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Professional Jargon Flashcards

1
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Opine

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To suggest
To have an opinion
To submit

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Promt

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V. To cause, to bring, to give rise to
Adj. quick fast

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Retain

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To keep

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Navigate

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To steer a course: To direct or manage a ship, aircraft, or guided missile on its course
To get around: To walk or find one’s way, or to move around a website, system, or file
To move through logically: To move or progress through something in a logical sequence

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Navigate

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To steer a course: To direct or manage a ship, aircraft, or guided missile on its course
To get around: To walk or find one’s way, or to move around a website, system, or file
To move through logically: To move or progress through something in a logical sequence

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Lingering effects

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Lasting effects

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Squeeze margins

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A “fluid” condition

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Agile(adaptable) condition that can embrace change

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Bolster

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to support or improve something or make it stronger

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Spur the economy

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To encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster

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Spur the economy

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To encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster

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Scramble

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To struggle
As banks were scrambling to generate profit
As I was scrambling to find the right words

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Exposure

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Looms

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About to happen

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Looming

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(Sth bad) About to happen soon, causing worry

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Set to sunset and revert back

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Compression of margins
Squeezed margin

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Convergence

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When two or more things come together

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Warrant

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Justify, vindicate
Prudent approach is warranted(justified)

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Buoyant

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Pronounced as Booyant

Adj. means able to stay afloat
Successful, profitable, or tending to increase or stay at high level

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Capture new revenuboost profits

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22
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Hardening

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Stabilization or gradual increase in prices

23
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Catalyst

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Anything that can bring in a drastic change

24
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Restore resilience

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25
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Increase

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Escalating
Accelerating
Surging
Spiking
Rising

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Caused by

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Driven by
Propelled by

27
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Erode

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Gradually destroy
Eroding profits
Eroding disposable income

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Mitigate

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To reduce, to lessen
To mitigate the risks

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Alleviate

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To reduce the pain (trouble) of something
To alleviate the pain

30
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Exacerbate

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To Aggravate
To make a problem worse

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Grappling

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Struggling
Trying to solve a problem or deal with a diffculty
Syn: Tackling, coping, facinng

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Grappling

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Struggling
Trying to solve a problem or deal with a diffculty
Syn: Tackling, coping, facinng

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Precarious

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Uncertain

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Ad hoc

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On demand
When necessary

Respond to ad hoc requests

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Ad hoc

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On demand
When necessary

Respond to ad hoc requests

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Subdue

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Conquer, overcome, defeat

Subdue fear of getting hurt again

37
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Jot it down

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Write sth down so you can remember it later

The CEO asked me to jot down some of the important details of the meeting minutes

38
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At bay

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To prevent something from reaching you

To keep unhappiness at bay
Taking precautions makes silly lapses at bay

39
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Blunder

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A stupid silly mistake
Synonyms: hiccup, slip, lapse

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Grind to halt

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Come to a full stop

The car ground to a halt after unexpected sign appeared

Once ghe funding stopped (halted), the project ground to a halt

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Subliminally

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Subconsciously

42
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Aggravate

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Worsen sth

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Poised

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Ready prepared for something

The company is poised to embrace the advancements in AI

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Render

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Provide

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Soliciting

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Ask/request for sth(usually money)

46
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Market saturation

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Full market
Market that’s reached its max capacity

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