Vocabolario

per

Preposizione

Esempio: “The speed limit is sixty miles per hour.”

Sinonimi: for each

Antonimi:

perverse

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He took a perverse pleasure in failure.”

Sinonimi: contrary, twisted

Antonimi: normal

personality

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has a strong personality.”

Sinonimi: character, nature

Antonimi: facelessness

person

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is a good person.”

Sinonimi: human, individual

Antonimi: animal

perversity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.”

Sinonimi: contrariness, depravity

Antonimi: reasonableness, decency

perpetuate

Verbo

Esempio: “Such myths only perpetuate fear.”

Sinonimi: maintain, continue

Antonimi: end, eliminate

perceptive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She made a perceptive comment about the novel.”

Sinonimi: insightful, observant

Antonimi: unaware, dull

pertinent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic.”

Sinonimi: relevant, applicable

Antonimi: irrelevant, unrelated

personalize

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: customize, tailor

Antonimi: standardize, generalize

persecution

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Many families fled the region to escape persecution.”

Sinonimi: oppression, harassment

Antonimi: protection, tolerance

pervasiveness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The pervasiveness of tracking reshaped consumer trust.”

Sinonimi: ubiquity

Antonimi: rarity

persuasively

Avverbio

Esempio: “He argued persuasively for a simpler solution.”

Sinonimi: convincingly

Antonimi: unconvincingly

perceptively

Avverbio

Esempio: “She perceptively noticed the real conflict behind the words.”

Sinonimi: insightfully

Antonimi: blindly

period

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Put a period at the end.”

Sinonimi: dot

pervasive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Corruption was pervasive.”

Sinonimi: widespread, ubiquitous

Antonimi: limited

perspective

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Try to see it from my perspective.”

Sinonimi: viewpoint, angle

Antonimi: ignorance

perspicacious

/ˌpɝːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/

Esempio: “A perspicacious investor asked tough questions.”

Sinonimi: sagacious, discerning, sapient

perfunctory

/pərˈfʌŋktəri/

Esempio: “He gave a perfunctory apology.”

Sinonimi: cursory, casual, careless

tenacious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a tenacious leader.”

Sinonimi: persistent, determined

Antonimi: weak

proscribe

Verbo

Esempio: “The law proscribes discrimination.”

Sinonimi: ban, forbid

Antonimi: permit

incipient

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: emerging, early

Antonimi: developed

deprecate

Verbo

Esempio: “Developers deprecate old software features.”

Sinonimi: criticize, discourage

Antonimi: approve

cognitive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Sleep affects cognitive performance.”

Sinonimi: mental, intellectual

Antonimi: physical

abundance

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: plenty, wealth

Antonimi: scarcity

virtuoso

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She is a piano virtuoso.”

Sinonimi: master, expert

Antonimi: amateur

tenacity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her tenacity helped her succeed.”

Sinonimi: persistence, determination

Antonimi: weakness

rhetoric

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The speech used powerful rhetoric.”

Sinonimi: persuasive speech, oratory

Antonimi: silence

neophyte

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is a neophyte in programming.”

Sinonimi: beginner, novice

Antonimi: expert

mystique

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The brand has a strong mystique.”

Sinonimi: aura, charm

Antonimi: plainness

engender

Verbo

Esempio: “Trust can engender cooperation.”

Sinonimi: cause, produce

Antonimi: prevent

disperse

Verbo

Esempio: “The crowd began to disperse.”

Sinonimi: scatter, spread out

Antonimi: gather

diligent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a diligent student.”

Sinonimi: hardworking, careful

Antonimi: lazy

automate

Verbo

Esempio: “We should automate this process.”

Sinonimi: mechanize, computerize

Antonimi: do manually

subsist

Verbo

Esempio: “Some families subsist on very little money.”

Sinonimi: survive, live

Antonimi: prosper

spatial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The test measures spatial ability.”

Sinonimi: space-related

Antonimi: temporal

solicit

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: request, ask for

Antonimi: offer

opulent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They stayed in an opulent hotel.”

Sinonimi: luxurious, rich

Antonimi: poor

oblique

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

Sinonimi: indirect, slanted

Antonimi: direct

diffuse

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: spread, disperse

Antonimi: concentrate

deficit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The government has a budget deficit.”

