C-Suite Vocabulary — Set 3: Quick Drills flashcards
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Meaning to word: 33 of the Set 3 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 wise as a move in the circumstances, sparing others offense while advancing your own aims?politicJudgment & Prudence
Praising the outgoing director first was politic; Kofi needed her allies on his side. -
Which word means a knock-on effect that comes as a matter of course once a decision or fact is in place?corollaryArgument & Evidence
Hiring weekend supervisors was a corollary of Rhiannon's decision to open on Sundays. -
Which word means to pitch something at just the right level for the situation, by small corrections?calibratePrecision & Nuance
Vikram calibrated sales targets so half the team could realistically reach them. -
Which word means said flatly, with no exceptions carved out and no strings attached?categoricalCertainty & Doubt
Lorenzo gave a categorical promise: no existing customer would pay the new fee. -
Which word means in keeping with something else in scale, so that neither outweighs the other?commensurateScale & Consequence
Kwame asked for a title commensurate with the team he now led. -
Which word means on the rise, gaining influence and dominance over rivals?ascendantChange & Trajectory
Paloma's ascendant team now wins budget fights it would have lost last year. -
Which word means to formally release your hold on control or authority so another party can take it, often under pressure?cedeConcession & Diplomacy
The city ceded management of the convention center to a private operator.
Also right: concede -
Which word means thrown together with no method behind it, so the result looks like a roll of the dice?haphazardVagueness & Weak Thinking
The haphazard seating chart put the sales team on three different floors. -
Which word means in a position where a person or body with power over you can demand to know why you acted?answerableForce & Obligation
The plant's safety officer, answerable to no one on site, reports to the regulator. -
Which word means everything an official or a committee has the power to rule on, and nothing outside it?purviewScope & Restraint
Lisette asked the regulator whether drone deliveries came under its purview at all.
Also right: ambit
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