“What Corporate America Can’t Build: A Sentence”
Vocabulary
1. Anguished: tormented or troubled
2. Prospective: future
3. Devoid: empty
4. Inquiries: questions
5. Executives: high officials
6. Surged: rose sharply
7. Hash: mess
8. Blue-chip: best; outstanding
9. Remedial: intended as a remedy
10. Inscrutable: mysterious; impossible to read
11. Clarification: the act of making more clear
12. Chaotically: in an unorganized, confused manner
13. Discrepancies:differences
14. Verifying:confirming the accuracy of
15. Indicator:pointer
16. Mainframe: a computer with its cabinet and internal circuits
17. Incoherence: lacking order; confusion
18. Clarity:the state of being clear
19. Recruitment: the act of enlisting
20. Dissuade:discourage
21. Crude:unpolished
22. Shorthand:abbreviated form of communication
23. Bolstered:supported
24. Daunting:challenging
25. Inflated: exaggerated
26. Convoluted:intricate
27. Predilection: inclination
28. Exasperated: frustrated
29. Snarl:problem
30. Confrontation: disagreement
31. Litigation: legal action
32. Intonation: manner of speech; tone
33. Memorandum: inner office communication