CEFR C1 Vocabulary

CEFR C1 Vocabulary - Lesson 38

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Here you will learn some English words about working life, such as "appoint", "collaborate", "recruit", etc. prepared for C1 learners.
to ace
to aceverb

to perform extremely well in something, especially a test

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to appointverb

to give a responsibility or job to someone

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to collaborate
to collaborateverb

to work with someone else in order to create something or reach the same goal

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to commence
to commenceverb

to start something or to start happening

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to follow upverb

to discover more about something

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to multitask
to multitaskverb

to simultaneously do more than one thing

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to postpone
to postponeverb

to arrange or put off an activity or an event for a later time than its original schedule

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to recruit
to recruitverb

to employ people for a company, etc.

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to resign
to resignverb

to officially announce one's departure from a job, position, etc.

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hecticadjective

busy and full of activity

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intensiveadjective

(in business) concentrating on or using something a lot, such as a piece of equipment, etc.

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monotonous
monotonousadjective

boring because of being the same thing all the time

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one-on-oneadjective

(of an activity) between only two people

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rewardingadjective

(of an activity) making one feel satisfied by giving one a desirable outcome

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stimulating
stimulatingadjective

causing excitement

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tedious
tediousadjective

continuing for too long and boring

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underemployed
underemployedadjective

(of a person) not having much work to do in their job or being unable to use their full potential

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boardroom
boardroomnoun

a room where the board of directors meet

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internshipnoun

the period during which a student or recent graduate starts working somewhere specific, sometimes without receiving any money, in order to meet some requirements to qualify for something or to gain work-related experience; the position of this person

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vacancynoun

a position or job that is available

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co-worker
co-workernoun

someone who works with someone else, having the same job

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supervisor
supervisornoun

someone who observes or directs a person or an activity

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amateurnoun

someone who is not skilled or experienced enough for a specific activity

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intervieweenoun

someone who answers the questions during an interview

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sick leavenoun

a specific period of time granted to a person who is ill to temporary leave work

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maternity leavenoun

a period of time when a woman can take a break from working and stay home before and after the birth of her child

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multitasking
multitaskingnoun

(of people) the ability to perform more than one task simultaneously

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labornoun

work, particularly difficult physical work

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discriminationnoun

the practice of treating a person or different categories of people less fairly than others

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pensionnoun

a monthly payment that a retired person receives from the government or a private company, for which they used to work

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referencenoun

a letter written by a former employer about a former employee who has applied for a new job, giving information about them

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schedule
schedulenoun

a plan of all objectives and their specific time to be carried out by someone

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workforce
workforcenoun

all the individuals who work in a particular company, industry, country, etc.

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workloadnoun

the amount of work that a person or organization has to do

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noticenoun

a formal statement or letter declaring that one intends to end an agreement, especially an employment or residential contract

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increment
incrementnoun

an increase in someone's salary that happens at regular intervals

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professional courtesynoun

free service that people of the same profession provide for each other, especially common among physicians

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