Welcome to your ultimate guide to mastering Professional English Vocabulary! This comprehensive glossary is designed to equip students with the essential terms needed for success in academic and professional settings. Whether you're preparing for an exam, entering the workforce, or simply expanding your English proficiency, understanding these words is crucial for effective communication.

This article provides a detailed Professional English Vocabulary Glossary, breaking down key terms and offering clear explanations to help you grasp complex concepts. Let's dive into the vocabulary that will empower your professional journey.

Decoding Professional English: A Comprehensive Glossary Breakdown

Mastering professional English requires more than just knowing words; it means understanding their nuances and appropriate usage. This section presents a thorough breakdown of essential vocabulary, categorized for easier learning and retention.

Many words are central to everyday business operations and workplace interactions. Developing a strong grasp of these will significantly enhance your communication skills.

Accomplishment: Something successful, or achieved after effort. (úspech, výsledok, výkon)
Achieve: To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim. (dosiahnuť, docieliť, dokázať)
Achievement: Something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing. (úspech, výsledok)
Administer: To control the operation or arrangement of something. (spravovať, viesť, podať, dať)
Annual review: A once-a-year meeting where an employer and employee discuss performance. (výročné hodnotenie, posudok)
Appraise: To examine someone or something to judge their qualities, success, or needs. (odhadnúť, zhodnotiť, posúdiť koho/čo)
Assess: To judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something. (hodnotiť, ohodnotiť, posúdiť)
Assessment: The process of testing and making a judgment about knowledge, ability, or skills. (hodnotenie, posudok, odhad)
Back order: A request to buy goods not available now but will be in the future. (nevybavená objednávka)
Benchmark: A level of quality used as a standard for comparison. (meradlo, porovnávací ukazovateľ)
Board: The group of people responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization. (vedenie, výbor, rada)
Brief (v): To give someone detailed instructions or information. (informovať, inštruovať koho o čom)
Cold-calling: Calling or visiting a possible customer to sell something without being asked. (volanie studených kontaktov)
Collaborate: To work with someone else for a special purpose. (spolupracovať)
Competition: A situation where someone tries to win or be more successful than another. (súťaženie, súperenie, konkurencia)
Competitive: As good as or better than other prices, services, etc. (súťaživý, súperivý, konkurenčný)
Contribution: Something you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something. (prispenie, prínos)
Convey: To express a thought, feeling, or idea so it's understood. (oznámiť, vyjadriť, vysloviť)
Cut corners: To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way, often compromising quality. (robiť niečo čo najjednoduchšie a s čo najmenšími nákladmi)
Dedicate: To give all your energy, time, etc. (venovať, zasvätiť)
Defeat: To win against someone in a fight, war, or competition. (poraziť, zdolať, premôcť)
Determination: The ability to continue trying despite difficulties. (odhodlanie, rozhodnosť)
Distinguish: To notice or understand the difference between two things. (rozlíšiť, rozoznať, odlíšiť)
Entrepreneur: Someone who starts their own business. (podnikateľ)
Entrepreneurial: Relating to starting a business or seeing new opportunities. (podnikateľský)
Evaluate: To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something. (vyhodnotiť, ohodnotiť, (z)hodnotiť)
Exceed: To be greater than a number or amount, or go past an allowed limit. (prekonať, prevýšiť, presiahnuť)
Execute: To do or perform something, especially in a planned way. (uskutočniť, urobiť, vykonať čo)
Extension: The act of adding to something to make it bigger or longer. (predĺženie, prolongácia)
Facilitate: To help people deal with a process or reach an agreement without direct involvement. (sprostredkovať, uľahčiť)
Fail: To not succeed in what you are trying to achieve. (zlyhať, neuspieť)
Failure: The fact of someone or something not succeeding. (neúspech, zlyhanie)
Feature: A special article in a newspaper/magazine, or a broadcast part. (reportáž v novinách)
Flexibility: The ability to change easily according to the situation. (flexibilita)
Focus: The main or central point of something. (stredobod, stred, hlavný predmet čoho)
Gain: To get something useful, advantageous, or positive. (získať, nadobudnúť)
Generate: To cause something to exist. (vytvoriť, vyvolať, vzbudiť)
Glitch: A small problem or fault that prevents success or proper working. (chyba, porucha, prekážka)
Goal: An aim or purpose. (cieľ, méta)
Grievance: A complaint or strong feeling of unfair treatment. (pocit krivdy, rozhorčenie, dôvod na sťažnosť)
Hinder: To limit someone's ability or something's development. (prekážka, zabrániť)
Hurdle: A problem you must deal with before making progress. (prekážka)
Initiate: To cause something to begin. (začať, spustiť, zaviesť)
Long-term: Continuing a long time into the future. (dlhodobý)
Long-standing: Having existed for a long time. (dlhotrvajúci, dlhodobý)
Maintain: To continue to have; to keep in existence. (udržovať, uchovať, zachovávať)
Manufacture: To produce goods in large numbers, usually in a factory. (vyrábať, zhotoviť)
Manufacturer: A company that produces goods in large numbers. (výrobca, veľkovýrobca)
Meaningful: Useful, serious, or important. (zmysluplný, majúci zmysel, užitočný)
Obstacle: Something that blocks progress or makes action more difficult. (prekážka)
Order: To request something to be made, supplied, or served. (objednávka)
Outperform: To do well in a job or activity compared to others. ((ľahko) prekonať, predstihnúť koho/čo)
Outstanding: Very much better than usual; excellent. (vynikajúci, mimoriadny)
Overcome: To defeat or succeed in controlling something difficult. (prekonať)
Pay off: To result in success. (vyplatiť sa, vrátiť sa)
Performance: How well a person, machine, etc., does a piece of work. (výkon)
Performance review / appraisal: A meeting to discuss an employee's progress and needs. (hodnotenie pracovného výkonu)
Persistence: The quality of continuing to do something despite difficulty. (vytrvalosť, húževnatosť)
Pitch (an idea): To offer ideas for consideration. (predložiť nápad)
Portable: Light and small enough to be easily carried or moved. (prenosný)
Possess: To have or own something, or have a particular quality. (vlastniť, mať)
Predictor: Something that enables you to say what will happen in the future. (indícia, indikátor)
Prep: To prepare yourself or someone else to do something. (pripraviť, nachystať)
Procrastinate: To keep delaying something that must be done. (prokrastinovať, otáľať)
Profile: A short description of someone's life, work, character. (portrét, profil (životopisný))
Promotion: Raising someone to a higher position; activities to advertise something. (povýšenie, propagácia)
Prospect: The possibility that something good might happen. (vyhliadka, šanca, nádej)
Quarterly: Done or produced four times a year. (štvrťročný, kvartálny)
Question (v): To express doubts about whether something is true or reasonable. (pochybovať)
Radical: Believing or expressing belief in great or extreme change. (radikálny, zásadný)
Range: The goods made by one company or goods of one type. (škála, rad, rozsah)
Recognise: To know someone/something from prior experience, or to acknowledge. (spoznať, rozoznať, uznávať)
Relate to: To be connected to, or be about someone or something. (týkať sa, vzťahovať sa)
Review: To think or talk about something again to make changes or decisions. (preskúmať, posúdiť, vyhodnotiť)
Risk-taking: The activity of taking risks to start a company or increase profits. (prijatie rizika, riskovanie)
Room for improvement: A possibility or hope that someone or something will improve. (priestor na zlepšenie)
Scale up: To increase the size, amount, or importance of something. (rozšíriť)
Scratch (from scratch): From the beginning, without using anything that already exists. (od piky, úplne od začiatku)
Script: The words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech. (scenár)
Second guess: To guess what someone will do, or to doubt a decision. (spochybňovať, predvídať, predpovedať)
Secrecy: The state of being secret or keeping something secret. (utajenie, tajnosť, diskrétnosť)
Secure: To free from risk; to obtain or provide. (zaistiť, zabezpečiť, zadovážiť)
Self-assessment: A judgment you make about your abilities, qualities, or actions. (sebahodnotenie)
Sequence: A series of related things or events, or their order. (rad, sled, séria, postupnosť)
Setback: Something that delays or prevents progress. (krok späť, prekážka, nezdar)
Silo: A part of a company that does not communicate or work well with other parts. (organizačná štruktúra)
Skyrocket: To rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress. (prudko stúpnuť, vyletieť hore)
Succeed: To achieve something aimed for, or for a plan to have desired results. (uspieť, mať úspech)
Supply: To provide something needed, often in large quantities. (dodávať, zásobovať)
Take on (challenges): To accept a particular job or responsibility. (prijať, (na)brať si, vziať si čo)
Take on board: To understand or accept an idea or information. (brať na vedomie)
Thorough: Detailed and careful. (dôkladný, podrobný)
Thrive: To grow, develop, or be successful. (prosperovať, dariť sa, prekvitať)
Time frame: A period within which an activity is intended to happen. (časový rámec)
Underestimate: To fail to understand someone's strength, skill, or determination; to fail to guess the real cost, size, difficulty of something. (podceniť, podceňovať)
Unduly: More than necessary, acceptable, or reasonable. (nadmieru, prehnane)
Vague: Not clearly expressed, known, or decided. (nejasný, neurčitý, vágny)
Value (v): To consider something important or good. (ceniť si, vážiť si, ohodnotiť)
Valuable: Very helpful or important information, advice, etc. (cenný, hodnotný)
Vision: An idea or mental image of something. (vízia, predstava, obraz)
Volume: The number or amount of something in general. (objem, množstvo)
Willingness: The quality of being happy to do something if needed. (ochota)
Work up to sth: To gradually prepare yourself for something difficult. (prepracovať sa)
Wrap sth up: To complete something successfully. (dokončiť, zakončiť, doviesť do úspešného konca čo)

