Vocabolario

even

Avverbio

Esempio: “Even my little brother knew the answer.”

Sinonimi: also, flat

Antonimi: uneven

evening

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I read in the evening.”

Sinonimi: nightfall

Antonimi: morning

event

/ɪˈvent/

Esempio: “The event starts at 6 p.m.”

Sinonimi: case

hindsight

Sostantivo

Esempio: “In hindsight, the decision was wrong.”

Sinonimi: retrospection

Antonimi: foresight

contagion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Schools closed to prevent contagion.”

Sinonimi: infection, spread

Antonimi: immunity

engender

Verbo

Esempio: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Sinonimi: cause, produce

Antonimi: prevent

calamity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The flood was a calamity for the village.”

Sinonimi: disaster, catastrophe

Antonimi: blessing

allegory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Sinonimi: symbolic story

Antonimi: literal story

induce

Verbo

Esempio: “Stress can induce headaches.”

Sinonimi: cause, trigger

Antonimi: prevent

hamper

Verbo

Esempio: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Sinonimi: hinder, obstruct

Antonimi: help

scenario

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This scenario is possible.”

Sinonimi: situation, case

Antonimi: certainty

conference

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The conference starts tomorrow.”

Sinonimi: meeting, event

Antonimi: private talk

presenter

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The presenter introduced the guest.”

Sinonimi: host, speaker

Antonimi: audience

hygiene

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good hygiene prevents disease.”

Sinonimi: cleanliness

Antonimi: dirtiness

profit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The business made a profit.”

Sinonimi: gain, earnings

Antonimi: loss

biography

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I read his biography.”

Sinonimi: life story

Antonimi: fiction

novel

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I am reading a novel.”

Sinonimi: fiction book

Antonimi: textbook

schedule

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My schedule is full today.”

Sinonimi: timetable, plan

Antonimi: chaos

party

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We are going to a party.”

Sinonimi: celebration

afternoon

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I play football in the afternoon.”

Sinonimi: daytime

Antonimi: morning, night

inexorably

Avverbio

Esempio: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Sinonimi: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonimi: hesitantly, reversibly

uneventful

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Thankfully, the journey was uneventful.”

Sinonimi: calm, ordinary

Antonimi: dramatic, eventful

demolition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The old factory is scheduled for demolition.”

Sinonimi: destruction, teardown

Antonimi: construction, restoration

prophetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Sinonimi: predictive, visionary

Antonimi: unpredictive, ordinary

cool

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It is cool outside this evening.”

Sinonimi: chilly, great

Antonimi: hot, uncool

odd

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That is an odd question.”

Sinonimi: strange, unusual

Antonimi: normal, even

anchorperson

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The anchorperson introduced the evening news.”

Sinonimi: news presenter, host

Antonimi: guest

flat

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They rented a small flat in the city center.”

Sinonimi: level, apartment

Antonimi: uneven

medal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She won a gold medal in the race.”

Sinonimi: award

Antonimi:

death

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The story is about life and death.”

Sinonimi: end of life

Antonimi: life

cause

Verbo

Esempio: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Sinonimi: reason, make happen

Antonimi: prevent

week

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I visit my grandmother every week.”

Sinonimi: seven days

Antonimi: day

concurrence

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The proposal was approved with the concurrence of all departments.”

Sinonimi: agreement, coincidence

Antonimi: disagreement, divergence

inclusively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Sinonimi: openly, without exclusion

Antonimi: exclusively, narrowly

immortalize

Verbo

Esempio: “The novel helped immortalize the city in popular culture.”

Sinonimi: preserve forever, commemorate

Antonimi: erase, forget

dispensable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “In a crisis, even skilled workers may be treated as dispensable.”

Sinonimi: nonessential, replaceable

Antonimi: essential, indispensable

fate

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She believed it was fate that brought them together.”

Sinonimi: destiny

Antonimi: choice, chance

limp

Verbo

Esempio: “He began to limp after the match.”

Sinonimi: walk unevenly

Antonimi: walk normally

ending

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The movie had a surprising ending.”

