Vocabolario

disperse

Verbo

Esempio: “The crowd began to disperse.”

Sinonimi: scatter, spread out

Antonimi: gather

emulate

Verbo

Esempio: “Young artists emulate their teachers.”

Sinonimi: imitate, copy

Antonimi: ignore

distill

Verbo

Esempio: “The teacher distilled the idea into one sentence.”

Sinonimi: extract, simplify

Antonimi: complicate

rebuke

Verbo

Esempio: “The teacher rebuked the student.”

Sinonimi: criticize, scold

Antonimi: praise

edify

Verbo

Esempio: “The lecture will edify the audience.”

Sinonimi: teach, instruct

Antonimi: mislead

rapport

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The teacher built rapport with the students.”

Sinonimi: connection, trust

Antonimi: distance

revere

Verbo

Esempio: “Many people revere great teachers.”

Sinonimi: respect, admire

Antonimi: despise

profession

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Teaching is a useful profession.”

Sinonimi: job, occupation

Antonimi: hobby

professor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The professor teaches chemistry.”

Sinonimi: teacher, academic

Antonimi: student

assistant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The assistant helped the teacher.”

Sinonimi: helper, aide

Antonimi: leader

lecture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lecture starts at ten.”

Sinonimi: talk, lesson

Antonimi: break

academy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She studies at an academy.”

Sinonimi: school, institute

Antonimi: uneducated place

proverbial

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: well-known, famous

Antonimi: unfamiliar, unusual

stretching

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Stretching can help improve flexibility.”

Sinonimi: extending, reaching

Antonimi: contracting, tightening

win

Verbo

Esempio: “We hope to win the match tomorrow.”

Sinonimi: succeed, beat

Antonimi: lose

dye

Verbo

Esempio: “She dyed her hair black.”

Sinonimi: color, stain

Antonimi: bleach

accommodation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We booked accommodation near the beach.”

Sinonimi: lodging, place to stay

Antonimi: homelessness

fair

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The teacher tried to be fair to everyone.”

Sinonimi: just, reasonable

Antonimi: unfair

deal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We made a good deal with the supplier.”

Sinonimi: agreement, arrangement

Antonimi: disagreement

per

Preposizione

Esempio: “The speed limit is sixty miles per hour.”

Sinonimi: for each

Antonimi:

schoolteacher

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My mother works as a schoolteacher.”

Sinonimi: teacher, educator

Antonimi: student

windsurfing

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Windsurfing is popular on this beach in summer.”

Sinonimi: water sport

Antonimi:

train

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We took the train to the city.”

Sinonimi: railway car, teach

Antonimi:

sandy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We walked on the sandy beach.”

Sinonimi: full of sand

Antonimi: rocky

rumor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I heard a rumor about a new teacher.”

Sinonimi: gossip

Antonimi: fact

nice

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a very nice teacher.”

Sinonimi: kind, pleasant

Antonimi: mean, nasty

treacherous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The path became treacherous after the snowstorm.”

Sinonimi: perilous, deceitful

Antonimi: safe, trustworthy

indulgently

Avverbio

Esempio: “The teacher smiled indulgently at the child’s imagination.”

Sinonimi: leniently, tolerantly

Antonimi: strictly, severely

mountaineer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The mountaineer reached the summit before dawn.”

Sinonimi: climber, alpinist

Antonimi:

explanatory

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The textbook includes explanatory notes for each chapter.”

Sinonimi: clarifying, interpretive

Antonimi: confusing, obscure

compromised

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The data may have been compromised during the breach.”

Sinonimi: endangered, weakened

Antonimi: secure, protected

teach

Verbo

Esempio: “She teaches math at school.”

Sinonimi: instruct

Antonimi: learn

every

Determinante

Esempio: “She calls her mother every day.”

Sinonimi: each

Antonimi: none

treacherously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The surface looked solid but behaved treacherously underfoot.”

Sinonimi: deceitfully

Antonimi: reliably

tantalizingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The offer was tantalizingly close to what we wanted.”

Sinonimi: temptingly

Antonimi: unappealingly

accessibility

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Accessibility must be designed in, not added later.”

Sinonimi: usability

Antonimi: inaccessibility

stratosphere

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Some weather balloons reach the stratosphere.”

Sinonimi: upper atmosphere

intermediary

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The deal collapsed when the intermediary changed terms at the last minute.”

Sinonimi: middleman

Antonimi: principal

automatically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The system automatically flags suspicious activity.”

Sinonimi: by default

Antonimi: manually

strict

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The teacher is strict.”

Sinonimi: firm

Antonimi: lenient

stern

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The teacher gave a stern warning.”

Sinonimi: serious

Antonimi: gentle

reach

Verbo

Esempio: “We reached the station.”

Sinonimi: arrive

Antonimi: leave

profound

/prəˈfaʊnd/

Esempio: “The change had a profound effect.”

Sinonimi: significant, intense, fundamental

Antonimi: superficial

evaluate

/ɪˈvæljueɪt/

Esempio: “The teacher evaluates progress.”

Sinonimi: assess, appraise, value

direction

/dəˈrekʃən/

Esempio: “Can you give me directions to the museum?”

Sinonimi: charge, counsel, guidance

arrive

/əˈraɪv/

Esempio: “We arrive at the station at 8 o’clock.”

Sinonimi: get, come, make it

Antonimi: leave, go away, go forth

teacher

/ˈtiːtʃər/

Esempio: “The teacher is kind.”

Sinonimi: instructor

man

/mæn/

Esempio: “That man is my teacher.”

Sinonimi: world, piece, valet

Antonimi: woman, civilian, adult female

goodbye

/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/

Esempio: “Goodbye! See you tomorrow.”

Sinonimi: adieu, bye, cheerio