The Editorial Vocab - 16th April 2015 (World Entrepreneurship Day)

Utter
  • (verb)
    1. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.  "she expressed her anger.  "he uttered a curse".  [syn]  express, verbalize, verbalise, give tongue to
    2. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).  "she let out a big heavy sigh".  "he uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand".  [syn]  emit, let out, let loose
    3.  express in speech.  "she talks a lot of nonsense".  "this depressed patient does not verbalize".  [syn]  talk, speak, mouth, verbalize, verbalise;  [similar]  mouth off, speak up
    4. put into circulation.  "utter counterfeit currency".
  • (adjective)
    1. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.  "an arrant fool".  "a double-dyed villain".  "gross negligence".  "a perfect idiot".  "pure folly".  "what a sodding mess".  "stark staring mad".  "a thoroughgoing villain".  "utter nonsense".  "the unadulterated truth".  [syn]  arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated;  [similar]  unmitigated
    2. complete.  "came to a dead stop".  "utter seriousness".  [syn]  dead;  [similar]  complete
Ammunition
  • (noun)
    1. projectiles to be fired from a gun.  [syn]  ammo
    2. any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction.
    3. information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint.  "his admission provided ammunition fro his critics".
Euphoria
  • (noun)
    1. a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation.  [syn]  euphory
Purport
  • (noun)
    1. the intended meaning of a communication.  [syn]  intent, spirit
    2. the pervading meaning or tenor.  "caught the general drift of the conversation".  [syn]  drift
  • (verb)
    1. have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming.  "the letter purports to express people's opinion".
    2. propose or intend.  "I aim to arrive at noon".  [syn]  aim, purpose, propose
Mortality
  • (noun)
    1. the quality or state of being moral.
    2. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.  [syn]  deathrate, death rate, mortaliy rate, fatality rate
Slump
  • (noun)
    1. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality.  "the team went into a slump".  "a gradual slack in output".  "a drop-off in attendance".  "a falloff in quality".  [syn]  slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off
    2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment.  [syn]  depression, economic crisis
  • (verb)
    1. assume a drooping posture or carriage.  [syn]  slouch
    2. fall or sink heavily.  "he slumped onto to the couch".  "my spirits sank".  [syn]  slide down, sink
    3. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly.  "the real estate market fell off".  [syn]  fall off, sink
    4. go down in value.  "the stock market corrected".  "prices slumped".  [syn]  decline, correct
Unduly
  • (adverb)
    1. to an undue degree.  "she was unduly pessimistic about her future".
Entail
  • (noun)
    1. land received by fee tail.
    2. the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple.
  • (verb)
    1. have as a logical consequence.  "the water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers".  [syn]  imply, mean
    2. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.  "what does this move entail?".  [syn]  implicate
    3. limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs.  [syn]  fee-tail
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