Unit 10 - Expert Vocabulary

canny

• restriction or limitation

• astute, shrewd, careful

• individuals or companies that invest in new businesses in exchange for partial ownership of those businesses

• 1. lack of experience, innocence

restraint

• restriction or limitation

• astute, shrewd, careful

• individuals or companies that invest in new businesses in exchange for partial ownership of those businesses

• 1. lack of experience, innocence

venture capitalist 

• 1. to grow and flourish

• astute, shrewd, careful

• individuals or companies that invest in new businesses in exchange for partial ownership of those businesses

• 1. lack of experience, innocence

naivety

• 1. to grow and flourish

• astute, shrewd, careful

• individuals or companies that invest in new businesses in exchange for partial ownership of those businesses

• 1. lack of experience, innocence

burgeon 

• 1. to grow and flourish

• diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)

• 1. an accumulation of something, especially uncompleted work or matters that need to be dealt with

• 1. could not be maintained

backlog

• 1. to grow and flourish

• diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)

• 1. an accumulation of something, especially uncompleted work or matters that need to be dealt with

• 1. could not be maintained

detract (from) 

• 1. to grow and flourish

• diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)

• 1. identify and approach (a suitable person employed elsewhere) to fill a business position

• 1. could not be maintained

untenable

• 1. to grow and flourish

• diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)

• 1. identify and approach (a suitable person employed elsewhere) to fill a business position

• 1. could not be maintained

flounder 

• 1. extremely surprised or astonished when he/she found out about something

• struggle

• 1. identify and approach (a suitable person employed elsewhere) to fill a business position

• 1. fit well, or become organized

headhunt 

• 1. extremely surprised or astonished when he/she found out about something

• struggle

• 1. identify and approach (a suitable person employed elsewhere) to fill a business position

• 1. fit well, or become organized