Vocabulary Enrichment 51

RESTRUCTURING 
/ riˈstrʌk tʃərɪŋ / [ree-STRUHK-cher-ing] (n.) 
– the act of making changes in how something is organized

Example: One of the company’s departments will undergo restructuring.
Additional info: Structure (n.) refers to how something is organized.

SUBSIDIARY 
/ səbˈsɪd iˌɛr i / [suh b-SID-ee-er-ee] (n.) 
– a company owned by a larger company

Example: Instagram is a subsidiary of Facebook.
Additional info: Synonyms for subsidiary include affiliate and branch.

DIVERSE
/ daɪ ˈvɜrs / [dahy-VURS] (adj.) 
– consisting of people or things that are different from each other

Example: The employees in our company are very diverse.
Additional info: It may simply mean “different or not the same with each other.”

DRASTIC
/ ˈdræs tɪk / [DRAS-tik] (adj.) 
– extreme or very serious
Example: The company is doing drastic measures to solve the problem.
Additional info: Severe and strong are related to this term.

ENORMOUS 
/ ɪˈnɔr məs / [ih-NAWR-muh s] (adj.) 
– great or huge in terms of amount

Example: The new commercial resulted in the company’s enormous popularity.
Additional info: It may also mean “big in terms of size.”

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