
Important Vocabulary
- Obvious: Evident
- Inexpensive: Low cost
- Inconsistent with or contrary to: At odds with
- Bad health: Illness
- Remembered (or not forgotten): Borne in mind
- Poor or unemployed people: Underclass
- Rich or wealthy people: Affluent
- Success: Achievements
- Unwillingly, not eagerly: Reluctantly
- Global or worldwide: Planetary
- Costly: Expensive
- Disposed of: Spent, or used, or consumed
- On our behalf: Done for us
- A physician: A medical doctor
- Ailments: (Non-serious) illnesses
- To resort to force: To use violence
- To coerce: To compel people to do something against their well
- A mortician: Someone who arranges funerals
- A plumber: Someone who fixes water pipes
- A host of: A large number of
Extracted From
MacKenzie, I. (2002). English for Business Studies: A course for Business Studies and Economics students (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.