Vocabulary for Personal Growth and Mindset

Beyond technical terms, professional success also hinges on personal attributes and a positive mindset. This section explores words related to resilience, attitude, and learning.

Accomplishment: A successful outcome achieved through work or effort.
Adapt: To become familiar with a new situation. (prispôsobiť sa, zvyknúť si)
Admit: To agree that something is true, especially unwillingly. (pripustiť, uznať)
Affluent: Having a lot of money or owning many things. (bohatý, zámožný, majetný)
Align: To be the same or similar, or agree; to make two things do this. (zblížiť sa (názorovo), spojiť sa s kým)
Alter: To change something, usually slightly. (zmeniť, pozmeniť, upraviť)
Amend: To change the words of a text, especially a law. (pozmeniť, opraviť, doplniť čo)
Angle: A position from which something is looked at; a standpoint. (hľadisko, stanovisko, uhol pohľadu)
Anticipate: To imagine or expect something to happen. (predvídať, očakávať)
Anxious: 1. Eager to do something. 2. Worried and nervous. (1. dychtiť, túžiť po čom 2. úzkostlivý z čoho)
Apparent: Able to be seen or understood; seeming. (zdanlivý, jasný, zrejmý)
Bear in mind: To remember. (mať na pamäti, pamätať si)
Bite off more than you can chew: To try to do something too difficult for you. (naložiť si toho na seba veľa)
Brainstorm: To suggest many ideas quickly before considering them carefully. (robiť brainstorming)
Brief (adj): Lasting only a short time or containing few words. (krátky, stručný)
Brilliance: Great skill or intelligence. (brilantnosť, genialita)
Bypass: To ignore a rule or official authority. (obísť koho/čo, vyhnúť sa koho/čomu)
Capable: Able to do things effectively and skillfully. (schopný, spôsobilý)
Circumstance: A fact or event that makes a situation the way it is. (okolnosť)
Clash: A fight or argument between people. (konflikt, rozpor)
Confident: Being certain of your abilities or having trust in plans. (sebaistý, presvedčený, sebavedomý)
Consent: Permission or agreement. (súhlas, povolenie)
Courage: The ability to control fear in a difficult situation. (odvaha)
Course: The gradual development of something; a way of doing something. (kurz, smer, priebeh)
Doubt (yourself): To not have confidence in your actions or decisions. (pochybovať, spochybňovať)
Dread: To feel extremely worried or frightened about something. (desiť sa, hroziť sa, báť sa)
Embarrassing: Something that makes you feel shy or ashamed. (trápny)
Embrace: To accept something enthusiastically. (prijať, akceptovať)
Enable: To make someone able to do something, or make something possible. (umožniť, dať možnosť)
Encounter: To experience something, especially unpleasant. (naraziť na)
Encouragement: Words or behavior that give someone confidence. (povzbudenie, podpora)
Enquiry: The process of asking a question. (otázka)
Faith: Great trust or confidence in something or someone. (viera, úplna dôvera)
Fixed mindset: Describes people who see their qualities as fixed traits that cannot change; talent is enough for success. (pevné nastavenie mysle)
Fundamental: Forming the base from which everything else develops. (základný, elementárny)
Gap year: A year between leaving school and starting university, usually spent travelling or working. (rok voľna)
Get your head around something: To understand and accept something that seems strange. (pochopiť niečo, zorientovať sa)
Gift: A special ability to do something. (dar)
Glorify: To praise or honor someone or something, or make it seem more excellent. (glorifikovať, oslavovať)
Growth mindset: Views intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and improvable through effort. (rastové nastavenie mysle)
Gut instinct: An immediate physical response suggesting the best decision. (vnútorný inštinkt)
Initial: Of or at the beginning. (počiatočný, začiatočný)
Innate: (Of a quality) which you are born with, or present naturally. (vrodený, vlastný)
Insightful: Showing a clear and original understanding of a problem. (bystrý, umožňujúci hlboký pohľad)
Instigate: To cause an event or situation to happen. (podnecovať, nabádať, vyvolať)
Intuition: An ability to understand or know something immediately based on feelings. (intuícia)
Invaluable: Extremely useful. (ne(d)oceniteľný, drahocenný)
Keep someone in the loop: To keep one informed of events. (informovať niekoho o dianí)
Leather: Animal skin treated for preservation, used for shoes, bags, etc. (koža, kožený)
Mentor: An experienced and trusted person who gives advice and help. (radca, inštruktor, učiteľ)
Mindset: A person's way of thinking and their opinions. (prístup, postoj, názory)
Mortal: (Of living things) unable to continue living forever; having to die. (smrteľník)
Opt for: To make a choice, especially of one thing over others. (vybrať si, zvoliť si)
Out of the blue: Completely unexpected. (z ničoho nič, znenazdania)
Pass up on: To let go by without accepting or taking advantage of. (prepásť, zmeškať)
Passion: A very powerful feeling. (vášeň)
Pattern: A particular way something is done, organized, or happens. (vzor, systém, model)
Perseverance: Continued effort to achieve something, even when difficult. (vytrvalosť, húževnatosť)
Praise: To express admiration or approval. (chváliť)
Resilience: The ability to be happy, successful, etc., again after difficulties. (odolnosť, húževnatosť)
Resourceful: Skilled at solving problems and making decisions on your own. (nápaditý, vynachádzavý)
Satisfactorily: In a way that is good enough for a particular need or purpose. (uspokojivo, dostatočne)
Satchel: A rectangular leather bag with a long strap, for carrying books. (aktovka, školská taška)
Shy: Nervous and uncomfortable with other people. (hanblivý, plachý, nesmelý)
Spectrum: A range of different positions or opinions. (spektrum, škála, paleta)
Standpoint: A set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions are formed. (hľadisko, pohľad, stanovisko)
Strap: A narrow piece of leather or strong material for fastening or support. (remeň, remienok, pás)
Strength: A good characteristic. (silná stránka, prednosť)
Supremely: Extremely. (krajne, vrcholne)
Sweep: To quickly spread through and influence an area. (zachvátiť, zasiahnuť)
Takeaway: A main message or piece of information learned from something. (hlavný poznatok)
Terrific: Very good. (úžasný)
Think on your feet: To make a quick decision or give an answer quickly. (myslieť pohotovo)
Tune (in tune with): Having a good understanding of someone or something; being in agreement. (byť v súlade s, byť stotožnený)
Undeniably: In a way that is certainly true. (nepopierateľne, nesporne)
Under your belt: Learned or succeeded in, and now part of your experience. (mať za sebou, mať skúsenosť)
Wilt: To become weak or tired, or lose confidence. (slabnúť, chradnúť, ochabnúť)
Without further ado: With no more delay. (bez (ďalších) okolkov)
Worship: A lot of love or admiration for a thing or person. (uctievať, uznávať)
Wrap one's head around something: To find a way to understand or accept something. (pochopiť niečo)

