Vocabulary

augmented

adjacent

indictment / charge / accusation

flair

to adapt / to adjust

incentivize

liability / legal or financial obligation or debt owed to another party

to employ / to hire / to appoint

allure

inception / beginning or start of something, especially an institution or project

to abdicate

abbey / monastery

to absorb

abstract

absurd / ridiculous

academic

accountant / auditor

to activate / to trigger

acute / urgent

adequate / sufficient

vein / blood vessel

to adopt

adrenaline / hormone that prepares the body for fight or flight in response to stress

to advertise

write-off / removal of an asset or debt from the accounts because it has no recoverable value

derivative / rate of change of a function

abyss / chasm

envy / covetousness

extortion / blackmail

reckoning / time when one is made to account for past actions and face consequences

depreciation / systematic reduction in the book value of a tangible fixed asset over time

to frighten / to deter

to graduate

kickoff / first meeting that formally launches a project and aligns all parties

wastewater / water that has been used and contains waste products

drainpipe / downpipe

absent

rappelling / descending a vertical surface by sliding down a rope

abstain / deliberately refrain from doing or consuming something

solitary confinement

agile / relating to a flexible iterative approach to software project management

aggressive

tillage / arable farming

arable land / farmland

chord (music)

alarming / worrying

alibi

alimony / maintenance / child support

alkaline / basic

soliloquy / speech to oneself on stage