Vocabolario

enduringly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The poem remains enduringly popular.”

Sinonimi: lastingly, persistently

Antonimi: briefly, temporarily

endorsement

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The campaign received the endorsement of several public figures.”

Sinonimi: approval, backing

Antonimi: rejection, opposition

ending

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The movie had a surprising ending.”

Sinonimi: finish, conclusion

Antonimi: beginning

endeavor

/ɪnˈdevər/

Esempio: “Building a startup is a challenging endeavor.”

Sinonimi: strive, endeavour, effort

bye

Interiezione

Esempio: “Bye! Have a good day.”

Sinonimi: goodbye, see you

Antonimi: hello, hi

austerity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The government announced austerity measures.”

Sinonimi: strictness, frugality

Antonimi: luxury

apprehend

Verbo

Esempio: “The police apprehended the thief.”

Sinonimi: arrest, capture

Antonimi: release

maverick

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is a maverick in the industry.”

Sinonimi: nonconformist, rebel

Antonimi: conformist

innuendo

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The article was full of innuendo.”

Sinonimi: hint, suggestion

Antonimi: direct statement

engender

Verbo

Esempio: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Sinonimi: cause, produce

Antonimi: prevent

artifice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan depended on artifice.”

Sinonimi: trick, deception

Antonimi: honesty

secular

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The school has a secular policy.”

Sinonimi: nonreligious

Antonimi: religious

prolong

Verbo

Esempio: “The medicine can prolong life.”

Sinonimi: extend, lengthen

Antonimi: shorten

oblique

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

Sinonimi: indirect, slanted

Antonimi: direct

consign

Verbo

Esempio: “They consigned the goods to storage.”

Sinonimi: deliver, entrust

Antonimi: keep

abolish

Verbo

Esempio: “The law abolished the old rule.”

Sinonimi: eliminate, end

Antonimi: establish

prone

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is prone to mistakes.”

Sinonimi: likely, inclined

Antonimi: unlikely

feign

Verbo

Esempio: “He tried to feign surprise.”

Sinonimi: pretend, fake

Antonimi: reveal

dependent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The result is dependent on the data.”

Sinonimi: reliant, controlled by

Antonimi: independent

automatic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The door has an automatic lock.”

Sinonimi: self-operating

Antonimi: manual

alienate

Verbo

Esempio: “Bad communication can alienate customers.”

Sinonimi: isolate, distance

Antonimi: include

invoice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please send the invoice today.”

Sinonimi: bill, payment request

Antonimi: receipt

hostile

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The audience became hostile.”

Sinonimi: unfriendly, aggressive

Antonimi: friendly

render

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: make, produce

Antonimi: preserve

conference

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The conference starts tomorrow.”

Sinonimi: meeting, event

Antonimi: private talk

addiction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Addiction can damage health.”

Sinonimi: dependence

Antonimi: freedom

pension

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My grandfather receives a pension.”

Sinonimi: retirement money

Antonimi: salary

finance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He works in finance.”

Sinonimi: money management, banking

Antonimi: spending without plan

divorce

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Their divorce was difficult.”

Sinonimi: separation

Antonimi: marriage

victory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The team celebrated its victory.”

Sinonimi: win, success

Antonimi: defeat

agenda

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The meeting agenda is short.”

Sinonimi: plan, schedule

Antonimi: disorder

staff

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The staff is friendly.”

Sinonimi: employees, team

Antonimi: customers

spoon

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Eat soup with a spoon.”

Sinonimi: eating tool

Antonimi: fork

angel

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child looks like an angel.”

Sinonimi: heavenly being

Antonimi: devil

hand

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Wash your hands.”

Sinonimi: palm

Antonimi: foot

calendar

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The calendar is on the wall.”

telescopic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The camera has a telescopic lens.”

Sinonimi: extendable, magnifying

Antonimi: fixed, ordinary

tactically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The coach changed the formation tactically.”

Sinonimi: strategically, carefully

Antonimi: randomly, carelessly

rhetorical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That was a rhetorical question, not a real one.”

Sinonimi: oratorical, persuasive

Antonimi: literal, plain

remittance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Many families depend on remittances from abroad.”

Sinonimi: transfer, payment sent

Antonimi: debt, withholding

punitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The rules were applied punitively rather than fairly.”

Sinonimi: harshly, penally

Antonimi: leniently, mercifully

interweave

Verbo

Esempio: “The novel interweaves history and fiction.”

