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Greenspan 2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Harrumphed | grumpily express dissatisfaction or disapproval: "The president harrumphed about his fed chair raising interest rates during an election year" |
| Apoplectic | ADJECTIVE informal overcome with anger; extremely indignant: "Mark was apoplectic with rage at the decision" synonyms: furious · enraged · overcome with anger · infuriated · in a temper · incensed · raging · incandescent · wrathful · fuming |
| Excoriated | VERB excoriated (past tense) · excoriated (past participle) formal censure or criticize severely: "the democratic senator excoriated Greenspan for his free market views" synonyms: find fault with · censure · denounce · condemn |
| Aloof | ADJECTIVE not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant: "they were courteous but faintly aloof" · [more] synonyms: distant · detached · unresponsive · remote |
| impertinence | NOUN impertinence (noun) · impertinences (plural noun) lack of respect; rudeness: "they gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion" synonyms: rudeness · insolence · impoliteness · unmannerliness lack of civility discourteousness · disrespectfulness |
| Sallow | ADJECTIVE (of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color: "his skin was sallow and pitted" · "sallow-faced addicts" synonyms: yellowish · jaundiced · pallid · wan · pale · waxen · anemic · bloodless · colorless · |
| Sallow | "the sallow face of a mundane lawyer hidden behind camile's pretty face was revealed as she questioned Amber heard |
| Effrontery | NOUN insolent or impertinent behavior: "one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision" synonyms: impudence · impertinence · cheek · insolence · cheekiness |
| Minutely parsed for clues | Carefully searched "Greenspan Minutely parsed for clues as to the future path of interest rates" |
| Supine | failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence: "Volcker was anything but supine as the fed chair " synonyms: weak · spineless · yielding · enervated · effete · docile · acquiescent · pliant · submissive |
| Came to the fore again | Came up again |
| Vertigo | A sense of spinning experienced even when someone is perfectly still. |
| Contagion | the spreading of a harmful idea or practice: "the feds job was not to stop the market from falling but to prevent contagion of bad practices" |
| Vertiginous | ADJECTIVE causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep: "It was a day of vertiginous descents, from canceling my vacation trip to getting in a giant argument" synonyms: steep · sheer · high · perpendicular · abrupt · sharp · dizzy |
| Dapper | ADJECTIVE neat and trim in dress and appearance (typically used of a man): "Even when he was not wearing a suit, he still managed to look dapper" synonyms: smart · spruce · trim · debonair · neat · tidy · |
| Cogitation | NOUN the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation: "Sorry, did I interrupt your cogitation?" synonyms: thought · thinking |
| Conscientious | ADJECTIVE (of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly: "a conscientious and hardworking clerk" synonyms: diligent · industrious · |
| Fait accompli | a thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it: "Expectations created from newspapers created a fait accompli for the Fed, who felt compelled to support the markets " |
| Laden | ADJECTIVE laden (adjective) heavily loaded or weighed down: "His voice laden with confidence of someone who has special information" · "the moisture-laden air" synonyms: loaded · weighed down · overloaded · weighted · piled high · fully charged |
| Yogic immobility | Relaxed and doing nothing reactionary |
| Obstinately obsessed | |
| Sic | set someone to pursue, keep watch on, or accompany (another). "Mom sent riya with me as a sic to stop me from speeding" |
| Gaggle | disorderly or noisy group of people: "the gaggle of reporters and photographers that dogged his every step" synonyms: group · gang · mob · pack · troop · troupe · company · party· crew · body · working party · posse · team lineup gathering · crowd |
| Dolt | NOUN dolt (noun) · dolts (plural noun) a stupid person. synonyms: fool · nincompoop · clown · simpleton |
| Assiduously | ADVERB with great care and perseverance: "leaders worked assiduously to hammer out an action plan" |
| Paucity | NOUN the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity: "a paucity of information" synonyms: insufficiency · deficiency · scantness · scarcity |
| Dais | NOUN a low platform for a lectern, seats of honor, or a throne. synonyms: platform · stage · podium · rostrum "Looking up at the dais of legislators in the senate |
| Lugubrious | ADJECTIVE lugubrious looking or sounding sad and dismal: "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual" synonyms: mournful · gloomy · sad · unhappy · Eeyorish · glum. melancholic · woeful · miserable forlorn · despondent · dejected · depressed |
| Phalanx | |
| Pate | a person's head: "he scratched his balding pate" |
