Vocabolario

come

/kʌm/

Esempio: “Come here, please.”

Sinonimi: derive, fall, fare

Antonimi: depart, leave, go away

comet

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We saw a comet in the sky.”

contrive

Verbo

Esempio: “They contrived a clever solution.”

Sinonimi: devise, create

Antonimi: destroy

venture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The new venture attracted investors.”

Sinonimi: enterprise, project

Antonimi: safe routine

banish

Verbo

Esempio: “The king banished the traitor.”

Sinonimi: exile, expel

Antonimi: welcome

render

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: make, produce

Antonimi: preserve

immigrant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The immigrant found a new job.”

Sinonimi: newcomer, migrant

Antonimi: native

ice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The ice is cold.”

Sinonimi: frozen water

Antonimi: fire

likelihood

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There is little likelihood of rain today.”

Sinonimi: chance, probability

Antonimi: impossibility, certainty

congregate

Verbo

Esempio: “Large crowds began to congregate outside.”

Sinonimi: gather, assemble

Antonimi: disperse, scatter

beforehand

Avverbio

Esempio: “Please let us know beforehand if you cannot come.”

Sinonimi: in advance, earlier

Antonimi: afterward, later

talkative

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He becomes talkative when he is nervous.”

Sinonimi: chatty, loquacious

Antonimi: silent, reserved

raunchily

Avverbio

Esempio: “The comedian behaved raunchily on stage.”

Sinonimi: vulgarly, crudely

Antonimi: decently, tastefully

cope

Verbo

Esempio: “It was hard to cope with the pressure.”

Sinonimi: manage, deal with

Antonimi: fail, collapse

clog

Verbo

Esempio: “Hair can clog the drain.”

Sinonimi: block, jam

Antonimi: clear

fade

Verbo

Esempio: “The colors began to fade in the sun.”

Sinonimi: disappear slowly, lose color

Antonimi: brighten

hit

Verbo

Esempio: “The ball hit the window.”

Sinonimi: strike

Antonimi: miss

bet

Verbo

Esempio: “I bet it will rain tonight.”

Sinonimi: wager, guess

Antonimi: know

friendliness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her friendliness made everyone feel welcome.”

Sinonimi: kindness, warmth

Antonimi: coldness, hostility

relax

Verbo

Esempio: “I like to relax after work.”

Sinonimi: rest, calm down

Antonimi: stress

lyric

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I love the lyrics of that song.”

Sinonimi: song words

Antonimi:

enter

Verbo

Esempio: “Please knock before you enter.”

Sinonimi: go in

Antonimi: exit

doubt

Verbo

Esempio: “I doubt that he will come on time.”

Sinonimi: question, uncertainty

Antonimi: trust, certainty

meet

Verbo

Esempio: “Let’s meet after school.”

Sinonimi: see, greet

Antonimi: miss

materialize

Verbo

Esempio: “Their fears began to materialize after the merger.”

Sinonimi: appear, come into being

Antonimi: vanish, dissolve

disseminate

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: circulate, spread

Antonimi: suppress, withhold

attributive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “In grammar, an attributive adjective comes before the noun.”

Sinonimi: descriptive, qualifying

Antonimi: predicative

blockbuster

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The studio expected the movie to become a summer blockbuster.”

Sinonimi: hit, smash success

Antonimi: flop, failure

till

Congiunzione

Esempio: “Stay here till I come back.”

Sinonimi: until

Antonimi: after

stun

Verbo

Esempio: “The news stunned the entire team.”

Sinonimi: shock, amaze

Antonimi: calm

stem

Verbo

Esempio: “Most of these problems stem from poor planning.”

Sinonimi: come from, plant stalk

Antonimi: end

rise

Verbo

Esempio: “Prices continue to rise every month.”

Sinonimi: increase, go up

Antonimi: fall, drop

melt

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: liquefy

Antonimi: freeze

gather

Verbo

Esempio: “People began to gather in the square.”

