Vocab of the Day #8

1. insipid : Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull. (putting up an insipid performance)
2. chagrin : A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event. (To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived.) To cause to feel chagrin; mortify or discomfit (He was chagrined at the poor sales of his book.).
   
3. fervor : Great warmth and intensity of emotion. Ardor or intensity of feeling. (The speaker needed to calm the fervor of the crowd before actually giving the speech.)
4. bourgeois : A person belonging to the middle class. A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class. In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist.Of, relating to, or typical of the middle class. Held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values. ( She thought of herself as a bourgeois.)
5. hoodwink : To take in by deceptive means; deceive. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation (Some students try to hoodwink their parents into thinking that there is no homework.)

Vocab of the Day #7

1. inquisitiveness : the quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity. (a person whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull)
2. vista : a distant view through or along an avenue or opening, an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events).
   
3. irate : roused to ire (an irate taxpayer), arising from anger (irate words).
4. adverse : acting against or in a contrary direction (hindered by adverse winds), opposed to one's interests (an adverse verdict, heard testimony adverse to their position, adverse criticism, adverse drug effects)
5. justifiable : capable of being justified, excusable (justifiable family pride)

Vocab of the Day #6

1. dormant : lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive. Temporarily quiescent. (dormant volcano. a dormant reading enthusiast.)
   
2. adage : A saying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use.
   
3. stint : a length of time spent in a particular way. A fixed amount or share of work allotted. A limitation or restriction. (a two-year stint in the military. working without stint.)
4. tether : to fasten or restrict with or as if with a tether/rope. (too tethered to my headphones)
   

Vocab of the Day #5

1. xenophobia : an unreasonable fear, distrust, or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or anything perceived as foreign or different.
2. incumbent : an individual who is in current possession of a particular office and who is legally authorized to discharge the duties of that office.
3. gubernatorial : of or relating to a governor.
4. vaudeville : light theatrical entertainment, popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, consisting of a succession of short acts. A vaudeville show usually included comedians, singers, dancers, jugglers, trained animals, magicians, and the like.
5. conglomerate : a corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields.

Vocab of the day #4

NBA Basketball Terms

1. money : the term used when a sure shot is made, it's just like depositing money into your account.
2. from downtown : to do a 3 pointer shot. Basically to mean to do a shot from quite a distance.
3. nothing but net (swish) : a shot that does not hit the rim and goes right through the net.
   

Vocab of the day #3

Finance, Business, Investment and Banking Terms

1. derivative : a financial instrument derived from some other asset; rather than trade or exchange the asset itself, market participants enter into an agreement to exchange money, assets or some other value at some future date based on the underlying asset. (derivative market)
   
2. futures contract : an agreement to exchange the underlying asset (or equivalent cash flows) at a future date.
3. speculator : a person who trades (i.e. derivatives, commodities, bonds, equities or currencies) with a higher-than-average risk, in return for a higher-than-average profit potential. Speculators take large risks, especially with respect to anticipating future price movements, or gambling, in the hopes of making quick, large gains.
4. hedge fund : an investment company that uses high-risk techniques, such as borrowing money and selling short, in an effort to make extraordinary capital gains.
5. depreciate : to diminish in price or value. (depreciation of yen)
6. option : right to buy or sell property that is granted in exchange for an agreed upon sum. If the right is not exercised after a specified period, the option expires and the option buyer forfeits the money.
7. barrier : a fixed value.
8. premium : extra payment usually made as an incentive.Price a put or call buyer must pay to a put or call seller (writer) for an option contract. The premium is determined by market supply and demand forces.

Vocab of the day #2

1. sabbatical : a leave usually taken every seventh year (go on sabbatical)
   
2. brim : be completely full (memory brims with)
   
3. dwindle : become smaller or lose substance (dwindling supply of money)
   
4. commensurate : corresponding in size or degree or extent (commensurate with your excellence)
5. reverence : the act of adoring, especially reverently (reverence for the power of human thought)
6. serendipity : pure luck in discovering things you were not looking for (a moment of serendipity)
7. defunct : no longer in force or use; inactive; dead (a defunct political organization / a defunct economist)
8. sublime : inspiring awe (life's most sublime moments)
9. fallible : likely to fail or be inaccurate; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; frail; imperfect; weak (fallible analysis and logic)
10. susceptible : easily influenced or affected (susceptible to abuse)
11. wryly : disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking (commented wryly)
12. peril : a state of danger involving risk (in a peril)
13. cede : give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another (cede the hope to changing one's mind)
14. advent : the coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important (the advent of new truths / the advent of computer)
15. consensus : agreement of the majority in sentiment or belief (consensus or comity overshadows clarity)