Vocabolario

veritable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The room was a veritable museum.”

Sinonimi: true, real

Antonimi: fake

notorious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The area is notorious for crime.”

Sinonimi: infamous, well-known

Antonimi: respected

grievance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Employees filed a grievance.”

Sinonimi: complaint, objection

Antonimi: satisfaction

deprecate

Verbo

Esempio: “Developers deprecate old software features.”

Sinonimi: criticize, discourage

Antonimi: approve

innuendo

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The article was full of innuendo.”

Sinonimi: hint, suggestion

Antonimi: direct statement

euphoria

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The victory created euphoria.”

Sinonimi: joy, excitement

Antonimi: despair

diligent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a diligent student.”

Sinonimi: hardworking, careful

Antonimi: lazy

automate

Verbo

Esempio: “We should automate this process.”

Sinonimi: mechanize, computerize

Antonimi: do manually

artifice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan depended on artifice.”

Sinonimi: trick, deception

Antonimi: honesty

venture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The new venture attracted investors.”

Sinonimi: enterprise, project

Antonimi: safe routine

emulate

Verbo

Esempio: “Young artists emulate their teachers.”

Sinonimi: imitate, copy

Antonimi: ignore

arduous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was an arduous journey.”

Sinonimi: difficult, demanding

Antonimi: easy

wholly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I wholly agree with you.”

Sinonimi: completely, entirely

Antonimi: partly

utter

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The project was an utter failure.”

Sinonimi: complete, total

Antonimi: partial

poise

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She answered with poise.”

Sinonimi: composure, balance

Antonimi: panic

angst

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Teenagers often feel social angst.”

Sinonimi: anxiety, worry

Antonimi: calm

aesthetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The design has strong aesthetic value.”

Sinonimi: artistic, visual

Antonimi: ugly

revere

Verbo

Esempio: “Many people revere great teachers.”

Sinonimi: respect, admire

Antonimi: despise

enterprise

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The enterprise creates software.”

Sinonimi: company, business

Antonimi: individual

conference

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The conference starts tomorrow.”

Sinonimi: meeting, event

Antonimi: private talk

addiction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Addiction can damage health.”

Sinonimi: dependence

Antonimi: freedom

tuition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “University tuition is expensive.”

Sinonimi: education fee

Antonimi: scholarship

loan

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He took a loan from the bank.”

Sinonimi: credit, borrowed money

Antonimi: saving

immigration

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Immigration rules can change.”

Sinonimi: moving to a country

Antonimi: emigration

property

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This house is my property.”

Sinonimi: ownership, asset

Antonimi: debt

document

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Sign the document.”

Sinonimi: paper, file

Antonimi: verbal agreement

chemical

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This chemical is dangerous.”

Sinonimi: substance

Antonimi: natural material

lecture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lecture starts at ten.”

Sinonimi: talk, lesson

Antonimi: break

agenda

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The meeting agenda is short.”

Sinonimi: plan, schedule

Antonimi: disorder

crime

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The police solved the crime.”

Sinonimi: offense, illegal act

Antonimi: lawful act

zone

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This is a quiet zone.”

Sinonimi: area, region

Antonimi: center

suit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He wears a black suit.”

Sinonimi: formal clothes

Antonimi: casual clothes

lamp

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lamp is on the table.”

Sinonimi: light

Antonimi: darkness

area

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This area is quiet.”

Sinonimi: place, zone

Antonimi: point

emergency

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Call the doctor in an emergency.”

Sinonimi: crisis, urgent situation

Antonimi: normal situation

apartment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I live in an apartment.”

Sinonimi: flat, home

Antonimi: house

elevator

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Take the elevator to the third floor.”

Sinonimi: lift

Antonimi: stairs

audience

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The audience listened carefully.”

Sinonimi: listeners, viewers

Antonimi: speaker

accident

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There was an accident on the street.”

Sinonimi: crash, incident

Antonimi: safety

box

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The box is big.”

Sinonimi: container, case

Antonimi: bag

sentence

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Write one sentence.”

Sinonimi: phrase, statement

Antonimi: word

bathroom

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The bathroom is clean.”

Sinonimi: toilet, washroom

Antonimi: bedroom

window

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Open the window, please.”