Sinonimi: collect, come together

Antonimi: scatter

freeze

Verbo

Esempio: “Water freezes at zero degrees.”

Sinonimi: become ice

Antonimi: melt

double

Verbo

Esempio: “The company plans to double its sales.”

Sinonimi: twice as much

Antonimi: halve

appear

Verbo

Esempio: “A rainbow appeared after the storm.”

Sinonimi: show up, seem

Antonimi: disappear

greet

Verbo

Esempio: “She greeted us with a smile.”

Sinonimi: welcome

Antonimi: ignore

condensation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Condensation formed on the glass as the room warmed up.”

Sinonimi: moisture buildup

monotonously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke monotonously, and the audience lost interest.”

Sinonimi: dully

Antonimi: lively

apprehensive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I felt apprehensive about the outcome of the trial.”

Sinonimi: uneasy

Antonimi: confident

stressfully

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: tensely

Antonimi: calmly

incur

Verbo

Esempio: “Late payment may incur extra fees.”

Sinonimi: bring on

freak

Verbo

Esempio: “Don’t freak out—there’s still time.”

Sinonimi: panic

Antonimi: stay calm

fetch

Verbo

Esempio: “Could you fetch me some water?”

Sinonimi: bring

Antonimi: take

arise

Verbo

Esempio: “Problems can arise at any time.”

Sinonimi: appear

vice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Smoking can become a vice.”

Sinonimi: bad habit

Antonimi: virtue

strike

Verbo

Esempio: “Don’t strike the dog.”

Sinonimi: hit

Antonimi: protect

likely

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It is likely to rain today.”

Sinonimi: probable

Antonimi: unlikely

invent

Verbo

Esempio: “He invented a new tool.”

Sinonimi: create

future

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I think about the future.”

Sinonimi: time ahead

Antonimi: past

finish

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I finish work at six.”

Sinonimi: end

Antonimi: start

eleven

Determinante

Esempio: “The bus comes at eleven.”

change

Verbo

Esempio: “I want to change my plan.”

Sinonimi: alter

Antonimi: stay

become

Verbo

Esempio: “I want to become a doctor.”

Sinonimi: turn, grow

Antonimi: remain

materialization

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan’s materialization exceeded expectations.”

Sinonimi: realization

Antonimi: disappearance

demographically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The region changed demographically.”

Sinonimi: statistically

Antonimi:

occur

Verbo

Esempio: “The accident occurred at night.”

Sinonimi: happen

Antonimi: stop

welcome

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Welcome to our home.”

Sinonimi: greeting

Antonimi: goodbye

correlate

Verbo

Esempio: “Income strongly correlates with education.”

Sinonimi: relate, associate

Antonimi: disconnect

predict

Verbo

Esempio: “It is hard to predict the outcome.”

Sinonimi: forecast, expect

Antonimi: guess

result

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The result was positive.”

Sinonimi: outcome, effect

Antonimi: cause

develop

Verbo

Esempio: “The company developed quickly.”

Sinonimi: grow, improve

Antonimi: decline

prevalent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Remote work has become prevalent across many industries.”

sanguine

/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/

Esempio: “She is sanguine about the outcome.”

Sinonimi: ruddy, optimistic, rubicund

outcome

/ˈaʊtkʌm/

Esempio: “The outcome was positive.”

Sinonimi: issue, consequence, effect

generate

/ˈdʒenəreɪt/

Esempio: “The project generates income.”

Sinonimi: yield, render, give

risk

/rɪsk/

Esempio: “There is a risk of delay.”

Sinonimi: peril, chance, adventure

increase

/ɪnˈkriːs/

Esempio: “Sales increased this year.”

Sinonimi: growth, increment, addition

Antonimi: diminish, diminution, fall

exercise

/ˈeksərsaɪz/

Esempio: “I do exercise every morning.”

Sinonimi: work, use, carry out

meeting

/ˈmiːtɪŋ/

Esempio: “We have a meeting at 10.”

Sinonimi: confluence, encounter, get together