Vocabolario

sit

/sɪt/

Esempio: “Sit here.”

Sinonimi: model, pose, posture

Antonimi: lie, rise, arise

site

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This site has many useful lessons.”

Sinonimi: place, webpage

Antonimi:

relegate

Verbo

Esempio: “The team was relegated to a lower league.”

Sinonimi: demote, downgrade

Antonimi: promote

eminent

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is an eminent scientist.”

Sinonimi: distinguished, famous

Antonimi: unknown

consign

Verbo

Esempio: “They consigned the goods to storage.”

Sinonimi: deliver, entrust

Antonimi: keep

repute

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The university is of high repute.”

Sinonimi: reputation, standing

Antonimi: disgrace

qualm

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She had no qualm about refusing.”

Sinonimi: doubt, hesitation

Antonimi: certainty

embed

Verbo

Esempio: “Embed the video on the website.”

Sinonimi: insert, place inside

Antonimi: remove

bogus

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The website gave bogus information.”

Sinonimi: fake, false

Antonimi: real

diversity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Diversity can strengthen a team.”

Sinonimi: variety, difference

Antonimi: uniformity

vertical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Draw a vertical line.”

Sinonimi: upright

Antonimi: horizontal

scenario

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This scenario is possible.”

Sinonimi: situation, case

Antonimi: certainty

resignation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He sent his resignation yesterday.”

Sinonimi: quitting, stepping down

Antonimi: appointment

programmer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The programmer fixed the website.”

Sinonimi: developer, coder

Antonimi: nontechnical user

purchase

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The purchase was successful.”

Sinonimi: buying, order

Antonimi: sale

official

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The official answered the question.”

Sinonimi: officer, authority

Antonimi: private citizen

tuition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “University tuition is expensive.”

Sinonimi: education fee

Antonimi: scholarship

thesis

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She wrote a thesis at university.”

Sinonimi: research paper, argument

Antonimi: summary

user

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The user opened the website.”

Sinonimi: customer, person

Antonimi: admin

promotion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He got a promotion at work.”

Sinonimi: advancement, raise

Antonimi: demotion

professor

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The professor teaches chemistry.”

Sinonimi: teacher, academic

Antonimi: student

chemistry

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Chemistry is my favorite subject.”

Sinonimi: science of substances

Antonimi: literature

election

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The election is in May.”

Sinonimi: vote, poll

Antonimi: appointment

chemical

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This chemical is dangerous.”

Sinonimi: substance

Antonimi: natural material

lecture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The lecture starts at ten.”

Sinonimi: talk, lesson

Antonimi: break

essay

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Write an essay about your family.”

Sinonimi: composition, short paper

Antonimi: list

bench

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We sit on the bench.”

Sinonimi: seat

Antonimi: floor

appointment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have an appointment with a doctor.”

Sinonimi: meeting, scheduled visit

Antonimi: cancellation

university

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She studies at a university.”

Sinonimi: college, higher education school

Antonimi: kindergarten

emergency

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Call the doctor in an emergency.”

Sinonimi: crisis, urgent situation

Antonimi: normal situation

advantage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good English is an advantage.”

Sinonimi: benefit, plus

Antonimi: disadvantage

research

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She does research at the university.”

Sinonimi: study, investigation

Antonimi: guess

interest

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have an interest in music.”

Sinonimi: curiosity, attention

Antonimi: boredom

website

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This website is useful.”

Sinonimi: site, web page

Antonimi: offline page

bath

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I take a bath at night.”

Sinonimi: wash, bathtub

Antonimi: shower

job

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I have a new job.”

Sinonimi: work, position

Antonimi: unemployment

resource

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This website is a useful resource.”

Sinonimi: material

disadvantage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The main disadvantage is the price.”

Sinonimi: drawback

Antonimi: advantage

virtuosity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The performance displayed remarkable virtuosity.”

Sinonimi: mastery, brilliance

Antonimi: clumsiness, mediocrity

surrealism

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Surrealism challenged traditional ideas about art.”

Sinonimi: art movement

Antonimi: realism

sandwiched

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Our house is sandwiched between two tall buildings.”

Sinonimi: wedged, placed between

Antonimi: separate, isolated

redundancy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The report suffers from redundancy in several sections.”

Sinonimi: superfluity, repetition

Antonimi: necessity, economy

perversity

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: contrariness, depravity

Antonimi: reasonableness, decency

ostensible

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The ostensible reason for the visit was business.”