Sinonimi: finish, conclusion

Antonimi: beginning

during

Preposizione

Esempio: “Do not talk during the exam.”

Sinonimi: throughout

Antonimi: before, after

worse

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The weather got worse in the evening.”

Sinonimi: more serious, inferior

Antonimi: better

study

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I study English every evening.”

Sinonimi: learn

Antonimi: ignore

seven

Determinante

Esempio: “There are seven days in a week.”

Sinonimi: 7

Antonimi:

enjoy

Verbo

Esempio: “I enjoy reading in the evening.”

Sinonimi: like, take pleasure in

Antonimi: dislike

accountability

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: responsibility

Antonimi: impunity

retrospective

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum hosted a retrospective of her early work.”

Sinonimi: looking back

Antonimi: prospective

paralyzingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Sinonimi: immobilizingly

Antonimi: empoweringly

happenstance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Sinonimi: chance

Antonimi: design

colloquially

Avverbio

Esempio: “Colloquially, people call it a “bug,” even when it’s a design flaw.”

Sinonimi: informally

Antonimi: formally

insensitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke insensitively about a painful event.”

Sinonimi: tactlessly

Antonimi: sensitively

exploitation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The law aims to prevent the exploitation of workers.”

Sinonimi: abuse

Antonimi: protection

artistically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The film is artistically ambitious, even if imperfect.”

Sinonimi: creatively

Antonimi: plainly

sponsorship

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The event relied on corporate sponsorship.”

Sinonimi: backing

phase

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We are entering the final phase of the project.”

Sinonimi: stage

faith

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He kept faith even in difficult times.”

Sinonimi: belief

Antonimi: doubt

minus

Preposizione

Esempio: “Ten minus three is seven.”

Sinonimi: subtract

Antonimi: plus

entry

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Entry is free today.”

Sinonimi: entrance

Antonimi: exit

dozen

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I bought a dozen eggs.”

Sinonimi: twelve

after

Preposizione

Esempio: “Let’s talk after the meeting.”

Antonimi: before

weekly

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We have a weekly meeting.”

Sinonimi: every week

smooth

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This table is smooth.”

Sinonimi: even

Antonimi: rough

morning

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I drink coffee in the morning.”

Sinonimi: early day

Antonimi: evening

eleven

Determinante

Esempio: “The bus comes at eleven.”

before

Preposizione

Esempio: “Wash your hands before dinner.”

Sinonimi: earlier

Antonimi: after

chronologically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Events were arranged chronologically.”

Sinonimi: sequentially

Antonimi: randomly

nasty

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He made a nasty comment.”

Sinonimi: unpleasant

Antonimi: pleasant

tonight

Avverbio

Esempio: “I will call you tonight.”

Sinonimi: this evening

Antonimi: yesterday

seventy

Determinante

Esempio: “She is seventy years old.”

Sinonimi: 70

Antonimi:

strange

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That sound is strange.”

Sinonimi: odd

Antonimi: normal

busy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I am busy this evening.”

Sinonimi: occupied

Antonimi: free

rationalize

Verbo

Esempio: “He rationalized the delay by blaming external factors.”

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Esempio: “These are preliminary results.”

Sinonimi: overture, prelude, exploratory

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

Esempio: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Sinonimi: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal

interpret

/ɪnˈtɝːprɪt/

Esempio: “Data can be interpreted differently.”

Sinonimi: render, understand, construe

influence

/ˈɪnfluəns/

Esempio: “Friends can have a strong influence.”

Sinonimi: charm, shape, determine

avoid

/əˈvɔɪd/

Esempio: “Try to avoid making the same mistake.”

Sinonimi: void, obviate, nullify

Antonimi: face, validate, confront

usually

/ˈjuːʒuəli/

Esempio: “I usually study in the evening.”

Sinonimi: ordinarily, normally, commonly

Antonimi: remarkably, unco, outstandingly

night

/naɪt/

Esempio: “Good night.”

Sinonimi: dark, nighttime, nox

Antonimi: daylight, day, daytime