Vocabolario

hard

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The work is hard.”

Sinonimi: difficult

Antonimi: easy

hardly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I can hardly hear you.”

Sinonimi: barely

Antonimi: easily

diligent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a diligent student.”

Sinonimi: hardworking, careful

Antonimi: lazy

conceive

Verbo

Esempio: “It is hard to conceive a better plan.”

Sinonimi: imagine, think of

Antonimi: misunderstand

welfare

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The program supports child welfare.”

Sinonimi: well-being, support

Antonimi: hardship

road

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The road is long.”

Sinonimi: street, way

Antonimi: field

software

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This software is easy to use.”

Sinonimi: program, application

Antonimi: hardware

glass

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The glass is on the shelf.”

unenviable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She was in the unenviable position of choosing who to dismiss.”

Sinonimi: unpleasant, awkward

Antonimi: enviable, desirable

stuffiness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The room’s stuffiness made it hard to breathe.”

Sinonimi: staleness, formality

Antonimi: freshness, openness

testament

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her career is a testament to hard work.”

Sinonimi: proof, evidence

Antonimi: disproof, denial

salvation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “For many, education is a path to salvation from poverty.”

Sinonimi: rescue, deliverance

Antonimi: ruin, damnation

cope

Verbo

Esempio: “It was hard to cope with the pressure.”

Sinonimi: manage, deal with

Antonimi: fail, collapse

sob

Verbo

Esempio: “She began to sob after hearing the news.”

Sinonimi: cry hard

Antonimi: laugh

quite

Avverbio

Esempio: “The test was quite easy.”

Sinonimi: fairly, rather

Antonimi: hardly

deprivation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Sleep deprivation can reduce concentration.”

Sinonimi: lack, hardship

Antonimi: abundance, comfort

mass

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The mass of the object is hard to measure exactly.”

Sinonimi: bulk, quantity

Antonimi: emptiness

stone

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The wall is made of stone.”

Sinonimi: rock

Antonimi:

smart

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is smart and hardworking.”

Sinonimi: clever

Antonimi: stupid

heavy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This box is too heavy.”

Sinonimi: weighty

Antonimi: light

foggy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was a foggy morning.”

Sinonimi: misty

Antonimi: clear

superfluously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The document was superfluously long and hard to scan.”

Sinonimi: unnecessarily

Antonimi: essentially

fragmentation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Fragmentation of the market makes scaling harder.”

Sinonimi: splitting

Antonimi: integration

manipulation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Emotional manipulation can be hard to detect.”

Sinonimi: influence

Antonimi: honesty

rusty

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The gate is rusty and hard to open.”

Sinonimi: corroded

Antonimi: shiny

ivory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The old piano keys were made of ivory.”

predict

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: forecast, expect

Antonimi: guess

easy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This test is easy.”

Sinonimi: simple

Antonimi: hard

paradox

Sostantivo

Esempio: “It’s a paradox that more options can make decisions harder.”

subtle

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There was a subtle shift in his tone.”

Sinonimi: insidious, delicate, pernicious

maintain

/meɪnˈteɪn/

Esempio: “It’s hard to maintain quality.”

Sinonimi: assert, sustain, observe