Fragmented vocab - Pt 5

deliberate (adj)

cautious, intentional, considered. (E.g: Opposing with the demand for a sweeping reform is the view that favor _ reconstruction)

indiscriminate (adj)

choosing at random without careful selection, without restraint or control

wholesale (adj)

in large quantity, extensive, wide-range

flummery (adj)

empty compliments; nonsense

fanatical (adj)

fervent, obsessive, filled with extreme devotion

to discard (v)

to throw away, to get rid of

permeable (adj)

able to be penetrated, có thể thẩm thấu qua được, có thể xuyên qua được (E.g: The movement of employees from external environments into the company makes established corporate cultures erode, which proves that they are challenged by ____ boundaries)

myriad (adj)

(adj.) countless (n.) a very great number

infinitesimal

(adj.) so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute

disparity (n)

inequality; difference

repository (n)

storage place

musical (adj)

having a pleasant and harmonious sound

to compound (v)

to combine, to merge

to expedite (v)

to speed up

overtly (adv)

openly, publicly

expedient (adj)

convenient; practical, but not necessarily right or moral (E.g: The move, which quietly fired the man rather than investigate the allgeations, is an _ attempt to protect its reputation)

magnanimous (adj)

generous

misanthropic (adj)

hating mankind

lackadaisical (adj)

lacking spirit or enthusiams (>< impassioned)

painstakingly (adv)

with great care and thoroughness

fleeting (adj)

short-lived

inescapable (adj)

unavoidable

linear (adj)

tuần tự, predictable

vindictive (adj)

hiếu chiến, thù dai (e.g: She is a woman who never forgives an insult)

ponderous (adj)

slow and clumsy because of great weight

laudatory (adj)

expressing praise

trace (adj)

very small (E.g: They said those compounds are more dangerous when diluted than when concentrated, which is consistent with the past research showing they are most damaging at _ concentration)

to lament (v)

to express sorrow; to grieve

inertia (n)

inactivity, lethargy

interim (n)

khoảng thời gian chuyển tiếp, tạm thời

turnover (n)

1. total revenue or sales generated by a company

2. employees turnover = the rate at which employees leave a company

utopian (n)

idealistic

self - perpetuating (adj)

perpetuating itself or oneself without external agency or intervention (e.g: feedback loop)