Vocabolario

lay

Verbo

Esempio: “She laid the book on the table.”

Sinonimi: put, place

Antonimi: lift

layer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Add another layer of paint.”

Sinonimi: level

artifact

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum displayed an ancient artifact.”

Sinonimi: object, relic

Antonimi: natural object

frolic

Verbo

Esempio: “Children frolic in the park.”

Sinonimi: play, jump around

Antonimi: mourn

hitch

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan worked without a hitch.”

Sinonimi: problem, obstacle

Antonimi: smoothness

investment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This investment is risky.”

Sinonimi: funding, capital

Antonimi: withdrawal

cabinet

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The cups are in the cabinet.”

Sinonimi: cupboard, storage unit

Antonimi: open shelf

profit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The business made a profit.”

Sinonimi: gain, earnings

Antonimi: loss

keyboard

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My keyboard is black.”

Sinonimi: typing board

Antonimi: mouse

onion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Cut the onion.”

Sinonimi: vegetable

Antonimi: fruit

chess

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I like to play chess.”

Sinonimi: board game

Antonimi: football

instrument

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He plays a musical instrument.”

Sinonimi: tool, device

Antonimi: voice

director

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The director is in the office.”

Sinonimi: manager, leader

Antonimi: employee

game

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We play a game.”

Sinonimi: match, play

Antonimi: work

toy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child has a toy.”

Sinonimi: plaything

Antonimi: tool

garden

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children play in the garden.”

Sinonimi: yard

afternoon

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I play football in the afternoon.”

Sinonimi: daytime

Antonimi: morning, night

virtuosity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The performance displayed remarkable virtuosity.”

Sinonimi: mastery, brilliance

Antonimi: clumsiness, mediocrity

proverbial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He displayed the proverbial patience of a teacher.”

Sinonimi: well-known, famous

Antonimi: unfamiliar, unusual

procedural

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The delay was caused by a procedural error.”

Sinonimi: formal, process-related

Antonimi: substantive, informal

suspension

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The player faced suspension after the incident.”

Sinonimi: pause, temporary ban

Antonimi: continuation, reinstatement

screenplay

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She wrote the screenplay for the film.”

Sinonimi: script

Antonimi:

impediment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Lack of funding was a major impediment.”

Sinonimi: obstacle, hindrance

Antonimi: aid, advantage

believably

Avverbio

Esempio: “She played the role believably.”

Sinonimi: convincingly, plausibly

Antonimi: unconvincingly, badly

plausibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “She argued plausibly that the delay was unavoidable.”

Sinonimi: believably, credibly

Antonimi: unconvincingly, implausibly

dash

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She made a dash for the bus.”

Sinonimi: rush, run quickly

Antonimi: stroll, delay

jaw

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: mouth bone

Antonimi:

fond

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is very fond of music.”

Sinonimi: loving, keen on

Antonimi: dislike

kid

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The kids were playing outside.”

Sinonimi: child

Antonimi: adult

arm

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He hurt his arm while playing football.”

Sinonimi: limb

Antonimi: leg

act

Verbo

Esempio: “You need to act quickly in an emergency.”

Sinonimi: do, perform

Antonimi: delay

sportsmanship

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good sportsmanship is as important as winning.”

Sinonimi: fair play

Antonimi: cheating

truly

Avverbio

Esempio: “I am truly sorry for the delay.”

Sinonimi: really, honestly

Antonimi: falsely

brave

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was brave of her to speak the truth.”

Sinonimi: courageous

Antonimi: cowardly

badly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He played badly in the first half.”

Sinonimi: poorly

Antonimi: well

show

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please show me your drawing.”

Sinonimi: display

Antonimi: hide

role

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has an important role in the play.”

Sinonimi: part

Antonimi:

punctuality

Sostantivo

Esempio: “In this workplace, punctuality is considered essential.”

Sinonimi: timeliness, promptness

Antonimi: lateness, delay

consignment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The consignment was delayed at customs.”

Sinonimi: shipment, delivery batch

Antonimi:

affectation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”

Sinonimi: pretension, artifice

Antonimi: naturalness, sincerity

blockbuster

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: hit, smash success

Antonimi: flop, failure

withdrawal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The sudden withdrawal of funding delayed the project.”

Sinonimi: retreat, removal

Antonimi: advance, deposit

tile

Sostantivo

Esempio: “One tile in the kitchen is broken.”

Sinonimi: slab, ceramic piece

Antonimi:

star

Sostantivo

Esempio: “That young actor became a star very quickly.”

Sinonimi: celebrity, sun-like body

Antonimi: ordinary person

soil

Sostantivo

Esempio: “These plants grow well in rich soil.”

Sinonimi: earth, ground

Antonimi: air

sand

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children played in the sand for hours.”

Sinonimi: fine grains

Antonimi: rock

rush

Verbo

Esempio: “Do not rush the decision.”

Sinonimi: hurry, move quickly

Antonimi: delay, slow down

pace

Sostantivo

Esempio: “You should work at your own pace.”

Sinonimi: speed, rate

Antonimi: delay

hurry

Verbo

Esempio: “We need to hurry or we’ll be late.”

Sinonimi: rush

Antonimi: delay

angry

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He was angry about the delay.”

Sinonimi: mad, upset

Antonimi: calm, happy

preoccupation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: obsession

Antonimi: detachment

instantaneous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The decision had an instantaneous effect on the market.”

Sinonimi: immediate

Antonimi: gradual

stratosphere

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Some weather balloons reach the stratosphere.”

Sinonimi: upper atmosphere

screenwriter

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The screenwriter adapted the novel for film.”

Sinonimi: scriptwriter

symptomatic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The delays are symptomatic of deeper management problems.”

Sinonimi: indicative

protagonist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The protagonist changes dramatically by the end of the novel.”

Sinonimi: main character

Antonimi: antagonist

relic

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum displayed a relic from ancient times.”

Sinonimi: artifact

relay

Verbo

Esempio: “Please relay this message to the team.”

Sinonimi: pass on

flute

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She plays the flute in a band.”

elbow

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I hurt my elbow while playing.”

dusty

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The old room was dusty.”

Antonimi: clean

delay

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The flight had a delay of two hours.”

Sinonimi: postpone

Antonimi: hurry

script

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I read the script.”

Sinonimi: text

instantaneously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The system responded instantaneously.”

Sinonimi: immediately

Antonimi: gradually

euphemistically

Avverbio

Esempio: “He euphemistically referred to layoffs as “restructuring.””

Sinonimi: indirectly

Antonimi: bluntly

outside

Preposizione

Esempio: “The children are playing outside.”

Sinonimi: outdoors

Antonimi: inside

rationalize

Verbo

Esempio: “He rationalized the delay by blaming external factors.”

plausible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She offered a plausible explanation for the delay.”

considerable

/kənˈsɪdərəbəl/

Esempio: “There was a considerable delay.”

Sinonimi: significant, substantial, extensive

Antonimi: inconsiderable

risk

/rɪsk/

Esempio: “There is a risk of delay.”

Sinonimi: peril, chance, adventure

complain

/kəmˈpleɪn/

Esempio: “Customers often complain about delays.”

Sinonimi: plain, kvetch, quetch

Antonimi: cheer, chirk up, cheer up

child

/tʃaɪld/

Esempio: “The child is playing.”

Sinonimi: kid, minor

Antonimi: adult