| Cascaded | VERB cascaded (past tense) (of water) pour downward rapidly and in large quantities: "water was cascading down the stairs" "At the first sign of trouble the selling of bonds cascaded unpredictably synonyms: pour · gush · surge |
| Erred | erred (past participle) be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake: "the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible" synonyms: make a mistake · be wrong · be in error · be mistaken · mistake · [more] |
| Abeyance | NOUN a state of temporary disuse or suspension: "After the successful surgery his back pain was now in abeyance" synonyms: suspend · adjourn · interrupt · break off · postpone · delay · defer · shelve · arrest · put off · intermit · put aside · |
| Deadpanned | VERB deadpanned (past tense) · deadpanned (past participle) say something amusing while affecting a serious manner: "“I am here to fire someone not something,” he deadpanned" |
| contrived | manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation: "the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself" SIMILAR: manage find a way engineer a way arrange succeed in compass |
| estoric | intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest: "delivered the estoric esoteric CRISPR instruments " · obscure ··· abstract · difficult · puzzling · perplexing ·· cryptic ·· complicated |
| doyenne | NOUN doyenne (noun) · doyennes (plural noun) a woman who is the most respected or prominent person in a particular field: "she's the doyenne of daytime TV" SIMILAR: star leading light celebrity big name superstar top dog |
| fallible | fallible (adjective) capable of making mistakes or being erroneous: "no matter what their credentials are, advice from experts can be fallible" SIMILAR: error-prone erring errant liable to err prone to err open to error imperfect flawed |
| ROF factor | "Rip-off Factor" The ability of a product dreamed up by financial advisors to confuse their clients into investing money into something bound to lose money. |
| newfangled | different from what one is used to; objectionably new: ""greenspan needed to adjust his policy to the newfangled financial instruments SIMILAR: new, the latest, modern, novel, the newest, ultramodern, ]state-of-the-art, advanced, contemporary |
| venerable | venerable (adjective) accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character: "a venerable statesman" SIMILAR: respected venerated revered reverenced worshipped honored esteemed |
| superfluous | superfluous unnecessary, especially through being more than enough: "the general had already won and invading the land would be superfluous, but he dd it anyways" SIMILAR: surplus redundant unneeded not required excess extra Overkill |
| Reticent | ADJECTIVE not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily: "she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs" SIMILAR: reserved/ withdrawn /introverted /restrained |
| Festoon | adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations: "the room was festooned with balloons and streamers" SIMILAR: decorate adorn ornament trim dress up |
| Stewn | ADJECTIVE strewn (adjective) untidily scattered: covered with untidily scattered things: "My bed was always found to be strewn with clothes" |
| Impolitic | ADJECTIVE failing to possess or display prudence; unwise: "It would be impolitic to purchase a luxury car at this time of despair" SIMILAR: imprudent/ unwise /injudicious /incautious/ irresponsible |
| Loquacious | ADJECTIVE tending to talk a great deal; talkative: "never loquacious, Sarah was now totally lost for words" SIMILAR: talkative/ over-talkative/ long-winded /wordy /verbose /profuse prolix/ effusive /gushing /rambling/ communicative /chatty/ gossipy |
| Indices | plural of index an indicator, sign, or measure of something: "The high prices and over accelerated growth were indices of a coming recession" SIMILAR: guide/ clue/ hint/ indication. indicator/ sign /signal /mark/ token/ evidence |
| Emanating | VERB emanating issue or spread out from (a source): "she felt an undeniable charm emanating from him" SIMILAR: emerge /flow /pour /proceed /issue ensue /come out /come forth/ spread out/be emitted/ be transmitted/ arise /originate /stem |
| A prodigious trove of data | A very large set of data |
| Portentous | done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress: "Greenspan's portentous stroll to the office" SIMILAR: pompous bombastic self-important pontifical ponderous solemn sonorous grandiloquent declamatory overblown |
| oracular | ADJECTIVE/relating to an oracle:/"the oracular shrine"/SIMILAR:/prophetic/prophetical/sibylline/predictive (of an utterance, advice,) hard to interpret; enigmatic:/"an ambiguous, oracular remark"/SIMILAR:/enigmatic/cryptic//unclear/obscure/confusing |
| Ebullient | cheerful and full of energy: "Priceline's ebullient founders were unencumbered by self-doubt" SIMILAR: exuberant buoyant cheerful joyful cheery merry sunny |