Sinonimi: glass opening

Antonimi: wall

shoe

Sostantivo

Esempio: “One shoe is under the bed.”

vocational

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: career-oriented, technical

Antonimi: academic, general

virtuosity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The performance displayed remarkable virtuosity.”

Sinonimi: mastery, brilliance

Antonimi: clumsiness, mediocrity

unfeasibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The target was unfeasibly high.”

Sinonimi: impractically, impossibly

Antonimi: feasibly, realistically

torrential

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Torrential rain flooded the streets.”

Sinonimi: heavy, pouring

Antonimi: light, gentle

tactically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The coach changed the formation tactically.”

Sinonimi: strategically, carefully

Antonimi: randomly, carelessly

revelatory

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The letters were revelatory and deeply personal.”

Sinonimi: revealing, illuminating

Antonimi: concealing, secretive

punitively

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: harshly, penally

Antonimi: leniently, mercifully

precocious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The child was precocious and unusually articulate.”

Sinonimi: advanced, gifted

Antonimi: immature, slow-developing

ostensibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The funds were ostensibly for research.”

Sinonimi: apparently, seemingly

Antonimi: actually, genuinely

infernally

Avverbio

Esempio: “It was infernally hot in the room.”

Sinonimi: terribly, devilishly

Antonimi: pleasantly, mildly

indolently

Avverbio

Esempio: “He stretched indolently in the afternoon sun.”

Sinonimi: lazily, sluggishly

Antonimi: energetically, diligently

hysterical

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: uncontrollable, frantic

Antonimi: calm, composed

emulsifier

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: stabilizer

Antonimi:

unenviable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She was in the unenviable position of choosing who to dismiss.”

Sinonimi: unpleasant, awkward

Antonimi: enviable, desirable

tantamount

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: equivalent, equal to

Antonimi: different, unrelated

profoundly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The speech profoundly affected the audience.”

Sinonimi: deeply, greatly

Antonimi: slightly, superficially

ordinarily

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: normally, usually

Antonimi: abnormally, rarely

marginally

Avverbio

Esempio: “Sales improved only marginally.”

Sinonimi: slightly, barely

Antonimi: substantially, greatly

inherently

Avverbio

Esempio: “Power is not inherently harmful.”

Sinonimi: essentially, intrinsically

Antonimi: externally, accidentally

headstrong

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is too headstrong to take advice.”

Sinonimi: stubborn, willful

Antonimi: obedient, flexible

fiendishly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The puzzle was fiendishly difficult.”

Sinonimi: extremely, devilishly

Antonimi: easily, simply

exotically

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: unusually, distinctively

Antonimi: plainly, ordinarily

dominantly

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: powerfully, predominantly

Antonimi: weakly, marginally

congregate

Verbo

Esempio: “Large crowds began to congregate outside.”

Sinonimi: gather, assemble

Antonimi: disperse, scatter

animatedly

Avverbio

Esempio: “They were talking animatedly about the election.”

Sinonimi: lively, energetically

Antonimi: quietly, lifelessly

tactfully

Avverbio

Esempio: “She tactfully changed the subject.”

Sinonimi: diplomatically, politely

Antonimi: rudely, bluntly

synthetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The jacket is made from synthetic material.”

Sinonimi: artificial, man-made

Antonimi: natural, organic

stylistic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The two authors differ in stylistic choices.”

Sinonimi: artistic, expressive

Antonimi: content-based, plain

speculate

Verbo

Esempio: “It is useless to speculate without evidence.”

Sinonimi: guess, theorize

Antonimi: know, verify

revealing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The interview was revealing and emotional.”

Sinonimi: informative, exposing

Antonimi: concealing, secretive

recessive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The trait is controlled by a recessive gene.”

Sinonimi: latent, non-dominant

Antonimi: dominant

raunchily

Avverbio

Esempio: “The comedian behaved raunchily on stage.”

Sinonimi: vulgarly, crudely

Antonimi: decently, tastefully

cozy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We stayed in a cozy little cabin.”

Sinonimi: comfortable, warm

Antonimi: cold, uncomfortable

coma

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The patient remained in a coma for two days.”

Sinonimi: deep unconscious state

Antonimi: consciousness

bony

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The dog looked thin and bony.”

Sinonimi: skinny, thin

Antonimi: fleshy

ache

Verbo

Esempio: “My legs ache after the long walk.”

Sinonimi: hurt, pain

Antonimi: feel fine