Vocabolario

cause

Verbo

Esempio: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Sinonimi: reason, make happen

Antonimi: prevent

engender

Verbo

Esempio: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Sinonimi: cause, produce

Antonimi: prevent

seismic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The region has seismic activity.”

Sinonimi: earthquake-related

Antonimi: stable

prolong

Verbo

Esempio: “The medicine can prolong life.”

Sinonimi: extend, lengthen

Antonimi: shorten

kinetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The object has kinetic energy.”

Sinonimi: motion-related

Antonimi: static

diffuse

Verbo

Esempio: “The smell began to diffuse through the room.”

Sinonimi: spread, disperse

Antonimi: concentrate

induce

Verbo

Esempio: “Stress can induce headaches.”

Sinonimi: cause, trigger

Antonimi: prevent

provoke

Verbo

Esempio: “His words may provoke anger.”

Sinonimi: trigger, cause

Antonimi: calm

trauma

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The accident caused emotional trauma.”

Sinonimi: shock, injury

Antonimi: healing

render

Verbo

Esempio: “The error can render the software useless.”

Sinonimi: make, produce

Antonimi: preserve

redundancy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The report suffers from redundancy in several sections.”

Sinonimi: superfluity, repetition

Antonimi: necessity, economy

proverbial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He displayed the proverbial patience of a teacher.”

Sinonimi: well-known, famous

Antonimi: unfamiliar, unusual

procedural

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The delay was caused by a procedural error.”

Sinonimi: formal, process-related

Antonimi: substantive, informal

laryngitis

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She lost her voice because of laryngitis.”

Sinonimi: throat inflammation

Antonimi:

dissension

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The policy caused dissension within the party.”

Sinonimi: discord, disagreement

Antonimi: harmony, unity

perpetuate

Verbo

Esempio: “Such myths only perpetuate fear.”

Sinonimi: maintain, continue

Antonimi: end, eliminate

viciously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The animal attacked viciously.”

Sinonimi: cruelly, ferociously

Antonimi: gently, kindly

startling

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The study revealed a startling result.”

Sinonimi: surprising, shocking

Antonimi: ordinary, expected

cure

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Doctors are looking for a cure for the disease.”

Sinonimi: heal, remedy

Antonimi: cause, worsen

clog

Verbo

Esempio: “Hair can clog the drain.”

Sinonimi: block, jam

Antonimi: clear

tan

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She got a deep tan on vacation.”

Sinonimi: brown skin from sun

Antonimi: pale

jam

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We were late because of a traffic jam.”

Sinonimi: preserve, blockage

Antonimi: clear road

dull

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The lecture was long and dull.”

Sinonimi: boring, blunt

Antonimi: interesting, sharp

bust

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The business went bust after one year.”

Sinonimi: break, collapse

Antonimi: succeed, repair

bore

Verbo

Esempio: “Long speeches bore me.”

Sinonimi: tire, make uninterested

Antonimi: interest, excite

misunderstanding

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Their argument started because of a misunderstanding.”

Sinonimi: confusion, mistake

Antonimi: understanding, clarity

spill

Verbo

Esempio: “Be careful not to spill the juice.”

Sinonimi: pour out by accident

Antonimi: save

shade

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We sat in the shade under a tree.”

Sinonimi: shadow

Antonimi: sunlight

cover

Verbo

Esempio: “Clouds covered the sun.”

Sinonimi: hide, protect

Antonimi: uncover

bored

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I get bored when I have nothing to do.”

Sinonimi: uninterested, tired of

Antonimi: interested, excited

annoy

Verbo

Esempio: “Loud music can annoy the neighbors.”

Sinonimi: bother, irritate

Antonimi: please

sick

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He stayed home because he was sick.”

Sinonimi: ill

Antonimi: healthy

need

Verbo

Esempio: “We need help now.”

Sinonimi: require

Antonimi: have enough

tranquilize

Verbo

Esempio: “The animal had to be tranquilized before treatment.”

Sinonimi: sedate, calm

Antonimi: stimulate, agitate

resuscitate

Verbo

Esempio: “Doctors managed to resuscitate the patient.”

Sinonimi: revive, restore consciousness

Antonimi: kill, extinguish

disseminate

Verbo

Esempio: “The findings were disseminated through academic journals.”

Sinonimi: circulate, spread

Antonimi: suppress, withhold

crystallize

Verbo

Esempio: “Her views began to crystallize after months of debate.”

Sinonimi: solidify, clarify

Antonimi: blur, dissolve

abhorrently

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: repulsively, detestably

Antonimi: admirably, decently

malfunction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “A software malfunction caused the system to shut down.”

