Vocabolario

tag

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Do not remove the price tag.”

Sinonimi: label, mark

Antonimi: untag

contagion

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Schools closed to prevent contagion.”

Sinonimi: infection, spread

Antonimi: immunity

deficit

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The government has a budget deficit.”

Sinonimi: shortage, lack

Antonimi: surplus

exploit

Verbo

Esempio: “Some companies exploit cheap labor.”

Sinonimi: use unfairly, take advantage of

Antonimi: protect

legacy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His legacy is still important today.”

Sinonimi: heritage, inheritance

Antonimi: new beginning

label

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Read the label on the bottle.”

Sinonimi: tag, sticker

Antonimi: unmarked item

advantage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Good English is an advantage.”

Sinonimi: benefit, plus

Antonimi: disadvantage

disadvantage

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The main disadvantage is the price.”

Sinonimi: drawback

Antonimi: advantage

tactically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The coach changed the formation tactically.”

Sinonimi: strategically, carefully

Antonimi: randomly, carelessly

impresario

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The impresario arranged the entire tour.”

Sinonimi: manager, promoter

Antonimi: performer

histrionic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was overly histrionic.”

Sinonimi: dramatic, theatrical

Antonimi: restrained, calm

staggering

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The company reported staggering losses.”

Sinonimi: astonishing, enormous

Antonimi: modest, ordinary

provisions

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The contract includes several important provisions.”

Sinonimi: terms, supplies

Antonimi: omissions, shortages

privileged

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She grew up in a privileged environment.”

Sinonimi: advantaged, favored

Antonimi: underprivileged, disadvantaged

innovation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Innovation drives economic growth.”

Sinonimi: invention, new idea

Antonimi: tradition, stagnation

impediment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Lack of funding was a major impediment.”

Sinonimi: obstacle, hindrance

Antonimi: aid, advantage

raunchily

Avverbio

Esempio: “The comedian behaved raunchily on stage.”

Sinonimi: vulgarly, crudely

Antonimi: decently, tastefully

tuberculosis

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.”

Sinonimi: TB

Antonimi: health

encumbrance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Excess regulation became an encumbrance to innovation.”

Sinonimi: burden, hindrance

Antonimi: aid, advantage

circulation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The newspaper has a daily circulation of over 100,000 copies.”

Sinonimi: distribution, flow

Antonimi: stagnation

plus

Preposizione

Esempio: “The main plus of this phone is the battery life.”

Sinonimi: advantage, added to

Antonimi: minus, disadvantage

precociously

Avverbio

Esempio: “He precociously mastered concepts most students learn years later.”

Sinonimi: early

Antonimi: late

detrimentally

Avverbio

Esempio: “Cutting corners can detrimentally affect quality.”

Sinonimi: harmfully

Antonimi: beneficially

manipulation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Emotional manipulation can be hard to detect.”

Sinonimi: influence

Antonimi: honesty

exploitation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The law aims to prevent the exploitation of workers.”

Sinonimi: abuse

Antonimi: protection

exhilarating

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It was an exhilarating experience to perform on stage.”

Sinonimi: thrilling

Antonimi: boring

enterprising

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: resourceful

Antonimi: passive

advantageous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It’s advantageous to negotiate before signing.”

Sinonimi: beneficial

Antonimi: disadvantageous

protagonist

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The protagonist changes dramatically by the end of the novel.”

Sinonimi: main character

Antonimi: antagonist

round

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She won the first round easily.”

Sinonimi: stage

phase

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We are entering the final phase of the project.”

Sinonimi: stage

stamp

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Put a stamp on the letter.”

Sinonimi: seal

Antonimi:

discrete

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The process has several discrete stages.”

Sinonimi: separate, distinct

Antonimi: continuous