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Vocabulary Basics for Business

By
Barbara G. Cox, Ph.D.

Publisher
: Prentice Hall

Date Published
: September 10, 2002

ISBN
: 0-13-060710-X

Pages
: 320

Slots
: 1

Copyright

Preface

Acknowledgments

Section 1.
Clues from Context

Lesson 1.
Commonsense Questions

Working with Words

Lesson 2.
Definitions

Appositives ("Next-To" Words)

Signal Words

Explanations

Working with Words

Lesson 3.
Comparisons and Examples

Comparisons

Examples

Working with Words

Lesson 4.
Opposites and Contrasts

Not

Despite, Although, Unlike, and In Contrast To

Nonetheless, But, and However

Contrasts in Time

Working with Words

Chapter 5.
Cause and Effect

If/Then

Thus, Therefore, Consequently, So, and Resulting

Because, Since, As, or Due To

So That, In Order That, and In Order To

Working with Words

Lesson 6.
Section 1 Review

Commonsense Questions

Definitions

Comparisons and Examples

Opposites and Contrasts

Cause and Effect

Working with Words

Section 2.
Word Families

Lesson 7.
Communication

Two-Way or One-Way Communication

Sending or Receiving

Positive or Negative Communication

Asking or Answering

Focused or Wandering Communication

Other Categories

Cousins

Working with Words

Lesson 8.
Size and Amount

In Order of Size

In Order of Amount, Number

Working with Words

Lesson 9.
Importance

In Order of Importance

Types of Importance

Working with Words

Lesson 10.
Section 2 Review

Working with Words

Section 3.
Word Analysis

Lesson 11.
Prefixes: Size and Negation

Prefixes Related to Size

Prefixes Meaning Not

Working with Words

Lesson 12.
Prefixes: Amount and Number

Prefixes Related to Amount or Extent

Prefixes Expressing Number

Working with Words

Lesson 13.
Prefixes: Time and Place

Prefixes Expressing Time

Prefixes Related to Place

Reminders

Working with Words

Lesson 14.
Prefixes: Relationships and Judgment

Prefixes Expressing Relationships

Prefixes Expressing a Judgment

Working with Words

Lesson 15.
Roots: Seeing and Communicating

Seeing Roots

Communicating Roots

Reminders

Working with Words

Lesson 16.
Roots: Doing

-port-, -fer-

-mit-, -mis-

-vert-, -vers-

Reminders

Working with Words

Lesson 17.
Roots: Describing

-cert-

-mem-

-fin-

-var-

Working with Words

Lesson 18.
Suffixes: Describing and Doing

Suffixes that Describe

Other Suffixes that Indicate Description

Suffixes that Do

Working with Words

Lesson 19.
Suffixes

Naming

Doers

Receivers

Processes and Results of Actions

Quality and Condition

Working with Words

Lesson 20.
Section 3 Review

Prefixes

Roots

Suffixes

Working with Words

Section 4.
Troublemakers

Lesson 21.
Troublemakers 1

Accept, Except

Access, Excess

Affect, Effect

Allusion, Illusion

Working with Words

Lesson 22.
Troublemakers 2

Anecdote, Antidote

Capital, Capitol

Council, Counsel

Disburse, Disperse

Working with Words

Lesson 23.
Troublemakers 3

Discreet, Discrete

Disinterested, Uninterested

Elicit, Illicit

Eminent, Imminent

Working with Words

Lesson 24.
Troublemakers 4

Perquisite, Prerequisite

Precede, Proceed

Principal, Principle

Stationary, Stationery

Working with Words

Lesson 25.
Section 4 Review

Working with Words

Section 5.
Words for Work

Lesson 26.
Employment

Compensation

Negotiation and Discrimination

Job Performance

Termination

Working with Words

Lesson 27.
Sales

Special Offers

Wholesale and Retail Sales

Working with Words

Lesson 28.
Marketing

Market Research

Competition

Working with Words

Lesson 29.
Accounting

Paying Bills

Budgeting

Remuneration

Balance Sheets

Working with Words

Lesson 30.
Finance

Loans

Investments

Working with Words

Lesson 31.
Business Computing

Equipment

Word Processing

Spreadsheets

Databases

Working with Words

Lesson 32.
The Internet 1

E-Mail

The Web

Working with Words

Lesson 33.
The Internet 2

Search Engines

Web Site Extras

Working with Words

Lesson 34.
Leadership and Group Input

Leadership

Leadership Styles

Group Input

Working with Words

Lesson 35.
Shipping

Consigning

Consolidating

Working with Words

Lesson 36.
Section 5 Review

Working with Words

Working with Words Answer Key

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35