Vocabolario

capricious

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

Esempio: “The weather here is capricious.”

Sinonimi: arbitrary, whimsical, impulsive

capacity

/kəˈpæsəti/

Esempio: “The hall has a capacity of 500 people.”

Sinonimi: content, capability, capacitance

Antonimi: incapacity

apprehend

Verbo

Esempio: “The police apprehended the thief.”

Sinonimi: arrest, capture

Antonimi: release

artifice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan depended on artifice.”

Sinonimi: trick, deception

Antonimi: honesty

landscape

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The landscape is beautiful.”

Sinonimi: scenery, view

Antonimi: city interior

credible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We need a credible source.”

Sinonimi: reliable, believable

Antonimi: unreliable

investment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This investment is risky.”

Sinonimi: funding, capital

Antonimi: withdrawal

investor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The investor gave money to the company.”

Sinonimi: backer, financier

Antonimi: borrower

finance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He works in finance.”

Sinonimi: money management, banking

Antonimi: spending without plan

hat

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He wears a hat.”

Sinonimi: cap

Antonimi: shoes

unfeasible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The schedule proved unfeasible.”

Sinonimi: impractical, impossible

Antonimi: feasible, practical

provincial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel contrasts provincial life with life in the capital.”

Sinonimi: regional, small-town

Antonimi: cosmopolitan, urban

infallible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “No leader is infallible.”

Sinonimi: faultless, unerring

Antonimi: fallible, mistaken

impervious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She seemed impervious to criticism.”

Sinonimi: unaffected, immune

Antonimi: vulnerable, sensitive

engrossing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was such an engrossing novel that I forgot the time.”

Sinonimi: absorbing, captivating

Antonimi: boring, dull

adjustable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The chair has an adjustable backrest.”

Sinonimi: flexible, modifiable

Antonimi: fixed, rigid

crab

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: sea animal

Antonimi:

acid

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Lemon juice is acidic.”

Sinonimi: sour, chemical acid

Antonimi: alkaline, sweet

impressionist

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Monet was a famous impressionist painter.”

Sinonimi: artist of impressionism

Antonimi:

headquarters

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The company moved its headquarters to the capital.”

Sinonimi: main office, central office

Antonimi: branch

able

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is able to speak three languages.”

Sinonimi: capable

Antonimi: unable

unsurpassed

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The region is known for its unsurpassed natural beauty.”

Sinonimi: unmatched, peerless

Antonimi: inferior, surpassed

portraiture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The gallery specializes in eighteenth-century portraiture.”

Sinonimi: portrait art, portrait painting

Antonimi: landscape art

irrevocable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The decision may have irrevocable consequences.”

Sinonimi: irreversible, final

Antonimi: revocable, reversible

flightiness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her apparent flightiness hid a sharp intelligence.”

Sinonimi: frivolity, fickleness

Antonimi: seriousness, steadiness

persecution

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Many families fled the region to escape persecution.”

Sinonimi: oppression, harassment

Antonimi: protection, tolerance

dispensable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “In a crisis, even skilled workers may be treated as dispensable.”

Sinonimi: nonessential, replaceable

Antonimi: essential, indispensable

conceivable

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: imaginable, possible

Antonimi: inconceivable, impossible

beguilingly

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: charmingly, captivatingly

Antonimi: repulsively, harshly

escape

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: get away, flee

Antonimi: remain trapped

inexplicable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There was an inexplicable drop in performance overnight.”

Sinonimi: mysterious

Antonimi: explainable

vein

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The doctor found a vein in my arm.”

Sinonimi: blood vessel

cinematographer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The cinematographer captured stunning visuals.”

Sinonimi: camera operator

Antonimi:

stiff

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His muscles felt stiff.”

Sinonimi: rigid

Antonimi: flexible

harmful

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Smoking is harmful.”

Sinonimi: dangerous

Antonimi: safe

controversial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The proposal remains controversial.”

Sinonimi: debatable, contentious

Antonimi: uncontroversial

useless

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The tool is useless now.”

Sinonimi: pointless

Antonimi: useful

impossible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This task is impossible.”

Sinonimi: unreal

Antonimi: possible

possible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It is possible to finish today.”

Sinonimi: feasible

Antonimi: impossible

viable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The proposal is viable only if costs are reduced.”

effective

/ɪˈfektɪv/

Esempio: “This method is very effective.”

Sinonimi: good, impressive, competent

Antonimi: ineffectual, ineffective, uneffective