Vocabulaire

way

Nom

Exemple: “This is the way home.”

Synonymes: road, path

Antonymes: stop

disperse

Verbe

Exemple: “The crowd began to disperse.”

Synonymes: scatter, spread out

Antonymes: gather

detract

Verbe

Exemple: “One mistake does not detract from his achievement.”

Synonymes: reduce, diminish

Antonymes: enhance

abolish

Verbe

Exemple: “The law abolished the old rule.”

Synonymes: eliminate, end

Antonymes: establish

myriad

Adjectif

Exemple: “There are myriad ways to learn English.”

Synonymes: countless, many

Antonymes: few

frolic

Verbe

Exemple: “Children frolic in the park.”

Synonymes: play, jump around

Antonymes: mourn

knack

Nom

Exemple: “She has a knack for languages.”

Synonymes: talent, skill

Antonymes: inability

road

Nom

Exemple: “The road is long.”

Synonymes: street, way

Antonymes: field

path

Nom

Exemple: “We walk on the path.”

Synonymes: way, trail

Antonymes: wall

pronunciation

Nom

Exemple: “Your pronunciation is clear.”

Synonymes: speech sound, way of saying

Antonymes: misspelling

entrance

Nom

Exemple: “The entrance is near the door.”

Synonymes: entry, doorway

Antonymes: exit

telephone

Nom

Exemple: “The telephone is ringing.”

Synonymes: phone, mobile

Antonymes: letter

phone

Nom

Exemple: “My phone is on the table.”

unfeasibly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The target was unfeasibly high.”

Synonymes: impractically, impossibly

Antonymes: feasibly, realistically

tactically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The coach changed the formation tactically.”

Synonymes: strategically, carefully

Antonymes: randomly, carelessly

punitively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The rules were applied punitively rather than fairly.”

Synonymes: harshly, penally

Antonymes: leniently, mercifully

mutinously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The workers mutinously refused to continue.”

Synonymes: rebelliously, defiantly

Antonymes: obediently, compliantly

menacingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The dog growled menacingly.”

Synonymes: threateningly, ominously

Antonymes: harmlessly, gently

locomotive

Nom

Exemple: “The locomotive pulled the train into the station.”

Synonymes: engine, train engine

Antonymes:

inexorably

Adverbe

Exemple: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Synonymes: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonymes: hesitantly, reversibly

inchoately

Adverbe

Exemple: “He expressed the idea only inchoately.”

Synonymes: vaguely, rudimentarily

Antonymes: clearly, coherently

hauntingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “She sang hauntingly in the final scene.”

Synonymes: eerily, memorably

Antonymes: forgettably, flatly

enduringly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The poem remains enduringly popular.”

Synonymes: lastingly, persistently

Antonymes: briefly, temporarily

disdainful

Adjectif

Exemple: “He gave a disdainful look and walked away.”

Synonymes: contemptuous, scornful

Antonymes: respectful, admiring

unreliably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The device works unreliably in cold weather.”

Synonymes: inconsistently, poorly

Antonymes: reliably, dependably

sketchbook

Nom

Exemple: “She always carries a sketchbook in her bag.”

Synonymes: drawing pad

Antonymes:

silhouette

Nom

Exemple: “We could see her silhouette in the doorway.”

Synonymes: outline, shadow shape

Antonymes: detail, full image

gruesomely

Adverbe

Exemple: “The details were gruesomely vivid.”

Synonymes: horribly, ghastly

Antonymes: pleasantly, gently

exotically

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: unusually, distinctively

Antonymes: plainly, ordinarily

dominantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The market is dominantly controlled by a few firms.”

Synonymes: powerfully, predominantly

Antonymes: weakly, marginally

believably

Adverbe

Exemple: “She played the role believably.”

Synonymes: convincingly, plausibly

Antonymes: unconvincingly, badly

tediously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The report was tediously long.”

Synonymes: boringly, wearisomely

Antonymes: engagingly, interestingly

repellant

Adjectif

Exemple: “His repellant behavior drove people away.”

Synonymes: repulsive, off-putting

Antonymes: attractive, appealing

raunchily

Adverbe

Exemple: “The comedian behaved raunchily on stage.”

Synonymes: vulgarly, crudely

Antonymes: decently, tastefully

plausibly

Adverbe

Exemple: “She argued plausibly that the delay was unavoidable.”

Synonymes: believably, credibly

Antonymes: unconvincingly, implausibly

bolt

Verbe

Exemple: “The horse bolted across the field.”

Synonymes: run suddenly, metal pin

Antonymes: stop

hug

Nom

Exemple: “She gave her friend a warm hug.”

Synonymes: embrace

Antonymes: push away

via

Préposition

Exemple: “I sent the file via email.”

Synonymes: through, by way of

Antonymes:

rid

Adjectif

Exemple: “We need to get rid of these old boxes.”

Synonymes: remove, clear away

Antonymes: keep

off

Adverbe

Exemple: “Please turn off the lights.”