Essential Vocabulary for Students and Career Development

This section specifically addresses terms beneficial for students transitioning into professional life and those looking to advance their careers. These words are often encountered in academic papers, job interviews, and professional development programs.

Accomplishment: A successful outcome achieved through work or effort.
Achieve: To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim.
Achievement: Something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing.
Adapt: To become familiar with a new situation.
Admit: To agree that something is true, especially unwillingly.
Affluent: Having a lot of money or owning a lot of things.
Align: To be the same or similar, or to agree with each other.
Alter: To change something, usually slightly.
Amend: To change the words of a text, especially a law or legal document.
Angle: A position from which something is looked at; a standpoint.
Annual review: A once a year meeting where an employer and an employee discuss the employee’s performance.
Anticipate: To imagine or expect that something will happen.
Anxious: 1. Eager to do something. 2. Worried and nervous.
Apparent: Able to be seen or understood.
Appraise: To examine someone or something in order to judge their qualities, success, or needs.
Assess: To judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something.
Assessment: The process of testing, and making a judgment about, someone’s knowledge, ability, skills, etc.
Backfire: (Of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended.
Bear in mind: To remember.
Benchmark: A level of quality that can be used as a standard when comparing other things.
Bite off more than you can chew: To try to do something that is too difficult for you.
Board: The group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization.
Brainstorm: (Of a group of people) to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly.
Brief (v): To give someone detailed instructions or information.
Brief (adj): Lasting only a short time or containing few words.
Brilliance: Great skill or intelligence.
Bypass: To ignore a rule or official authority.
Capable: Able to do things effectively and skillfully, and to achieve results.
Circumstance: A fact or event that makes a situation the way it is.
Clash: A fight or argument between people.
Cold-calling: The activity of calling or visiting a possible customer to try to sell them something without being asked.
Collaborate: To work with someone else for a special purpose.
Confident: Being certain of your abilities or having trust in people, plans, or the future.
Contribution: Something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something.
Consent: Permission or agreement.
Convey: To express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people.
Competition: A situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than someone else.
Competitive: Competitive prices, services, etc. are as good as or better than other prices, services, etc.
Courage: The ability to control your fear in a dangerous or difficult situation.
Course: The often gradual development of something, or the way something happens, or a way of doing something.
Cut corners: To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way; to save money or time by not including some parts, so that the result is not as good.
Dedicate: To give all of your energy, time, etc.
Defeat: To win against someone in a fight, war, or competition.
Determination: The ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult.
Distinguish: To notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another.
Distract: To make someone stop giving their attention to something.
Doubt (yourself): To not have confidence in your actions or decisions.
Dread: To feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen.
Embarrassing: Something that is embarrassing makes you feel shy or ashamed.
Embrace: To accept something enthusiastically.
Enable: To make someone able to do something, or to make something possible.
Encounter: To experience something, especially something unpleasant.
Encouragement: Words or behavior that give someone confidence to do something.
Enquiry: (The process of asking) a question.
Entrepreneur: Someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity.
Entrepreneurial: Relating to someone who starts their own business or is good at seeing new opportunities to make money.
Evaluate: To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something.
Exceed: To be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit.
Execute: To do or perform something, especially in a planned way.
Extension: The fact of reaching, stretching, or continuing; the act of adding to something to make it bigger or longer.
Facilitate: To help people deal with a process or reach an agreement or solution without getting directly involved.
Fail: To not succeed in what you are trying to achieve or are expected to do.
Failure: The fact of someone or something not succeeding.
Faith: Great trust or confidence in something or someone.
Feature: A special article in a newspaper or magazine, or a part of a television or radio broadcast, that deals with a particular subject.
Fixed mindset: Describes people who see their qualities as fixed traits that cannot change. With a fixed mindset, talent is enough to lead to success and effort to improve these talents isn’t required.
Flexibility: The ability to change or be changed easily according to the situation.
Focus: The main or central point of something, especially of attention or interest.
Fundamental: Forming the base, from which everything else develops.
Gain: To get something that is useful, that gives you an advantage, or that is in some way positive, especially over a period of time.
Gap year: A year between leaving school and starting university that is usually spent travelling or working.
Generate: To cause something to exist.
Get your head around something: To understand and accept something that seems strange.
Gift: A special ability to do something.
Glitch: A small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should.
Glorify: To praise or honor someone or something, or to make someone or something seem more excellent than is actually true.
Goal: An aim or purpose.
Grievance: A complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly.
Growth mindset: Someone with a growth mindset views intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and capable of improvement through effort.
Gut instinct: A gut feeling (or intuition) is an immediate physical response you feel that suggests the best decision when presented with two or more choices.
Hinder: To limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something.
Hurdle: A problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress.
Initial: Of or at the beginning.
Initiate: 1. To cause something to begin. 2. To teach someone about an area of knowledge, or to allow someone into a group by a special ceremony.
Innate: (Of a quality) which you are born with, or which is present naturally.
Insightful: Showing a clear and usually original understanding of a complicated problem or situation.
Instigate: To cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal process begin.
Intuition: Knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts.