Sinonimi: apparent, supposed

Antonimi: real, genuine

inexorably

Avverbio

Esempio: “Time moves inexorably forward.”

Sinonimi: relentlessly, inevitably

Antonimi: hesitantly, reversibly

inducement

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The bonus served as an inducement to stay.”

Sinonimi: incentive, motivation

Antonimi: deterrent, discouragement

imposition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He apologized for the imposition.”

Sinonimi: burden, intrusion

Antonimi: favor, relief

forfeiture

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Late payment may result in forfeiture of the deposit.”

Sinonimi: loss, seizure

Antonimi: retention, recovery

uniformity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The factory demands strict uniformity in production.”

Sinonimi: consistency, sameness

Antonimi: variety, diversity

unenviably

Avverbio

Esempio: “He was unenviably placed between two angry groups.”

Sinonimi: awkwardly, unpleasantly

Antonimi: admirably, comfortably

unenviable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She was in the unenviable position of choosing who to dismiss.”

Sinonimi: unpleasant, awkward

Antonimi: enviable, desirable

provisions

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The contract includes several important provisions.”

Sinonimi: terms, supplies

Antonimi: omissions, shortages

impervious

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She seemed impervious to criticism.”

Sinonimi: unaffected, immune

Antonimi: vulnerable, sensitive

headstrong

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He is too headstrong to take advice.”

Sinonimi: stubborn, willful

Antonimi: obedient, flexible

contextual

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The meaning is easier to grasp with contextual clues.”

Sinonimi: situational, related to context

Antonimi: isolated, decontextualized

sedentary

Aggettivo

Esempio: “A sedentary lifestyle can harm your health.”

Sinonimi: inactive, stationary

Antonimi: active, energetic

reminisce

Verbo

Esempio: “We sat for hours and reminisced about university.”

Sinonimi: recall, remember fondly

Antonimi: forget, overlook

jam

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We were late because of a traffic jam.”

Sinonimi: preserve, blockage

Antonimi: clear road

bum

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He slipped and landed on his bum.”

Sinonimi: bottom

Antonimi:

undergraduate

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She worked part-time while she was an undergraduate.”

Sinonimi: college student

Antonimi: graduate

father-in-law

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her father-in-law visits every weekend.”

Sinonimi: relative by marriage

Antonimi:

decomposition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Heat speeds up the decomposition of food.”

Sinonimi: decay, breakdown

Antonimi: growth

hope

Verbo

Esempio: “I hope everything goes well.”

Sinonimi: wish, expect positively

Antonimi: despair

coal

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The old house was heated with coal.”

Sinonimi: fuel

Antonimi:

yet

Avverbio

Esempio: “I have not finished yet.”

Sinonimi: so far, still

Antonimi: already

top

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The cat was sitting on top of the wall.”

Sinonimi: upper part, peak

Antonimi: bottom

lie

Verbo

Esempio: “Please lie down and rest.”

Sinonimi: rest, falsehood

Antonimi: stand, truth

transportation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Public transportation is cheap in this city.”

Sinonimi: travel system, transit

Antonimi: walking

biochemistry

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She studies biochemistry at university.”

Sinonimi: life chemistry

Antonimi:

third

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She finished in third place.”

Sinonimi: number three

Antonimi: first

south

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They moved to the south for warmer weather.”

Sinonimi: southern direction

Antonimi: north

royal

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They visited the royal palace.”

Sinonimi: kingly

Antonimi: ordinary

raise

Verbo

Esempio: “Please raise your hand if you know the answer.”

Sinonimi: lift

Antonimi: lower

north

Sostantivo

Esempio: “They traveled to the north of the country.”

Sinonimi: northern direction

Antonimi: south

given

Preposizione

Esempio: “Given the weather, we stayed home.”

Sinonimi: provided, considering

Antonimi: taken away

week

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I visit my grandmother every week.”

Sinonimi: seven days

Antonimi: day

thin

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The ice is too thin.”

Sinonimi: slim

Antonimi: thick

side

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Stand on this side of the road.”

Sinonimi: part, edge

Antonimi: center

role

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She has an important role in the play.”

Sinonimi: part

Antonimi:

move

Verbo

Esempio: “Please move this chair.”

Sinonimi: go, shift

Antonimi: stay