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**Week 1** -**Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday September 18**  1. Concise (adj) : Brief, terse and short. I want to make a concise speech in the meeting. // Looking Ahead //  2. Annotate( vi&vt): Give notes to something which really hard to understand. You need to buy a annotated edition of textbook. // Looking Ahead //  3. Cumulative (adj): Describe something which increase little by little. The cumulative knowledge is very important to a professional. // Looking Ahead //  4. Vent(n) : The exit of something The vent of the chimney is blocked. // Looking Ahead // // 5. // Scenario(n): The summary of a novel or a project and so on. The CEO ask the CFO hand in a scenario of the latest project. // Looking Ahead //  6. Emphatic (adj): Important, worth to emphasize. The emphatic part of this book is chapter 4. // The Athens Messenger //  7. Faint (adj): Describe somebody who is weak, something which is unclear. I can see the faint light far away from here. // The Athens Messenger //  8. Methane (n): A kind of Chemical gas. Some countries use Methane to generate energy. // The Athens Messenger //  9. Conspiracy (n): A conspiracy of silence, usually describe people discuss some terrible stuff. Tom heard the conspiracy of that group and he told the Police. // The Athens Messenger //  10. Flop(vi): Drop suddenly. The cup flopped on the floor. // New York Times //  11. Chronic( adj): Describe something which is lasted for a long time. He has a chronic sleeping disorder. // New York Times

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**Week 2** -**Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday September 25 **

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Week 3 <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday Oct 2 **

1 pitch (n): the tone of a person. His voice has a high pitch. The New York Times 2 entangle (vt): get involved in something. I am sort of entangling a political case. The New York Times 3 arrogant (adj): so proud of oneself. He is so arrogant that think he is better than anyone. The New York Times 4 revere (vt): show respect to someone. He reveres his father very much. The New York Times 5 prop (vt): support to something. The government props up the prices of the farm products to support the income of the farmers. The New York Times 6 Daunt (vt): to scare somebody. She was daunted by the sound of the foot step. The New York Times 7 tenure (n): the period that someone in charge of something. Through the tenure of the president, he did a lot to the workers. The New York Times 8 embark (vt): loading The ship can embark 1000 ton goods. The Post 9 evaporate ( vt) : let something disappear. His hopes evaporated. The Post 10 browse (vt): looking a book or something else quickly. She sat there and browsed the book. The Post

Week 4 Vocabulary for week ending Friday Oct 9 1 Convergence (n) : describe that two things come together. A town at the convergence of two rivers. 2 Compute (vt) : to calculate He computes that the homework will take 1 hour to do. 3 Bulk (n): <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">volume, size, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The bulk of this bottle is 3L. 4 Plot (vt): to mark something She plots the point of the line in the gragh. 5 Fraction (n): a part of something. The necklace costs a big fraction of his salary. 6 Aggregate(vt): <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">to combine something or be combined into a body. The teacher aggregates some students to the square. 7 Endowment (n): <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">the process of endowing. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The school has a endowment from the former students of all over the world. 8 Coherent (adj): logical. The lawyer has a coherent speech in the court. 9 permanent(adj): forever He is my permanent member of this club. 10 depreciation (n): <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> the reduction in value of a asset <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The depreciation rate is very high in the factory. All of these words come from Macroeconomics. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">

Week 5 1 Diversification (n): the practice of varying products Risk and diversification are important points in finance. 2 bankruptcy (n): a state of complete lack of some abstract property The bankruptcy of the company makes the CEO very sad. 3 liquid (n): A substance in a physical state like water. The liquid in that bottle is blue. 4 proprietorship (n): own a business A sole proprietorship is a kind of business organization. 5 approval (n): the act of agreement The external auditor cannot be fired or terminated without the audit committee’s approval. 6 misalignment (n): the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned Lack of board independence is a key factor in the misalignment between board members’ and stockholders’ interests. 7 raider (n): a corporate investor The shareholders, raiders and debt holders have a meeting together. 8 impediment (n): a obstruction There are 2 impediments in the project. 9 blink (vi): to close and immediately reopen the eyes Do not blink during the test. 10 manipulate (vt): to handle or use. Tried to manipulate stock prices is difficult. All of these words come from Fundamentals of Corporate Finance.

Week 6 1 asymmetry(n) ack or absence of symmetry in spatial arrangements or in mathematical or logical relations The asymmetry makes this design perfect. 2 Extravagant(adj) spending too much money You are ectravagant consumer. 3 dysfunctional(adj) not normal The electricity is dysfunctional. 4 intermediation(n) the act of mediating My friend needs an intermediation. 5 equilibrium (n) a stable condition in which forces cancel one another The equilibrium of the demand line and supply line happens at the cross point. 6 leverage (n) power to influence something The leverage of the book is important for the author. 7 dizzy (adj) foolish or flighty That dizzy man make me confused. 8 deprived (adj) poor There are lots of deprived family in this village. 9 derangement (n) The act of disorder That patient has a mentel disorder and derangement. 10 invariance(n) keep stable The size invariance is one reason I buy this bag.

All of these words come from Fundamentals of Corporate Finance.

week 7 1 derive(vt): to obtain by reasoning I derive a conclusion from the facts. 2protocol (n) a certain kind of rule I can’t understand the protocols in the text. 3 riot(n) interesting person or interesting thing She is a riot. 4 aspiration(n) strong desire to achieve something To become a investment manager is my aspiration. 5 falter (vi) unsure about something He faltered for a while and then made a decision. 6 heed (vt) to pay close attention to Please take heed of my suggestion. 7 squabble (vi) to quarrel I hate to squabble about money. 8 waistband(n) an encircling band of material to finish and strengthen a skirt or trousers at the waist I need a new waistband 9 evacuate (vt) to remove something The passengers were evacuated by the Police. 10 caption (n) a title The caption of the picture is “love”.

All of these words come from The Post

Week 8 1 slake (vt) to satisfy Nothing can slake his desire. 2 blunt (adj) Something such as a knife lacking sharpness. The knife is blunt. 3 prevail (vb) to succeed We will prevail at the end. 4 discompose (vb) to disturb He tried to discompose the party. 5 wiggle to move She walks with a wiggle. 6 fiscal (adj) relate to government finance Our country needs a positive fiscal policy now. 7 consensus (n) general or widespread agreemen What is the consensus of opinion? 8 distortion (n) something that is distorted He knew the distortion of the facts. 9 inertia (n) the tendency of a body to preserve its state Inertia is evident in our every day experiences 10 insomnia(n)  the lack of sleep Overwork brought on insomnia.

All of these words come from Macroeconomics