Invaluable: Extremely useful.
Keep someone in the loop: To keep one informed of what events are occurring.
Long-term: Continuing a long time into the future.
Long-standing: Having existed for a long time.
Maintain: To continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less.
Meaningful: Useful, serious, or important.
Mentor: An experienced and trusted person who gives another person advice and help, esp. related to work or school, over a period of time.
Mindset: A person‘s way of thinking and their opinions.
Mortal: (Of living things, especially people) unable to continue living for ever; having to die.
Obstacle: Something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made more difficult.
Opt for: To make a choice, especially of one thing or possibility instead of others.
Out of the blue: If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected.
Outperform: To do well in a particular job or activity compared to others of a similar type.
Outstanding: Very much better than usual; excellent.
Overcome: To defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something.
Passion: A very powerful feeling.
Pass up on: To let go by without accepting or taking advantage of.
Pattern: A particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens.
Pay off: To result in success.
Performance: How well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or an activity.
Performance review / appraisal: A meeting in which an employee discusses his or her progress, aims, and needs at work with his or her manager or employer.
Perseverance: Continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time.
Persistence: The quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people.
Pick up: To learn a new skill or language by practicing it rather than being taught it.
Pitch (an idea): To offer ideas for consideration in the same way you offer an idea and people may like it or not.
Portable: Light and small enough to be easily carried or moved.
Possess: To have or own something, or to have a particular quality.
Praise: To express admiration or approval of the achievements or characteristics of a person or thing.
Predictor: Something such as an event or fact that enables you to say what will happen in the future.
Prep: To prepare yourself or someone else to do something.
Procrastinate: To keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring.
Profile: A short description of someone‘s life, work, character, etc.
Promotion: The act of raising someone to a higher or more important position or rank; activities to advertise something.
Prospect: The possibility that something good might happen in the future.
Quarterly: Done or produced four times a year.
Question (v): If you question something, you have or express doubts about whether it is true, reasonable, or worthwhile.
Radical: Believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change.
Range: The goods made by one company or goods of one particular type that are sold in a shop.
Recognise: To know someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or experienced it before.
Reluctant: Not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it.
Resilience: The ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened.
Resourceful: Skilled at solving problems and making decisions on your own.
Review: To think or talk about something again, in order to make changes to it or to make a decision about.
Risk-taking: The activity of taking risks in order to start a company, increase profits, etc.
Room for improvement: A possibility or hope that someone or something will improve.
Scale up: To increase the size, amount, or importance of something, usually an organization or process.
Scratch (from scratch): From the beginning, without using anything that already exists.
Script: The words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech.
Second guess: To guess what someone will do in the future.
Secrecy: The state of being secret or of keeping something secret.
Secure: Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse.
Self-assessment: A judgment, sometimes for official purposes, that you make about your abilities, qualities, or actions.
Sequence: A series of related things or events, or the order in which they follow each other.
Setback: Something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing.
Shy: Nervous and uncomfortable with other people.
Silo: A part of a company, organization, or system that does not communicate with, understand, or work well with other parts.
Skyrocket: To rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress towards success.
Spectrum: A range of different positions, opinions, etc. between two extreme points.
Standpoint: A set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions and decisions are formed.
Strength: A good characteristic.
Succeed: To achieve something that you have been aiming for, or (of a plan or piece of work) to have the desired results.
Supremely: Extremely.
Sweep (swept, swept): To quickly spread through and influence an area.
Takeaway: A main message or piece of information that you learn from something you hear or read.
Take on (challenges): To accept a particular job or responsibility.
Take on board: To understand or accept an idea or a piece of information.
Terrific: Very good.
Think on your feet: To make a quick decision or give an answer quickly.
Thorough: Detailed and careful.
Thrive: To grow, develop, or be successful.
Time frame: A period of days, weeks, months, etc. within which an activity is intended to happen.
Tune (in tune with): Having a good understanding of someone or something.
Undeniably: In a way that is certainly true.
Underestimate: To fail to understand how strong, skillful, intelligent, or determined someone, especially a competitor, is; to fail to guess or understand the real cost, size, difficulty, etc. of something.
Under your belt: Learned or succeeded in, and now a part of your experience.
Unduly: More than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable.
Vague: Not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided.
Value (v): To consider something important or good.
Valuable: Valuable information, advice, etc. is very helpful or important.
Vision: An idea or mental image of something.
Volume: The number or amount of something in general.
Willingness: The quality of being happy to do something if it is needed.
Wilt: To become weak or tired, or lose confidence.
Without further ado: With no more delay.
Work up to sth: To gradually prepare yourself for something difficult.
Worship: A lot of love or admiration for a particular thing or person, often when this is considered too much.
Wrap one‘s head around something: To find a way to understand or accept (something).
Wrap sth up: To complete something successfully.

Summary of Key Professional English Vocabulary

This Professional English Vocabulary Glossary provides a robust foundation for students and professionals alike. By integrating these terms into your active vocabulary, you can communicate more effectively and confidently in any professional setting. Remember, consistent practice is key to mastery.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Professional English Vocabulary

What is the importance of a professional English vocabulary?

