Vocabulary V Flashcards

1
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Per capita

A

By or for each individual person

“Income per capita”

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2
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Accretive

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The growth or increase by gradual addition.

An acquisition is considered accretive if it adds to EPS.

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3
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Tailwind

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A wind moving from behind (speeding you up).

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4
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Pending

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1) . About to take place.

2) . In the period before the conclusion of. (Ex: “Pending the negotiations”)

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5
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Clip

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1). Rate. Pace.
Ex: “he moved at a rapid clip”.

2). To move swiftly.
Ex: “he clipped along the highway on his motorcycle”.

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6
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Synergy

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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.

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7
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Optimize

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To make as effective or useful as possible.

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8
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Reprieve

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A delay from impending punishment.

To relieve temporarily from any evil.

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9
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Extol

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To praise highly

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10
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Rogue

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No longer controllable or answerable.

“A rogue cop”, “a rogue politician”.

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11
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Incentive

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Something that incites people to action as a reward offered.

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12
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Subsidy

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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.
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13
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Fallow

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Not in use.
Inactive.

Land left uncultivated.

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14
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Retail

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The sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities.

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15
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Wholesale

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The sale of goods in quantity, or in bulk, as to retailers.

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16
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Culpable

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Deserving blame.

Blameworthy.

17
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Restive

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Impatient.

Restless.

18
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Homeostasis

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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.

19
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Biology

A

The science of life or living matter.

20
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Equilibrium

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A state of balance due to the equal action of opposing forces.

21
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Dynamic

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Pertaining to force or motion.

22
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Agglomeration

A

Cluster

23
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Annotate

A

To supply with critical or explanatory notes.

24
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Explicate

A

To make plain or clear.

Explain.

25
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Trepidation

A

Fear

26
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Wages

A

Money that is paid for work or services.

27
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Conversely

A

Opposite or contrary in direction.

28
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Differentiate

A

1) . To make a distinction.

2) . To make different by modification

29
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In situ

A

(Latin)
In its original or natural position.

(pronounced: “in sigh-too”)

30
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Circumlocution

A

A roundabout or indirect way of speaking.

31
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Euphemism

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The substitution of a mild or vague expression for one that is harsh, offensive, or blunt.

32
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Per annum

A

Yearly

33
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Hubris

A

Excessive pride or arrogance.

34
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Rectify

A

Remedy.

Correct.

35
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Fallible

A

Imperfect.

Capable of errors.