Business English Vocabulary

a situation in which there is a lot of angry disagreement between two people or groups

• confrontation

• rationale

• irony

• initiation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

something that makes your life difficult or unpleasant, especially a lack of money, or the condition of having a difficult life

• earnestness

• teasing

• hardship

• cowardice

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

a large quantity of something

• strength

• abundance

• stance

• interaction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

to say things to make someone or something seem less important or good

• resume

• spill

• denigrate

• plunge

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

very serious and sincere

• nasty

• diligent

• prominent

• earnest

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

continuing to do something, although this is difficult, or other people warn you not to do it

• persistent

• insecure

• devastated

• picky

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

someone who works hard and is careful and thorough

• sensitive

• arrogant

• diligent

• famed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

to use your power, influence etc in order to make something happen

• plummet

• emerge

• resume

• exert

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention

• subtle

• self-imposed

• conscientious

• imperious

to make someone angry or upset by doing or saying something that they think is rude, unkind

• flatter

• praise

• offend

• encounter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4