Vocabolario

make

Verbo

Esempio: “Can you make tea for us?”

Sinonimi: create, do

Antonimi: destroy

stipulate

Verbo

Esempio: “The contract stipulates a deadline.”

Sinonimi: specify, require

Antonimi: omit

fabricate

Verbo

Esempio: “He fabricated the story.”

Sinonimi: invent, make up

Antonimi: verify

automate

Verbo

Esempio: “We should automate this process.”

Sinonimi: mechanize, computerize

Antonimi: do manually

utilize

Verbo

Esempio: “We utilize data to improve service.”

Sinonimi: use, apply

Antonimi: waste

solicit

Verbo

Esempio: “They tried to solicit feedback from users.”

Sinonimi: request, ask for

Antonimi: offer

condone

Verbo

Esempio: “We cannot condone cheating.”

Sinonimi: allow, accept

Antonimi: condemn

allude

Verbo

Esempio: “He did not allude to the problem.”

Sinonimi: hint, refer indirectly

Antonimi: state clearly

feign

Verbo

Esempio: “He tried to feign surprise.”

Sinonimi: pretend, fake

Antonimi: reveal

exude

Verbo

Esempio: “She exudes confidence.”

Sinonimi: radiate, show

Antonimi: hide

edify

Verbo

Esempio: “The lecture will edify the audience.”

Sinonimi: teach, instruct

Antonimi: mislead

adorn

Verbo

Esempio: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Sinonimi: decorate, embellish

Antonimi: strip

portray

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: depict, show

Antonimi: hide

render

Verbo

Esempio: “The error can render the software useless.”

Sinonimi: make, produce

Antonimi: preserve

manufacture

Verbo

Esempio: “The company will manufacture new devices.”

Sinonimi: produce, make

Antonimi: consume

inflation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Inflation makes prices higher.”

Sinonimi: price increase

Antonimi: deflation

inventor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The inventor created a new device.”

Sinonimi: creator, innovator

Antonimi: copyist

flour

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We need flour for the cake.”

Sinonimi: powder

Antonimi: water

instrument

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He plays a musical instrument.”

Sinonimi: tool, device

Antonimi: voice

button

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Press the button.”

Sinonimi: switch, key

Antonimi: hole

sugar

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Do you want sugar in your tea?”

glass

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The glass is on the shelf.”

rhetorical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That was a rhetorical question, not a real one.”

Sinonimi: oratorical, persuasive

Antonimi: literal, plain

indolently

Avverbio

Esempio: “He stretched indolently in the afternoon sun.”

Sinonimi: lazily, sluggishly

Antonimi: energetically, diligently

complexity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The complexity of the system makes training essential.”

Sinonimi: complication, difficulty

Antonimi: simplicity, clarity

refurbish

Verbo

Esempio: “They plan to refurbish the old library.”

Sinonimi: renovate, restore

Antonimi: damage, neglect

curl

Verbo

Esempio: “Her hair began to curl in the rain.”

Sinonimi: twist, coil

Antonimi: straighten

buzz

Verbo

Esempio: “I could hear bees buzz around the flowers.”

Sinonimi: hum, vibrate

Antonimi: be silent

blur

Verbo

Esempio: “Tears can blur your vision.”

Sinonimi: smudge, soften

Antonimi: sharpen, clarify

manufacturer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The manufacturer recalled the defective product.”

Sinonimi: producer, maker

Antonimi: consumer

horn

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The driver used the horn to warn people.”

Sinonimi: signal, animal horn

heat

Verbo

Esempio: “Heat the soup before serving it.”

Sinonimi: warmth, hotness

Antonimi: cold, cool

heal

Verbo

Esempio: “It takes time for a broken bone to heal.”

Sinonimi: recover, cure

Antonimi: injure, hurt

fool

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Do not make a fool of yourself.”

Sinonimi: idiot, silly person

Antonimi: wise person

dial

Verbo

Esempio: “Dial this number for assistance.”

Sinonimi: call, press numbers

Antonimi: hang up

bore

Verbo

Esempio: “Long speeches bore me.”

Sinonimi: tire, make uninterested

Antonimi: interest, excite

bark

Verbo

Esempio: “The dog began to bark at the stranger.”

Sinonimi: woof, tree skin

Antonimi: be quiet

shoot

Verbo

Esempio: “They plan to shoot a short film next month.”

Sinonimi: fire, film

Antonimi: miss

refer

Verbo

Esempio: “Please refer to page ten.”

Sinonimi: mention, point to

Antonimi: ignore

power

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The storm cut the power in our area.”

