Vocabolario

were

Verbo

Esempio: “They were at home yesterday.”

Sinonimi: past of are

Antonimi: are

poise

Sostantivo

Esempio: “She answered with poise.”

Sinonimi: composure, balance

Antonimi: panic

immigrant

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The immigrant found a new job.”

Sinonimi: newcomer, migrant

Antonimi: native

operator

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The operator answered the phone.”

Sinonimi: telephone operator, switchboard operator

official

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The official answered the question.”

Sinonimi: officer, authority

Antonimi: private citizen

elevator

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Take the elevator to the third floor.”

Sinonimi: lift

Antonimi: stairs

conflate

Verbo

Esempio: “Do not conflate price with value.”

Sinonimi: mix

Antonimi: distinguish

spuriously

Avverbio

Esempio: “The figures were spuriously linked to the policy.”

Sinonimi: falsely, deceptively

Antonimi: genuinely, accurately

revelatory

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The letters were revelatory and deeply personal.”

Sinonimi: revealing, illuminating

Antonimi: concealing, secretive

punitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The rules were applied punitively rather than fairly.”

Sinonimi: harshly, penally

Antonimi: leniently, mercifully

ostensibly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The funds were ostensibly for research.”

Sinonimi: apparently, seemingly

Antonimi: actually, genuinely

impeccable

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Her manners were impeccable.”

Sinonimi: faultless, perfect

Antonimi: flawed, imperfect

fabulation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The memoir contains clear signs of fabulation.”

Sinonimi: invention, fabrication

Antonimi: fact, accuracy

insightful

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Her questions were insightful and precise.”

Sinonimi: perceptive, thoughtful

Antonimi: superficial, shallow

gruesomely

Avverbio

Esempio: “The details were gruesomely vivid.”

Sinonimi: horribly, ghastly

Antonimi: pleasantly, gently

convoluted

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The instructions were so convoluted that nobody understood them.”

Sinonimi: complicated, twisted

Antonimi: simple, straightforward

animatedly

Avverbio

Esempio: “They were talking animatedly about the election.”

Sinonimi: lively, energetically

Antonimi: quietly, lifelessly

untangled

Aggettivo

Esempio: “At last, the wires were untangled.”

Sinonimi: unknotted, straightened

Antonimi: tangled, knotted

jam

Sostantivo

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

Sinonimi: preserve, blockage

Antonimi: clear road

hay

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The horses were eating hay.”

Sinonimi: dried grass

Antonimi: fresh grass

microcomputer

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Sinonimi: small computer

Antonimi: mainframe

spokeswoman

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The spokeswoman answered questions from the media.”

Sinonimi: female spokesperson, representative

Antonimi:

bare

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The trees were bare in winter.”

Sinonimi: naked, uncovered

Antonimi: covered, full

mud

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The children were covered in mud.”

Sinonimi: wet dirt

Antonimi: clean ground

kid

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The kids were playing outside.”

Sinonimi: child

Antonimi: adult

few

Determinante

Esempio: “Only a few students were absent.”

Sinonimi: not many, a small number

Antonimi: many

refreshments

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Refreshments were served after the meeting.”

Sinonimi: snacks, drinks

Antonimi:

track

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The runners were on the track.”

Sinonimi: path, trail

Antonimi:

requisition

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The supplies were seized under military requisition.”

Sinonimi: claim, official request

Antonimi: release, return

genomically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The species were analyzed genomically to trace their evolution.”

Sinonimi: genetically, molecularly

Antonimi: phenotypically

disseminate

Verbo

Esempio: “The findings were disseminated through academic journals.”

Sinonimi: circulate, spread

Antonimi: suppress, withhold

abhorrently

Avverbio

Esempio: “The prisoners were treated abhorrently by the regime.”

Sinonimi: repulsively, detestably

Antonimi: admirably, decently

vain

Aggettivo

Esempio: “All their efforts were in vain.”

Sinonimi: useless, fruitless

Antonimi: successful, useful

amused

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The children were amused by the clown.”

Sinonimi: entertained

Antonimi: bored

merry

Aggettivo

Esempio: “The children were merry during the holiday.”

Sinonimi: cheerful

Antonimi: sad

retrospection

Sostantivo

Esempio: “In retrospection, the warning signs were obvious.”

Sinonimi: hindsight

Antonimi: foresight

patronizingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “He explained it patronizingly, as if we were children.”

Sinonimi: condescendingly

Antonimi: respectfully

sarcastically

Avverbio

Esempio: “She answered sarcastically, which made things worse.”

Sinonimi: ironically

Antonimi: sincerely

magnetically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The particles were magnetically attracted to the surface.”

Sinonimi: by magnetic force

startlingly

Avverbio

Esempio: “The results were startlingly different from our forecast.”

Sinonimi: shockingly

lower

Verbo

Esempio: “They lowered the price to attract customers.”

Sinonimi: reduce

Antonimi: raise

ivory

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The old piano keys were made of ivory.”

chronologically

Avverbio

Esempio: “Events were arranged chronologically.”

Sinonimi: sequentially

Antonimi: randomly

telescopically

Avverbio

Esempio: “The stars were observed telescopically.”

Sinonimi: optically

Antonimi:

presentational

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Her presentational skills were exceptional.”

Sinonimi: demonstrative

Antonimi: private

solar

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Solar energy is clean.”

Sinonimi: sun-powered

Antonimi:

redundant

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Several steps in the process were redundant and removed.”