Vocabolario

very

Avverbio

Esempio: “She is very happy today.”

Sinonimi: really

Antonimi: slightly

intrinsic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Education has intrinsic value.”

Sinonimi: inherent, essential

Antonimi: external

subsist

Verbo

Esempio: “Some families subsist on very little money.”

Sinonimi: survive, live

Antonimi: prosper

hamper

Verbo

Esempio: “Bad weather can hamper delivery.”

Sinonimi: hinder, obstruct

Antonimi: help

quirk

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Everyone has a small quirk.”

Sinonimi: oddity, habit

Antonimi: normality

shipping

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Shipping is free today.”

Sinonimi: delivery, transport

Antonimi: pickup

discovery

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The discovery changed science.”

Sinonimi: finding, revelation

Antonimi: loss

delivery

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The delivery is fast.”

Sinonimi: shipment, transport

Antonimi: pickup

storm

Sostantivo

Esempio: “A storm is coming.”

Sinonimi: bad weather, tempest

Antonimi: calm

baby

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The baby is sleeping.”

Sinonimi: infant, little child

Antonimi: adult

tea

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I drink tea every morning.”

Sinonimi: hot drink

Antonimi: coffee

apple

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I eat an apple every day.”

Sinonimi: fruit

torrential

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Torrential rain flooded the streets.”

Sinonimi: heavy, pouring

Antonimi: light, gentle

hysterical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She became hysterical when she heard the news.”

Sinonimi: uncontrollable, frantic

Antonimi: calm, composed

forfeiture

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: loss, seizure

Antonimi: retention, recovery

deliberate

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His deliberate silence made everyone uncomfortable.”

Sinonimi: intentional, calculated

Antonimi: accidental, impulsive

uniformity

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: consistency, sameness

Antonimi: variety, diversity

voracious

Aggettivo

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

Sinonimi: greedy, avid

Antonimi: moderate, indifferent

sarcastic

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His sarcastic reply upset everyone.”

Sinonimi: mocking, ironic

Antonimi: sincere, kind

cool

Aggettivo

Esempio: “It is cool outside this evening.”

Sinonimi: chilly, great

Antonimi: hot, uncool

bony

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The dog looked thin and bony.”

Sinonimi: skinny, thin

Antonimi: fleshy

icy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Be careful, the road is icy.”

Sinonimi: frozen, cold

Antonimi: warm

father-in-law

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: relative by marriage

Antonimi:

hope

Verbo

Esempio: “I hope everything goes well.”

Sinonimi: wish, expect positively

Antonimi: despair

fond

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is very fond of music.”

Sinonimi: loving, keen on

Antonimi: dislike

fair

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The teacher tried to be fair to everyone.”

Sinonimi: just, reasonable

Antonimi: unfair

bang

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We heard a loud bang from outside.”

Sinonimi: crash, slam

Antonimi: silence

ski

Verbo

Esempio: “They go to the mountains to ski every winter.”

Sinonimi: winter sport

Antonimi:

per

Preposizione

Esempio: “The speed limit is sixty miles per hour.”

Sinonimi: for each

Antonimi:

jog

Verbo

Esempio: “I jog in the park every morning.”

Sinonimi: run slowly

Antonimi: walk

dot

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Put a dot at the end of the sentence.”

Sinonimi: point, spot

Antonimi: line

friendliness

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Her friendliness made everyone feel welcome.”

Sinonimi: kindness, warmth

Antonimi: coldness, hostility

acquaintance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He is only an acquaintance, not a close friend.”

Sinonimi: contact, associate

Antonimi: stranger, close friend

image

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The image on the screen is very clear.”

Sinonimi: picture, photo

Antonimi:

daily

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Walking is part of my daily routine.”

Sinonimi: everyday

Antonimi: weekly

crazy

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That sounds like a crazy idea.”

Sinonimi: wild, strange

Antonimi: normal, sensible

awful

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The weather was awful all day.”

Sinonimi: terrible, very bad

Antonimi: wonderful

adult

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Every adult must carry identification.”

Sinonimi: grown-up

Antonimi: child

well

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She can sing very well.”

Sinonimi: nicely

Antonimi: badly

week

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I visit my grandmother every week.”

Sinonimi: seven days

Antonimi: day

pray

Verbo

Esempio: “They pray every morning.”

Sinonimi: worship

Antonimi:

poor

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The poor family needed food and water.”

Sinonimi: needy

Antonimi: rich

nice

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She is a very nice teacher.”

