68. IELTS Minh Huong Vocabulary booster (Cambridge 16, test 1, reading 1)

IELTS Minh Huong
teacherWhat is a consultancy?
A company that gives advice on a particular subject.
What does the term workforce refer to?
All the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area.
What does it mean to switch?
To change from doing or using one thing to doing or using another.
Define occupation.
Job, work, career, profession.
What does it mean to adapt?
To gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situation.
What is meant by evolve?
Change, grow, progress, advance.
What does capable mean?
Able to do things well.
Define automation.
The use of computers and machines instead of people to do a job.
What does it mean to embody something?
To represent, exemplify, symbolize.
What is the definition of artificial?
False, fake, non-natural, man-made.
What does disruptive mean?
Causing problems and preventing something from continuing in its usual way.
Define algorithm.
A set of instructions that are followed in a fixed order and used for solving a mathematical problem, making a computer program etc.
What does fundamental mean?
Important, central, essential, vital.
What does it mean to undertake a task?
To accept that you are responsible for a piece of work and start to do it.
Define judgement.
An opinion that you form, especially after thinking carefully about something.
What does legal mean?
Lawful, permissible, legitimate, rightful.
What is a contract?
An official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do.
What does it mean to analyse something?
To examine or think about something carefully, in order to understand it.
What is the meaning of medical?
Relating to medicine and the treatment of disease or injury.
Define scan in a medical context.
A medical test in which a special machine produces a picture of something inside your body.
What does outperform mean?
To be more successful than someone or something else.
Define enhance.
Improve, increase, boost.
What is productivity?
Output, efficiency, production.
What does consequence mean?
Result, effect, outcome.
Define cognitive.
Related to the process of knowing, understanding, and learning something.
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Explore essential business terminology including consultancy, workforce, automation, and more. Learn how these concepts impact industries and enhance productivity, adaptability, and decision-making in the modern workplace.
Questions
Download Questions1. What does the term 'consultancy' refer to?
2. What is meant by 'workforce'?
3. What does it mean to 'switch' in a professional context?
4. How can the term 'occupation' be defined?
5. What does it mean to 'adapt' in a professional environment?
6. What does the term 'evolve' mean?
7. What does 'capable' mean?
8. What is 'automation'?
9. What does 'embody' mean?
10. What does 'artificial' mean?
11. What does the term 'disruptive' mean?
12. What does 'fundamental' mean?
13. What does the term 'legal' mean?
14. What is a 'contract'?
15. What does it mean to 'analyse' something?
16. What does 'productivity' refer to?
17. What is a 'consequence'?
18. What does 'cognitive' relate to?
19. What is an 'algorithm'?
20. What does it mean to 'undertake' something?
21. What is 'judgement'?
22. What is a 'scan' in a medical context?
23. What does 'medical' relate to?
24. What does the term 'outperform' mean?
25. What is meant by 'enhance'?