Vocabulary V Flashcards
Per capita
By or for each individual person
“Income per capita”
Accretive
The growth or increase by gradual addition.
An acquisition is considered accretive if it adds to EPS.
Tailwind
A wind moving from behind (speeding you up).
Pending
1) . About to take place.
2) . In the period before the conclusion of. (Ex: “Pending the negotiations”)
Clip
1). Rate. Pace.
Ex: “he moved at a rapid clip”.
2). To move swiftly.
Ex: “he clipped along the highway on his motorcycle”.
Synergy
The interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements.
Ex: if X and Y are combined into T and then T is measured, it would equal an amount greater than if you added X and Y together as distinct parts.
Optimize
To make as effective or useful as possible.
Reprieve
A delay from impending punishment.
To relieve temporarily from any evil.
Extol
To praise highly
Rogue
No longer controllable or answerable.
“A rogue cop”, “a rogue politician”.
Incentive
Something that incites people to action as a reward offered.
Subsidy
A benefit given by the government to groups or individuals (as cash or tax reduction).
- is considered to be in the public’s best interest.
Fallow
Not in use.
Inactive.
Land left uncultivated.
Retail
The sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities.
Wholesale
The sale of goods in quantity, or in bulk, as to retailers.
Culpable
Deserving blame.
Blameworthy.
Restive
Impatient.
Restless.
Homeostasis
When a system maintains internal stability because of a coordinated response of its parts to any stimulus or situation that would disturb its normal condition.
Biology
The science of life or living matter.
Equilibrium
A state of balance due to the equal action of opposing forces.
Dynamic
Pertaining to force or motion.
Agglomeration
Cluster
Annotate
To supply with critical or explanatory notes.
Explicate
To make plain or clear.
Explain.
Trepidation
Fear
Wages
Money that is paid for work or services.
Conversely
Opposite or contrary in direction.
Differentiate
1) . To make a distinction.
2) . To make different by modification
In situ
(Latin)
In its original or natural position.
(pronounced: “in sigh-too”)
Circumlocution
A roundabout or indirect way of speaking.
Euphemism
The substitution of a mild or vague expression for one that is harsh, offensive, or blunt.
Per annum
Yearly
Hubris
Excessive pride or arrogance.
Rectify
Remedy.
Correct.
Fallible
Imperfect.
Capable of errors.
