Vocabulário

objective

Substantivo

Exemplo: “Our main objective is growth.”

Sinônimos: goal, aim

Antônimos: bias

grievance

Substantivo

Exemplo: “Employees filed a grievance.”

Sinônimos: complaint, objection

Antônimos: satisfaction

artifact

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The museum displayed an ancient artifact.”

Sinônimos: object, relic

Antônimos: natural object

kinetic

Adjetivo

Exemplo: “The object has kinetic energy.”

Sinônimos: motion-related

Antônimos: static

barrier

Substantivo

Exemplo: “Language can be a barrier.”

Sinônimos: obstacle, block

Antônimos: access

satellite

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The satellite is in space.”

Sinônimos: space object

Antônimos: planet

animation

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The animation is funny.”

Sinônimos: cartoon, moving image

Antônimos: still picture

vehicle

Substantivo

Exemplo: “A car is a vehicle.”

Sinônimos: transport, car

Antônimos: pedestrian

protest

Substantivo

Exemplo: “There was a protest in the city.”

Sinônimos: demonstration, objection

Antônimos: support

instrument

Substantivo

Exemplo: “He plays a musical instrument.”

Sinônimos: tool, device

Antônimos: voice

furniture

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The room has new furniture.”

Sinônimos: chairs and tables, household items

Antônimos: empty room

ball

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The ball is under the table.”

Sinônimos: sphere

Antônimos: cube

toy

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The child has a toy.”

Sinônimos: plaything

Antônimos: tool

button

Substantivo

Exemplo: “Press the button.”

Sinônimos: switch, key

Antônimos: hole

egg

Substantivo

Exemplo: “I eat an egg for breakfast.”

telescopic

Adjetivo

Exemplo: “The camera has a telescopic lens.”

Sinônimos: extendable, magnifying

Antônimos: fixed, ordinary

echolocate

Verbo

Exemplo: “Bats echolocate to navigate in darkness.”

Sinônimos: navigate by sound

Antônimos:

denotation

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The denotation of the word is simple, but its connotation is complex.”

Sinônimos: literal meaning, direct reference

Antônimos: connotation, implication

silhouette

Substantivo

Exemplo: “We could see her silhouette in the doorway.”

Sinônimos: outline, shadow shape

Antônimos: detail, full image

row

Substantivo

Exemplo: “We sat in the front row.”

Sinônimos: line, rank

Antônimos: column

rim

Substantivo

Exemplo: “There was tea on the rim of the cup.”

Sinônimos: edge, border

Antônimos: center

pin

Substantivo

Exemplo: “Use a pin to attach the note.”

Sinônimos: needle, fastener

Antônimos:

stuff

Substantivo

Exemplo: “I have too much stuff in my bag.”

Sinônimos: things, objects

Antônimos: nothing

image

Substantivo

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

Sinônimos: picture, photo

Antônimos:

them

Pronome

Exemplo: “I can help them with homework.”

Sinônimos: those people

Antônimos: us

moon

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The moon is bright tonight.”

Sinônimos: satellite

Antônimos: sun

remonstrate

Verbo

Exemplo: “She remonstrated with the manager over the unfair policy.”

Sinônimos: protest, object

Antônimos: accept, comply

irrelevancy

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The lawyer objected to the irrelevancy of the question.”

Sinônimos: irrelevance, inapplicability

Antônimos: relevance, pertinence

declination

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The astronomer calculated the star’s declination precisely.”

Sinônimos: deviation, inflection

Antônimos: inclination, alignment

onto

Preposição

Exemplo: “The cat jumped onto the table.”

Sinônimos: on top of

Antônimos: off

mass

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The mass of the object is hard to measure exactly.”

Sinônimos: bulk, quantity

Antônimos: emptiness

thing

Substantivo

Exemplo: “That is the best thing about this job.”

Sinônimos: object, matter

Antônimos: nothing

remonstrance

Substantivo

Exemplo: “Despite public remonstrance, the policy was implemented.”

Sinônimos: objection

Antônimos: approval

radar

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The plane appeared on the radar.”

prick

Verbo

Exemplo: “I pricked my finger on a needle.”

Sinônimos: pierce

frame

Substantivo

Exemplo: “Put the photo in a simple frame.”

Sinônimos: border

stack

Substantivo

Exemplo: “There is a stack of papers.”

Sinônimos: pile

Antônimos: scatter

orbit

Substantivo

Exemplo: “The Earth moves in orbit around the Sun.”

Sinônimos: path

Antônimos:

size

/saɪz/

Exemplo: “What size do you need?”

Sinônimos: sized, sizing, size of it