The Business 2.0 B2 glossary U8 part1

rich enough to buy things for pleasure

affluent

a way of thinking and behaving that shows you care more about other people and their interests than about yourself

altruism

to have a particular price or value especially a high one

command

a plant grown for food, usually on a farm

crop

someone of something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having it

deprive

to change something such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate

distort

to not consider something or not let it influence you

ignore

the state of not being able to read or write

illiteracy

fin an easy and immediate solution to a problem

magic wand

based on judgments or opinions that are wrong

misguided

person lack experience of life and tends to believe things too easily

naive

to follow a course of activity

pursue

to make pain or another feeling less unpleasant

relieve

to be likely to harm or destroy something

threaten

to work very hard doing something difficult and tiring especially physical work

toil

to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things

advocate

to make changens to a document, law, agreement, etc, especially in order to improve it

amend

to do something or allow someone to do something that is not usually allowed, especially in order to make things easier on one occasion

bend the rules

impossible to criticise because of being so good

beyond reproach

the crime of giving money or presents to someone so that they will help you by doing something dishonest or illegal

bribery