Vocabolario

fit

Verbo

Esempio: “These shoes do not fit me well.”

Sinonimi: match, healthy

Antonimi: unfit, mismatch

fitness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Fitness is good for health.”

Sinonimi: exercise, physical training

Antonimi: inactivity

qualm

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She had no qualm about refusing.”

Sinonimi: doubt, hesitation

Antonimi: certainty

investment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This investment is risky.”

Sinonimi: funding, capital

Antonimi: withdrawal

profit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The business made a profit.”

Sinonimi: gain, earnings

Antonimi: loss

advantage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good English is an advantage.”

Sinonimi: benefit, plus

Antonimi: disadvantage

mercantile

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The city grew as a mercantile center.”

Sinonimi: commercial, trading

Antonimi: noncommercial, nonprofit

adjustable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The chair has an adjustable backrest.”

Sinonimi: flexible, modifiable

Antonimi: fixed, rigid

qualification

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has the right qualifications for the job.”

Sinonimi: credential, ability

Antonimi: inexperience

gain

Verbo

Esempio: “She hopes to gain more experience this year.”

Sinonimi: get, achieve

Antonimi: lose

munificence

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The university benefited from the munificence of its donors.”

Sinonimi: generosity, bounty

Antonimi: stinginess, meanness

beneficiary

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She was named the sole beneficiary of the estate.”

Sinonimi: recipient, heir

Antonimi: donor, giver

athleticism

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The role demands both grace and athleticism.”

Sinonimi: physical prowess, fitness

Antonimi: clumsiness, frailty

domesticate

Verbo

Esempio: “Early humans began to domesticate animals thousands of years ago.”

Sinonimi: tame, civilize

Antonimi: wild, feralize

adjust

Verbo

Esempio: “You can adjust the chair height.”

Sinonimi: adapt, change slightly

Antonimi: keep unchanged

tight

Aggettivo

Esempio: “These shoes feel too tight.”

Sinonimi: firm, close-fitting

Antonimi: loose

profitability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Growth without profitability is a fragile strategy.”

Sinonimi: profit

Antonimi: loss

incongruously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke incongruously softly in the middle of an argument.”

Sinonimi: oddly

Antonimi: appropriately

remorselessly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He remorselessly exploited people’s fears for profit.”

Sinonimi: pitilessly

Antonimi: mercifully

exploitation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: abuse

Antonimi: protection

commercially

Avverbio

Esempio: “The product is strong technically but not commercially viable yet.”

Sinonimi: financially

equip

Verbo

Esempio: “The lab is equipped with modern tools.”

Sinonimi: outfit

Antonimi: strip

match

Verbo

Esempio: “This shirt matches your jacket.”

Sinonimi: fit

Antonimi: clash

friendly

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The staff is friendly.”

Sinonimi: kind

Antonimi: unfriendly

elusive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “True product-market fit can be elusive.”

threshold

/ˈθreʃhoʊld/

Esempio: “We passed the profitability threshold.”

Sinonimi: verge, limen, brink

benefit

/ˈbenɪfɪt/

Esempio: “Exercise has many benefits.”

Sinonimi: welfare, do good, gain