Vocabolario

degree

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The temperature dropped by one degree.”

Sinonimi: level, unit

Antonimi: extreme

deficient

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The report is deficient in evidence.”

Sinonimi: lacking, inadequate

Antonimi: sufficient

wholly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I wholly agree with you.”

Sinonimi: completely, entirely

Antonimi: partly

thesis

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She wrote a thesis at university.”

Sinonimi: research paper, argument

Antonimi: summary

temperature

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The temperature is low today.”

Sinonimi: heat level, degree

Antonimi: coldness

university

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She studies at a university.”

Sinonimi: college, higher education school

Antonimi: kindergarten

preeminent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a preeminent scholar in the field.”

Sinonimi: leading, foremost

Antonimi: secondary, inferior

marginally

Avverbio

Esempio: “Sales improved only marginally.”

Sinonimi: slightly, barely

Antonimi: substantially, greatly

fiendishly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The puzzle was fiendishly difficult.”

Sinonimi: extremely, devilishly

Antonimi: easily, simply

estimation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My estimation of the cost was too low.”

Sinonimi: calculation, assessment

Antonimi: fact, measurement

undergraduate

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She worked part-time while she was an undergraduate.”

Sinonimi: college student

Antonimi: graduate

quite

Avverbio

Esempio: “The test was quite easy.”

Sinonimi: fairly, rather

Antonimi: hardly

fully

Avverbio

Esempio: “I fully understand your idea.”

Sinonimi: completely

Antonimi: partly

selectivity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The school is known for the selectivity of its admissions process.”

Sinonimi: discrimination, careful choice

Antonimi: openness, inclusiveness

vast

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The desert covered a vast area.”

Sinonimi: enormous, extensive

Antonimi: small, limited

mild

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was a mild winter this year.”

Sinonimi: gentle, moderate

Antonimi: severe, strong

huge

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They made a huge mistake in the report.”

Sinonimi: enormous, very large

Antonimi: tiny, small

freeze

Verbo

Esempio: “Water freezes at zero degrees.”

Sinonimi: become ice

Antonimi: melt

fairly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The test was fairly easy.”

Sinonimi: quite, reasonably

Antonimi: extremely

beyond

Preposizione

Esempio: “The village lies beyond the hills.”

Sinonimi: farther than, outside

Antonimi: within

ignominiously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The plan failed ignominiously, despite all the hype.”

Sinonimi: shamefully

Antonimi: gloriously

proportional

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: commensurate

Antonimi: disproportionate

commensurate

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The compensation must be commensurate with the responsibility.”

Sinonimi: proportionate

Antonimi: disproportionate

substantially

Avverbio

Esempio: “The new policy substantially reduced complaints.”

Sinonimi: significantly

Antonimi: slightly

prohibitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The fees are prohibitively expensive for students.”

Sinonimi: excessively

Antonimi: affordably

phenomenally

Avverbio

Esempio: “The team performed phenomenally under pressure.”

Sinonimi: exceptionally

Antonimi: poorly

prime

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Safety is our prime concern.”

Sinonimi: main

Antonimi: secondary

outdo

Verbo

Esempio: “He tried to outdo his previous record.”

Sinonimi: surpass

Antonimi: fall behind

least

Determinante

Esempio: “Stay here for at least ten minutes.”

Sinonimi: at minimum

Antonimi: most

forth

Avverbio

Esempio: “He stepped forth and spoke.”

Sinonimi: forward

Antonimi: back

angle

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Draw a right angle.”

warm

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It is warm today, so we can walk outside.”

Sinonimi: mild

Antonimi: cold

partly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I partly agree with you.”

Sinonimi: in part

Antonimi: fully

proportionally

Avverbio

Esempio: “Costs rose proportionally to demand.”

Sinonimi: accordingly

Antonimi: disproportionately

commensurately

Avverbio

Esempio: “Salaries increased commensurately with performance.”

Sinonimi: proportionately

Antonimi: disproportionately

heavily

Avverbio

Esempio: “It is raining heavily.”

Sinonimi: strongly

Antonimi: lightly

greatly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I greatly appreciate your help.”

Sinonimi: very

Antonimi: slightly

further

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The shop is further down the street.”

Sinonimi: farther

Antonimi: nearer

considerable

/kənˈsɪdərəbəl/

Esempio: “There was a considerable delay.”

Sinonimi: significant, substantial, extensive

Antonimi: inconsiderable

different

/ˈdɪfrənt/

Esempio: “These two words are different.”

Sinonimi: distinct, disparate, contrary

Antonimi: like, similar, same