Vocabolario

owe

Verbo

Esempio: “I owe you ten dollars.”

Sinonimi: be in debt to

Antonimi: repay, own

incipient

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The company showed signs of incipient growth.”

Sinonimi: emerging, early

Antonimi: developed

facsimile

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The museum showed a facsimile of the letter.”

Sinonimi: copy, replica

Antonimi: original

abundance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The garden has an abundance of flowers.”

Sinonimi: plenty, wealth

Antonimi: scarcity

rhetoric

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The speech used powerful rhetoric.”

Sinonimi: persuasive speech, oratory

Antonimi: silence

relegate

Verbo

Esempio: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”

Sinonimi: demote, downgrade

Antonimi: promote

allegory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel is an allegory of power.”

Sinonimi: symbolic story

Antonimi: literal story

cogent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She made a cogent argument.”

Sinonimi: convincing, clear

Antonimi: weak

hoist

Verbo

Esempio: “They hoisted the flag.”

Sinonimi: raise, lift

Antonimi: lower

adorn

Verbo

Esempio: “Flowers adorn the room.”

Sinonimi: decorate, embellish

Antonimi: strip

dominant

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This company is dominant in the market.”

Sinonimi: leading, powerful

Antonimi: weak

invoice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please send the invoice today.”

Sinonimi: bill, payment request

Antonimi: receipt

investor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The investor gave money to the company.”

Sinonimi: backer, financier

Antonimi: borrower

abuse

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Abuse of power is dangerous.”

Sinonimi: misuse, harm

Antonimi: care

loan

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He took a loan from the bank.”

Sinonimi: credit, borrowed money

Antonimi: saving

electricity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The house has no electricity.”

Sinonimi: power, electric power

Antonimi: darkness

elevator

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Take the elevator to the third floor.”

Sinonimi: lift

Antonimi: stairs

bath

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I take a bath at night.”

Sinonimi: wash, bathtub

Antonimi: shower

bathroom

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The bathroom is clean.”

Sinonimi: toilet, washroom

Antonimi: bedroom

airport

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We arrived at the airport early.”

garden

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children play in the garden.”

Sinonimi: yard

revelatory

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: revealing, illuminating

Antonimi: concealing, secretive

protrusion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The scan showed a small protrusion in the bone.”

Sinonimi: bulge, projection

Antonimi: indentation, recession

locomotion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Birds use different forms of locomotion.”

Sinonimi: movement, mobility

Antonimi: stillness, immobility

habitation

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: dwelling, residence

Antonimi: vacancy, emptiness

formidably

Avverbio

Esempio: “The team performed formidably under pressure.”

Sinonimi: powerfully, impressively

Antonimi: weakly, poorly

formidable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a formidable opponent in debate.”

Sinonimi: powerful, intimidating

Antonimi: weak, harmless

inherently

Avverbio

Esempio: “Power is not inherently harmful.”

Sinonimi: essentially, intrinsically

Antonimi: externally, accidentally

domination

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The team’s domination lasted for years.”

Sinonimi: control, supremacy

Antonimi: submission, equality

dominantly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The market is dominantly controlled by a few firms.”

Sinonimi: powerfully, predominantly

Antonimi: weakly, marginally

accustomed

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I am accustomed to working late.”

Sinonimi: used to, familiar with

Antonimi: unaccustomed, unused

shortlist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her name was added to the final shortlist.”

Sinonimi: selected list

Antonimi: long list, rejection

possessor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The possessor of the document must sign here.”

Sinonimi: owner, holder

Antonimi: loser, borrower

buzz

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: hum, vibrate

Antonimi: be silent

saw

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He used a saw to cut the wood.”

Sinonimi: cutting tool

Antonimi:

hay

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The horses were eating hay.”

Sinonimi: dried grass

Antonimi: fresh grass

dip

Verbo

Esempio: “Dip the bread into the soup.”

Sinonimi: lower briefly, immerse

Antonimi: lift

bud

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The rose bush is full of new buds.”

Sinonimi: young flower

Antonimi: full bloom

microcomputer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Sinonimi: small computer

Antonimi: mainframe

holy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This is a holy place for many people.”

