C-Suite Vocabulary — Set 2: In Context flashcards
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Fill the blank: 33 of the Set 2 words, each in a fresh sentence from boardrooms, offsites and negotiations whose clues point to one word (where a second also fits, the back says so), with the deciding clue and, on most cards, the tempting rival explained.
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The plant director is no stickler for small details, but she is ______: she never skips the Friday safety walk, because she knows the night crew is counting on her.conscientiousJudgment & Prudence
Doing your work properly out of duty to others is conscientious. Meticulous and fastidious both center on fine detail, which the front rules out. -
Mirela Voss falls for every sales pitch for gadgets and gym plans, yet at the deal table she is a ______ dealmaker: within minutes she knows which seller needs the sale most, and she presses that one hardest.shrewdJudgment & Prudence
Reading which seller is weakest, then pressing there for her own gain, is shrewd. A rules out astute, and discerning judges quality, not who will give way.
Also right: canny -
Cardell Therapeutics' trial had no control group, only forty patients and goals changed halfway through, so the board sent it back: its methods fell far short of the ______ a drug trial demands.rigorArgument & Evidence
Strict, careful method, with a control group, enough patients and fixed goals, is rigor. Diligence is steady effort, and the fault here is the design, not a lack of work. -
Rather than call remote work a success or failure, the HR chief gave a ______ verdict in three plain sentences: good for engineers, hard on new hires, neutral for sales.nuancedPrecision & Nuance
A verdict that weighs fine distinctions instead of a yes or no is nuanced. Subtle would mean hard to notice, and granular describes fine-grained data, not a judgment. -
The judge told both firms' lawyers their fight over the disputed patent had become ______: it had expired in March and neither firm sought damages, so neither side had anything left to win.mootCertainty & Doubt
A dispute that events have already settled is moot. Untenable means impossible to defend, but neither side's position is weak; events simply ended the fight. -
Nobody at Halden Insurance defended the paper claim forms; they outlived three digital projects through sheer ______, since switching meant retraining staff and nobody wanted to start.inertiaChange & Trajectory
Carrying on simply because change takes effort is inertia. Flux is the opposite, a state of constant change. -
To ______ the regulators threatening to block the merger, Corvin Rail's chair gave up the very route network the deal was meant to win, abandoning its whole logic.appeaseConcession & Diplomacy
Giving opponents what they demand, at the cost of your own aims, is to appease them. Assuage mostly takes a feeling, not people.
Also right: placate -
The termination clause is a single sentence of two hundred words looping through five exceptions and three cross-references, so ______ that even its drafter needed a diagram.convolutedVagueness & Weak Thinking
Winding complexity that is hard to follow is convoluted. Muddled means confused and disorganized, but this clause is intricate, not jumbled; opaque suggests information hidden. -
For thirty years Ingrid served as the founder's deputy, defending him through two hostile bids and a boardroom revolt without once breaking ranks; at her retirement dinner he called her his most ______ supporter.steadfastForce & Obligation
Loyal support that held firm for decades is steadfast. Tenacious and resolute describe determination to reach a goal; neither is faithfulness to a person.
Also right: unflinching -
Three bullet points in her engagement letter set the consultant's ______: map the warehouses, cost every route and recommend closures; pricing was never on the list.remitScope & Restraint
What her engagement letter puts in her hands, and nothing beyond it, is her remit.
Also right: mandate, purview
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