Vocabular

before

Prepoziție

Exemplu: “Wash your hands before dinner.”

Sinonime: earlier

Antonime: after

beforehand

Adverb

Exemplu: “Please let us know beforehand if you cannot come.”

Sinonime: in advance, earlier

Antonime: afterward, later

moribund

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “The company was moribund before the merger.”

Sinonime: dying, declining

Antonime: thriving

review

Verb

Exemplu: “Review your notes before the test.”

Sinonime: check

zip

Verb

Exemplu: “Zip your jacket before going outside.”

Sinonime: fasten, zipper

Antonime: unzip

heat

Verb

Exemplu: “Heat the soup before serving it.”

Sinonime: warmth, hotness

Antonime: cold, cool

fuss

Substantiv

Exemplu: “There was a lot of fuss before the guests arrived.”

Sinonime: noise, trouble

Antonime: calm

third

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “She finished in third place.”

Sinonime: number three

Antonime: first

enter

Verb

Exemplu: “Please knock before you enter.”

Sinonime: go in

Antonime: exit

then

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “First eat, then go outside.”

Sinonime: after that

Antonime: before

save

Verb

Exemplu: “Save your work before you leave.”

Sinonime: keep, rescue

Antonime: waste, lose

read

Verb

Exemplu: “I read a story before bed.”

Sinonime: study

Antonime: write

tranquilize

Verb

Exemplu: “The animal had to be tranquilized before treatment.”

Sinonime: sedate, calm

Antonime: stimulate, agitate

meteorology

Substantiv

Exemplu: “She studied meteorology before becoming a climate analyst.”

Sinonime: weather science

Antonime:

attributive

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “In grammar, an attributive adjective comes before the noun.”

Sinonime: descriptive, qualifying

Antonime: predicative

predecessor

Substantiv

Exemplu: “The new model is far more efficient than its predecessor.”

Sinonime: forerunner, previous version

Antonime: successor

mountaineer

Substantiv

Exemplu: “The mountaineer reached the summit before dawn.”

Sinonime: climber, alpinist

Antonime:

elaboration

Substantiv

Exemplu: “The proposal needs further elaboration before approval.”

Sinonime: detail, expansion

Antonime: summary, simplification

conceivable

Adjectiv

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

Sinonime: imaginable, possible

Antonime: inconceivable, impossible

edit

Verb

Exemplu: “Please edit the document before sending it.”

Sinonime: revise, modify

Antonime: leave unchanged

deep

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “She took a deep breath before speaking.”

Sinonime: profound, intense

Antonime: shallow

shut

Verb

Exemplu: “Please shut the window before you leave.”

Sinonime: close

Antonime: open

past

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “The past year has taught us a lot.”

Sinonime: previous, former

Antonime: future

loaf

Substantiv

Exemplu: “He bought a loaf of fresh bread.”

Sinonime: bread loaf

Antonime: slice

kiss

Verb

Exemplu: “She gave her son a kiss before school.”

Sinonime: peck

Antonime: slap

during

Prepoziție

Exemplu: “Do not talk during the exam.”

Sinonime: throughout

Antonime: before, after

shake

Verb

Exemplu: “Shake the bottle before opening it.”

Sinonime: move, tremble

Antonime: steady

first

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “She was the first person to arrive.”

Sinonime: initial

Antonime: last

preconception

Substantiv

Exemplu: “Try to set aside preconceptions and look at the data.”

Sinonime: bias

Antonime: open-mindedness

inexplicably

Adverb

Exemplu: “The app inexplicably crashed right before the demo.”

Sinonime: mysteriously

Antonime: predictably

domestically

Adverb

Exemplu: “The company expanded domestically before going global.”

Sinonime: internally

Antonime: internationally

consultation

Substantiv

Exemplu: “Book a consultation before starting treatment.”

Sinonime: advice session

advantageous

Adjectiv

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

Sinonime: beneficial

Antonime: disadvantageous

prospective

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “We spoke with several prospective partners before choosing one.”

Sinonime: potential

Antonime: past

shell

Substantiv

Exemplu: “Remove the shell before you eat the egg.”

Sinonime: case

input

Substantiv

Exemplu: “We need your input before we decide.”

Sinonime: feedback

knock

Verb

Exemplu: “Please knock before you enter.”

Sinonime: tap

fifth

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “This is the fifth time I have called you.”

after

Prepoziție

Exemplu: “Let’s talk after the meeting.”

Antonime: before

anxious

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “I feel anxious before exams.”

Sinonime: worried

Antonime: relaxed

within

Prepoziție

Exemplu: “Finish it within an hour.”

Sinonime: inside

Antonime: outside

morning

Substantiv

Exemplu: “I drink coffee in the morning.”

Sinonime: early day

Antonime: evening

already

Adverb

Exemplu: “I already ate breakfast.”

Sinonime: by now

Antonime: not yet

early

Adjectiv

Exemplu: “I wake up early.”

Sinonime: soon

Antonime: late

scrutinize

Verb

Exemplu: “Investors scrutinized the metrics before committing funds.”

Sinonime: inspect, audit, take stock

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Exemplu: “These are preliminary results.”

Sinonime: overture, prelude, exploratory

consider

/kənˈsɪdər/

Exemplu: “Please consider my proposal.”

Sinonime: regard, deliberate, moot

compare

/kəmˈper/

Exemplu: “Compare these two phones before you buy one.”

Sinonime: comparison, equivalence, equate