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Flashcards by fabripianostudio, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by fabripianostudio
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| Question | Answer |
| entrepreneur | a person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit: |
| telecommunication | communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting: |
| magnate | a wealthy and influential businessman or businesswoman |
| tycoon | wealthy, powerful person in business or industry |
| fraud | wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
| applicable | relevant or appropriate |
| plausible | seeming reasonable or probable |
| poised | having a composed and self-assured manner |
| simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion). |
| enjambement | (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name, especially one used by an author: I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey |
| foresight | the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future |
| concertize | give a concert or concerts |
| grief | intense sorrow, especially caused by someone’s death |
| industry | economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories |
| gulf | a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth |
| mirage | 1.an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air: the surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages 2.an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved:the hope of sanctuary initially proved a mirage |
| murmuring | 1 [mass noun] a low or indistinct continuous sound:the murmuring of the River Derwent 2 (usually murmurings) a subdued or private expression of discontent or dissatisfaction:murmurings of discontent from the fans |
| malignant | evil in nature or effect; malevolent:in the hands of malignant fate |
| monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head |
| anarchy | 1a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems:he must ensure public order in a country threatened with anarchy 2absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal. |
| veterinary surgeon | a person qualified to treat diseased or injured animals. |
| succeed | achieve the desired aim or result:he succeeded in winning a pardon |
| subordinate | lower in rank or position: |
| essence | the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character |
| deceive | deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain. |
| dilapidated | unmaintained |
| crumble | falling apart |
| perturbed | anxious |
| unperturbed | not anxious |
| summon | order (someone) to be present urgently demand (help) |
| eerie | strange and frightening |
| dotty | eccentric |
| amicable | characterized by friendliness and absence of discord |
| discord | disagreement between people |
| spacious | (especially of a room or building) having ample space |
| ample | enough or more than enough; plentiful: there is ample time for discussion an ample supply of consumer goods |
| overt | done or shown openly; plainly apparent: an overt act of aggression people with HIV progressing to overt AIDS |
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