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Intermediate 🔤 Vocabulary
Workplace vocabulary
Learn and use 6 words about work.
1Learn the words
appraisal
review of your work
/uh-PRAY-zul/
“My appraisal is next month.”
Synonym: review · Opposite: — · Phrase: annual appraisal
schedule
a plan of times
/SKEJ-ool/
“Check the schedule.”
Synonym: timetable · Opposite: — · Phrase: tight schedule
feedback
comments on your work
/FEED-bak/
“Thanks for the feedback.”
Synonym: response · Opposite: — · Phrase: give feedback
overtime
extra hours of work
/OH-ver-tym/
“I did two hours of overtime.”
Synonym: extra hours · Opposite: — · Phrase: work overtime
promotion
a move to a higher job
/pruh-MOH-shun/
“She got a promotion.”
Synonym: advancement · Opposite: demotion · Phrase: get a promotion
resign
leave a job by choice
/ri-ZYN/
“He resigned last week.”
Synonym: quit · Opposite: join · Phrase: resign from a post
2Practice quiz
Question 1 of 5Multiple choice
Which word means: “leave a job by choice”?
3Speaking challenge
Speaking challenge
Use at least 4 of these words in sentences about your own life. Say them out loud.
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Say it out loud. Nobody is listening — that’s the point. Mistakes are allowed.