Outliers (1.5 The Three Lessons of Joe Flom)

Kelly Cook (United States of America)
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  1. borough
    one of the administrative divisions of a large city
  2. piecework
    labor paid for according to the quantity produced
  3. applique
    a decorative design made of one material sewn over another
  4. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
  5. Nobel prize
    an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace
  6. Pulitzer
    United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
  7. Supreme Court
    the highest federal court in the United States
  8. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  9. idiocy
    extreme mental retardation
  10. condensation
    a shortened version of a written work
  11. subsume
    consider as part of a general rule or principle
  12. capacity
    capability to perform or produce
  13. ungainly
    lacking grace in movement or posture
  14. ecology
    the environment as it relates to living organisms
  15. antecedent
    someone from whom you are descended
  16. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  17. reminiscence
    a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
  18. endowed
    provided or supplied or equipped with
  19. patrician
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
  20. upstart
    a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
  21. run afoul
    go against, as of rules and laws
  22. litigation
    a legal proceeding in a court
  23. security
    property that your creditor can claim in case of default
  24. ham
    exaggerate one's acting
  25. hostile
    characterized by enmity or ill will
  26. scandalous
    giving offense to moral sensibilities
  27. disdain
    look down on with contempt
  28. proxy
    a person authorized to act for another
  29. shyster
    a person who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
  30. induce
    cause to act in a specified manner
  31. dividend
    earnings of a corporation distributed to its shareholders
  32. bylaw
    a rule adopted by an organization
  33. issuance
    the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
  34. allege
    report or maintain
  35. antitrust law
    law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
  36. dubious
    open to doubt or suspicion
  37. liability
    an obligation to pay money to another party
  38. inordinate
    beyond normal limits
  39. interrogatory
    formal systematic questioning
  40. enmesh
    entangle in or as if in a net
  41. denounce
    speak out against
  42. unruly
    unable to be governed or controlled
  43. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  44. beholden
    under a moral obligation to someone
  45. insurgent
    in opposition to a civil authority or government
  46. prevail
    prove superior
  47. unsurpassed
    not capable of being improved on
  48. outsource
    obtain goods or services from an external supplier
  49. matrimonial
    of or relating to the state of marriage
  50. purport
    have the often misleading appearance of being or intending
  51. aversion
    a feeling of intense dislike
  52. internationalize
    make international in character
  53. unanimously
    of one mind; without dissent
  54. rival
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  55. suitor
    a man who courts a woman
  56. merger
    the combination of two or more commercial companies
  57. acquisition
    the act of contracting or assuming possession of something
  58. marginal
    at or constituting a border or edge
  59. haberdashery
    a store where clothes designed for men are sold
  60. ilk
    a kind of person
  61. boater
    a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
  62. Talmud
    the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism
  63. thrive
    grow vigorously
  64. flounder
    have difficulties; behave awkwardly
  65. franchise
    a business authorized to sell a company's goods or services
  66. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  67. assumption
    a statement that is held to be true
  68. Great Depression
    the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
  69. World War II
    a war between the Allies and the Axis from 1939 to 1945
  70. scarce
    deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
  71. demographic
    of or relating to the characteristics of human populations
  72. practitioner
    someone who carries out a learned profession
  73. metropolitan
    relating to or characteristic of a large urban area
  74. subsistence
    a means of surviving
  75. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  76. reserve
    something kept back or saved for future use
  77. scrivener
    someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
  78. ample
    more than enough in size or scope or capacity
  79. pension
    regular payment to allow a person to subsist without working
  80. coherent
    capable of thinking in a clear and consistent manner
  81. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  82. invigorated
    with restored energy
  83. tailor
    a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
  84. revelation
    an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
  85. mere
    being nothing more than specified
  86. relentless
    never-ceasing
  87. inventorying
    making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
  88. drygoods
    textiles or clothing and related merchandise
  89. gingham
    a woven cotton fabric, typically with a checked pattern
  90. peasant
    a country person
  91. urban
    located in or characteristic of a city or city life
  92. furrier
    someone who makes or sells garments made of animal pelts
  93. tanner
    a craftsman who tans skins and hides
  94. impoverished
    destroyed financially
  95. piece goods
    merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard
  96. clothier
    a merchant who sells men's clothing
  97. aristocrat
    a member of the nobility
  98. painstaking
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  99. entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture
  100. diversified
    having variety of character or form or components
  101. lingerie
    women's underwear and nightclothes
  102. commission
    place an order for
  103. apprentice
    someone who works for an expert to learn a trade
  104. tenement
    a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
  105. petticoat
    undergarment worn under a skirt
  106. explicitly
    in a clearly expressed manner
  107. capital
    wealth in the form of money or property
  108. undercut
    sell cheaper than one's competition
  109. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  110. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  111. cashmere
    the wool of a type of goat from India
  112. cheek
    speak impudently to
  113. feudal
    relating to a system where vassals are protected by lords
  114. autonomy
    personal independence
  115. jig
    any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
  116. ecstatic
    feeling great rapture or delight
  117. recoil
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  118. crucial
    of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
  119. litigator
    (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
  120. persuasion
    communication intended to induce belief or action
  121. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  122. rigor
    excessive sternness
  123. savvy
    the ability to shrewdly understand or judge things
  124. prestigious
    having an excellent reputation; respected
  125. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  126. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
  127. drive
    the trait of being highly motivated
  128. culture
    a particular society at a particular time and place
  129. generation
    the normal time between successive groups of contemporaries
Created on Sun Dec 29 12:51:52 EST 2013 (updated Sun Dec 29 12:53:16 EST 2013)

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