Business and General Vocabulary

A comprehensive vocabulary list covering professional roles, academic terms, and descriptive adjectives extracted from lecture notes.

Communication

The act of conveying or exchanging information and news.

Consume

To use up a resource, such as fuel, energy, or time.

Cruel

Willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Dead-end

A situation or job in which there is no hope of making progress.

Dull

Lacking interest or excitement; boring.

Dumb

Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, or used informally to mean unintelligent.

Apprentice

A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.

Blue-collar

Relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry.

Consultant

A person who provides expert advice professionally.

Private

Belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group only.

Question

A sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.

Redundant

Not or no longer needed or useful, often referring to an employee no longer needed by a company.

Refreshed

To feel less tired or more energetic.

Temptation

A desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.

Uninteresting

Not capable of holding one's attention or arousing interest.

White-collar

Relating to the work done or the people who work in an office or other professional environment.

Renew

To resume after an interruption, or to replace something that is broken or worn out.

Workload

The amount of work to be done by someone or something.

Salary

A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum.

Addicted

Physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects.

Bachelor

A person who has a first degree from a university or college (e.g., Bachelor of Arts).

Consideration

Careful thought, typically over a period of time.

Ideal

Satisfying one's conception of what is perfect; most suitable.

Inspiring

Having the effect of animating someone with the ability or desire to do something.

Internship

The position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience.

Boring

Not interesting; tedious.

Compare

Estimate, measure, or note the similarity or dissimilarity between two or more things.

Competitive

Relating to or characterized by competition, often involving a strong desire to be more successful than others.

Confession

A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime or has done something wrong.

Deadline

The latest time or date by which something should be completed.

Demanding

Requiring much skill or effort.

Fulfilling

Making someone satisfied or happy because of fully developing their character or abilities.

Graphic

Relating to visual art, especially drawing, design, or lettering.

Highly paid

Earning or involving a high salary.

Interviewee

A person who is interviewed.

Literature

Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.

Nearly

Very close to; almost.

Promotion

Activity that supports or provides active encouragement for the furtherance of a cause, venture, or aim; also the action of raising someone to a higher position or rank.

Spaceship

A spacecraft, especially one controlled by a crew.

Strict

Demanding that rules concerning behavior are obeyed and observed.

Tabloid

A newspaper having pages half the size of those of the average broadsheet, typically containing sensational stories and many photographs.

Tackle

To make determined efforts to deal with a problem or difficult task.

Low-paid

Relating to or being a job for which a person receives a small amount of money.

Ultimate

Being or happening at the end of a process; final.

Master

A person who has complete control of something, or a high-level university degree (e.g., Master of Science).

Motivate

To provide someone with a motive for doing something or to stimulate someone's interest in or enthusiasm for doing something.