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Business Vocab (1)
2011 Fall Vocab List
Question | Answer |
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AGGLOMERATE | To collect or gather into a cluster or mass. |
ANALOGOUS | Similar or comparable in some respects though otherwise dissimilar. |
CONTIGUOUS | Sharing an edge or boundary; touching. |
CORRELATE | Having a mutual relationship or connection |
DELINEATE | Describe or portray (something) precisely |
DISPARITY | The condition or fact of being unequal |
DOGMATIC | Characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts. |
ECLECTIC | Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources. |
ENCAPSULATE | To enclose as in a capsule; in concise form; condense. |
EXACERBATE | Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. |
FIDUCIARY | Involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary |
FORTUITOUS | Happening by accident or chance rather than design |
IMPUDENCE | The quality of being offensively bold |
INFERENCE | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. |
INNOCUOUS | Not harmful or offensive |
INSIPID | Lacking vigor or interest |
INTERPOLATE | Insert (an intermediate value or term) into a series by estimating or calculating it from surrounding known values. |
JUXTAPOSE | To put two things close to each other in order to highlight or compare the differences between them. |
KOWTOW | Act in an excessively subservient manner |
MYRIAD | A countless or extremely great number |
PALPABLE | Able to be touched or felt; (especially of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to be almost touched or felt; clear to the mind or plain to see. |
POIGNANT | Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret; Keenly felt. |
SCOPE | The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant. |
TACIT | Understood or implied without being stated. |
UBIQUITOUS | Present, appearing, or found everywhere. |