Brainscape test

Question 1

ring-fence something

Answer 1

(finance) to protect a particular sum of money by putting restrictions on it so that it can only be used for a particular purpos - All employees can access the parts of the Intranet that are not ring-fenced.

Question 2

overly

Answer 2

(before an adjective) too; very - We think you are being overly optimistic.

Question 3

buoyant

Answer 3

(of prices, business activity, etc.) tending to increase or stay at a high level, usually showing financial success
- A buoyant economy/market

Question 4

rationale (behind/for/of something)

Answer 4

(formal) the principles or reasons which explain a particular decision, course of action, belief, etc. - What is the rationale behind these new exams?

Question 5

(market) tailwinds

Answer 5

“Strong tailwinds in each of Garden’s key segments should support plan growth from a demand perspective”

Question 6

headroom

Answer 6

“Garden’s share in each is c.1% or less, leaving significant headroom for growth”

Question 7

in light of

Answer 7

Fig. because of certain knowledge now in hand; considering something. (As if knowledge or information shed light on something.)
- In light of what you have told us, I think we must abandon the project. In light of the clerk’s rudeness, we didn’t return to that shop.

Question 8

N.B.

Answer 8

abbreviation for nota bene: used to mark something as particularly important.
- The party is tomorrow at 8.
NB: Dress in formal attire.

Question 9

timebox

Answer 9

Corporate jargon for assigning a deadline to a task, or for completing a task within a specified time frame. Should be used when the words “finish” and “do” provide too much clarity. Invoked primarily by such noted jargonauts as project managers, time management gurus, motivational speakers, process architects, and process weenies.
- “Dammit Bob, you’ve been working on that forever! Timebox it!”

Question 10

fruitful

Answer 10

Producing useful or desired results; productive: a fruitful collaboration; a fruitful suggestion.

Question 11

ballpark

Answer 11

Slang; Being approximately proper in range: gave a ballpark estimate of future unit sales.

Question 12

cookie-cutter

Answer 12

Marked by sameness and a lack of originality; mass-produced. Often used to describe suburban housing developments where all of the houses are based on the same blueprints and are differentiated only by their color.
- I wouldn’t live in one of those ugly cookie-cutter houses for a million dollars.

Question 13

stretching

Answer 13

however, management?s supply-side assumptions in the plan appear stretching

Question 14

scoped

Answer 14

Including how requirements are scoped

Question 15

par

Answer 15

An amount or level considered to be average; a standard: performing up to par; did not yet feel up to par.

Question 16

poach

Answer 16

poach (somebody/something) (from somebody/something) to take and use somebody/something that belongs to somebody/something else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way
The company poached the contract from their main rivals.
Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm.

Question 17

lost ground

Answer 17

“The addressable market in Nordics are growint at c.3-5% pa, within which the business has historiaclly lost groun”

Question 18

back out

Answer 18

“Promotion and hire rates backed out from churn modelling in combination with net partner requirement per year for the UK from management plan”

Question 19

trawl

Answer 19

to search through a large amount of information or a large number of people, places, etc. looking for a particular thing or person
“Linkedin trawl”

Question 20

compelling

Answer 20

“Historically, they have succesfully recruited from this pool & can propose a compelling offer”

Question 21

keep abreast of something

Answer 21

to make sure that you know all the most recent facts about a subject
“I like to keep abreast of current affairs.”

Question 22

awry

Answer 22

if something goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned
“All my plans for the party had gone awry.”

Question 23

rebuttal

Answer 23

the act of saying or proving that a statement or criticism is false
synonym: refutation
The accusations met with a firm rebuttal.

Question 24

moot

Answer 24

(North American English) unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.

Question 25

mar something

Answer 25

to damage or spoil something good
synonym blight, ruin
The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans.

Question 26

unrest

Answer 26

a political situation in which people are angry and likely to protest or fight
industrial/civil/social/political/popular unrest
There is growing unrest in the south of the country

Question 27

brawl

Answer 27

a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place

Question 28

affray

Answer 28

a fight or violent behaviour in a public place

Question 29

pledge

Answer 29

a serious promise

synonym commitment

Question 30

wrongdoing

Answer 30

illegal or dishonest behaviour

synonym crime, offence

Question 31

to board up

Answer 31

to cover a window, door, etc. with wooden boards

Question 32

crackdown (on somebody/something)

Answer 32

severe action taken to restrict the activities of criminals or of people opposed to the government or somebody in authority