Vocabolario

pit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Watch out for the deep pit.”

Sinonimi: hole

Antonimi: hill

pitch

Verbo

Esempio: “She pitched the idea to investors.”

Sinonimi: present

malice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He acted with malice.”

Sinonimi: spite, ill will

Antonimi: kindness

clinical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The drug passed clinical testing.”

Sinonimi: medical, hospital-based

Antonimi: nonmedical

investment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This investment is risky.”

Sinonimi: funding, capital

Antonimi: withdrawal

investor

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: backer, financier

Antonimi: borrower

finance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He works in finance.”

Sinonimi: money management, banking

Antonimi: spending without plan

ambulance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Call an ambulance.”

Sinonimi: emergency vehicle

Antonimi: taxi

hospital

Sostantivo

Esempio: “My uncle is in the hospital.”

provincial

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel contrasts provincial life with life in the capital.”

Sinonimi: regional, small-town

Antonimi: cosmopolitan, urban

outpatient

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The treatment can be given to an outpatient.”

Sinonimi: non-hospital patient

Antonimi: inpatient

headquarters

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The company moved its headquarters to the capital.”

Sinonimi: main office, central office

Antonimi: branch

chirp

Verbo

Esempio: “Birds chirp early in the morning.”

Sinonimi: tweet

Antonimi: be silent

tenaciously

Avverbio

Esempio: “She tenaciously pursued the case despite repeated setbacks.”

Sinonimi: persistently, doggedly

Antonimi: weakly, halfheartedly

maliciously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The rumor had been spread maliciously.”

Sinonimi: spitefully, malevolently

Antonimi: kindly, benevolently

unscathing

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The review was surprisingly unscathing despite the film’s flaws.”

Sinonimi: mild, lenient

Antonimi: scathing, harsh

anyway

Avverbio

Esempio: “It was raining, but we went anyway.”

Sinonimi: in any case

Antonimi: therefore not

voice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I recognized her voice immediately.”

Sinonimi: sound, tone

Antonimi: silence

ignominiously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The plan failed ignominiously, despite all the hype.”

Sinonimi: shamefully

Antonimi: gloriously

remonstrance

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: objection

Antonimi: approval

remorselessly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He remorselessly exploited people’s fears for profit.”

Sinonimi: pitilessly

Antonimi: mercifully

remorseless

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The remorseless attacker showed no regret.”

Sinonimi: pitiless

Antonimi: remorseful

flute

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She plays the flute in a band.”

though

Congiunzione

Esempio: “I went out, though it was cold.”

Sinonimi: although

spite

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He did it out of spite.”

Sinonimi: malice

Antonimi: kindness

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

Esempio: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Sinonimi: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal