle-bound, but he tired quickly.”

Synonymes: buff

Antonymes: slender

meticulously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The audit was conducted meticulously, line by line.”

Synonymes: scrupulously

Antonymes: carelessly

idiosyncrasy

Nom

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

Synonymes: quirk

Antonymes: normality

happenstance

Nom

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

Synonymes: chance

Antonymes: design

ephemerality

Nom

Exemple: “Social media highlights the ephemerality of attention.”

Synonymes: transience

Antonymes: permanence

antithetical

Adjectif

Exemple: “Their goals are antithetical to everything we’re trying to build.”

Synonymes: opposed

Antonymes: compatible