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TOEFL Vocab: Business And Money
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To move someone to a higher position in a company
elite
prosper
promote
decline
2. To do very well in one's business or personal life
asset
privileged
prosper
working class
3. Wealth and the style of life that goes with it
affluence
nobility
sole
distill
4. A group of socially prominent people with special titles given by a king or queen - such as 'duke' or 'countess'
accumulate
jointly
nobility
promote
5. Willing to work hard
per capita
working class
proportionately
industrious
6. Together with one or more other parties
compensate
safeguard
jointly
resign
7. People with low-paying (often unskilled) jobs who are not poor but who are not securely in the middle class
working class
enterprising
safeguard
per capita
8. To argue back and forth about a price
merit
haggle
exploit
hazardous
9. Able to create business opportunities from a wide variety of circumstances
sole
accumulate
entrepreneurial
exploit
10. To take advantage of; to treat inconsiderately in order to profit
compensate
exploit
allocate
accumulate
11. A situation in which prices for many items rise quite fast
acquire
marginal
inflation
extract
12. A possession that has positive value
promote
shuttle
per capita
asset
13. Only
sole
per capita
proportionately
prototype
14. To decrease in power or amount
accumulate
intrepid
decline
working class
15. Owner - usually of a business or a building
regulate
proprietor
luxury
affluence
16. Belonging to a special - honored group
elite
hazardous
privileged
regulate
17. To get something - usually something with special value or meaning
subsidy
acquire
proportionately
affluence
18. To make a person or group poor
hazardous
impoverish
haggle
compensate
19. The value of one's share in an investment
haggle
equity
merchant
prestige
20. Obviously real because it can be seen - touched - or otherwise observed
reward
jointly
entrepreneurial
tangible
21. To quit one's job
extract
reward
working class
resign
22. Money given by a government or other organization to support an activity
subsidy
net
luxury
tangible
23. To estimate the value of something
industrious
hazardous
assess
haggle
24. A possible benefit that motivates a person to do a certain thing
prestige
privileged
incentive
resign
25. Legal responsibility for harming a person or property; a disadvantage
intrepid
liability
enterprising
sole
26. Dangerous
prosper
hazardous
enterprising
decline
27. To build up a large amount of something
working class
accumulate
exploit
net
28. Able to enjoy special advantages because of one's position ( usually because of being born into a wealthy or powerful family)
acquire
privileged
merchant
assess
29. To move back and forth often between two places
compensate
assess
shuttle
entrepreneurial
30. Creative in thinking of ways to make money
haggle
enterprising
acquire
compensate
31. A person who makes a living by selling things
resign
tangible
merchant
distill
32. To give an employee money or other things in exchange for the work he or she does
compensate
liability
accumulate
jointly
33. Something one gets for having done well
hazardous
reward
proportionately
enterprising
34. After all costs have been subtracted from an amount
haggle
intrepid
merchant
net
35. To rent something for a long time (several months or years)
lease
nobility
allocate
per capita
36. Full of energy
resign
dynamic
promote
liability
37. Honor and respect for being better than the average
prestige
affluence
luxury
asset
38. To give out different amounts for different purposes
assess
allocate
proportionately
prestige
39. Fearless
intrepid
promote
impoverish
acquire
40. To protect
proprietor
safeguard
hazardous
asset
41. Not very significant or effective
acquire
marginal
safeguard
compensate
42. Extreme comfort - beyond what anyone needs
subsidy
inflation
luxury
safeguard
43. To remove one liquid from a mixture of liquids by boiling; to get something valuable from a confusing mix of ideas
incentive
affluence
distill
net
44. To take out
proportionately
incentive
extract
dynamic
45. Control according to a set of rules
regulate
prosper
luxury
incentive
46. Value; success based on one's work - not on luck
merit
prototype
prestige
net
47. A thing that can be bought and sold - such as grain - oil - or wood
commodity
intrepid
hazardous
net
48. The first one made of a machine or system
intrepid
prototype
allocate
working class
49. In an amount appropriate to each of several recipients
prosper
proportionately
safeguard
decline
50. For each person
inflation
net
per capita
asset