Vocabolario

charm

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has a natural charm.”

Sinonimi: attraction

mystique

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The brand has a strong mystique.”

Sinonimi: aura, charm

Antonimi: plainness

allegory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Sinonimi: symbolic story

Antonimi: literal story

arduous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was an arduous journey.”

Sinonimi: difficult, demanding

Antonimi: easy

temper

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He has a quick temper.”

Sinonimi: mood, temperament

Antonimi: calmness

diversity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Diversity can strengthen a team.”

Sinonimi: variety, difference

Antonimi: uniformity

integral

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Trust is an integral part of teamwork.”

Sinonimi: essential, necessary

Antonimi: optional

linear

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The chart shows linear growth.”

Sinonimi: straight, sequential

Antonimi: nonlinear

supervisor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My supervisor checked the report.”

Sinonimi: manager, boss

Antonimi: trainee

payment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The payment was successful.”

Sinonimi: paying, transaction

Antonimi: refund

zone

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This is a quiet zone.”

Sinonimi: area, region

Antonimi: center

personality

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has a strong personality.”

Sinonimi: character, nature

Antonimi: facelessness

calendar

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The calendar is on the wall.”

precocious

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: advanced, gifted

Antonimi: immature, slow-developing

melancholy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The song has a melancholy tone.”

Sinonimi: sad, wistful

Antonimi: joyful, cheerful

laryngitis

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: throat inflammation

Antonimi:

ingratiate

Verbo

Esempio: “He tried to ingratiate himself with the boss.”

Sinonimi: charm, curry favor

Antonimi: alienate, offend

histrionic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was overly histrionic.”

Sinonimi: dramatic, theatrical

Antonimi: restrained, calm

depressive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel has a depressive atmosphere from beginning to end.”

Sinonimi: gloomy, bleak

Antonimi: uplifting, cheerful

screenplay

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She wrote the screenplay for the film.”

Sinonimi: script

Antonimi:

methodical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She took a methodical approach to the experiment.”

Sinonimi: systematic, organized

Antonimi: chaotic, careless

demography

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Demography helps explain population change.”

Sinonimi: population study

Antonimi:

ant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “An ant was carrying a tiny piece of food.”

Sinonimi: insect

Antonimi:

frank

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Thank you for your frank opinion.”

Sinonimi: honest, direct

Antonimi: secretive, dishonest

armed

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The guard was armed for safety.”

Sinonimi: equipped with weapons

Antonimi: unarmed

patronizing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Her patronizing tone irritated the audience.”

Sinonimi: condescending, superior

Antonimi: respectful, humble

painstaking

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The restoration required painstaking attention to detail.”

Sinonimi: meticulous, careful

Antonimi: careless, hasty

ignominious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The minister made an ignominious exit from office.”

Sinonimi: shameful, disgraceful

Antonimi: honorable, glorious

belligerent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His belligerent tone made negotiation impossible.”

Sinonimi: hostile, combative

Antonimi: peaceful, conciliatory

allegorical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”

Sinonimi: symbolic, figurative

Antonimi: literal, direct

nondescript

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He lived in a nondescript apartment block on the edge of town.”

Sinonimi: unremarkable, plain

Antonimi: distinctive, memorable

impersonate

Verbo

Esempio: “It is illegal to impersonate a police officer.”

Sinonimi: imitate, pose as

Antonimi: reveal identity, be oneself

beguilingly

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: charmingly, captivatingly

Antonimi: repulsively, harshly

plug

Verbo

Esempio: “Please plug in the charger.”

Sinonimi: connect, stopper

Antonimi: unplug

loud

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The music was too loud to talk.”

Sinonimi: noisy, strong

Antonimi: quiet, soft

figure

Sostantivo

Esempio: “That figure in the chart shows our growth.”

Sinonimi: number, shape

Antonimi: detail

philanthropic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They created a philanthropic fund with strict oversight.”

Sinonimi: charitable

Antonimi: self-serving

inexorability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There was an inexorability to the decline once trust was lost.”

Sinonimi: inevitability

Antonimi: avoidability

proportional

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The response must be proportional to the risk.”

Sinonimi: commensurate

Antonimi: disproportionate

philanthropy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Philanthropy is most effective when paired with accountability.”

Sinonimi: charity

Antonimi: selfishness

eccentricity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His eccentricity is charming, but it can confuse new colleagues.”

Sinonimi: quirkiness

Antonimi: conventionality

antithetical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Their goals are antithetical to everything we’re trying to build.”

Sinonimi: opposed

Antonimi: compatible

recognizable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His voice is instantly recognizable.”

Sinonimi: identifiable

Antonimi: unrecognizable

symptomatic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The delays are symptomatic of deeper management problems.”

Sinonimi: indicative

protagonist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The protagonist changes dramatically by the end of the novel.”

Sinonimi: main character

Antonimi: antagonist

rural

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Rural areas often have fewer services.”

Sinonimi: countryside

Antonimi: urban

needy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The charity helps needy families.”

Sinonimi: poor

Antonimi: wealthy

moral

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It’s a moral responsibility to tell the truth.”

Sinonimi: ethical

Antonimi: immoral

mercy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He begged for mercy.”

Sinonimi: compassion

Antonimi: cruelty

exalt

Verbo

Esempio: “The article exalted him as a hero.”

Sinonimi: praise

Antonimi: criticize

humid

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The air is humid in summer.”

Sinonimi: moist

Antonimi: dry

exact

Aggettivo

Esempio: “What is the exact time?”

Sinonimi: precise

Antonimi: approximate

alike

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The two brothers look alike.”

Sinonimi: similar

Antonimi: different

philanthropist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The philanthropist funded educational programs.”

Sinonimi: benefactor

Antonimi: miser

demographically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The region changed demographically.”

Sinonimi: statistically

Antonimi:

spray

Verbo

Esempio: “She sprayed perfume.”

Sinonimi: scatter

Antonimi: collect

noisy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The cafe is noisy.”

Sinonimi: loud

Antonimi: quiet

friendly

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The staff is friendly.”

Sinonimi: kind

Antonimi: unfriendly

precise

/prɪˈsaɪs/

Esempio: “Be precise when you describe the issue.”

Sinonimi: meticulous, dead, fine

Antonimi: imprecise

manage

/ˈmænɪdʒ/

Esempio: “She manages a small team.”

Sinonimi: contend, handle, grapple

Antonimi: fail

expensive

/ɪkˈspensɪv/

Esempio: “That restaurant is expensive.”

Sinonimi: costly, overpriced, pricy

Antonimi: cheap, inexpensive