Vocabolario

see

/siː/

Esempio: “I see you.”

Sinonimi: ascertain, regard, control

seem

Verbo

Esempio: “He seems tired.”

Sinonimi: appear, look

Antonimi: be

bye

Interiezione

Esempio: “Bye! Have a good day.”

Sinonimi: goodbye, see you

Antonimi: hello, hi

envisage

Verbo

Esempio: “I envisage a better future.”

Sinonimi: imagine, foresee

Antonimi: ignore

malice

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He acted with malice.”

Sinonimi: spite, ill will

Antonimi: kindness

landscape

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The landscape is beautiful.”

Sinonimi: scenery, view

Antonimi: city interior

oversee

Verbo

Esempio: “The director will oversee the project.”

Sinonimi: supervise, manage

Antonimi: ignore

applicant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The applicant sent a document.”

Sinonimi: candidate, person applying

Antonimi: reviewer

emergency

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Call the doctor in an emergency.”

Sinonimi: crisis, urgent situation

Antonimi: normal situation

zoo

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We go to the zoo.”

Sinonimi: animal park

Antonimi: farm

sky

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The sky is clear.”

Sinonimi: heavens

Antonimi: ground

eye

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has blue eyes.”

Sinonimi: sight organ

Antonimi: ear

ostensibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The funds were ostensibly for research.”

Sinonimi: apparently, seemingly

Antonimi: actually, genuinely

inexorable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The rise in costs seemed inexorable.”

Sinonimi: unstoppable, relentless

Antonimi: avoidable, merciful

divination

Sostantivo

Esempio: “In ancient cultures, divination was often linked to religion.”

Sinonimi: fortune-telling, prophecy

Antonimi: reason, science

silhouette

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We could see her silhouette in the doorway.”

Sinonimi: outline, shadow shape

Antonimi: detail, full image

impervious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She seemed impervious to criticism.”

Sinonimi: unaffected, immune

Antonimi: vulnerable, sensitive

exotically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The room was exotically decorated with rare fabrics.”

Sinonimi: unusually, distinctively

Antonimi: plainly, ordinarily

believably

Avverbio

Esempio: “She played the role believably.”

Sinonimi: convincingly, plausibly

Antonimi: unconvincingly, badly

antiquated

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The system is antiquated and inefficient.”

Sinonimi: outdated, obsolete

Antonimi: modern, up-to-date

prophetic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His warning now seems almost prophetic.”

Sinonimi: predictive, visionary

Antonimi: unpredictive, ordinary

plausibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “She argued plausibly that the delay was unavoidable.”

Sinonimi: believably, credibly

Antonimi: unconvincingly, implausibly

blur

Verbo

Esempio: “Tears can blur your vision.”

Sinonimi: smudge, soften

Antonimi: sharpen, clarify

beak

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The bird held a seed in its beak.”

Sinonimi: bird mouth

Antonimi:

saw

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: cutting tool

Antonimi:

fade

Verbo

Esempio: “The colors began to fade in the sun.”

Sinonimi: disappear slowly, lose color

Antonimi: brighten

shore

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We could see the shore from the boat.”

Sinonimi: coast, bank

Antonimi: sea

spot

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This is a good spot for a picnic.”

Sinonimi: place, see

Antonimi: miss

show

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please show me your drawing.”

Sinonimi: display

Antonimi: hide

meet

Verbo

Esempio: “Let’s meet after school.”

Sinonimi: see, greet

Antonimi: miss

look

Verbo

Esempio: “Look at the sky.”

Sinonimi: see, watch

Antonimi: ignore

vindication

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The ruling was seen as a vindication of her long campaign.”

Sinonimi: justification, exoneration

Antonimi: condemnation, disproof

taciturnity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His taciturnity made him seem cold at first.”

Sinonimi: reserve, reticence

Antonimi: talkativeness, loquacity

provocation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The statement was seen as a deliberate provocation.”

Sinonimi: incitement, taunt

Antonimi: appeasement, calm

equilibrium

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The policy seeks to restore economic equilibrium.”

Sinonimi: balance, stability

Antonimi: imbalance, instability

insensitive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His comment was seen as insensitive and offensive.”

Sinonimi: thoughtless, unfeeling

Antonimi: sensitive, considerate

rare

Aggettivo

Esempio: “This bird is rare in our area.”

Sinonimi: uncommon, unusual

Antonimi: common, frequent

appear

Verbo

Esempio: “A rainbow appeared after the storm.”

Sinonimi: show up, seem

Antonimi: disappear

sight

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The mountain view was a beautiful sight.”

