Vocabolario

Esempio: “The idea was still inchoate.”

Sinonimi: incipient, early

pellucid

/pəˈluːsɪd/

Esempio: “Her explanation was pellucid.”

Sinonimi: clear, limpid, luculent

prevaricate

/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/

Esempio: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”

Sinonimi: palter, equivocate, tergiversate

recondite

/ˈrekənˌdaɪt/

Esempio: “The lecture was recondite but fascinating.”

Sinonimi: esoteric, deep, abstruse

vicissitude

/vɪˈsɪsɪtuːd/

Esempio: “He accepted life’s vicissitudes calmly.”

trenchant

/ˈtren tʃənt/

Esempio: “She offered trenchant criticism.”

Sinonimi: distinct, clear, intelligent

taciturn

/ˈtæsɪtɝːn/

Esempio: “He is taciturn in public.”

Sinonimi: reticent, buttoned-up, untalkative

Antonimi: voluble

supercilious

/ˌsuːpərˈsɪliəs/

Esempio: “His supercilious tone annoyed people.”

Sinonimi: snide, haughty, proud

stultify

/ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/

Esempio: “Too many rules can stultify innovation.”

soliloquy

/səˈlɪləkwɪ/

Esempio: “The actor delivered a powerful soliloquy.”

Sinonimi: monologue

sanguine

/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/

Esempio: “She is sanguine about the outcome.”

Sinonimi: ruddy, optimistic, rubicund

recalcitrant

/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/

Esempio: “A recalcitrant client refused to cooperate.”

Sinonimi: defiant, intractable, refractory

quixotic

/kwɪkˈsɑːtɪk/

Esempio: “It was a quixotic attempt to change everything overnight.”

Sinonimi: impractical, wild-eyed, romantic

proclivity

/prəˈklɪvəti/

Esempio: “He has a proclivity for risk-taking.”

Sinonimi: propensity, leaning

perspicacious

/ˌpɝːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/

Esempio: “A perspicacious investor asked tough questions.”

Sinonimi: sagacious, discerning, sapient

perfunctory

/pərˈfʌŋktəri/

Esempio: “He gave a perfunctory apology.”

Sinonimi: cursory, casual, careless

obfuscate

/ˈɑːbfəskeɪt/

Esempio: “Don’t obfuscate—state the facts.”

Antonimi: elucidate, clarify, clear up

mellifluous

/məˈlɪfluəs/

Esempio: “She has a mellifluous voice.”

Sinonimi: dulcet, sweet, mellisonant

laconic

/ləˈkɑːnɪk/

Esempio: “His response was laconic.”

Sinonimi: terse, crisp, concise

intransigent

/ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt/

Esempio: “They remained intransigent during talks.”

Sinonimi: inexorable, adamant, adamantine

interlocutor

/ˌɪntərˈlɑːkjətər/

Esempio: “She listened carefully to her interlocutor.”

Sinonimi: middleman, conversational partner

inscrutable

/ɪnˈskruːtəbəl/

Esempio: “His expression was inscrutable.”

Sinonimi: cryptic, incomprehensible, inexplicable

incorrigible

/ɪnˈkɔːrɪdʒəbəl/

Esempio: “He is an incorrigible optimist.”

Sinonimi: depraved, delinquent, uncontrollable

Antonimi: corrigible

iconoclast

/aɪˈkɑːnəklæst/

Esempio: “She is an iconoclast in her field.”

Sinonimi: image breaker

harangue

/həˈræŋ/

Esempio: “He launched into a harangue about discipline.”

Sinonimi: rant, ranting

garrulous

/ˈɡærələs/

Esempio: “A garrulous speaker filled the room.”

Sinonimi: loquacious, voluble, chatty

fastidious

/fæˈstɪdiəs/

Esempio: “He is fastidious about details.”

Sinonimi: meticulous, dainty, exacting

Antonimi: unfastidious

excoriate

/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪt/

Esempio: “The press excoriated the policy.”

Sinonimi: condemn, decry, objurgate

esoteric

/ˌesəˈterɪk/

Esempio: “The book is full of esoteric terms.”

Sinonimi: cryptic, recondite, mystical

Antonimi: exoteric

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

Esempio: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

Sinonimi: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

ephemeral

/ɪˈfemərəl/

Esempio: “Fame can be ephemeral.”

Sinonimi: transient, transitory, fugacious

enervate

/ˈenərveɪt/

Esempio: “Long meetings can enervate the team.”

Sinonimi: unnerve, unsettle, faze

egregious

/ɪˈɡriːdʒəs/

Esempio: “That was an egregious mistake.”

Sinonimi: conspicuous, flagrant, obvious

effulgent

/ɪˈfʌldʒənt/

Esempio: “The sunrise was effulgent.”

Sinonimi: bright, radiant, beaming

dissemble

/dɪˈsem bəl/

Esempio: “He tried to dissemble his disappointment.”

Sinonimi: affect, sham, act

diaphanous

/daɪˈæfənəs/

Esempio: “A diaphanous curtain covered the window.”

Sinonimi: gossamer, vaporous, thin

deleterious

/ˌdelɪˈtɪriəs/

Esempio: “Noise can have deleterious effects on health.”

Sinonimi: harmful, noxious, injurious

contumacious

/ˌkɑːntuˈmeɪʃəs/

Esempio: “He was punished for contumacious behavior.”

Sinonimi: insubordinate

conundrum

/kəˈnʌndrəm/

Esempio: “Funding is a conundrum for many startups.”

Sinonimi: brain-teaser, enigma, riddle

conflagration

/ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃən/

Esempio: “A conflagration destroyed the old building.”

Sinonimi: inferno

circumspect

/ˈsɝːkəmspekt/

Esempio: “Be circumspect when sharing personal data.”

Sinonimi: prudent, discreet

capricious

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

Esempio: “The weather here is capricious.”

Sinonimi: arbitrary, whimsical, impulsive

assiduous

/əˈsɪdʒuəs/

Esempio: “Her assiduous work impressed everyone.”

Sinonimi: diligent, sedulous

apotheosis

/əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsɪs/

Esempio: “The finale was the apotheosis of the show.”

Sinonimi: paragon, exaltation, nonpareil

antediluvian

/ˌænti dɪˈluːviən/

Esempio: “Their process is antediluvian.”

Sinonimi: archaic, antiquated, old

ameliorate

/əˈmiːljəreɪt/

Esempio: “New policies may ameliorate the situation.”

Sinonimi: improve, meliorate, better

Antonimi: decline, exacerbate, aggravate

alacrity

/əˈlæk rɪ ti/

Esempio: “She accepted the challenge with alacrity.”

Sinonimi: briskness

acrimonious

/ˌækrɪˈmoʊniəs/

Esempio: “Their negotiations became acrimonious.”

Sinonimi: resentful, bitter

abrogate

/ˈæbrəɡeɪt/