Vocabolario

expect

Verbo

Esempio: “I expect good results.”

Sinonimi: hope, anticipate

Antonimi: doubt

deficit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The government has a budget deficit.”

Sinonimi: shortage, lack

Antonimi: surplus

remit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This issue is outside my remit.”

Sinonimi: responsibility, scope

Antonimi: irrelevance

investment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This investment is risky.”

Sinonimi: funding, capital

Antonimi: withdrawal

surrealist

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Dalí was a famous surrealist painter.”

Sinonimi: artist of surrealism

Antonimi: realist

dissension

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The policy caused dissension within the party.”

Sinonimi: discord, disagreement

Antonimi: harmony, unity

conformity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The school values discipline over conformity.”

Sinonimi: uniformity, obedience

Antonimi: individuality, nonconformity

startling

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The study revealed a startling result.”

Sinonimi: surprising, shocking

Antonimi: ordinary, expected

hope

Verbo

Esempio: “I hope everything goes well.”

Sinonimi: wish, expect positively

Antonimi: despair

even

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: also, flat

Antonimi: uneven

unsuspected

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The archive revealed an unsuspected source of influence.”

Sinonimi: unexpected, unimagined

Antonimi: suspected, expected

blockbuster

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: hit, smash success

Antonimi: flop, failure

treacherously

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: deceitfully

Antonimi: reliably

deprecatingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Sinonimi: self-effacingly

Antonimi: proudly

consternation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The announcement caused consternation across the industry.”

Sinonimi: dismay

Antonimi: reassurance

euphorically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Investors reacted euphorically to the unexpected results.”

Sinonimi: ecstatically

Antonimi: gloomily

anticlimactic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The ending felt anticlimactic after so much build-up.”

Sinonimi: underwhelming

Antonimi: dramatic

queer

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There’s something queer about this story.”

Sinonimi: odd

Antonimi: normal

guess

Verbo

Esempio: “Can you guess my age?”

Sinonimi: predict

Antonimi: know

eager

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I am eager to start the project.”

Sinonimi: excited

Antonimi: unwilling

average

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He has an average score.”

Sinonimi: typical

Antonimi: excellent

sudden

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There was a sudden noise.”

Sinonimi: unexpected

Antonimi: expected

already

Avverbio

Esempio: “I already ate breakfast.”

Sinonimi: by now

Antonimi: not yet

materialization

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan’s materialization exceeded expectations.”

Sinonimi: realization

Antonimi: disappearance

predict

Verbo

Esempio: “It is hard to predict the outcome.”

Sinonimi: forecast, expect

Antonimi: guess

strange

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That sound is strange.”

Sinonimi: odd

Antonimi: normal

late

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is late.”

Sinonimi: tardy

Antonimi: early

early

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I wake up early.”

Sinonimi: soon

Antonimi: late

anticipate

/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/

Esempio: “We anticipate higher demand in spring.”

Sinonimi: call, forestall, foretell

lend

/lend/

Esempio: “I can lend you some money.”

Sinonimi: impart, bestow, contribute

Antonimi: borrow