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