Vocabolario

objective

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Our main objective is growth.”

Sinonimi: goal, aim

Antonimi: bias

grievance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Employees filed a grievance.”

Sinonimi: complaint, objection

Antonimi: satisfaction

artifact

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum displayed an ancient artifact.”

Sinonimi: object, relic

Antonimi: natural object

kinetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The object has kinetic energy.”

Sinonimi: motion-related

Antonimi: static

barrier

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Language can be a barrier.”

Sinonimi: obstacle, block

Antonimi: access

satellite

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The satellite is in space.”

Sinonimi: space object

Antonimi: planet

animation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The animation is funny.”

Sinonimi: cartoon, moving image

Antonimi: still picture

vehicle

Sostantivo

Esempio: “A car is a vehicle.”

Sinonimi: transport, car

Antonimi: pedestrian

protest

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: demonstration, objection

Antonimi: support

instrument

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He plays a musical instrument.”

Sinonimi: tool, device

Antonimi: voice

furniture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The room has new furniture.”

Sinonimi: chairs and tables, household items

Antonimi: empty room

ball

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The ball is under the table.”

Sinonimi: sphere

Antonimi: cube

toy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The child has a toy.”

Sinonimi: plaything

Antonimi: tool

button

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Press the button.”

Sinonimi: switch, key

Antonimi: hole

egg

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I eat an egg for breakfast.”

telescopic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The camera has a telescopic lens.”

Sinonimi: extendable, magnifying

Antonimi: fixed, ordinary

echolocate

Verbo

Esempio: “Bats echolocate to navigate in darkness.”

Sinonimi: navigate by sound

Antonimi:

denotation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”

Sinonimi: literal meaning, direct reference

Antonimi: connotation, implication

silhouette

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We could see her silhouette in the doorway.”

Sinonimi: outline, shadow shape

Antonimi: detail, full image

row

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We sat in the front row.”

Sinonimi: line, rank

Antonimi: column

rim

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There was tea on the rim of the cup.”

Sinonimi: edge, border

Antonimi: center

pin

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Use a pin to attach the note.”

Sinonimi: needle, fastener

Antonimi:

stuff

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have too much stuff in my bag.”

Sinonimi: things, objects

Antonimi: nothing

image

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The image on the screen is very clear.”

Sinonimi: picture, photo

Antonimi:

them

Pronome

Esempio: “I can help them with homework.”

Sinonimi: those people

Antonimi: us

moon

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The moon is bright tonight.”

Sinonimi: satellite

Antonimi: sun

remonstrate

Verbo

Esempio: “She remonstrated with the manager over the unfair policy.”

Sinonimi: protest, object

Antonimi: accept, comply

irrelevancy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lawyer objected to the irrelevancy of the question.”

Sinonimi: irrelevance, inapplicability

Antonimi: relevance, pertinence

declination

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The astronomer calculated the star’s declination precisely.”

Sinonimi: deviation, inflection

Antonimi: inclination, alignment

onto

Preposizione

Esempio: “The cat jumped onto the table.”

Sinonimi: on top of

Antonimi: off

mass

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The mass of the object is hard to measure exactly.”

Sinonimi: bulk, quantity

Antonimi: emptiness

thing

Sostantivo

Esempio: “That is the best thing about this job.”

Sinonimi: object, matter

Antonimi: nothing

remonstrance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Despite public remonstrance, the policy was implemented.”

Sinonimi: objection

Antonimi: approval

radar

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The plane appeared on the radar.”

prick

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: pierce

frame

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Put the photo in a simple frame.”

Sinonimi: border

stack

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There is a stack of papers.”

Sinonimi: pile

Antonimi: scatter

orbit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The Earth moves in orbit around the Sun.”

Sinonimi: path

Antonimi:

size

/saɪz/

Esempio: “What size do you need?”

Sinonimi: sized, sizing, size of it