Vocabulary Building

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Terminology

• Modest: Humble in estimating one's abilities or achievements.
• Ostentatious: Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.
• Constraint: A limitation or restriction.
• Breakdown: A failure of a relationship, system, or discussion.
• Bring about: Cause (something) to happen.
• Take forward: To advance or develop something.
• Outgoing: Friendly and socially confident.
• Detached: Emotionally removed; aloof.
• Thoughtful: Showing consideration for the needs and feelings of other people.
• Offshore locations: Locations outside of one's national boundaries, often for business purposes like manufacturing or financial services.
• Management: The process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
• Unemployment: The state of being without a job but actively seeking work.
• Mobile technology: Technology that is portable or wireless.
• Project: An individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.
• Cautious: Careful to avoid potential problems or dangers.
• Impression: An idea, feeling, or opinion about someone or something.
• Profile: A description of someone or something that provides a detailed overview.
• Internship: A period of work experience offered by an organization for students or recent graduates to gain practical experience.
• Reward: A thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
• Praise: Express warm approval or admiration of.
• Upfront planning: Planning done in advance, considering all aspects from the start.
• Accurate forecast: A prediction or estimate of future events or trends that is correct, or very close to correct.
• Realistic budget: A financial plan based on reasonable and achievable expectations.
• Bring down (prices): To lower or reduce prices.
• Key concept: A central or essential idea.
• Innovative approach: A new, creative, and effective way of doing something.
• Take an active part in: To participate enthusiastically and contribute to something.
• Impulsive: Acting or done without forethought.
• Self-contained: Complete or having all that is needed within itself.
• Budget: An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
• Responsibility: The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.
• Forecast: A prediction or estimate of future events or trends.
• Discrimination: Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
• Skilled workers: Workers who have specialized training or expertise.
• Determined: Having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.
• Core activities: The primary or essential activities of an organization.
• Retirement: The act of leaving one's job and ceasing to work.
• Gap in the market: An opportunity to provide a new product or service that is not yet available.
• Turn over: The amount of money taken by a business in a particular period.
• Consultation: The process of seeking advice from an expert.
• Accept: To receive or take willingly.
• Monitor: To observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review.
• Obsessed: Preoccupied with or haunted by something.
• Target user: The intended or primary audience for a product or service.
• Expensive: Costing a lot of money.
• Trustworthy: Able to be relied on as honest or truthful.
• Enthusiasm: Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
• Performance: The action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.
• Autonomy: The right or condition of self-government.
• Proposition: A statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.
• Carry out: Put (a plan, order, or instruction) into effect.
• Corruption: Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
• Prejudice: Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
• Instinctive: Based on instinct or intuition; not requiring thought.
• Tactful: Having or showing tact; diplomatic.
• Outside expertise: Specialized knowledge or skill obtained from external sources.
• Self-employed: Working for oneself as a freelancer or running a business.
• Ownership: The act, state, or right of possessing something.
• Return on their investment: The profit or benefit gained from an investment.
• Ineffective: Not producing any significant or desired effect.
• Arrogant: Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
• Greed: Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
• Introvert: A person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things.
• Business process: A collection of related, structured activities or tasks performed by people or equipment in a specific sequence to produce a service or product for a particular customer or customers.
• Outsourcing: Obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source.
• Ethics: Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
• Deception: The act of misleading or misrepresenting the truth.
• Start-up capital: The initial capital used to start a business.
• Venture capitalist: A person or firm that invests in new, risky startup businesses.
• Infrastructure: The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
• Application: A formal request to an authority for something.
• Liberal: Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
• Individualistic: Independent and self-reliant.
• Basket analysis: A data mining technique used to identify associations between items.
• Complex: Consisting of many different and connected parts.
• Functional: Designed to be practical and useful, rather than attractive.
• Schedule: A plan that gives expected times for different things to happen.
• Launch: Introduce (a new product or service) to the public.
• Progress: Forward or onward movement toward a destination.
