Vocabolario

prolong

Verbo

Esempio: “The medicine can prolong life.”

Sinonimi: extend, lengthen

Antonimi: shorten

portray

Verbo

Esempio: “The film portrays life in a small city.”

Sinonimi: depict, show

Antonimi: hide

legacy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His legacy is still important today.”

Sinonimi: heritage, inheritance

Antonimi: new beginning

retirement

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Retirement can change a person’s life.”

Sinonimi: leaving work, pension age

Antonimi: employment

psychology

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Psychology studies human behavior.”

Sinonimi: study of mind

Antonimi: physics

biography

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I read his biography.”

Sinonimi: life story

Antonimi: fiction

politics

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He studies politics.”

Sinonimi: government affairs

Antonimi: private life

marriage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Their marriage is happy.”

Sinonimi: union, wedding relationship

Antonimi: divorce

career

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She wants a career in medicine.”

Sinonimi: profession, work life

Antonimi: unemployment

occupation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “What is your occupation?”

Sinonimi: job, profession

Antonimi: unemployment

age

Sostantivo

Esempio: “What is your age?”

Sinonimi: years, time of life

Antonimi: youth

provincial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel contrasts provincial life with life in the capital.”

Sinonimi: regional, small-town

Antonimi: cosmopolitan, urban

ecotourism

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Ecotourism can support conservation when managed responsibly.”

Sinonimi: sustainable tourism

Antonimi: mass tourism

animatedly

Avverbio

Esempio: “They were talking animatedly about the election.”

Sinonimi: lively, energetically

Antonimi: quietly, lifelessly

sedentary

Aggettivo

Esempio: “A sedentary lifestyle can harm your health.”

Sinonimi: inactive, stationary

Antonimi: active, energetic

portrayal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The film offers a realistic portrayal of village life.”

Sinonimi: depiction, representation

Antonimi: distortion, misrepresentation

deforestation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Deforestation harms wildlife and the climate.”

Sinonimi: forest clearing

Antonimi: reforestation

biochemistry

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She studies biochemistry at university.”

Sinonimi: life chemistry

Antonimi:

death

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The story is about life and death.”

Sinonimi: end of life

Antonimi: life

domesticity

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: home life, household life

Antonimi: adventure, public life

proliferate

Verbo

Esempio: “False stories tend to proliferate rapidly online.”

Sinonimi: spread, multiply

Antonimi: decline, diminish

domesticate

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: tame, civilize

Antonimi: wild, feralize

vegetation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The island is covered with dense tropical vegetation.”

Sinonimi: plant life, flora

Antonimi: barrenness

fame

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Sudden fame changed his life completely.”

Sinonimi: celebrity, renown

Antonimi: obscurity

soul

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Music can touch the soul.”

Sinonimi: spirit

Antonimi: body

plus

Preposizione

Esempio: “The main plus of this phone is the battery life.”

Sinonimi: advantage, added to

Antonimi: minus, disadvantage

youth

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He spent his youth in a small town.”

Sinonimi: young age

Antonimi: old age

proliferation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The proliferation of tools created fragmentation and confusion.”

Sinonimi: rapid increase

Antonimi: decline

restorative

Aggettivo

Esempio: “A restorative break can improve long-term productivity.”

Sinonimi: reviving

Antonimi: depleting

rural

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Rural areas often have fewer services.”

Sinonimi: countryside

Antonimi: urban

godly

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They admired her godly life.”

Sinonimi: pious

Antonimi: sinful

lively

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a lively child.”

Sinonimi: energetic

Antonimi: quiet

vicissitude

/vɪˈsɪsɪtuːd/

Esempio: “He accepted life’s vicissitudes calmly.”

ubiquitous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Smartphones are ubiquitous in modern life.”

Sinonimi: present, omnipresent

balance

/ˈbæləns/

Esempio: “Work-life balance is important.”

Sinonimi: poise, equilibrium, correspondence

Antonimi: instability, imbalance, asymmetry