Vocabolario

incumbent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The incumbent president won the election.”

Sinonimi: current, officeholder

Antonimi: challenger

allot

Verbo

Esempio: “We should allot more time for research.”

Sinonimi: assign, allocate

Antonimi: withhold

official

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The official answered the question.”

Sinonimi: officer, authority

Antonimi: private citizen

entertainment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Television is a form of entertainment.”

Sinonimi: fun, amusement

Antonimi: work

furniture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The room has new furniture.”

Sinonimi: chairs and tables, household items

Antonimi: empty room

hand

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Wash your hands.”

Sinonimi: palm

Antonimi: foot

supermarket

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I buy food at the supermarket.”

Sinonimi: market, store

Antonimi: home

bottle

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The bottle is full of water.”

remittance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Many families depend on remittances from abroad.”

Sinonimi: transfer, payment sent

Antonimi: debt, withholding

engrossing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was such an engrossing novel that I forgot the time.”

Sinonimi: absorbing, captivating

Antonimi: boring, dull

possessor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The possessor of the document must sign here.”

Sinonimi: owner, holder

Antonimi: loser, borrower

jaw

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He hurt his jaw while playing sports.”

Sinonimi: mouth bone

Antonimi:

clip

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Use this clip to hold the papers together.”

Sinonimi: fastener, cut

Antonimi: separate

domesticity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel portrays the quiet routines of domesticity.”

Sinonimi: home life, household life

Antonimi: adventure, public life

disseminate

Verbo

Esempio: “The findings were disseminated through academic journals.”

Sinonimi: circulate, spread

Antonimi: suppress, withhold

folder

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Save the file in the blue folder.”

Sinonimi: directory, file holder

Antonimi: loose file

sixty

Determinante

Esempio: “The room can hold sixty people.”

Sinonimi: 60

Antonimi:

catch

Verbo

Esempio: “Can you catch the ball?”

Sinonimi: grab

Antonimi: miss

preoccupation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His preoccupation with details delayed the decision.”

Sinonimi: obsession

Antonimi: detachment

grasp

Verbo

Esempio: “It took me a while to grasp the main idea.”

Sinonimi: understand

Antonimi: miss

breathe

Verbo

Esempio: “Breathe slowly.”

Sinonimi: take air

Antonimi: hold breath

prevaricate

/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/

Esempio: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”

Sinonimi: palter, equivocate, tergiversate

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

Esempio: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

Sinonimi: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

threshold

/ˈθreʃhoʊld/

Esempio: “We passed the profitability threshold.”

Sinonimi: verge, limen, brink

capacity

/kəˈpæsəti/

Esempio: “The hall has a capacity of 500 people.”

Sinonimi: content, capability, capacitance

Antonimi: incapacity

carry

/ˈkæri/

Esempio: “Can you carry this bag?”

Sinonimi: convey, conduct, hold

ticket

/ˈtɪkɪt/

Esempio: “Where can I buy a ticket?”

Sinonimi: fine