Vocabolario

once

Avverbio

Esempio: “I go there once a week.”

Sinonimi: one time

Antonimi: twice

vestigial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The organ is vestigial in humans.”

Sinonimi: remaining, rudimentary

Antonimi: fully developed

parochial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The policy reflects a parochial view.”

Sinonimi: narrow, local

Antonimi: global

diffuse

Verbo

Esempio: “The smell began to diffuse through the room.”

Sinonimi: spread, disperse

Antonimi: concentrate

conceive

Verbo

Esempio: “It is hard to conceive a better plan.”

Sinonimi: imagine, think of

Antonimi: misunderstand

statistics

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Statistics helps us understand data.”

Sinonimi: data analysis, numbers

Antonimi: guesswork

politics

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He studies politics.”

Sinonimi: government affairs

Antonimi: private life

interest

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have an interest in music.”

Sinonimi: curiosity, attention

Antonimi: boredom

revelatory

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The letters were revelatory and deeply personal.”

Sinonimi: revealing, illuminating

Antonimi: concealing, secretive

nonchalant

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He gave a nonchalant shrug.”

Sinonimi: casual, unconcerned

Antonimi: anxious, concerned

altruistic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Her decision was motivated by altruistic values.”

Sinonimi: selfless, generous

Antonimi: selfish, self-centered

revealing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The interview was revealing and emotional.”

Sinonimi: informative, exposing

Antonimi: concealing, secretive

gee

Interiezione

Esempio: “Gee, that was a close call.”

Sinonimi: wow, gosh

Antonimi:

local

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We bought fruit from a local shop.”

Sinonimi: nearby, regional

Antonimi: foreign

vestigially

Avverbio

Esempio: “The trait survives only vestigially in modern species.”

Sinonimi: residually, rudimentarily

Antonimi: fully, functionally

hypothesize

Verbo

Esempio: “Scientists hypothesize that the climate was once much wetter.”

Sinonimi: theorize, speculate

Antonimi: verify, confirm

encumbrance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Excess regulation became an encumbrance to innovation.”

Sinonimi: burden, hindrance

Antonimi: aid, advantage

centralized

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The company adopted a highly centralized management structure.”

Sinonimi: concentrated, controlled from one center

Antonimi: decentralized, distributed

deprivation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Sleep deprivation can reduce concentration.”

Sinonimi: lack, hardship

Antonimi: abundance, comfort

conceivable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We considered every conceivable option before deciding.”

Sinonimi: imaginable, possible

Antonimi: inconceivable, impossible

abstraction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The theory is useful, but it remains an abstraction for most people.”

Sinonimi: concept, generalization

Antonimi: concreteness, reality

twice

Avverbio

Esempio: “I go to the gym twice a week.”

Sinonimi: two times

Antonimi: once

again

Avverbio

Esempio: “Please say that again.”

Sinonimi: once more

Antonimi: never again

about

Preposizione

Esempio: “We talked about the new project.”

Sinonimi: regarding

Antonimi: ignoring

topographical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The topographical map shows elevation and terrain in detail.”

Sinonimi: terrain-related

preconception

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Sinonimi: bias

Antonimi: open-mindedness

intrinsically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The two concepts are intrinsically linked.”

Sinonimi: inherently

Antonimi: externally

inexorability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There was an inexorability to the decline once trust was lost.”

Sinonimi: inevitability

Antonimi: avoidability

precociously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He precociously mastered concepts most students learn years later.”

Sinonimi: early

Antonimi: late

nonchalantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He nonchalantly dismissed the criticism as “noise.””

Sinonimi: casually

Antonimi: anxiously

conciliation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Conciliation requires concessions from both sides.”

Sinonimi: reconciliation

Antonimi: escalation

superficial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Their analysis was superficial and missed the core issue.”

Sinonimi: shallow

Antonimi: thorough

prospective

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We spoke with several prospective partners before choosing one.”

Sinonimi: potential

Antonimi: past

prime

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Safety is our prime concern.”

Sinonimi: main

Antonimi: secondary

moral

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It’s a moral responsibility to tell the truth.”

Sinonimi: ethical

Antonimi: immoral

concern

Verbo

Esempio: “This concerns me.”

Sinonimi: worry

Antonimi: reassure

anthropological

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The research offered anthropological insights.”

Sinonimi: ethnographic

Antonimi:

crowded

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The bus is crowded.”

Sinonimi: full

Antonimi: empty

fallacy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The argument is based on a fallacy.”

Sinonimi: misconception, error

Antonimi: truth

theory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The theory explains the results.”

Sinonimi: concept, model

Antonimi: fact

care

Verbo

Esempio: “She cares about her family.”

Sinonimi: mind, look after

Antonimi: ignore

tentativeness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His tentativeness disappeared once he saw the results.”

concede

Verbo

Esempio: “He conceded that the timeline was unrealistic.”