Vocabolario

read

Verbo

Esempio: “I read a story before bed.”

Sinonimi: study

Antonimi: write

ready

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I am ready to go.”

Sinonimi: prepared

Antonimi: unready

contagion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Schools closed to prevent contagion.”

Sinonimi: infection, spread

Antonimi: immunity

disperse

Verbo

Esempio: “The crowd began to disperse.”

Sinonimi: scatter, spread out

Antonimi: gather

diffuse

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: spread, disperse

Antonimi: concentrate

label

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Read the label on the bottle.”

Sinonimi: tag, sticker

Antonimi: unmarked item

instruction

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Read the instruction carefully.”

Sinonimi: direction, guide

Antonimi: confusion

publisher

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The publisher printed the book.”

Sinonimi: book company

Antonimi: reader

biography

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I read his biography.”

Sinonimi: life story

Antonimi: fiction

novel

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I am reading a novel.”

Sinonimi: fiction book

Antonimi: textbook

flour

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We need flour for the cake.”

Sinonimi: powder

Antonimi: water

text

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Read the text, please.”

Sinonimi: writing, message

Antonimi: picture

cake

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The cake is sweet.”

Sinonimi: dessert

Antonimi: bread

bookmark

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Use a bookmark in the book.”

bakery

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There is a bakery near my house.”

desk

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The book is on the desk.”

Sinonimi: table

recitation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her recitation of the poem was moving.”

Sinonimi: reading aloud, performance

Antonimi: silence, improvisation

voracious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a voracious reader of history books.”

Sinonimi: greedy, avid

Antonimi: moderate, indifferent

dip

Verbo

Esempio: “Dip the bread into the soup.”

Sinonimi: lower briefly, immerse

Antonimi: lift

comprehension

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Reading comprehension improves with practice.”

Sinonimi: understanding, grasp

Antonimi: confusion

yet

Avverbio

Esempio: “I have not finished yet.”

Sinonimi: so far, still

Antonimi: already

fresh

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We bought fresh bread this morning.”

Sinonimi: new, clean

Antonimi: stale, old

they

Pronome

Esempio: “They are my best friends.”

Sinonimi: those people

Antonimi: we

them

Pronome

Esempio: “I can help them with homework.”

Sinonimi: those people

Antonimi: us

that

Pronome

Esempio: “That is my friend over there.”

Sinonimi: that one

Antonimi: this

some

Determinante

Esempio: “I need some bread and milk.”

Sinonimi: a few, a little

Antonimi: none

reverberate

Verbo

Esempio: “The decision will reverberate across the industry.”

Sinonimi: echo, resound

Antonimi: fade, die out

maliciously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The rumor had been spread maliciously.”

Sinonimi: spitefully, malevolently

Antonimi: kindly, benevolently

ingenuously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He ingenuously admitted that he had not read the contract.”

Sinonimi: naively, innocently

Antonimi: cunningly, calculatingly

disseminate

Verbo

Esempio: “The findings were disseminated through academic journals.”

Sinonimi: circulate, spread

Antonimi: suppress, withhold

breadwinner

Sostantivo

Esempio: “After his father retired, he became the family’s main breadwinner.”

Sinonimi: provider, earner

Antonimi: dependent

allegorical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The poem is widely read as an allegorical account of political oppression.”

Sinonimi: symbolic, figurative

Antonimi: literal, direct

proliferate

Verbo

Esempio: “False stories tend to proliferate rapidly online.”

Sinonimi: spread, multiply

Antonimi: decline, diminish

pleasurable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Reading by the window was a surprisingly pleasurable routine.”

Sinonimi: enjoyable, pleasant

Antonimi: painful, unpleasant

blockbuster

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The studio expected the movie to become a summer blockbuster.”

Sinonimi: hit, smash success

Antonimi: flop, failure

ripe

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The bananas are ripe enough to eat.”

Sinonimi: ready to eat

Antonimi: unripe

paid

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The bill has already been paid.”

Sinonimi: settled

Antonimi: unpaid

loaf

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He bought a loaf of fresh bread.”

Sinonimi: bread loaf

Antonimi: slice

other

Aggettivo

Esempio: “One shoe is here, but where is the other one?”

Sinonimi: another

Antonimi: same

enjoy

Verbo

Esempio: “I enjoy reading in the evening.”

Sinonimi: like, take pleasure in

Antonimi: dislike

below

Preposizione

Esempio: “Please read the text below.”

Sinonimi: under

Antonimi: above

reverberation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The decision had reverberations across the entire ecosystem.”

Sinonimi: echo

Antonimi: silence

pervasiveness

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: ubiquity

Antonimi: rarity

dissemination

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The dissemination of misinformation was faster than the correction.”

Sinonimi: distribution

Antonimi: suppression

polysyllabic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The text is full of polysyllabic words that slow readers down.”

Sinonimi: multi-syllable

Antonimi: monosyllabic

delicatessen

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We stopped at a delicatessen for cheese and cured meat.”

Sinonimi: deli

exhilaration

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She felt exhilaration after finishing the marathon.”

Sinonimi: thrill

Antonimi: dread

enterprising

Aggettivo

Esempio: “An enterprising team can turn constraints into advantage.”

Sinonimi: resourceful

Antonimi: passive

voraciously

Avverbio

Esempio: “She read voraciously during the summer break.”

Sinonimi: eagerly

Antonimi: sparingly

screw

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Tighten the screw with a screwdriver.”

Sinonimi: bolt

aloud

Avverbio

Esempio: “Please read the text aloud.”

Sinonimi: out loud

spread

Verbo

Esempio: “Don’t spread rumors.”

Sinonimi: share

Antonimi: hide

sleepy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I am sleepy after lunch.”

Sinonimi: tired

Antonimi: awake

script

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I read the script.”

Sinonimi: text

recent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “I read a recent article.”

Sinonimi: new

Antonimi: old

rather

Avverbio

Esempio: “I would rather stay home.”

Sinonimi: preferably

nearly

Avverbio

Esempio: “We are nearly ready.”

Sinonimi: almost

Antonimi: completely

evening

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I read in the evening.”

Sinonimi: nightfall

Antonimi: morning

already

Avverbio

Esempio: “I already ate breakfast.”

Sinonimi: by now

Antonimi: not yet

almost

Avverbio

Esempio: “It is almost ready.”

Sinonimi: nearly

Antonimi: completely

slice

Verbo

Esempio: “She sliced the bread.”

Sinonimi: cut

Antonimi: join

section

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Read this section of the book.”

Sinonimi: part

Antonimi: whole

pervasive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Corruption was pervasive.”

Sinonimi: widespread, ubiquitous

Antonimi: limited

explicit

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The policy makes explicit requirements.”

Sinonimi: clear, definite

Antonimi: implicit

clear

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The instructions are clear.”

Sinonimi: obvious

Antonimi: confusing

prevalent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Remote work has become prevalent across many industries.”

book

/bʊk/

Esempio: “The book is new.”

Sinonimi: hold, leger, script