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07. bailout means the act of helping a person or organization that is in difficulty, usually by giving or giving or lending money
04. reputation means the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour or character
12. compliment means a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect
13. equity means the value of a company, divided into many equal parts owned by the shareholders, or one of the equal parts into which the value of a company is divided
08. exceptional means much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality, etc.
02. corporations means a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization
06. initial means of or at the beginning
10. conspiracy means the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal
01. securities means investment in a company or in government debt that can be traded on the financial markets and produces an income for the investor
11. backhanded means (of something said) not clear and usually meaning the opposite of what it seems to mean
03. prestigious means very much respected and admired, usually because of being important
05. contributed means to help to cause an event or situation
09. uncompromising means they are fixed and do not change, especially when faced with opposition
[scandals] means (an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval
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08. fuse means to get angry very easily
19. erratic means changing suddenly and unexpectedly
05. shakeout means a situation in which people lose their jobs, or companies stop doing business, because of economic difficulties
16. receded means to move further away into the distance, or to become less clear or less bright
10. skyscraper means a very tall modern building, usually in a city
13. patchy means sometimes good and sometimes bad
01. illuminate means to explain and show more clearly something that is difficult to understand
20. veering means to change direction
15. soured means to (cause to) become unpleasant or unfriendly
03. bespoke means specially made for a particular person
17. volatile means likely to change often or suddenly and unexpectedly
06. bribes means money or a present that you give to someone so that they will do something for you, usually something dishonest
11. mergers means an occasion when two or more companies join together to make one larger company
09. bulked means to make something bigger or more powerful by adding to it
04. staked means to risk an amount of money
18. pedestrian means not interesting; showing very little imagination
14. opaque means difficult to understand or know about, especially because things have been intentionally kept secret or made complicated
02. mints means an extremely large amount of money
12. vexingly means annoying, worrying, or causing problems
07. pleaded means to make a statement of what you believe to be true, especially in support of something or someone or when someone has been accused in a law court
[mythology] means myths in general
[ensnared] means to catch or get control of something or someone
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04. disclose means to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden
08. speculative means bought or done in order to make a profit in the future
05. subprime means used to describe the practice of lending money, especially to buy a house, to people who may not be able to pay it back
01. lucrative means (especially of a business, job, or activity) producing a lot of money
07. vices means a moral fault or weakness in someone’s character
03. associated means connected
09. forked means to pay an amount of money, especially unwillingly
10. cohort means a group of people who share a characteristic, usually age
06. controversies means a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people
02. accused means to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
[diligence] means the detailed examination of a company and its financial records, done before becoming involved in a business arrangement with it
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06. emerged means to appear by coming out of something or out from behind something
12. proprietary means made and sent out by a particular company whose name is on the product.
16. elite means the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
02. stagnation means a situation in which something stays the same and does not grow and develop
10. ruthless means not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel
14. prosaic means without interest, imagination, and excitement
04. horizons means the limit of that person’s ideas, knowledge, and experience
07. wary means not completely trusting or certain about something or someone
15. orchestrating means to arrange something carefully, and sometimes unfairly, so as to achieve a wanted result
17.leap a big change, increase, or improvement
09. attributed means to say or think that something is the result or work of something or someone else
13. vindicated means to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong
01. whip means a piece of leather or rope that is fastened to a stick, used for hitting animals or people
03. shrunk means to become smaller, or to make something smaller
11. swagger means a way of walking or behaving that shows you are confident
08. citic means the China International Trust Investment Corporation, is a state-owned investment company of the People’s Republic of China
05. conquered means to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force
[exorbitant] means (of prices and demands) much too large