Sinonimi: kind, pleasant

Antonimi: mean, nasty

puritanical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The novel satirizes puritanical attitudes toward pleasure.”

Sinonimi: strict, moralistic

Antonimi: permissive, liberal

contraption

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He built a strange contraption out of spare parts.”

Sinonimi: device, gadget

Antonimi:

consignment

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The consignment was delayed at customs.”

Sinonimi: shipment, delivery batch

Antonimi:

primitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The shelter was primitively built but still usable.”

Sinonimi: crudely, basically

Antonimi: sophisticatedly, refinedly

inclusively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Sinonimi: openly, without exclusion

Antonimi: exclusively, narrowly

conceivable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “We considered every conceivable option before deciding.”

Sinonimi: imaginable, possible

Antonimi: inconceivable, impossible

dose

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Take one dose of the medicine every morning.”

Sinonimi: portion, amount

Antonimi: overdose

tiny

Aggettivo

Esempio: “A tiny crack appeared in the glass.”

Sinonimi: very small, minute

Antonimi: huge, large

star

Sostantivo

Esempio: “That young actor became a star very quickly.”

Sinonimi: celebrity, sun-like body

Antonimi: ordinary person

room

Sostantivo

Esempio: “There is not enough room for everyone here.”

Sinonimi: space, area

Antonimi: crowding

rise

Verbo

Esempio: “Prices continue to rise every month.”

Sinonimi: increase, go up

Antonimi: fall, drop

pale

Aggettivo

Esempio: “She looked pale after the long trip.”

Sinonimi: light-colored, faint

Antonimi: bright, healthy-looking

last

Verbo

Esempio: “The meeting did not last very long.”

Sinonimi: final, continue

Antonimi: first, end quickly

joke

Sostantivo

Esempio: “He told a joke that made everyone laugh.”

Sinonimi: funny remark

Antonimi: serious statement

huge

Aggettivo

Esempio: “They made a huge mistake in the report.”

Sinonimi: enormous, very large

Antonimi: tiny, small

except

Preposizione

Esempio: “Everyone came except Tom.”

Sinonimi: apart from

Antonimi: including

detail

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Please explain every detail clearly.”

Sinonimi: particular, information

Antonimi: summary

deeply

Avverbio

Esempio: “She was deeply moved by the story.”

Sinonimi: strongly, intensely

Antonimi: slightly

tight

Aggettivo

Esempio: “These shoes feel too tight.”

Sinonimi: firm, close-fitting

Antonimi: loose

thick

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The book is very thick.”

Sinonimi: dense

Antonimi: thin

super

Aggettivo

Esempio: “That was a super idea.”

Sinonimi: great, excellent

Antonimi: awful

study

Sostantivo

Esempio: “I study English every evening.”

Sinonimi: learn

Antonimi: ignore

point

Sostantivo

Esempio: “That is a very good point.”

Sinonimi: idea, dot

Antonimi: nonsense

peace

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Everyone hopes for peace.”

Sinonimi: calm, harmony

Antonimi: war

month

Sostantivo

Esempio: “We pay rent every month.”

Sinonimi: 30 days

Antonimi: day

great

Aggettivo

Esempio: “You did a great job.”

Sinonimi: excellent

Antonimi: terrible

every

Determinante

Esempio: “She calls her mother every day.”

Sinonimi: each

Antonimi: none

year

Sostantivo

Esempio: “This year has been very busy for us.”

Sinonimi: twelve months

Antonimi: moment

accountability

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Accountability prevents “everyone’s job” from becoming nobody’s.”

Sinonimi: responsibility

Antonimi: impunity

recuperation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Full recuperation may take months, not weeks.”

Sinonimi: recovery

Antonimi: decline

octogenarian

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The octogenarian still runs his business every morning.”

Sinonimi: eighty-year-old

muscle-bound

Aggettivo

Esempio: “He looked muscle-bound, but he tired quickly.”

Sinonimi: buff

Antonimi: slender

meticulously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The audit was conducted meticulously, line by line.”

Sinonimi: scrupulously

Antonimi: carelessly

idiosyncrasy

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Every founder has an idiosyncrasy that shapes the culture.”

Sinonimi: quirk

Antonimi: normality

happenstance

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Sinonimi: chance

Antonimi: design

ephemerality

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Social media highlights the ephemerality of attention.”

Sinonimi: transience

Antonimi: permanence

antithetical

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Their goals are antithetical to everything we’re trying to build.”

Sinonimi: opposed

Antonimi: compatible