Sinonimi: blend, interlace

Antonimi: separate, untangle

ingratiate

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: charm, curry favor

Antonimi: alienate, offend

forfeiture

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: loss, seizure

Antonimi: retention, recovery

elasticity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The material has excellent elasticity.”

Sinonimi: flexibility, stretchiness

Antonimi: rigidity, stiffness

depressive

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: gloomy, bleak

Antonimi: uplifting, cheerful

unreliably

Avverbio

Esempio: “The device works unreliably in cold weather.”

Sinonimi: inconsistently, poorly

Antonimi: reliably, dependably

unassisted

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He completed the task unassisted.”

Sinonimi: independently, alone

Antonimi: assisted, helped

stretching

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Stretching can help improve flexibility.”

Sinonimi: extending, reaching

Antonimi: contracting, tightening

relinquish

Verbo

Esempio: “He refused to relinquish control.”

Sinonimi: give up, surrender

Antonimi: keep, retain

perpetuate

Verbo

Esempio: “Such myths only perpetuate fear.”

Sinonimi: maintain, continue

Antonimi: end, eliminate

fiendishly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The puzzle was fiendishly difficult.”

Sinonimi: extremely, devilishly

Antonimi: easily, simply

contextual

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: situational, related to context

Antonimi: isolated, decontextualized

withdrawn

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He became quiet and withdrawn after the move.”

Sinonimi: reserved, isolated

Antonimi: outgoing, open

toughness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The job requires both skill and toughness.”

Sinonimi: strength, durability

Antonimi: fragility, weakness

talkative

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: chatty, loquacious

Antonimi: silent, reserved

tactfully

Avverbio

Esempio: “She tactfully changed the subject.”

Sinonimi: diplomatically, politely

Antonimi: rudely, bluntly

succulent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The meat was tender and succulent.”

Sinonimi: juicy, moist

Antonimi: dry, tough

repellant

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His repellant behavior drove people away.”

Sinonimi: repulsive, off-putting

Antonimi: attractive, appealing

rendering

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her rendering of the song moved the audience.”

Sinonimi: interpretation, depiction

Antonimi: silence, omission

raunchily

Avverbio

Esempio: “The comedian behaved raunchily on stage.”

Sinonimi: vulgarly, crudely

Antonimi: decently, tastefully

dear

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a dear friend of mine.”

Sinonimi: beloved, kind

Antonimi: cheap, hostile

core

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Trust is at the core of a strong friendship.”

Sinonimi: center, essence

Antonimi: surface, edge

bend

Verbo

Esempio: “Bend your knees slightly.”

Sinonimi: curve, lean

Antonimi: straighten

rip

Verbo

Esempio: “Try not to rip the paper.”

Sinonimi: tear

Antonimi: mend

mix

Verbo

Esempio: “Mix the flour with water.”

Sinonimi: combine, blend

Antonimi: separate

hug

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She gave her friend a warm hug.”

Sinonimi: embrace

Antonimi: push away

bow

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The actor took a bow after the performance.”

Sinonimi: bend, curve

Antonimi: stand straight

superintendent

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The superintendent inspected the building.”

Sinonimi: supervisor, manager

Antonimi: worker

father-in-law

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her father-in-law visits every weekend.”

Sinonimi: relative by marriage

Antonimi:

antipollution

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The city introduced new antipollution measures.”

Sinonimi: anti-smog, clean-air

Antonimi: polluting

commonwealth

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Several countries remain members of the Commonwealth.”

Sinonimi: community, association of states

Antonimi: division

translation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: rendering, interpretation

Antonimi: original

hang

Verbo

Esempio: “Hang your jacket by the door.”

Sinonimi: suspend

Antonimi: drop

fold

Verbo

Esempio: “Fold the paper in half.”

Sinonimi: bend, close up

Antonimi: unfold

dude

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Hey dude, how are you?”

Sinonimi: guy, friend

Antonimi:

bill

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We asked for the bill after dinner.”

Sinonimi: invoice, note

Antonimi: payment

sex

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please mark your sex on the form.”

Sinonimi: gender

Antonimi:

fix

Verbo

Esempio: “Can you fix this broken lamp?”

Sinonimi: repair, mend

Antonimi: break

fax

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please send the form by fax.”

Sinonimi: document transmission

Antonimi: