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• per capita per capita  adv.    For each personResearch shows we’re likely to sell 15 light bulbs per capita peryear in medium-sized cities.Parts of speech   per capita adj
• subsidy subsidy  n.    Money given by a government or other organization to sup-port an activityFederal subsidies to grain farmers have helped them stay in businessdespite three years of bad weather.
• accumulate accumulate  v.    To build up a large amount of somethingOver several generations, the Hardington family accumulated vastwealth by buying and selling land.Parts of speech   accumulation n
• affluence affluence  n.    Wealth and the style of life that goes with itMohadzir grew up amid affluence, which poorly prepared him forhis grad student days in crowded apartments with no servants.
• impoverish v.     To make a person or group poorThe collapse of the steel industry impoverished several counties ineastern Ohio.Parts of speech   impoverishment n
• to prosper  prosper  v.    To do very well in one’s business or personal lifeVargas prospered after finally patenting his new inventions.
• asset asset  n.    A possession that has positive valueUsage tips   Some examples of assets are real estate, cash, and stockshares.
• hazardous hazardous  adj.    DangerousParents have to be careful not to buy children’s clothes and toysmade of hazardous materials.Parts of speech   hazard n, hazardously adv
• jointly jointly  adv.    Together with one or more other partiesIn most states, a husband and wife are assumed to own all theirpossessions jointly.Parts of speech   join v, joint n
• liability liability  n.    Legal responsibility for harming a person or property; a dis-advantageBefore you go river rafting, you sign a document releasing the tripleaders from liability in case of injury.Henderson is just a liability to our work team, because he never fin-ishes anything on time.Usage tips   In its second meaning, liability is often followed by a tophrase.Parts of speech   liable adj
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• proprietor proprietor  n.    Owner, usually of a business or a buildingThe proprietor of Hekman’s Windows is Nels Hekman, grandson ofthe people who established the factory.Usage tips   Very often, proprietor is followed by an of phrase.Parts of speech   proprietary adj
• safeguard safeguard  v.    To protectA burglar-alarm system safeguards our house when we go away onvacation.Usage tips   Safeguard implies continuous protection over a long time.
• sole  sole  adj.    OnlyMany people have wanted to invest in Harry’s publishing business,but he remains the sole owner.Usage tips   Sole almost always appears before the noun it modifies. Itdoes not come after a linking verb like be.
• enterprising  enterprising  adj.    Creative in thinking of ways to make moneyImmigrants are often among the most enterprising members of soci-ety, partly because anyone brave enough to make an overseas moveis likely to be a risk-taker.Parts of speech   enterprise n (Note:There is no verb “to enterprise.”)
• exploit  exploit  v.    To take advantage of; to treat inconsiderately in order toprofitThe company tried to exploit the low interest rates to expand oper-ations.The foreign mining company exploited our copper resources andthen simply left.Parts of speech   exploitation n, exploitive adj
• incentive  incentive  n.    A possible benefit that motivates a person to do a certainthingThis city’s willingness to support its public schools gave us an incentive to move here with our two young children.Usage tips   Incentive is usually followed by a to phrase.
• merit Leistung merit  n.    Value; success based on one’s work, not on luckPay raises at our company are based on merit, as determined by acommittee of managers.
• entrepreneurial adj. unternehmerisch   Able to create business opportunities from a widevariety of circumstancesMany engineers of the 1970s made great computers, but only a fewwere entrepreneurial enough to see the business possibilities in thenew machines.Parts of speech   entrepreneur n
• haggle haggle  v.    To argue back and forth about a priceThe customer and the shopkeeper haggled over the silver plate formore than an hour.Usage tips   Haggle is often followed by a phrase with over or about.
• intrepid intrepid  adj.    FearlessFor nearly 200 years, only the most intrepid colonists would crossthe Appalachian Mountains.
• advocate advocate  v.    To speak out in favor of somethingSome environmentalists advocate removing large dams from the Columbia River.Usage tips   Advocate is usually followed by a term for a process oraction, very often the -ing form of a verbParts of speech   advocate n, advocacy n
• inaugurate v.  inaugurate  v.    To bring into public office; to start formally
• poll poll  v.    To find out a small group’s opinion so that you can guess whata much larger group thinksThe newspaper polled 500 registered voters and found that only 27percent were in favor of expanding the city zoo.   Umfrage, Abstimmung
• allegedly angeblich allegedly  adv.    According to what people sayThe chief financial officer of the company allegedly took companymoney for his personal use.