Sinonimi: breakdown, failure

Antonimi: proper operation, function

fanatically

Avverbio

Esempio: “He defended the idea fanatically, refusing any criticism.”

Sinonimi: obsessively, extremely

Antonimi: moderately, reasonably

fear

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Fear can stop people from taking action.”

Sinonimi: terror, anxiety

Antonimi: courage

tear

Verbo

Esempio: “Be careful not to tear the paper.”

Sinonimi: rip, drop from eye

Antonimi: mend, repair

soul

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Music can touch the soul.”

Sinonimi: spirit

Antonimi: body

sore

Aggettivo

Esempio: “My throat feels sore this morning.”

Sinonimi: painful, tender

Antonimi: healthy

melt

Verbo

Esempio: “Ice begins to melt in the sun.”

Sinonimi: liquefy

Antonimi: freeze

limp

Verbo

Esempio: “He began to limp after the match.”

Sinonimi: walk unevenly

Antonimi: walk normally

hurt

Verbo

Esempio: “Be careful not to hurt your back.”

Sinonimi: injure, harm

Antonimi: heal

effect

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The medicine had a quick effect.”

Sinonimi: result, impact

Antonimi: cause

bother

Verbo

Esempio: “Sorry to bother you so late.”

Sinonimi: disturb, annoy

Antonimi: comfort

hurry

Verbo

Esempio: “We need to hurry or we’ll be late.”

Sinonimi: rush

Antonimi: delay

gravitational

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Gravitational forces shape the motion of planets.”

Sinonimi: gravity-related

consternation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The announcement caused consternation across the industry.”

Sinonimi: dismay

Antonimi: reassurance

detrimentally

Avverbio

Esempio: “Cutting corners can detrimentally affect quality.”

Sinonimi: harmfully

Antonimi: beneficially

complementary

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Their skills are complementary, not overlapping.”

Sinonimi: supplementary

Antonimi: conflicting

anticlimactic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The ending felt anticlimactic after so much build-up.”

Sinonimi: underwhelming

Antonimi: dramatic

unmanageable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The workload became unmanageable without extra help.”

Sinonimi: out of control

Antonimi: manageable

remorsefully

Avverbio

Esempio: “He apologized remorsefully for the harm he caused.”

Sinonimi: regretfully

Antonimi: remorselessly

stressfully

Avverbio

Esempio: “The negotiation ended stressfully, with no clear outcome.”

Sinonimi: tensely

Antonimi: calmly

startlingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The results were startlingly different from our forecast.”

Sinonimi: shockingly

prick

Verbo

Esempio: “I pricked my finger on a needle.”

Sinonimi: pierce

glare

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I couldn’t see because of the glare on the screen.”

Sinonimi: glare/brightness

furor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His comment caused a public furor.”

Sinonimi: uproar

Antonimi: calm

loyal

Aggettivo

Esempio: “A loyal friend supports you.”

Sinonimi: faithful

Antonimi: betraying

drown

Verbo

Esempio: “He almost drowned in the river.”

because

Congiunzione

Esempio: “I am happy because it is Friday.”

Sinonimi: since

reason

Sostantivo

Esempio: “What is the reason?”

Sinonimi: cause

lonely

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I feel lonely today.”

Sinonimi: alone

Antonimi: together

spark

Verbo

Esempio: “The idea sparked interest.”

Sinonimi: ignite

Antonimi: extinguish

since

Preposizione

Esempio: “I have lived here since 2015.”

Sinonimi: because

Antonimi: until

quake

Verbo

Esempio: “The ground began to quake.”

Sinonimi: shake

Antonimi: steady

destroy

Verbo

Esempio: “The fire destroyed the house.”

Sinonimi: ruin

Antonimi: build

latent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The conflict had latent causes.”

Sinonimi: hidden, dormant

Antonimi: overt

wonder

Verbo

Esempio: “I wonder what will happen.”

Sinonimi: think, question

Antonimi: know

result

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The result was positive.”

Sinonimi: outcome, effect

Antonimi: cause

safe

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The area is safe at night.”

Sinonimi: secure

Antonimi: dangerous

contentious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The decision to pivot was contentious inside the team.”

controversy

/ˈkɑːntrəvɝːsi/

Esempio: “The decision caused controversy.”

Sinonimi: contention, tilt, argument

outcome

/ˈaʊtkʌm/

Esempio: “The outcome was positive.”

Sinonimi: issue, consequence, effect

consequence

/ˈkɑːnsɪkwens/

Esempio: “Every action has consequences.”

Sinonimi: issue, effect, outcome

Antonimi: inconsequence