Sinonimi: energy, strength

Antonimi: weakness

clown

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The clown made the children laugh.”

Sinonimi: funny performer

Antonimi:

chirp

Verbo

Esempio: “Birds chirp early in the morning.”

Sinonimi: tweet

Antonimi: be silent

check

Verbo

Esempio: “Please check your answers again.”

Sinonimi: look over, verify

Antonimi: ignore

cause

Verbo

Esempio: “Stress can cause headaches.”

Sinonimi: reason, make happen

Antonimi: prevent

apply

Verbo

Esempio: “She plans to apply for the job next week.”

Sinonimi: request, use

Antonimi: withdraw, ignore

very

Avverbio

Esempio: “She is very happy today.”

Sinonimi: really

Antonimi: slightly

sing

Verbo

Esempio: “The children sing in the morning.”

Sinonimi: perform music

Antonimi: be silent

unnervingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He remained unnervingly calm during the emergency.”

Sinonimi: disturbingly, alarmingly

Antonimi: reassuringly, comfortingly

taste-maker

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The critic became a taste-maker in contemporary art.”

Sinonimi: trendsetter, influencer

Antonimi: follower, outsider

familiarize

Verbo

Esempio: “New employees are given time to familiarize themselves with the system.”

Sinonimi: acquaint, introduce

Antonimi: confuse, alienate

personalize

Verbo

Esempio: “Users can personalize the dashboard to suit their workflow.”

Sinonimi: customize, tailor

Antonimi: standardize, generalize

explanatory

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The textbook includes explanatory notes for each chapter.”

Sinonimi: clarifying, interpretive

Antonimi: confusing, obscure

domesticate

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: tame, civilize

Antonimi: wild, feralize

ease

Verbo

Esempio: “The new software should ease your workload.”

Sinonimi: relieve, comfort

Antonimi: worsen, strain

dumb

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That was a dumb mistake to make twice.”

Sinonimi: stupid, speechless

Antonimi: smart

tire

Verbo

Esempio: “Long meetings tire me quickly.”

Sinonimi: exhaust, wheel cover

Antonimi: refresh

shut

Verbo

Esempio: “Please shut the window before you leave.”

Sinonimi: close

Antonimi: open

knit

Verbo

Esempio: “My grandmother likes to knit sweaters in winter.”

Sinonimi: weave by hand

Antonimi: unravel

granny

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My granny makes the best soup.”

Sinonimi: grandmother

Antonimi: grandson

double

Verbo

Esempio: “The company plans to double its sales.”

Sinonimi: twice as much

Antonimi: halve

build

Verbo

Esempio: “They plan to build a new school.”

Sinonimi: construct

Antonimi: destroy

deprecatingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He spoke deprecatingly about his own work to lower expectations.”

Sinonimi: self-effacingly

Antonimi: proudly

rhetorically

Avverbio

Esempio: “He asked rhetorically, knowing no one would answer.”

Sinonimi: for effect

Antonimi: literally

malleability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The malleability of the material makes it ideal for prototypes.”

Sinonimi: flexibility

Antonimi: rigidity

decentralize

Verbo

Esempio: “The company decided to decentralize decision-making to speed up execution.”

Sinonimi: distribute

Antonimi: centralize

autonomously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The system can autonomously detect anomalies and isolate them.”

Sinonimi: independently

Antonimi: dependently

prohibitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The fees are prohibitively expensive for students.”

Sinonimi: excessively

Antonimi: affordably

fragmentation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: splitting

Antonimi: integration

automatically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The system automatically flags suspicious activity.”

Sinonimi: by default

Antonimi: manually

contextually

Avverbio

Esempio: “The phrase only makes sense contextually, not on its own.”

Sinonimi: in context

commercially

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: financially

sense

Sostantivo

Esempio: “That explanation doesn’t make sense.”

Sinonimi: meaning

Antonimi: nonsense

prick

Verbo

Esempio: “I pricked my finger on a needle.”

Sinonimi: pierce

incur

Verbo

Esempio: “Late payment may incur extra fees.”

Sinonimi: bring on

glare

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I couldn’t see because of the glare on the screen.”

Sinonimi: glare/brightness

knock

Verbo

Esempio: “Please knock before you enter.”

Sinonimi: tap

ivory

Sostantivo

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

hasty

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Don’t make a hasty decision.”

Sinonimi: rushed

Antonimi: careful

fight

Verbo

Esempio: “They fought about money.”

Sinonimi: argue

Antonimi: make peace

charm

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has a natural charm.”

Sinonimi: attraction