2301 |
investment |
n. expenditure of money or effort for future benefits; authorization |
2302 |
switch |
n. exchange; transfer; device |
2303 |
judge |
n. person who presides over court trials; arbiter; expert; critic |
2304 |
consortium |
n. partnership; association |
2305 |
reflection |
n. act of casting back a mirror image; act of sending back energy from a surface; idea; concept |
2306 |
layman |
n. unexperienced person |
2307 |
forecast |
adj. predicted; expected; anticipated |
2308 |
aim |
n. purpose; goal; objective; target |
2309 |
circle |
n. ring-shaped geometric figure; round figure; group; society |
2310 |
offer |
n. suggestion; proposal of a price; tender; bid |
2311 |
regard |
v. to look at; to concern; to relate to; to esteem; to appreciate; to consider |
2312 |
impact |
v. to influence; to affect strongly; to collide; to squeeze in |
2313 |
exceed |
v. to surpass; to pass; to go beyond; to outdo |
2314 |
subsidize |
v. to provide financial assistance |
2315 |
precondition |
v. to train in advance |
2316 |
alleviate |
v. to allay; to soothe; to relieve; to soften; to lessen |
2317 |
temper |
v. to moderate; to soften; to tone down; to toughen; to harden |
2318 |
limit |
v. to create boundaries; to restrict; to reduce; to function as a border |
2319 |
floor |
v. to knock down; to astound; to shock |
2320 |
post |
v. to assign to a duty; to station; to publicize; to advertise |
2321 |
total |
adj. entire; complete; absolute |
2322 |
exclude |
v. to leave out; to keep out; to prevent from happening or being; to reject |
2323 |
allowance |
n. grant; pocket money; stipend; discount; deduction |
2324 |
colleague |
n. fellow worker; cowoker |
2325 |
background |
n. setting; biography |
2326 |
hidden |
adj. concealed; secret; not to be seen; ulterior |
2327 |
collateral |
adj. of secondary importance; insignificant; corresponding |
2328 |
explain |
v. to illustrate; to elucidate; to interpret; to describe; to define |
2329 |
employee |
n. worker; person who works for a company or an individual |
2330 |
detail |
n. item; piece of information; part of a whole |
2331 |
minimum |
n. least possible amount; smallest possible size; lowest degree |
2332 |
jeopardy |
n. danger; peril; hazard; risk; endangerment |
2333 |
ownership |
n. legal right of possession |
2334 |
advertisement |
n. commercial information designed to attract attention; commercial |
2335 |
order |
n. arrangement; instruction; command; request for something |
2336 |
programmer |
n. person who creates sets of instructions for a computer or other device |
2337 |
expert |
adj. skilled; knowledgeable; highly sophisticated; very experienced |
2338 |
court |
n. yard; formal reception; place where legal trials take place |
2339 |
good |
n. product; item; asset; benefit |
2340 |
trail |
n. track; footprints; path; way |
2341 |
adopt |
v. to form a relationship with another person |
2342 |
copy |
v. to duplicate; to imitate |
2343 |
counsel |
v. to advise; to instruct; to coach; to advocate |
2344 |
prohibit |
v. to outlaw; to forbid by law; to interdict; to ban; to prevent |
2345 |
source |
v. to originate from; to reveal the origin of something; to obtain from a particular supplier |
2346 |
operate |
v. to act; to function; to manage; to use; to activate; to perform surgery |
2347 |
clarify |
v. to make clear; to explain |
2348 |
mean |
v. to signify; to be significant; to intend; to indicate |
2349 |
range |
v. to determine the scope of a target; to extend; to stretch; to vary |
2350 |
lack |
v. to be short of; to be without; to be missing; to need; to want |
2351 |
stem |
v. to arise; to come from; to originate; to stop; to check |
2352 |
scrupulous |
adj. moral; adhering to ethical principles; precise; strict; exact |
2353 |
gratitude |
n. thankfulness; appreciation |
2354 |
government |
n. ruling of a country or area; political control; authority |
2355 |
consumption |
n. using up |
2356 |
factory |
n. plant; any location which mass-produces one type of product |
2357 |
refurbish |
v. to make new again; to renovate; to restore to good condition |
2358 |
grant |
n. award; gift; present; contribution; donation |
2359 |
brand |
v. to mark with an iron; to disgrace; to condemn |
2360 |
couple |
n. pair; group of two |
2361 |
description |
n. explanation; illustration; instruction |
2362 |
earnest |
n. seriousness; industriousness |
2363 |
introduction |
n. act of acquainting one person with another; preface |
2364 |
stress |
n. emphasis; importance; accent; strain; tension; pressure |
2365 |
relation |
n. narration; act of telling; family member; connection; association |
2366 |
florist |
n. owner of a flower shop; person who makes flower arrangements |
2367 |
technology |
n. sciences of the industrial arts; applied sciences |
2368 |
gain |
n. profit; assets; achievement; increase; benefit; advantage |
2369 |
equivalent |
n. something that is the same of the same level |
2370 |
agent |
n. representative; rep; factor; cause |
2371 |
disturb |
v. to bother; to interrupt; to confuse; to worry |
2372 |
manage |
v. to administer; to direct; to supervise; to accomplish; to handle |
2373 |
motivate |
v. to prompt; to spur; to provide inspiration; to stir to action; to induce |
2374 |
extradite |
v. to hand over to another nation or judicial authority |
2375 |
receive |
v. to get; to accept; to absorb; to take in; to host; to accommodate |
2376 |
strengthen |
v. to make strong; to fortify; to reinforce; to toughen |
2377 |
legitimate |
v. to make valid; to make lawful; to justify; to make permissible |
2378 |
accord |
v. to give; to match; to fit; to complement |
2379 |
equal |
v. to match; to correspond; to resemble; to be similar to |
2380 |
bankrupt |
v. to ruin financially; to go bust; to go broke; to collapse |
2381 |
synthesis |
n. combining of separate elements into a complete whole |
2382 |
clerk |
v. to work as an employee (i.e. in the legal or bank business) |
2383 |
practice |
v. to exercise; to train; to drill |
2384 |
topic |
n. theme; subject of conversation; issue |
2385 |
attract |
v. to draw attention; to captivate; to fascinate |
2386 |
population |
n. total number of people living in an area |
2387 |
rush |
v. to hurry; to make haste; to act or move quickly; to cause to hurry |
2388 |
raise |
n. increase in salary; wage increase |
2389 |
seminar |
n. educational meeting; training session |
2390 |
intensive |
adj. characterized by a high degree; highly concentrated |
2391 |
exit |
n. passage that leads out |
2392 |
employment |
n. work; occupation; keeping busy |
2393 |
advisor |
n. a person who provides guidance; consultant; counselor |
2394 |
vacancy |
n. emptiness; available position; job opening |
2395 |
owner |
n. proprietor |
2396 |
receptionist |
n. person who greets visitors or clients on the telephone and upon their arrival |
2397 |
ambivalence |
n. state of having both positive and negative feelings towards a subject |
2398 |
empathy |
n. entering into the feelings of another; sympathy; vicarious emotion; understanding |
2399 |
fare |
n. cost for traveling (on a bus, train, etc.) |
2400 |
loom |
n. apparatus on which fabrics are woven; weaving machine |