Professional Jargon Flashcards

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Opine

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To suggest
To have an opinion
To submit

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Promt

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V. To cause, to bring, to give rise to
Adj. quick fast

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Retain

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To keep

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Navigate

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To steer a course: To direct or manage a ship, aircraft, or guided missile on its course
To get around: To walk or find one’s way, or to move around a website, system, or file
To move through logically: To move or progress through something in a logical sequence

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Navigate

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To steer a course: To direct or manage a ship, aircraft, or guided missile on its course
To get around: To walk or find one’s way, or to move around a website, system, or file
To move through logically: To move or progress through something in a logical sequence

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Lingering effects

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Lasting effects

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Squeeze margins

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A “fluid” condition

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Agile(adaptable) condition that can embrace change

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Bolster

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to support or improve something or make it stronger

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Spur the economy

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To encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster

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Spur the economy

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To encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster

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Scramble

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To struggle
As banks were scrambling to generate profit
As I was scrambling to find the right words

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Exposure

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Looms

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About to happen

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Looming

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(Sth bad) About to happen soon, causing worry

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Set to sunset and revert back

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Compression of margins
Squeezed margin

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Convergence

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When two or more things come together

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Warrant

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Justify, vindicate
Prudent approach is warranted(justified)

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Buoyant

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Pronounced as Booyant

Adj. means able to stay afloat
Successful, profitable, or tending to increase or stay at high level

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Capture new revenuboost profits

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Hardening

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Stabilization or gradual increase in prices

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Catalyst

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Anything that can bring in a drastic change

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Restore resilience

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Increase
Escalating Accelerating Surging Spiking Rising
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Caused by
Driven by Propelled by
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Erode
Gradually destroy Eroding profits Eroding disposable income
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Mitigate
To reduce, to lessen To mitigate the risks
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Alleviate
To reduce the pain (trouble) of something To alleviate the pain
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Exacerbate
To Aggravate To make a problem worse
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Grappling
Struggling Trying to solve a problem or deal with a diffculty Syn: Tackling, coping, facinng
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Grappling
Struggling Trying to solve a problem or deal with a diffculty Syn: Tackling, coping, facinng
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Precarious
Uncertain
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Ad hoc
On demand When necessary Respond to ad hoc requests
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Ad hoc
On demand When necessary Respond to ad hoc requests
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Subdue
Conquer, overcome, defeat Subdue fear of getting hurt again
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Jot it down
Write sth down so you can remember it later The CEO asked me to jot down some of the important details of the meeting minutes
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At bay
To prevent something from reaching you To keep unhappiness at bay Taking precautions makes silly lapses at bay
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Blunder
A stupid silly mistake Synonyms: hiccup, slip, lapse
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Grind to halt
Come to a full stop The car ground to a halt after unexpected sign appeared Once ghe funding stopped (halted), the project ground to a halt
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Subliminally
Subconsciously
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Aggravate
Worsen sth
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Poised
Ready prepared for something The company is poised to embrace the advancements in AI
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Render
Provide
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Soliciting
Ask/request for sth(usually money)
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Market saturation
Full market Market that’s reached its max capacity