C-Suite Vocabulary — Set 2: Quick Drills flashcards
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Meaning to word: 34 of the Set 2 words, from a fresh one-line definition back to the word itself, with one example sentence set at work.
Drills deck · part of C-Suite Vocabulary · written against: The precise words of senior leadership: board, strategy and negotiation; extends the Willys app's Executive Register list; our own word selection. Updated 2026-10-10.
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Which word means having a fine eye for quality, able to tell the excellent from the merely adequate?discerningJudgment & Prudence
Discerning tea buyers noticed at once that the cheaper estate's leaves were the better ones. -
Which word means describing evidence that no one has counted or measured, only a few personal stories or chance impressions?anecdotalArgument & Evidence
Most of what we know about rural demand is anecdotal, gathered at trade fairs. -
Which word means repeating the exact original wording, with nothing changed or paraphrased?verbatimPrecision & Nuance
Halvard read the regulator's warning to plant staff verbatim rather than summarizing it. -
Which word means falling short of producing a firm result, so the question is still undecided?inconclusiveCertainty & Doubt
The internal review was inconclusive, so legal hired outside investigators. -
Which word means describing work that those who come later in a field point to as the fresh source of their own ideas?seminalScale & Consequence
The chain's seminal 1987 store design was copied by every rival for decades. -
Which word means dragging on well past the point where such things normally wrap up or anyone expected it to?protractedChange & Trajectory
The protracted move to the new building left teams working from boxes for months. -
Which word means to leave a choice or a bill to be dealt with later instead of now?deferConcession & Diplomacy
Customers who lost power in the storm may defer this month's bill without a late fee. -
Which word means dodging a question or commitment instead of facing it squarely?evasiveVagueness & Weak Thinking
Asked who approved the payment, Lennart became evasive and changed the subject. -
Which word means called for by the task at hand, as a necessary qualification or ingredient?requisiteForce & Obligation
Quentin had the passion but not the requisite licenses to run a trucking firm. -
Which word means sensibly economical by habit, spending money only where it truly counts?frugalScope & Restraint
Frugal habits, like reusing trade-show booths, saved Lomax Tools forty thousand dollars.
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