• to convict convict  v.    To decide that someone is guilty of a crimeDean was convicted of assault after the jury saw a video of himstriking another man.Usage tips   Convict is often used in the passive voice.Parts of speech   convict n, conviction n
• offense  offense  n.    A specific act that breaks the lawConvicted twice of reckless driving,Victor will lose his license if hecommits another serious traffic offense.Parts of speech   offender n, offensive adj
• verdict verdict  n.    A judgment in a court caseIt took the jury only 30 minutes to reach a verdict of “guilty.”Usage tips   Verdict is often the object of the verbs reach or arrive at.
• apprehend  apprehend  v.    To captureThe police apprehended the robbery suspect as he tried to get on abus to Chicago.Parts of speech   apprehension n
• ascertain ascertain  v.    To make sure ofThe police failed to ascertain that the man they arrested was theGregory Brown they were really looking for.
• bureaucratic adj. bureaucratic  adj.    Related to a large organization with a lot of com-plicated proceduresBefore I could speak with the chief, I had to go through a bureaucratic runaround of identity checks and written requests.
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• inquiry to inquire inquiry  n.    An investigationThe FBI launched an inquiry into the relationship between organ-ized crime and the trucking company.Parts of speech   inquire v   nachfragen
• intrusively adv. aufdringlich intrusively  adv.    In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing intosomeone else’s affairsThe new consultant from company headquarters appeared intrusively at meetings, staff parties, and other functions where hewas not wanted.Parts of speech   intrude v, intrusion n, intruder n, intrusive adj
• seize seize  v.    To take something against its owner’s willFederal agents can seize private homes and other property possiblyused in the production or sale of illegal drugs.Parts of speech   seizure n
• surveillance  surveillance  n.    A process of watching something or someone for along time, usually because the person is suspected of somethingPolice surveillance of one suspected car thief resulted in the arrestof a whole gang of carjackers.Usage tips   Surveillance is often followed by an of phrase.
• assail  assail  v.    To attack or criticize forcefullyWith DNA evidence from the crime scene, the defense lawyer assailed the police for falsely arresting his client.Parts of speech   assault n, assailant n
• impair  impair  v.    To make something less effective than usualThe snow impaired John’s ability to hear anyone’s footsteps.Usage tips   The object of impair is often [someone’s] ability to.Parts of speech   impairment n
• inference infer . inference  n.    A conclusion drawn from evidenceInspector Dowd’s inference that Ms. Miller was South African wasbased on her accent.Parts of speech   infer v
• bribery bribery  n.    Giving money or other gifts to a government official or otherperson in authority in order to get special privilegesBribery of police officers is common in countries where policesalaries are very low.Parts of speech   bribe v, bribe n
• cynically cynically  adv.    Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weaknesses of other-wise respected things
• evade  evade  v.    To get away from something that tries to catch youThe robbery suspects tried to evade the police by fleeing to Canada.Parts of speech   evasion n, evasive adj
• integrity  integrity  n.    Personal honesty and good characterWe don’t have a problem with our employees stealing from thestore because we hire only people with a lot of integrity.
• prevalent to prevail prevalent  adj.    Common; easy to find because it exists in great amountsDistrust of elected officials was prevalent in our county becausemany of them were friends with certain candidates.Parts of speech   prevail v herrschen, prevalence n
• abduction  abduction  n.    KidnappingPirates got many crew members by abduction, snatching unluckycitizens from seaport towns.Parts of speech   abduct v
• coerce v.  coerce  v.    To force; to put pressure on someone to do somethingA criminal’s confession is not usable in court if the police coercehim or her into giving it.Parts of speech   coercion n, coercive adj
• detain  detain  v.    To prevent someone, for a relatively short time, from going ontheir wayThe police detained at least 20 men for questioning, but chargednone of them with a crime.
• deviant deviant  adj.    In a style that is not normal and is offensive to manyThe artist based his reputation on creating deviant works of art thatdisgusted most of the public.Usage tips   Deviant always implies a bad opinion of someone orsomething.Parts of speech   deviant n, deviation n, deviate v
• distort v. distort  v.    To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem differentfrom what it really isIf you hold a pencil in a glass of water, the water distorts the ap-pearance of the pencil.Parts of speech   distortion n
• piracy  piracy  n.    Stealing a ship or taking the ship’s cargo; the unlawful copy-ing of books, CDs, etc.Modern-day piracy occurs mostly near groups of small, uninhabitedislands where pirates can hide.The software company constantly battled piracy.Parts of speech   pirate n, pirate v
• predicament predicament  n.    A difficult situation, one that is hard to get out ofCollege basketball stars face the predicament of wanting to gradu-ate but being tempted by high professional salaries.
• villainy villainy  n.    Exceptional badness, as demonstrated by many serious evildeedsFred was not a natural criminal, but he learned all kinds of villainywhile being jailed for a minor crime.Parts of speech   villain n, villainous adj

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