Vocabulary 9 Flashcards
forum
(noun)
a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
“we hope these pages act as a forum for debate”
audacious
(adjective)
showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.
“a series of audacious takeovers”
showing an impudent lack of respect.
“he made an audacious remark”
arbitrage
(noun, verb)
the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset.
“profitable arbitrage opportunities”
buy and sell assets using arbitrage.
“much of the short selling was being done by people who were arbitraging between the bond and the equity market”
triumphantly
(adverb)
in a way that shows great happiness or joy at a victory or achievement.
“the fleets returned triumphantly home”
normative
(adjective)
establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behaviour.
“negative sanctions to enforce normative behaviour”
foible
(noun)
a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character.
“they have to tolerate each other’s little foibles”
anecdote
(noun)
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
“he told anecdotes about his job”
an account regarded as unreliable or hearsay.
“his wife’s death has long been the subject of rumour and anecdote”
the depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting.
“the use of inversions of hierarchy, anecdote, and paradox by Magritte, Dali, and others”
exonerate
(verb)
(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
“an inquiry exonerated those involved”
release someone from (a duty or obligation).
“Pope Clement V exonerated the king from his oath to the barons”
inoculate
(verb)
immunize (someone) against a disease by introducing infective material, microorganisms, or vaccine into the body.
“most of the troops had been inoculated against anthrax”
brawl
(noun, verb)
a rough or noisy fight or quarrel.
“he’d got into a drunken brawl in a bar”
fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way.
“he ended up brawling with a lout outside his house”
befuddled
(adjective)
unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.
“even in my befuddled state I could see that they meant trouble”
marginal
(adjective)
relating to or at the edge or margin.
“marginal notes”
minor and not important; not central.
“it seems likely to make only a marginal difference”
arbitrary
(adjective)
based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
“an arbitrary decision”
(of power or a ruling body) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority.
“a country under arbitrary government”
derive
(verb)
obtain something from (a specified source).
“they derived great comfort from this assurance”
premise
(noun, verb)
a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.
“if the premise is true, then the conclusion must be true”
base an argument, theory, or undertaking on.
“the reforms were premised on our findings”
mortgage
(noun, verb)
a legal agreement by which a bank, building society, etc. lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor’s property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.
“I put down a hundred thousand in cash and took out a mortgage for the rest”
convey (a property) to a creditor as security on a loan.
“the estate was mortgaged up to the hilt”
creditor
(noun)
a person or company to whom money is owing.
“he sold his Ferraris to pay off his creditors”
status quo
(noun)
the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
“they have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo”
nuisance
(noun)
a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance.
“it’s a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house”
an act which is harmful or offensive to the public or a member of it and for which there is a legal remedy.
sumptuous
(adjective)
splendid and expensive-looking.
“the banquet was a sumptuous, luxurious meal”