A Professional English Vocabulary is crucial for clear and effective communication in academic and workplace environments. It enables individuals to understand and articulate complex ideas, participate in business discussions, and excel in career-related tasks like presentations and reports. Mastering this vocabulary can significantly boost confidence and career prospects.

How can I improve my professional English vocabulary?

To improve your professional English vocabulary, actively engage with various resources. Read business news, industry reports, and academic articles. Use flashcards for new terms, practice speaking in professional contexts, and regularly review glossaries like this one. Try to integrate new words into your daily conversations and writing.

Is this Professional English Vocabulary Glossary suitable for exam preparation?

Yes, this Professional English Vocabulary Glossary is highly suitable for exam preparation, especially for students preparing for English language proficiency tests or business English certifications. The comprehensive nature of the terms covered will help you understand and use the vocabulary commonly assessed in such examinations.

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Common challenges include understanding nuanced meanings, using words in the correct context, and distinguishing between similar-sounding terms. Additionally, cultural differences in communication styles and the rapid evolution of business jargon can pose difficulties. Consistent exposure and practice are key to overcoming these hurdles.

Decoding Professional English: A Comprehensive Glossary Breakdown

Many words are central to everyday business operations and workplace interactions. Developing a strong grasp of these will significantly enhance your communication skills.

Accomplishment: Something successful, or achieved after effort. (úspech, výsledok, výkon)
Achieve: To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim. (dosiahnuť, docieliť, dokázať)
Achievement: Something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing. (úspech, výsledok)
Administer: To control the operation or arrangement of something. (spravovať, viesť, podať, dať)
Annual review: A once-a-year meeting where an employer and employee discuss performance. (výročné hodnotenie, posudok)
Appraise: To examine someone or something to judge their qualities, success, or needs. (odhadnúť, zhodnotiť, posúdiť koho/čo)
Assess: To judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something. (hodnotiť, ohodnotiť, posúdiť)
Assessment: The process of testing and making a judgment about knowledge, ability, or skills. (hodnotenie, posudok, odhad)
Back order: A request to buy goods not available now but will be in the future. (nevybavená objednávka)
Benchmark: A level of quality used as a standard for comparison. (meradlo, porovnávací ukazovateľ)
Board: The group of people responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization. (vedenie, výbor, rada)
Brief (v): To give someone detailed instructions or information. (informovať, inštruovať koho o čom)
Cold-calling: Calling or visiting a possible customer to sell something without being asked. (volanie studených kontaktov)
Collaborate: To work with someone else for a special purpose. (spolupracovať)
Competition: A situation where someone tries to win or be more successful than another. (súťaženie, súperenie, konkurencia)
Competitive: As good as or better than other prices, services, etc. (súťaživý, súperivý, konkurenčný)
Contribution: Something you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something. (prispenie, prínos)
Convey: To express a thought, feeling, or idea so it's understood. (oznámiť, vyjadriť, vysloviť)
Cut corners: To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way, often compromising quality. (robiť niečo čo najjednoduchšie a s čo najmenšími nákladmi)
Dedicate: To give all your energy, time, etc. (venovať, zasvätiť)
Defeat: To win against someone in a fight, war, or competition. (poraziť, zdolať, premôcť)
Determination: The ability to continue trying despite difficulties. (odhodlanie, rozhodnosť)
Distinguish: To notice or understand the difference between two things. (rozlíšiť, rozoznať, odlíšiť)
Entrepreneur: Someone who starts their own business. (podnikateľ)
Entrepreneurial: Relating to starting a business or seeing new opportunities. (podnikateľský)
Evaluate: To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something. (vyhodnotiť, ohodnotiť, (z)hodnotiť)
Exceed: To be greater than a number or amount, or go past an allowed limit. (prekonať, prevýšiť, presiahnuť)
Execute: To do or perform something, especially in a planned way. (uskutočniť, urobiť, vykonať čo)
Extension: The act of adding to something to make it bigger or longer. (predĺženie, prolongácia)
Facilitate: To help people deal with a process or reach an agreement without direct involvement. (sprostredkovať, uľahčiť)
Fail: To not succeed in what you are trying to achieve. (zlyhať, neuspieť)
Failure: The fact of someone or something not succeeding. (neúspech, zlyhanie)
Feature: A special article in a newspaper/magazine, or a broadcast part. (reportáž v novinách)
Flexibility: The ability to change easily according to the situation. (flexibilita)
Focus: The main or central point of something. (stredobod, stred, hlavný predmet čoho)
Gain: To get something useful, advantageous, or positive. (získať, nadobudnúť)
Generate: To cause something to exist. (vytvoriť, vyvolať, vzbudiť)
Glitch: A small problem or fault that prevents success or proper working. (chyba, porucha, prekážka)
Goal: An aim or purpose. (cieľ, méta)