| Quiescent | in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy:/ "even though inflation was quiescent, that reality only provided a false comfort" · "quiescent ulcerative colitis"/ SIMILAR:/ inactive/ inert/ latent/ fallow/ passive/ idle/ at rest |
| Upbraided | find fault with (someone); scold:/ "he was upbraided for his slovenly appearance"/ SIMILAR:/ reprimand/ rebuke/ reproach/ scold/ admonish/ reprove/ chastise/ chide/ berate/ |
| A creature of habit | Someone that enjoys following a routine |
| Cantankerous | bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:/ "negotiations between 2 parties were cantankerous"/ SIMILAR:/ bad-tempered/ irascible/ irritable/ grumpy/ grouchy/ crotchety/ tetchy/ testy/ crusty/ curmudgeonly/ ill-tempered/ ill-natured/ ill-humored/ |
| Erstwhile | |
| ADJECTIVE/ former:/ "his erstwhile rivals"/ SIMILAR:/ former/ old/ past/ one-time/ sometime/ as was/ ex-/ late/ then/ previous/ prior | |
| Oozed | give a powerful impression of (a quality): "President Clinton oozed the throng" · "the town oozes history" SIMILAR: exude gush drip give out send out emit breathe display exhibit |
| Rapt | |
| Anathema | |
| Pretend-to-listen tactic | |
| Bailiwick | Greenspan confronted a challenge that fell directly within his own bailiwick |
| Portended | |
| Unbeknownst | |
| Trifling | ADJECTIVE trifling unimportant or trivial: "a trifling sum" synonyms: trivial · unimportant · insignificant · inconsequential · petty · minor · light · incidental · frivolous . superficial · small · tiny · inconsiderable · nominal · negligible |
| Preeminence | the fact of surpassing all others; superiority: "It turned out that the symbols of US preeminence could become propaganda props for terrorists" SIMILAR: superiority supremacy greatness excellence |
| Voluble | voluble (of a person) talking fluently, readily, "He was a voluble source on this matter" SIMILAR: talkative- wordy- chatty- gossipy- chattering- babbling- forthcoming- conversational- communicative- expansive- articulate- eloquent- fluent- |
| Glut | NOUN an excessively abundant supply of something: "there is a glut of cars on the market" SIMILAR: surplus- excess- surfeit- superfluity- overabundance- superabundance- oversupply- mountain- too much- plethora |
| Subsumed | subsumed (past tense) · subsumed (past participle) include or absorb (something) in something else: "most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories" SIMILAR: include encompass embrace contain comprise cover |
| Disputatious | (adjective)- fond of or causing heated arguments: "he replaced the disputatious councilman"- SIMILAR:- argumentative- contentious- confrontational- factious-pugnacious- combative- defiant- hostile- antagonistic- belligerent- militant battling- threatening |
| Underpinned | support, justify, or form the basis for: "the gold standard underpinned a period of advance in the late nineteenth century" synonyms: base · point of departure · beginning/began· premise · cornerstone |
| Unperturbed | nperturbed (adjective) not perturbed or concerned: "Kenneth seems unperturbed by the news" SIMILAR: untroubled undisturbed unworried unconcerned unmoved unflustered |
| Buffet of mortgages | The state of home lending in 2004 |
| Affable | (adjective)- friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to:- "an affable and agreeable companion"- SIMILAR:- friendly- congenial- pleasant- nice- likable- personable- charming- agreeable- sympathetic- kind- courteous- approachable- sociable- outgoing |
| Gusher | A big flow, or outburst. Like eating a gusher "They need to try slowing the gusher off uncontrollable loans that fueled the financial crisis" |
| Deliberately sidestepped | Avoided on purpose, ignored, acted oblivious to "He had fought doggedly to protect the feds monetary independence, but he deliberately sidestepped the challenge of reining in Fannie and Freddie |
| Lugubrious | looking or sounding sad and dismal: "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual" SIMILAR: mournful gloomy sad unhappy |
| Promulgated | put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation: "in January 1852 the new Constitution was promulgated" SIMILAR: enact implement enforce pass |
| Magus | a magician or sorcerer. "He was considered a magus who embodied American omniscience and power" |
| Reasonable riposte | A valid rebuttal |
| Vituperative | vituperative (adjective) - bitter and abusive: - "the criticism soon turned into a vituperative attack" - SIMILAR: - disparaging -belittling - diminishing - slighting - deprecatory- depreciative - detracting - deflating - disrespectful - demeaning |
| Bereft | deprived of or lacking (something): "her room was stark and bereft of color" SIMILAR: wanting in need of lacking |
| Dint | force of attack; impact: "Driving himself forward by dint of a strong will and a keen mind" |
| Antiquity | great age: |
| Nonchalance | the state of being nonchalant: "Greenspan's nonchalance in his later years would lead to his legacy being stained" SIMILAR: unconcern indifference heedlessness relaxedness calm calmness |
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