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