Vocabolario

eco

prefix

Esempio: “Many people now prefer eco products.”

Sinonimi: green, environmental

Antonimi: polluting

economist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The economist explained inflation.”

Sinonimi: finance expert

Antonimi: artist

ecosystem

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The forest is an ecosystem.”

Sinonimi: natural system

Antonimi: dead environment

economy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The economy is growing.”

Sinonimi: financial system

Antonimi: poverty

ecotourism

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Ecotourism can support conservation when managed responsibly.”

Sinonimi: sustainable tourism

Antonimi: mass tourism

recourse

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They had no recourse but to sue.”

Sinonimi: option, remedy

Antonimi: helplessness

mediate

Verbo

Esempio: “She helped mediate the conflict.”

Sinonimi: intervene, negotiate

Antonimi: provoke

ornate

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The building has ornate doors.”

Sinonimi: decorative, elaborate

Antonimi: plain

liaise

Verbo

Esempio: “I will liaise with the legal team.”

Sinonimi: coordinate, communicate

Antonimi: disconnect

adorn

Verbo

Esempio: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Sinonimi: decorate, embellish

Antonimi: strip

citation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Add a citation to your essay.”

Sinonimi: reference, source note

Antonimi: plagiarism

render

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: make, produce

Antonimi: preserve

audit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The company had an audit.”

Sinonimi: inspection, review

Antonimi: neglect

development

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Development takes time.”

Sinonimi: growth, progress

Antonimi: decline

agriculture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Agriculture is important for the economy.”

Sinonimi: farming

Antonimi: industry

literature

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She studies English literature.”

Sinonimi: books, written works

Antonimi: mathematics

clerk

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The clerk works at the desk.”

Sinonimi: office worker, assistant

Antonimi: manager

ice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The ice is cold.”

Sinonimi: frozen water

Antonimi: fire

redundancy

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: superfluity, repetition

Antonimi: necessity, economy

recuperate

Verbo

Esempio: “He went to the countryside to recuperate.”

Sinonimi: recover, heal

Antonimi: decline, worsen

presuppose

Verbo

Esempio: “The argument presupposes that the data are accurate.”

Sinonimi: assume, take for granted

Antonimi: question, doubt

preeminent

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: leading, foremost

Antonimi: secondary, inferior

precocious

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: advanced, gifted

Antonimi: immature, slow-developing

forfeiture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Late payment may result in forfeiture of the deposit.”

Sinonimi: loss, seizure

Antonimi: retention, recovery

resilience

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Resilience is essential in difficult times.”

Sinonimi: strength, adaptability

Antonimi: fragility, weakness

ornamental

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The garden includes ornamental trees.”

Sinonimi: decorative, fancy

Antonimi: functional, plain

innovation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Innovation drives economic growth.”

Sinonimi: invention, new idea

Antonimi: tradition, stagnation

exotically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The room was exotically decorated with rare fabrics.”

Sinonimi: unusually, distinctively

Antonimi: plainly, ordinarily

contextual

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The meaning is easier to grasp with contextual clues.”

Sinonimi: situational, related to context

Antonimi: isolated, decontextualized

talkative

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: chatty, loquacious

Antonimi: silent, reserved

clog

Verbo

Esempio: “Hair can clog the drain.”

Sinonimi: block, jam

Antonimi: clear

decomposition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Heat speeds up the decomposition of food.”

Sinonimi: decay, breakdown

Antonimi: growth

certification

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This job requires professional certification.”

Sinonimi: qualification proof, approval

Antonimi: disqualification

translation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This translation is easier to understand than the older one.”

Sinonimi: rendering, interpretation

Antonimi: original

heal

Verbo

Esempio: “It takes time for a broken bone to heal.”

Sinonimi: recover, cure

Antonimi: injure, hurt

fade

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: disappear slowly, lose color

Antonimi: brighten

boom

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The city saw a tourism boom last year.”

Sinonimi: growth, success surge

Antonimi: decline, crash

log

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They sat on a log by the fire.”

Sinonimi: record, wood trunk

Antonimi:

telecommunications

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Telecommunications have changed the way people work.”

Sinonimi: communication technology

Antonimi:

third

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She finished in third place.”

Sinonimi: number three

Antonimi: first

relax

Verbo

Esempio: “I like to relax after work.”

Sinonimi: rest, calm down

Antonimi: stress

crown

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The king wore a golden crown.”

Sinonimi: royal hat

Antonimi:

utilitarian

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The building is functional but aggressively utilitarian.”

Sinonimi: practical, functional

Antonimi: decorative, ornamental

testimonial

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The website features customer testimonials on its homepage.”

Sinonimi: endorsement, recommendation

Antonimi: criticism, complaint

redundantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The idea was expressed redundantly several times.”

Sinonimi: repetitively, superfluously

Antonimi: succinctly, economically

meteorology

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She studied meteorology before becoming a climate analyst.”

Sinonimi: weather science

Antonimi:

materialize

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: appear, come into being

Antonimi: vanish, dissolve

irrevocably

Avverbio

Esempio: “The ecosystem was irrevocably altered by the spill.”

Sinonimi: permanently, irreversibly

Antonimi: reversibly, temporarily

equilibrium

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The policy seeks to restore economic equilibrium.”

Sinonimi: balance, stability

Antonimi: imbalance, instability

disseminate

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: circulate, spread

Antonimi: suppress, withhold

principally

Avverbio

Esempio: “The funds will be used principally for education.”

Sinonimi: mainly, primarily

Antonimi: secondarily, marginally

blockbuster

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: hit, smash success

Antonimi: flop, failure

duel

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The story ends with a dramatic duel.”

Sinonimi: fight, contest

Antonimi: peace

doom

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The report predicted economic doom if nothing changed.”

Sinonimi: destruction, ruin

Antonimi: salvation, success

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

main

Aggettivo

Esempio: “What is the main reason for the change?”

Sinonimi: primary, chief

Antonimi: minor, secondary

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

advise

Verbo

Esempio: “I advise you to save your work often.”

Sinonimi: recommend, suggest

Antonimi: discourage

voice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I recognized her voice immediately.”

Sinonimi: sound, tone

Antonimi: silence

blank

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The page was completely blank.”

Sinonimi: empty

Antonimi: filled

accountability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Sinonimi: responsibility

Antonimi: impunity

undiminishing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She worked with undiminishing energy all day.”

Sinonimi: unabated

Antonimi: waning

reverberation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The decision had reverberations across the entire ecosystem.”

Sinonimi: echo

Antonimi: silence

preconception

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Sinonimi: bias

Antonimi: open-mindedness

recuperation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Full recuperation may take months, not weeks.”

Sinonimi: recovery

Antonimi: decline

precociously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He precociously mastered concepts most students learn years later.”

Sinonimi: early

Antonimi: late

condensation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: moisture buildup

conciliation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Conciliation requires concessions from both sides.”

Sinonimi: reconciliation

Antonimi: escalation

recollection

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My recollection of that day is still vivid.”

Sinonimi: memory

Antonimi: forgetfulness

recognizably

Avverbio

Esempio: “The style is recognizably hers.”

Sinonimi: distinctly

recognizable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His voice is instantly recognizable.”

Sinonimi: identifiable

Antonimi: unrecognizable

psychiatrist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The psychiatrist recommended a treatment plan.”

Sinonimi: mental-health doctor

monotonously

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: dully

Antonimi: lively

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

incur

Verbo

Esempio: “Late payment may incur extra fees.”

Sinonimi: bring on

gaudy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The room was decorated in gaudy colors.”

Sinonimi: tasteless

Antonimi: elegant