Vocabolario

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

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

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

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

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

fate

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: destiny

Antonimi: choice, chance

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

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

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

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

entry

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Entry is free today.”

Sinonimi: entrance

Antonimi: exit

after

Preposizione

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

Antonimi: before

before

Preposizione

Esempio: “Wash your hands before dinner.”

Sinonimi: earlier

Antonimi: after

chronologically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Events were arranged chronologically.”

Sinonimi: sequentially

Antonimi: randomly

seventy

Determinante

Esempio: “She is seventy years old.”

Sinonimi: 70

Antonimi:

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