Vocabolario

man

/mæn/

Esempio: “That man is my teacher.”

Sinonimi: world, piece, valet

Antonimi: woman, civilian, adult female

manufacture

Verbo

Esempio: “The company will manufacture new devices.”

Sinonimi: produce, make

Antonimi: consume

management

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good management helps a company grow.”

Sinonimi: administration, leadership

Antonimi: mismanagement

manufacturer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The manufacturer recalled the defective product.”

Sinonimi: producer, maker

Antonimi: consumer

many

Determinante

Esempio: “There are many books on the shelf.”

Sinonimi: a lot of

Antonimi: few

manipulation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: influence

Antonimi: honesty

manner

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He speaks in a polite manner.”

Sinonimi: way

manage

/ˈmænɪdʒ/

Esempio: “She manages a small team.”

Sinonimi: contend, handle, grapple

Antonimi: fail

vestigial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The organ is vestigial in humans.”

Sinonimi: remaining, rudimentary

Antonimi: fully developed

stipulate

Verbo

Esempio: “The contract stipulates a deadline.”

Sinonimi: specify, require

Antonimi: omit

proscribe

Verbo

Esempio: “The law proscribes discrimination.”

Sinonimi: ban, forbid

Antonimi: permit

cognitive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Sleep affects cognitive performance.”

Sinonimi: mental, intellectual

Antonimi: physical

automate

Verbo

Esempio: “We should automate this process.”

Sinonimi: mechanize, computerize

Antonimi: do manually

artifice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plan depended on artifice.”

Sinonimi: trick, deception

Antonimi: honesty

artifact

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum displayed an ancient artifact.”

Sinonimi: object, relic

Antonimi: natural object

arduous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was an arduous journey.”

Sinonimi: difficult, demanding

Antonimi: easy

myriad

Aggettivo

Esempio: “There are myriad ways to learn English.”

Sinonimi: countless, many

Antonimi: few

extant

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This is the oldest extant manuscript.”

Sinonimi: existing, surviving

Antonimi: lost

corpse

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The police found a corpse.”

Sinonimi: dead body

Antonimi: living person

agency

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The agency manages advertising.”

Sinonimi: organization, office

Antonimi: individual

automatic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The door has an automatic lock.”

Sinonimi: self-operating

Antonimi: manual

oversee

Verbo

Esempio: “The director will oversee the project.”

Sinonimi: supervise, manage

Antonimi: ignore

exploit

Verbo

Esempio: “Some companies exploit cheap labor.”

Sinonimi: use unfairly, take advantage of

Antonimi: protect

revere

Verbo

Esempio: “Many people revere great teachers.”

Sinonimi: respect, admire

Antonimi: despise

exert

Verbo

Esempio: “The manager can exert influence on the team.”

Sinonimi: apply, use

Antonimi: withdraw

programming

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Programming requires practice.”

Sinonimi: coding, software development

Antonimi: manual work

supervisor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My supervisor checked the report.”

Sinonimi: manager, boss

Antonimi: trainee

psychology

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Psychology studies human behavior.”

Sinonimi: study of mind

Antonimi: physics

finance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He works in finance.”

Sinonimi: money management, banking

Antonimi: spending without plan

query

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The query returned many results.”

Sinonimi: question, request

Antonimi: answer

satellite

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The satellite is in space.”

Sinonimi: space object

Antonimi: planet

conflict

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The conflict lasted many years.”

Sinonimi: disagreement, fight

Antonimi: peace

protest

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There was a protest in the city.”

Sinonimi: demonstration, objection

Antonimi: support

device

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This device is new.”

Sinonimi: machine, gadget

Antonimi: manual tool

queen

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The queen lives in a palace.”

Sinonimi: female ruler

Antonimi: king

crowd

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There is a crowd in the street.”

Sinonimi: group, many people

Antonimi: single person

clerk

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The clerk works at the desk.”

Sinonimi: office worker, assistant

Antonimi: manager

chest

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He has pain in his chest.”

Sinonimi: upper body

Antonimi: back

bride

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The bride is beautiful.”

Sinonimi: wife-to-be

Antonimi: groom

pronunciation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Your pronunciation is clear.”

Sinonimi: speech sound, way of saying

Antonimi: misspelling

production

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Production starts next week.”

