15. Translate the words and their derivatives.

to inflate—inflation—inflationary to alienate—alienation—alienable—alienist to refute—refutation—refutable to avert—averse—aversion

to subordinate—subordinate—subordination—insubordination to charge—to discharge—charge—chargeable to compel—compelling

15. Give words of the same root in Russian. Compare the meanings.

Neutral, federal, recommendation, economy, logic, system, aspect, budget, potential, confrontation, centralization, decen- tralization, procedure, prerogative, document, manipulation

15. Match up the words on the left with their definitions on the right.

1. d

   5. compelling

   6. contingency

   7. abuse

   8. general schedule

   4) arbitrary treatment

   1. broad-banding

   2. malfeasance

   3. just case

   riving or forcing;

2. a possible event or occurrence or re- sult;

3. the name used to describe a payscale utilized by the majority of white col- lar personnel in the civil service of the united states government which is intended to keep federal salaries equitable among various occupations (“equal pay for equal work”);

4. the name used to describe a payscale utilized by the majority of white col- lar personnel in the civil service of the United States government in which several pay grades are col- lapsed into a smaller number of broader grades of pay bands, as a re- sult, a set of wide pay classes is es- tablished with a correspondingly wide range of jobs and salaries;

5. wrongful conduct by a public official;

6. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;

7. a legitimate reason often used in the employment context to refer to the reasons why someone was fired;

8. cruel or inhumane treatment.

15. Find the synonyms to the words from list a in list b.

A: to inflate, to rest (in), trade-off, safeguard, to supplant, to erode, to couple, to discharge, insubordination, to refute, alienation, aversion, allotment

B: to lie, dislike, allocation, to connect, safety measure, to in- crease, to fire, to disprove, to wear away, to replace, ex- change, estrangement, disobedience

15. Match the verbs to the correct prepositions and translate the word-combinations.

to rest	of	a number of grades of pay bands
to be based	into	facts
to couple	in	flexibility
to rob	on	rules
to be collapsed	with	the assessment of productivity an agency