Grievance: A complaint or strong feeling of unfair treatment. (pocit krivdy, rozhorčenie, dôvod na sťažnosť)
Hinder: To limit someone's ability or something's development. (prekážka, zabrániť)
Hurdle: A problem you must deal with before making progress. (prekážka)
Initiate: To cause something to begin. (začať, spustiť, zaviesť)
Long-term: Continuing a long time into the future. (dlhodobý)
Long-standing: Having existed for a long time. (dlhotrvajúci, dlhodobý)
Maintain: To continue to have; to keep in existence. (udržovať, uchovať, zachovávať)
Manufacture: To produce goods in large numbers, usually in a factory. (vyrábať, zhotoviť)
Manufacturer: A company that produces goods in large numbers. (výrobca, veľkovýrobca)
Meaningful: Useful, serious, or important. (zmysluplný, majúci zmysel, užitočný)
Obstacle: Something that blocks progress or makes action more difficult. (prekážka)
Order: To request something to be made, supplied, or served. (objednávka)
Outperform: To do well in a job or activity compared to others. ((ľahko) prekonať, predstihnúť koho/čo)
Outstanding: Very much better than usual; excellent. (vynikajúci, mimoriadny)
Overcome: To defeat or succeed in controlling something difficult. (prekonať)
Pay off: To result in success. (vyplatiť sa, vrátiť sa)
Performance: How well a person, machine, etc., does a piece of work. (výkon)
Performance review / appraisal: A meeting to discuss an employee's progress and needs. (hodnotenie pracovného výkonu)
Persistence: The quality of continuing to do something despite difficulty. (vytrvalosť, húževnatosť)
Pitch (an idea): To offer ideas for consideration. (predložiť nápad)
Portable: Light and small enough to be easily carried or moved. (prenosný)
Possess: To have or own something, or have a particular quality. (vlastniť, mať)
Predictor: Something that enables you to say what will happen in the future. (indícia, indikátor)
Prep: To prepare yourself or someone else to do something. (pripraviť, nachystať)
Procrastinate: To keep delaying something that must be done. (prokrastinovať, otáľať)
Profile: A short description of someone's life, work, character. (portrét, profil (životopisný))
Promotion: Raising someone to a higher position; activities to advertise something. (povýšenie, propagácia)
Prospect: The possibility that something good might happen. (vyhliadka, šanca, nádej)
Quarterly: Done or produced four times a year. (štvrťročný, kvartálny)
Question (v): To express doubts about whether something is true or reasonable. (pochybovať)
Radical: Believing or expressing belief in great or extreme change. (radikálny, zásadný)
Range: The goods made by one company or goods of one type. (škála, rad, rozsah)
Recognise: To know someone/something from prior experience, or to acknowledge. (spoznať, rozoznať, uznávať)
Relate to: To be connected to, or be about someone or something. (týkať sa, vzťahovať sa)
Review: To think or talk about something again to make changes or decisions. (preskúmať, posúdiť, vyhodnotiť)
Risk-taking: The activity of taking risks to start a company or increase profits. (prijatie rizika, riskovanie)
Room for improvement: A possibility or hope that someone or something will improve. (priestor na zlepšenie)
Scale up: To increase the size, amount, or importance of something. (rozšíriť)
Scratch (from scratch): From the beginning, without using anything that already exists. (od piky, úplne od začiatku)
Script: The words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech. (scenár)
Second guess: To guess what someone will do, or to doubt a decision. (spochybňovať, predvídať, predpovedať)
Secrecy: The state of being secret or keeping something secret. (utajenie, tajnosť, diskrétnosť)
Secure: To free from risk; to obtain or provide. (zaistiť, zabezpečiť, zadovážiť)
Self-assessment: A judgment you make about your abilities, qualities, or actions. (sebahodnotenie)
Sequence: A series of related things or events, or their order. (rad, sled, séria, postupnosť)
Setback: Something that delays or prevents progress. (krok späť, prekážka, nezdar)
Silo: A part of a company that does not communicate or work well with other parts. (organizačná štruktúra)
Skyrocket: To rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress. (prudko stúpnuť, vyletieť hore)
Succeed: To achieve something aimed for, or for a plan to have desired results. (uspieť, mať úspech)
Supply: To provide something needed, often in large quantities. (dodávať, zásobovať)
Take on (challenges): To accept a particular job or responsibility. (prijať, (na)brať si, vziať si čo)
Take on board: To understand or accept an idea or information. (brať na vedomie)
Thorough: Detailed and careful. (dôkladný, podrobný)
Thrive: To grow, develop, or be successful. (prosperovať, dariť sa, prekvitať)
Time frame: A period within which an activity is intended to happen. (časový rámec)
Underestimate: To fail to understand someone's strength, skill, or determination; to fail to guess the real cost, size, difficulty of something. (podceniť, podceňovať)
Unduly: More than necessary, acceptable, or reasonable. (nadmieru, prehnane)
Vague: Not clearly expressed, known, or decided. (nejasný, neurčitý, vágny)
Value (v): To consider something important or good. (ceniť si, vážiť si, ohodnotiť)
Valuable: Very helpful or important information, advice, etc. (cenný, hodnotný)
Vision: An idea or mental image of something. (vízia, predstava, obraz)
Volume: The number or amount of something in general. (objem, množstvo)
Willingness: The quality of being happy to do something if needed. (ochota)
Work up to sth: To gradually prepare yourself for something difficult. (prepracovať sa)
Wrap sth up: To complete something successfully. (dokončiť, zakončiť, doviesť do úspešného konca čo)