Sinonimi: view

Antonimi: blindness

front

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Meet me in front of the building.”

Sinonimi: ahead

Antonimi: back

foggy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was a foggy morning.”

Sinonimi: misty

Antonimi: clear

paradoxically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Paradoxically, strict rules can increase creativity.”

Sinonimi: ironically

Antonimi: predictably

deprecatingly

Avverbio

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

Sinonimi: self-effacingly

Antonimi: proudly

blandishment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She resisted the blandishments of people seeking favors.”

Sinonimi: flattery

Antonimi: criticism

exhibitionist

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He was criticized for exhibitionist behavior online.”

Sinonimi: show-off

Antonimi: reserved

consultation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Book a consultation before starting treatment.”

Sinonimi: advice session

glare

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I couldn’t see because of the glare on the screen.”

Sinonimi: glare/brightness

blind

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The bright light made me almost blind for a second.”

clearly

Avverbio

Esempio: “Please speak clearly.”

Sinonimi: plainly

Antonimi: unclearly

flower

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This flower is yellow.”

Sinonimi: bloom

demystification

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The book contributed to the demystification of science.”

Sinonimi: clarification

Antonimi: mystification

verisimilitude

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The novel achieved remarkable verisimilitude.”

Sinonimi: authenticity

Antonimi: implausibility

spite

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He did it out of spite.”

Sinonimi: malice

Antonimi: kindness

paradoxical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Success had a paradoxical effect.”

Sinonimi: contradictory, ironic

Antonimi: logical

perspective

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: viewpoint, angle

Antonimi: ignorance

understand

Verbo

Esempio: “I understand the situation.”

Sinonimi: realize, see

Antonimi: misunderstand

realize

Verbo

Esempio: “I realized my mistake.”

Sinonimi: understand, see

Antonimi: ignore

paradox

Sostantivo

Esempio: “It’s a paradox that more options can make decisions harder.”

plausible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She offered a plausible explanation for the delay.”

inchoate

/ɪnˈkoʊət/

Esempio: “The idea was still inchoate.”

Sinonimi: incipient, early

pellucid

/pəˈluːsɪd/

Esempio: “Her explanation was pellucid.”

Sinonimi: clear, limpid, luculent

prevaricate

/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/

Esempio: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”

Sinonimi: palter, equivocate, tergiversate

recondite

/ˈrekənˌdaɪt/

Esempio: “The lecture was recondite but fascinating.”

Sinonimi: esoteric, deep, abstruse

vicissitude

/vɪˈsɪsɪtuːd/

Esempio: “He accepted life’s vicissitudes calmly.”

trenchant

/ˈtren tʃənt/

Esempio: “She offered trenchant criticism.”

Sinonimi: distinct, clear, intelligent

taciturn

/ˈtæsɪtɝːn/

Esempio: “He is taciturn in public.”

Sinonimi: reticent, buttoned-up, untalkative

Antonimi: voluble

supercilious

/ˌsuːpərˈsɪliəs/

Esempio: “His supercilious tone annoyed people.”

Sinonimi: snide, haughty, proud

stultify

/ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/

Esempio: “Too many rules can stultify innovation.”

soliloquy

/səˈlɪləkwɪ/

Esempio: “The actor delivered a powerful soliloquy.”

Sinonimi: monologue

sanguine

/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/

Esempio: “She is sanguine about the outcome.”

Sinonimi: ruddy, optimistic, rubicund

recalcitrant

/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/

Esempio: “A recalcitrant client refused to cooperate.”

Sinonimi: defiant, intractable, refractory

quixotic

/kwɪkˈsɑːtɪk/

Esempio: “It was a quixotic attempt to change everything overnight.”

Sinonimi: impractical, wild-eyed, romantic

proclivity

/prəˈklɪvəti/

Esempio: “He has a proclivity for risk-taking.”

Sinonimi: propensity, leaning

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

obfuscate

/ˈɑːbfəskeɪt/

Esempio: “Don’t obfuscate—state the facts.”

Antonimi: elucidate, clarify, clear up

mellifluous

/məˈlɪfluəs/

Esempio: “She has a mellifluous voice.”

Sinonimi: dulcet, sweet, mellisonant

laconic

/ləˈkɑːnɪk/

Esempio: “His response was laconic.”

Sinonimi: terse, crisp, concise

intransigent

/ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt/

Esempio: “They remained intransigent during talks.”

Sinonimi: inexorable, adamant, adamantine

interlocutor

/ˌɪntərˈlɑːkjətər/

Esempio: “She listened carefully to her interlocutor.”

Sinonimi: middleman, conversational partner