Vocab Flashcards
(58 cards)
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Birthed
A
created
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albeit
A
although
3
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manned
A
managed by person
4
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halcondays
A
Successful period
5
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foregone
A
abandonned
6
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disgruntled
A
dissatisfied
7
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bullish
A
very confident
8
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hearsay
A
rumor
9
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taming
A
reducing
10
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Edging up
A
moving slowly
11
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Red hot
A
extremly nem
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Flawed
A
having a fundamental weakness
13
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Threshold
A
amout of smth coming into effect
14
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shortcoming
A
a fault
15
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to incenvitize
A
to motivate
16
Q
Bail out
A
rescue from finance
17
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yardstick
A
critical judment
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to rail against
A
to critisize
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resilient
A
able to adapt/ flexible
20
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headwinds
A
decline in profit
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to curb
A
to restrain
22
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a whipscow
A
change of direction
23
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Mortgage
A
borrowed money from bank
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equities
A
actions
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war chast
savings
26
tail wind
coup de pouce
27
to bolster
to support
28
a boon
smth benefical
29
Lure
tempt of smone smth with reward
30
inroad
reduced by smth
31
erode
gradually wear away
32
a racked-up dept
accumulated du to borrowing
33
Haggle
negociate
34
sovereign debt market
market of goverment dept
35
soggy growth
smow growth
36
stark
clear, somtime unpleasant
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Hurdle
dificulty
38
scalling up
increase
39
social unrest
group to protest
40
to spur
to encourage
41
incumbent
holder/president
42
tropes
stereotypes
43
without futher ado
immediat
44
benchmark
references
45
trimmed
cut
46
bugbear
a source of persistence
47
to offset
to compensate
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curtaining
reducing
49
being vocal about
express feelings
50
yielding
generating income by investment
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hobble
alk in an akward way
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profligate
reckless
53
be mused
confused
54
cash trapped
short of money
55
bountiful
large inequities
56
put the final in the cuffin
destroye somthing already broken
57
forecast
predict
58
tumble
fall (amout)