Vocabulary for Personal Growth and Mindset

Beyond technical terms, professional success also hinges on personal attributes and a positive mindset. This section explores words related to resilience, attitude, and learning.

Accomplishment: A successful outcome achieved through work or effort.
Adapt: To become familiar with a new situation. (prispôsobiť sa, zvyknúť si)
Admit: To agree that something is true, especially unwillingly. (pripustiť, uznať)
Affluent: Having a lot of money or owning many things. (bohatý, zámožný, majetný)
Align: To be the same or similar, or agree; to make two things do this. (zblížiť sa (názorovo), spojiť sa s kým)
Alter: To change something, usually slightly. (zmeniť, pozmeniť, upraviť)
Amend: To change the words of a text, especially a law. (pozmeniť, opraviť, doplniť čo)
Angle: A position from which something is looked at; a standpoint. (hľadisko, stanovisko, uhol pohľadu)
Anticipate: To imagine or expect something to happen. (predvídať, očakávať)
Anxious: 1. Eager to do something. 2. Worried and nervous. (1. dychtiť, túžiť po čom 2. úzkostlivý z čoho)
Apparent: Able to be seen or understood; seeming. (zdanlivý, jasný, zrejmý)
Bear in mind: To remember. (mať na pamäti, pamätať si)
Bite off more than you can chew: To try to do something too difficult for you. (naložiť si toho na seba veľa)
Brainstorm: To suggest many ideas quickly before considering them carefully. (robiť brainstorming)
Brief (adj): Lasting only a short time or containing few words. (krátky, stručný)
Brilliance: Great skill or intelligence. (brilantnosť, genialita)
Bypass: To ignore a rule or official authority. (obísť koho/čo, vyhnúť sa koho/čomu)
Capable: Able to do things effectively and skillfully. (schopný, spôsobilý)
Circumstance: A fact or event that makes a situation the way it is. (okolnosť)
Clash: A fight or argument between people. (konflikt, rozpor)
Confident: Being certain of your abilities or having trust in plans. (sebaistý, presvedčený, sebavedomý)
Consent: Permission or agreement. (súhlas, povolenie)
Courage: The ability to control fear in a difficult situation. (odvaha)
Course: The gradual development of something; a way of doing something. (kurz, smer, priebeh)
Doubt (yourself): To not have confidence in your actions or decisions. (pochybovať, spochybňovať)
Dread: To feel extremely worried or frightened about something. (desiť sa, hroziť sa, báť sa)
Embarrassing: Something that makes you feel shy or ashamed. (trápny)
Embrace: To accept something enthusiastically. (prijať, akceptovať)
Enable: To make someone able to do something, or make something possible. (umožniť, dať možnosť)
Encounter: To experience something, especially unpleasant. (naraziť na)
Encouragement: Words or behavior that give someone confidence. (povzbudenie, podpora)
Enquiry: The process of asking a question. (otázka)
Faith: Great trust or confidence in something or someone. (viera, úplna dôvera)
Fixed mindset: Describes people who see their qualities as fixed traits that cannot change; talent is enough for success. (pevné nastavenie mysle)
Fundamental: Forming the base from which everything else develops. (základný, elementárny)
Gap year: A year between leaving school and starting university, usually spent travelling or working. (rok voľna)
Get your head around something: To understand and accept something that seems strange. (pochopiť niečo, zorientovať sa)
Gift: A special ability to do something. (dar)
Glorify: To praise or honor someone or something, or make it seem more excellent. (glorifikovať, oslavovať)
Growth mindset: Views intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and improvable through effort. (rastové nastavenie mysle)
Gut instinct: An immediate physical response suggesting the best decision. (vnútorný inštinkt)
Initial: Of or at the beginning. (počiatočný, začiatočný)
Innate: (Of a quality) which you are born with, or present naturally. (vrodený, vlastný)
Insightful: Showing a clear and original understanding of a problem. (bystrý, umožňujúci hlboký pohľad)
Instigate: To cause an event or situation to happen. (podnecovať, nabádať, vyvolať)
Intuition: An ability to understand or know something immediately based on feelings. (intuícia)
Invaluable: Extremely useful. (ne(d)oceniteľný, drahocenný)
Keep someone in the loop: To keep one informed of events. (informovať niekoho o dianí)
Leather: Animal skin treated for preservation, used for shoes, bags, etc. (koža, kožený)
Mentor: An experienced and trusted person who gives advice and help. (radca, inštruktor, učiteľ)
Mindset: A person's way of thinking and their opinions. (prístup, postoj, názory)
Mortal: (Of living things) unable to continue living forever; having to die. (smrteľník)
Opt for: To make a choice, especially of one thing over others. (vybrať si, zvoliť si)
Out of the blue: Completely unexpected. (z ničoho nič, znenazdania)
Pass up on: To let go by without accepting or taking advantage of. (prepásť, zmeškať)
Passion: A very powerful feeling. (vášeň)
Pattern: A particular way something is done, organized, or happens. (vzor, systém, model)
Perseverance: Continued effort to achieve something, even when difficult. (vytrvalosť, húževnatosť)
Praise: To express admiration or approval. (chváliť)
Resilience: The ability to be happy, successful, etc., again after difficulties. (odolnosť, húževnatosť)
Resourceful: Skilled at solving problems and making decisions on your own. (nápaditý, vynachádzavý)
Satisfactorily: In a way that is good enough for a particular need or purpose. (uspokojivo, dostatočne)
Satchel: A rectangular leather bag with a long strap, for carrying books. (aktovka, školská taška)
Shy: Nervous and uncomfortable with other people. (hanblivý, plachý, nesmelý)
Spectrum: A range of different positions or opinions. (spektrum, škála, paleta)
Standpoint: A set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions are formed. (hľadisko, pohľad, stanovisko)
Strap: A narrow piece of leather or strong material for fastening or support. (remeň, remienok, pás)
Strength: A good characteristic. (silná stránka, prednosť)
Supremely: Extremely. (krajne, vrcholne)
Sweep: To quickly spread through and influence an area. (zachvátiť, zasiahnuť)
Takeaway: A main message or piece of information learned from something. (hlavný poznatok)
Terrific: Very good. (úžasný)
Think on your feet: To make a quick decision or give an answer quickly. (myslieť pohotovo)
Tune (in tune with): Having a good understanding of someone or something; being in agreement. (byť v súlade s, byť stotožnený)
Undeniably: In a way that is certainly true. (nepopierateľne, nesporne)
Under your belt: Learned or succeeded in, and now part of your experience. (mať za sebou, mať skúsenosť)
Wilt: To become weak or tired, or lose confidence. (slabnúť, chradnúť, ochabnúť)
Without further ado: With no more delay. (bez (ďalších) okolkov)
Worship: A lot of love or admiration for a thing or person. (uctievať, uznávať)
Wrap one's head around something: To find a way to understand or accept something. (pochopiť niečo)