Sinonimi: sacred

Antonimi: ordinary, unholy

damp

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The towels are still damp.”

Sinonimi: wet, moist

Antonimi: dry

calf

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The calf followed its mother across the field.”

Sinonimi: young cow

Antonimi: bull

bill

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We asked for the bill after dinner.”

Sinonimi: invoice, note

Antonimi: payment

base

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lamp has a heavy base.”

Sinonimi: foundation, bottom

Antonimi: top

but

Congiunzione

Esempio: “I wanted to go, but I was too tired.”

Sinonimi: however

Antonimi: and

trick

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The magician showed us a clever trick.”

Sinonimi: move, deception

Antonimi: truth

raise

Verbo

Esempio: “Please raise your hand if you know the answer.”

Sinonimi: lift

Antonimi: lower

power

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: energy, strength

Antonimi: weakness

magic

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The film is full of magic and wonder.”

Sinonimi: sorcery

Antonimi: reality

rose

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He gave her a red rose.”

Sinonimi: flower

Antonimi:

lion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lion is sleeping under the tree.”

Sinonimi: big cat

Antonimi:

lily

Avverbio

Esempio: “There is a white lily in the garden.”

Sinonimi: flower

Antonimi:

taste-maker

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: trendsetter, influencer

Antonimi: follower, outsider

athleticism

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The role demands both grace and athleticism.”

Sinonimi: physical prowess, fitness

Antonimi: clumsiness, frailty

degradation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Environmental degradation is accelerating in the region.”

Sinonimi: deterioration, decline

Antonimi: improvement, restoration

unwavering

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She showed unwavering support throughout the crisis.”

Sinonimi: steadfast, firm

Antonimi: uncertain, wavering

thus

Avverbio

Esempio: “The road was closed, thus we had to wait.”

Sinonimi: therefore, in this way

Antonimi: however

stem

Verbo

Esempio: “Most of these problems stem from poor planning.”

Sinonimi: come from, plant stalk

Antonimi: end

moss

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Green moss covered the old stones.”

Sinonimi: soft plant

Antonimi:

these

Pronome

Esempio: “These flowers are beautiful.”

Sinonimi: these ones

Antonimi: those

below

Preposizione

Esempio: “Please read the text below.”

Sinonimi: under

Antonimi: above

magnanimously

Avverbio

Esempio: “She magnanimously credited the team for the success.”

Sinonimi: generously

Antonimi: pettily

deprecatingly

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: self-effacingly

Antonimi: proudly

proportional

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The response must be proportional to the risk.”

Sinonimi: commensurate

Antonimi: disproportionate

paralyzingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The fear was paralyzingly intense.”

Sinonimi: immobilizingly

Antonimi: empoweringly

jurisdiction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The case falls under federal jurisdiction.”

Sinonimi: authority

bureaucratic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The process is slowed by bureaucratic requirements.”

Sinonimi: administrative

Antonimi: streamlined

subordinate

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He refused to be treated as subordinate in the partnership.”

Sinonimi: junior

Antonimi: superior

remorseless

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The remorseless attacker showed no regret.”

Sinonimi: pitiless

Antonimi: remorseful

range

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The price range is from $10 to $50.”

Sinonimi: spectrum

pluck

Verbo

Esempio: “She plucked the flowers from the garden.”

Sinonimi: pull off

Antonimi: plant

mogul

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He became a real-tech mogul in his 40s.”

Sinonimi: tycoon

midst

Sostantivo

Esempio: “In the midst of the meeting, the power went out.”

Sinonimi: middle

lower

Verbo

Esempio: “They lowered the price to attract customers.”

Sinonimi: reduce

Antonimi: raise

force

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They used force to open the door.”

Sinonimi: power

Antonimi: weakness

faith

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He kept faith even in difficult times.”

Sinonimi: belief

Antonimi: doubt

consist

Verbo

Esempio: “The team consists of five people.”

Sinonimi: be made of

theirs

Pronome

Esempio: “This house is theirs.”

Sinonimi: belonging to them

junior

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is a junior worker.”

Sinonimi: younger

Antonimi: senior

flower

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This flower is yellow.”

Sinonimi: bloom