Vocabulary V Flashcards

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Per capita

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By or for each individual person

“Income per capita”

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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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Tailwind

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A wind moving from behind (speeding you up).

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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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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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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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Optimize

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To make as effective or useful as possible.

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Reprieve

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A delay from impending punishment.

To relieve temporarily from any evil.

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Rogue

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No longer controllable or answerable.

“A rogue cop”, “a rogue politician”.

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Incentive

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Something that incites people to action as a reward offered.

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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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Fallow

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Not in use.
Inactive.

Land left uncultivated.

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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

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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

23
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Annotate

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To supply with critical or explanatory notes.

24
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Explicate

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To make plain or clear.

Explain.

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Trepidation
Fear
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Wages
Money that is paid for work or services.
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Conversely
Opposite or contrary in direction.
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Differentiate
1) . To make a distinction. | 2) . To make different by modification
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In situ
(Latin) In its original or natural position. (pronounced: "in sigh-too")
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Circumlocution
A roundabout or indirect way of speaking.
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Euphemism
The substitution of a mild or vague expression for one that is harsh, offensive, or blunt.
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Per annum
Yearly
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Hubris
Excessive pride or arrogance.
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Rectify
Remedy. Correct.
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Fallible
Imperfect. Capable of errors.