Sinonimi: shortage, lack

Antonimi: surplus

temper

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He has a quick temper.”

Sinonimi: mood, temperament

Antonimi: calmness

hamper

Verbo

Esempio: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Sinonimi: hinder, obstruct

Antonimi: help

denote

Verbo

Esempio: “The symbol denotes temperature.”

Sinonimi: mean, indicate

Antonimi: hide

corpse

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The police found a corpse.”

Sinonimi: dead body

Antonimi: living person

cogent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She made a cogent argument.”

Sinonimi: convincing, clear

Antonimi: weak

remit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This issue is outside my remit.”

Sinonimi: responsibility, scope

Antonimi: irrelevance

lurid

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The newspaper published lurid details.”

Sinonimi: shocking, sensational

Antonimi: plain

angst

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Teenagers often feel social angst.”

Sinonimi: anxiety, worry

Antonimi: calm

dependent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The result is dependent on the data.”

Sinonimi: reliant, controlled by

Antonimi: independent

automatic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The door has an automatic lock.”

Sinonimi: self-operating

Antonimi: manual

duration

Sostantivo

Esempio: “What is the duration of the lecture?”

Sinonimi: length, time period

Antonimi: moment

vicious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was a vicious attack.”

Sinonimi: cruel, violent

Antonimi: kind

oversee

Verbo

Esempio: “The director will oversee the project.”

Sinonimi: supervise, manage

Antonimi: ignore

liaison

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She works as a liaison between two departments.”

Sinonimi: contact person, link

Antonimi: barrier

trauma

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The accident caused emotional trauma.”

Sinonimi: shock, injury

Antonimi: healing

legacy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His legacy is still important today.”

Sinonimi: heritage, inheritance

Antonimi: new beginning

supervisor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My supervisor checked the report.”

Sinonimi: manager, boss

Antonimi: trainee

retirement

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Retirement can change a person’s life.”

Sinonimi: leaving work, pension age

Antonimi: employment

programmer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The programmer fixed the website.”

Sinonimi: developer, coder

Antonimi: nontechnical user

consultant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The consultant gave useful advice.”

Sinonimi: advisor, expert

Antonimi: client

volunteer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She works as a volunteer.”

Sinonimi: helper

Antonimi: paid worker

therapist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The therapist helped the patient.”

Sinonimi: doctor, counselor

Antonimi: patient

presenter

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The presenter introduced the guest.”

Sinonimi: host, speaker

Antonimi: audience

immigrant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The immigrant found a new job.”

Sinonimi: newcomer, migrant

Antonimi: native

economist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The economist explained inflation.”

Sinonimi: finance expert

Antonimi: artist

collector

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The collector bought an old stamp.”

Sinonimi: gatherer

Antonimi: seller

applicant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The applicant sent a document.”

Sinonimi: candidate, person applying

Antonimi: reviewer

operator

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The operator answered the phone.”

Sinonimi: telephone operator, switchboard operator

official

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The official answered the question.”

Sinonimi: officer, authority

Antonimi: private citizen

learning

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Learning English takes time.”

Sinonimi: study, education

Antonimi: forgetting

employer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The employer offered a job.”

Sinonimi: company, boss

Antonimi: employee

employee

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The employee works in the office.”

Sinonimi: worker, staff member

Antonimi: employer

contract

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We signed a contract.”

Sinonimi: agreement, deal

Antonimi: cancellation

welfare

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The program supports child welfare.”

Sinonimi: well-being, support

Antonimi: hardship

trainer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The trainer explained the exercise.”

Sinonimi: coach, instructor

Antonimi: trainee

trainee

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The trainee learns from the trainer.”

Sinonimi: learner, intern

Antonimi: expert

pension

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My grandfather receives a pension.”

Sinonimi: retirement money

Antonimi: salary

ceiling

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lamp is on the ceiling.”

Sinonimi: top of room

Antonimi: floor

thesis

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She wrote a thesis at university.”

Sinonimi: research paper, argument

Antonimi: summary

profit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The business made a profit.”

Sinonimi: gain, earnings

Antonimi: loss