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Business Vocab (1)
2011 Fall Vocab List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |