Vocabolario

seem

Verbo

Esempio: “He seems tired.”

Sinonimi: appear, look

Antonimi: be

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

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Sinonimi: outdated, obsolete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

fade

Verbo

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

Sinonimi: disappear slowly, lose color

Antonimi: brighten

taciturnity

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: reserve, reticence

Antonimi: talkativeness, loquacity

appear

Verbo

Esempio: “A rainbow appeared after the storm.”

Sinonimi: show up, seem

Antonimi: disappear

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

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

paradoxical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Success had a paradoxical effect.”

Sinonimi: contradictory, ironic

Antonimi: logical

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.”

antediluvian

/ˌænti dɪˈluːviən/

Esempio: “Their process is antediluvian.”

Sinonimi: archaic, antiquated, old