Essential Vocabulary for Students and Career Development

Accomplishment: A successful outcome achieved through work or effort.
Achieve: To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim.
Achievement: Something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing.
Adapt: To become familiar with a new situation.
Admit: To agree that something is true, especially unwillingly.
Affluent: Having a lot of money or owning a lot of things.
Align: To be the same or similar, or to agree with each other.
Alter: To change something, usually slightly.
Amend: To change the words of a text, especially a law or legal document.
Angle: A position from which something is looked at; a standpoint.
Annual review: A once a year meeting where an employer and an employee discuss the employee’s performance.
Anticipate: To imagine or expect that something will happen.
Anxious: 1. Eager to do something. 2. Worried and nervous.
Apparent: Able to be seen or understood.
Appraise: To examine someone or something in order to judge their qualities, success, or needs.
Assess: To judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something.
Assessment: The process of testing, and making a judgment about, someone’s knowledge, ability, skills, etc.
Backfire: (Of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended.
Bear in mind: To remember.
Benchmark: A level of quality that can be used as a standard when comparing other things.
Bite off more than you can chew: To try to do something that is too difficult for you.
Board: The group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization.
Brainstorm: (Of a group of people) to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly.
Brief (v): To give someone detailed instructions or information.
Brief (adj): Lasting only a short time or containing few words.
Brilliance: Great skill or intelligence.
Bypass: To ignore a rule or official authority.
Capable: Able to do things effectively and skillfully, and to achieve results.
Circumstance: A fact or event that makes a situation the way it is.
Clash: A fight or argument between people.
Cold-calling: The activity of calling or visiting a possible customer to try to sell them something without being asked.
Collaborate: To work with someone else for a special purpose.
Confident: Being certain of your abilities or having trust in people, plans, or the future.
Contribution: Something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something.
Consent: Permission or agreement.
Convey: To express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people.
Competition: A situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than someone else.
Competitive: Competitive prices, services, etc. are as good as or better than other prices, services, etc.
Courage: The ability to control your fear in a dangerous or difficult situation.
Course: The often gradual development of something, or the way something happens, or a way of doing something.
Cut corners: To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way; to save money or time by not including some parts, so that the result is not as good.
Dedicate: To give all of your energy, time, etc.
Defeat: To win against someone in a fight, war, or competition.
Determination: The ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult.
Distinguish: To notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another.
Distract: To make someone stop giving their attention to something.
Doubt (yourself): To not have confidence in your actions or decisions.
Dread: To feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen.
Embarrassing: Something that is embarrassing makes you feel shy or ashamed.
Embrace: To accept something enthusiastically.
Enable: To make someone able to do something, or to make something possible.
Encounter: To experience something, especially something unpleasant.
Encouragement: Words or behavior that give someone confidence to do something.
Enquiry: (The process of asking) a question.
Entrepreneur: Someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity.
Entrepreneurial: Relating to someone who starts their own business or is good at seeing new opportunities to make money.
Evaluate: To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something.
Exceed: To be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit.
Execute: To do or perform something, especially in a planned way.
Extension: The fact of reaching, stretching, or continuing; the act of adding to something to make it bigger or longer.
Facilitate: To help people deal with a process or reach an agreement or solution without getting directly involved.
Fail: To not succeed in what you are trying to achieve or are expected to do.
Failure: The fact of someone or something not succeeding.
Faith: Great trust or confidence in something or someone.
Feature: A special article in a newspaper or magazine, or a part of a television or radio broadcast, that deals with a particular subject.
Fixed mindset: Describes people who see their qualities as fixed traits that cannot change. With a fixed mindset, talent is enough to lead to success and effort to improve these talents isn’t required.
Flexibility: The ability to change or be changed easily according to the situation.
Focus: The main or central point of something, especially of attention or interest.
Fundamental: Forming the base, from which everything else develops.
Gain: To get something that is useful, that gives you an advantage, or that is in some way positive, especially over a period of time.
Gap year: A year between leaving school and starting university that is usually spent travelling or working.
Generate: To cause something to exist.
Get your head around something: To understand and accept something that seems strange.
Gift: A special ability to do something.
Glitch: A small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should.
Glorify: To praise or honor someone or something, or to make someone or something seem more excellent than is actually true.
Goal: An aim or purpose.
Grievance: A complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly.
Growth mindset: Someone with a growth mindset views intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and capable of improvement through effort.
Gut instinct: A gut feeling (or intuition) is an immediate physical response you feel that suggests the best decision when presented with two or more choices.
Hinder: To limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something.
Hurdle: A problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress.
Initial: Of or at the beginning.
Initiate: 1. To cause something to begin. 2. To teach someone about an area of knowledge, or to allow someone into a group by a special ceremony.
Innate: (Of a quality) which you are born with, or which is present naturally.
Insightful: Showing a clear and usually original understanding of a complicated problem or situation.
Instigate: To cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal process begin.
Intuition: Knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts.
Invaluable: Extremely useful.
Keep someone in the loop: To keep one informed of what events are occurring.
Long-term: Continuing a long time into the future.
Long-standing: Having existed for a long time.
Maintain: To continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less.
Meaningful: Useful, serious, or important.
Mentor: An experienced and trusted person who gives another person advice and help, esp. related to work or school, over a period of time.
Mindset: A person‘s way of thinking and their opinions.
Mortal: (Of living things, especially people) unable to continue living for ever; having to die.
Obstacle: Something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made more difficult.
Opt for: To make a choice, especially of one thing or possibility instead of others.
Out of the blue: If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected.
Outperform: To do well in a particular job or activity compared to others of a similar type.
Outstanding: Very much better than usual; excellent.
Overcome: To defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something.
Passion: A very powerful feeling.
Pass up on: To let go by without accepting or taking advantage of.
Pattern: A particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens.
Pay off: To result in success.
Performance: How well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or an activity.
Performance review / appraisal: A meeting in which an employee discusses his or her progress, aims, and needs at work with his or her manager or employer.
Perseverance: Continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time.
Persistence: The quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people.
Pick up: To learn a new skill or language by practicing it rather than being taught it.
Pitch (an idea): To offer ideas for consideration in the same way you offer an idea and people may like it or not.
Portable: Light and small enough to be easily carried or moved.
Possess: To have or own something, or to have a particular quality.
Praise: To express admiration or approval of the achievements or characteristics of a person or thing.
Predictor: Something such as an event or fact that enables you to say what will happen in the future.
Prep: To prepare yourself or someone else to do something.
Procrastinate: To keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring.
Profile: A short description of someone‘s life, work, character, etc.
Promotion: The act of raising someone to a higher or more important position or rank; activities to advertise something.
Prospect: The possibility that something good might happen in the future.
Quarterly: Done or produced four times a year.
Question (v): If you question something, you have or express doubts about whether it is true, reasonable, or worthwhile.
Radical: Believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change.
Range: The goods made by one company or goods of one particular type that are sold in a shop.
Recognise: To know someone or something because you have seen or heard him or her or experienced it before.
Reluctant: Not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it.
Resilience: The ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened.
Resourceful: Skilled at solving problems and making decisions on your own.
Review: To think or talk about something again, in order to make changes to it or to make a decision about.
Risk-taking: The activity of taking risks in order to start a company, increase profits, etc.
Room for improvement: A possibility or hope that someone or something will improve.
Scale up: To increase the size, amount, or importance of something, usually an organization or process.
Scratch (from scratch): From the beginning, without using anything that already exists.
Script: The words of a film, play, broadcast, or speech.
Second guess: To guess what someone will do in the future.
Secrecy: The state of being secret or of keeping something secret.
Secure: Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse.
Self-assessment: A judgment, sometimes for official purposes, that you make about your abilities, qualities, or actions.
Sequence: A series of related things or events, or the order in which they follow each other.
Setback: Something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing.
Shy: Nervous and uncomfortable with other people.
Silo: A part of a company, organization, or system that does not communicate with, understand, or work well with other parts.
Skyrocket: To rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress towards success.
Spectrum: A range of different positions, opinions, etc. between two extreme points.
Standpoint: A set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions and decisions are formed.
Strength: A good characteristic.
Succeed: To achieve something that you have been aiming for, or (of a plan or piece of work) to have the desired results.
Supremely: Extremely.
Sweep (swept, swept): To quickly spread through and influence an area.
Takeaway: A main message or piece of information that you learn from something you hear or read.
Take on (challenges): To accept a particular job or responsibility.
Take on board: To understand or accept an idea or a piece of information.
Terrific: Very good.
Think on your feet: To make a quick decision or give an answer quickly.
Thorough: Detailed and careful.
Thrive: To grow, develop, or be successful.
Time frame: A period of days, weeks, months, etc. within which an activity is intended to happen.
Tune (in tune with): Having a good understanding of someone or something.
Undeniably: In a way that is certainly true.
Underestimate: To fail to understand how strong, skillful, intelligent, or determined someone, especially a competitor, is; to fail to guess or understand the real cost, size, difficulty, etc. of something.
Under your belt: Learned or succeeded in, and now a part of your experience.
Unduly: More than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable.
Vague: Not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided.
Value (v): To consider something important or good.
Valuable: Valuable information, advice, etc. is very helpful or important.
Vision: An idea or mental image of something.
Volume: The number or amount of something in general.
Willingness: The quality of being happy to do something if it is needed.
Wilt: To become weak or tired, or lose confidence.
Without further ado: With no more delay.
Work up to sth: To gradually prepare yourself for something difficult.
Worship: A lot of love or admiration for a particular thing or person, often when this is considered too much.
Wrap one‘s head around something: To find a way to understand or accept (something).
Wrap sth up: To complete something successfully.

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