• Cutting-edge: Highly advanced or innovative.
• Pay off: Result in success; yield a profit or advantage.
• Take up: To begin or continue to discuss, investigate, or develop (a subject or problem).
• Indecisive: Not able to make decisions quickly and effectively.
• Conventional: Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.
• Cost-savings: Reduction in expenses.
• Training facilities: Places equipped for conducting educational or skill-building activities.
• Career prospect: The possibility of future success in a profession or job.
• Relocate: Move to a new place and establish one's home or business there.
• Objective: Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
• Self-motivation: The ability to do what needs to be done, without influence from other people or situations.
• Incentive: A thing that motivates or encourages one to do something.
• Deadline: The latest time or date by which something should be completed.
• Accurate: Correct in all details; exact.
• Fairness: Impartial and just treatment or behavior without favoritism or discrimination.
• Generosity: The quality of being kind and generous.
• Outsourcing vendors: Companies that provide outsourced services.
• Closer to home: Nearer to where one lives.
• Apprentice: A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.
• Employer: A person or organization that employs people.
• Investment fund: A supply of capital belonging to numerous investors used to collectively purchase securities while each investor retains ownership and control of his own shares.
• Financial backing: Financial support for a business or undertaking.
• Support: Give assistance to.
• React: Respond or behave in a particular way in response to something.
• Annual appraisal: An evaluation of an employee's performance over the past year.
• Suspicious: Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.
• Successful: Accomplishing an aim or purpose.
• Accepting: Agreeing to take something that is offered.
• Postpone: Put off to a later time.
• Sector: An area or portion that is distinct from others.
• Intercultural: Relating to or involving different cultures.
• Egalitarian: Believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
• Personal information: Information that relates to an individual.
• Social media: Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.
• Integrate: Combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole.
• Pop-up stall: A temporary booth or stand, typically used for sales or promotion.
• Would be entrepreneurs: People who aspire to start their own businesses.
• Flexible: Capable of bending easily without breaking.
• Export growth: An increase in the amount of goods or services sold to other countries.
• Wary: Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
• Favorable: Expressing approval.
• Achievement: A thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.
• Come up with: Produce (something), especially when pressured or challenged.
• Extrovert: An outgoing, overtly expressive person.
• Bribery: The giving or offering of a bribe.
• Values: A person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.
• Implement: Put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect.
• Oppose: Disapprove of and attempt to prevent, especially by argument.
• Prevent: Keep (something) from happening or arising.
• Data: Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
• Hierarchical: Arranged in order of rank.
• Negotiating: Trying to reach an agreement or compromise by discussion with others.
• Information age: A period characterized by the increased importance of information and its use.
• Recognition: The action or process of recognizing or being recognized.
• Appreciate: Recognize the full worth of.
• Bring down: Cause to fall or collapse.
• Get round: Persuade (someone) to do or allow something by using charm or flattery.
• Set up: Establish or create something.
• Credibility: The quality of being trusted and believed in.
• Pragmatic: Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
• Employee: A person employed for wages or salary.
• Resign: Voluntarily leave a job or other position.
• Voluntary organization: An organization that is not-for-profit and based on the work of volunteers.
• Temporary outlet: A short-term store or venue for selling goods.
• Survey: Look closely at or examine (someone or something).
• Affect: Have an effect on; make a difference to.
• Networking: Interact with other people to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one's career.
• Digital: (of signals or data) expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization.
• Resist: Withstand the action or effect of.
• Privacy: The state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.
• Encrypt: Convert (information or data) into a cipher or code, especially to prevent unauthorized access.
• Protect: Keep safe from harm or injury.
• Formal: Done or carried out in accordance with convention or etiquette.
• Collectivist: Characterized by the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
• Constructive feedback: Advice intended to help or improve something.
• Permanent job: A job that is not temporary or part-time.
• Charity: An organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.
• Experience: Practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
• Hostile: Unfriendly; antagonistic.