Synonymes: away, not on

Antonymes: on

telecommunications

Nom

Exemple: “Telecommunications have changed the way people work.”

Synonymes: communication technology

Antonymes:

train

Nom

Exemple: “We took the train to the city.”

Synonymes: railway car, teach

Antonymes:

style

Nom

Exemple: “I like her style of writing.”

Synonymes: fashion, way

Antonymes:

sadly

Adverbe

Exemple: “She looked sadly out of the window.”

Synonymes: unhappily

Antonymes: happily

given

Préposition

Exemple: “Given the weather, we stayed home.”

Synonymes: provided, considering

Antonymes: taken away

cause

Verbe

Exemple: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Synonymes: reason, make happen

Antonymes: prevent

well

Adjectif

Exemple: “She can sing very well.”

Synonymes: nicely

Antonymes: badly

unnervingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He remained unnervingly calm during the emergency.”

Synonymes: disturbingly, alarmingly

Antonymes: reassuringly, comfortingly

ponderously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The speech moved ponderously from one topic to another.”

Synonymes: heavily, cumbersomely

Antonymes: lightly, gracefully

notoriously

Adverbe

Exemple: “The road is notoriously dangerous in winter.”

Synonymes: famously, infamously

Antonymes: obscurely, respectably

kinetically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The molecules behave differently kinetically at high temperatures.”

Synonymes: in motion terms, dynamically

Antonymes: statically

irrevocably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The ecosystem was irrevocably altered by the spill.”

Synonymes: permanently, irreversibly

Antonymes: reversibly, temporarily

ingenuously

Adverbe

Exemple: “He ingenuously admitted that he had not read the contract.”

Synonymes: naively, innocently

Antonymes: cunningly, calculatingly

indulgently

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: leniently, tolerantly

Antonymes: strictly, severely

deficiently

Adverbe

Exemple: “The report was deficiently researched and poorly argued.”

Synonymes: inadequately, insufficiently

Antonymes: thoroughly, competently

abhorrently

Adverbe

Exemple: “The prisoners were treated abhorrently by the regime.”

Synonymes: repulsively, detestably

Antonymes: admirably, decently

inexcusably

Adverbe

Exemple: “The team performed inexcusably poorly.”

Synonymes: unforgivably, intolerably

Antonymes: acceptably, forgivably

inclusively

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: openly, without exclusion

Antonymes: exclusively, narrowly

dynamically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The system allocates resources dynamically based on demand.”

Synonymes: actively, adaptively

Antonymes: statically, rigidly

compliantly

Adverbe

Exemple: “The child sat compliantly and listened.”

Synonymes: obediently, submissively

Antonymes: defiantly, resistantly

beguilingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “She smiled beguilingly and changed the subject.”

Synonymes: charmingly, captivatingly

Antonymes: repulsively, harshly

trim

Verbe

Exemple: “I need to trim the edges of this photo.”

Synonymes: cut neatly, reduce

Antonymes: extend

tour

Nom

Exemple: “We took a walking tour of the old city.”

Synonymes: trip, guided visit

Antonymes: stay

thus

Adverbe

Exemple: “The road was closed, thus we had to wait.”

Synonymes: therefore, in this way

Antonymes: however

tend

Verbe

Exemple: “Children tend to learn languages quickly.”

Synonymes: be likely to, care for

Antonymes: avoid

slip

Verbe

Exemple: “Be careful not to slip on the wet floor.”

Synonymes: slide, lose balance

Antonymes: grip firmly

push

Verbe

Exemple: “Push the door gently to open it.”

Synonymes: press, shove

Antonymes: pull

escape

Verbe

Exemple: “The bird managed to escape from the cage.”

Synonymes: get away, flee

Antonymes: remain trapped

anyway

Adverbe

Exemple: “It was raining, but we went anyway.”

Synonymes: in any case

Antonymes: therefore not

bring

Verbe

Exemple: “Please bring your notebook tomorrow.”

Synonymes: carry

Antonymes: take away

along

Préposition

Exemple: “We walked along the river.”

Synonymes: beside

Antonymes: away from

unexceptional

Adjectif

Exemple: “The first draft was competent but unexceptional.”

Synonymes: ordinary

Antonymes: remarkable

treacherously

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: deceitfully

Antonymes: reliably

tantalizingly

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: temptingly

Antonymes: unappealingly

stultifyingly

Adverbe

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

Synonymes: oppressively

Antonymes: liberatingly

paradoxically

Adverbe

Exemple: “Paradoxically, strict rules can increase creativity.”

Synonymes: ironically

Antonymes: predictably

incongruously

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke incongruously softly in the middle of an argument.”

Synonymes: oddly

Antonymes: appropriately

idiomatically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The phrase is grammatically correct but not idiomatically natural.”

Synonymes: naturally

Antonymes: literally

disparagingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke disparagingly of competitors, which looked insecure.”

Synonymes: scornfully

Antonymes: respectfully

deprecatingly

Adverbe

Exemple: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Synonymes: self-effacingly

Antonymes: proudly