Sinonimi: manufacturing, creation

Antonimi: consumption

director

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The director is in the office.”

Sinonimi: manager, leader

Antonimi: employee

audience

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The audience listened carefully.”

Sinonimi: listeners, viewers

Antonimi: speaker

bus

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I go to school by bus.”

Sinonimi: coach

Antonimi: car

person

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is a good person.”

Sinonimi: human, individual

Antonimi: animal

sister

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My sister is young.”

Sinonimi: sibling

Antonimi: brother

brother

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have one brother.”

Sinonimi: sibling

Antonimi: sister

quantity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We need a large quantity of water.”

Sinonimi: amount

virtuosity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The performance displayed remarkable virtuosity.”

Sinonimi: mastery, brilliance

Antonimi: clumsiness, mediocrity

remittance

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: transfer, payment sent

Antonimi: debt, withholding

recitation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her recitation of the poem was moving.”

Sinonimi: reading aloud, performance

Antonimi: silence, improvisation

impresario

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The impresario arranged the entire tour.”

Sinonimi: manager, promoter

Antonimi: performer

imposition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He apologized for the imposition.”

Sinonimi: burden, intrusion

Antonimi: favor, relief

impeccable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Her manners were impeccable.”

Sinonimi: faultless, perfect

Antonimi: flawed, imperfect

histrionic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was overly histrionic.”

Sinonimi: dramatic, theatrical

Antonimi: restrained, calm

habitation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The island showed signs of early human habitation.”

Sinonimi: dwelling, residence

Antonimi: vacancy, emptiness

ecotourism

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: sustainable tourism

Antonimi: mass tourism

derisively

Avverbio

Esempio: “He laughed derisively at the proposal.”

Sinonimi: mockingly, scornfully

Antonimi: respectfully, seriously

uniformity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The factory demands strict uniformity in production.”

Sinonimi: consistency, sameness

Antonimi: variety, diversity

stuffiness

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: staleness, formality

Antonimi: freshness, openness

scornfully

Avverbio

Esempio: “He laughed scornfully at the suggestion.”

Sinonimi: contemptuously, mockingly

Antonimi: respectfully, admiringly

lackluster

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The team gave a lackluster performance.”

Sinonimi: dull, uninspired

Antonimi: brilliant, impressive

digitalize

Verbo

Esempio: “The archive was digitalized for easier access.”

Sinonimi: digitize, computerize

Antonimi: manualize, paperize

demography

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Demography helps explain population change.”

Sinonimi: population study

Antonimi:

cleverness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His cleverness helped solve the problem quickly.”

Sinonimi: intelligence, smartness

Antonimi: stupidity, dullness

versatile

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This tool is versatile enough for many tasks.”

Sinonimi: adaptable, flexible

Antonimi: limited, specialized

synthetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The jacket is made from synthetic material.”

Sinonimi: artificial, man-made

Antonimi: natural, organic

salvation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: rescue, deliverance

Antonimi: ruin, damnation

rendering

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her rendering of the song moved the audience.”

Sinonimi: interpretation, depiction

Antonimi: silence, omission

precision

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The machine works with great precision.”

Sinonimi: accuracy, exactness

Antonimi: inaccuracy, roughness

cope

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: manage, deal with

Antonimi: fail, collapse

clap

Verbo

Esempio: “The audience began to clap loudly.”

Sinonimi: applaud

Antonimi: boo

cane

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The old man walked with a cane.”

Sinonimi: stick, walking staff

Antonimi:

jam

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We were late because of a traffic jam.”

Sinonimi: preserve, blockage

Antonimi: clear road

bum

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He slipped and landed on his bum.”

Sinonimi: bottom

Antonimi:

bow

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The actor took a bow after the performance.”

Sinonimi: bend, curve

Antonimi: stand straight

superintendent

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The superintendent inspected the building.”

Sinonimi: supervisor, manager

Antonimi: worker

archaeologist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The archaeologist discovered ancient tools.”

Sinonimi: historical scientist

Antonimi:

tuberculosis

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.”

Sinonimi: TB

Antonimi: health

salesmanship

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good salesmanship can increase customer trust.”

Sinonimi: selling skill, persuasion

Antonimi: poor selling